Sandpits Lane (2015) Original Painting by Chris Walker

Sandpipers, Sand Pits Lane, Westrip, Stroud, Glos.
This painting captures Sandpipers, my home for a while. It's a house at the end of Sand Pits Lane in Westrip, with a warmth and immediacy that feels deeply tied to the Gloucestershire landscape. The composition centres on the white house with its dark slate‑grey roof, standing bright against the surrounding greens. Its clean geometry contrasts with the expressive, textured brushwork of the garden and fields, giving the building a sense of calm solidity within a lively natural setting. In the foreground, the garden is rendered with particular affection: neatly bordered beds, bursts of colour from flowers, and a patchwork of cultivated plots that suggest care, routine, and lived‑in familiarity. The lawn and planting feel both domestic and slightly wild, as if the garden is in conversation with the countryside beyond. Behind the house, the landscape opens into rolling green fields, a line of trees, The Fuzzies, to the left, and distant hills of Randwick and Standish Woods under a soft blue sky. The brushstrokes are energetic and visible, giving the scene movement — the sense of a breeze passing through grass, or shifting light across the valley. The sky is gentle, with pale clouds drifting across a clear blue, anchoring the painting in a bright, temperate day typical of the Stroud valleys. Overall, the painting blends portraiture of a home with a wider sense of place. It feels rooted in the Cotswold edge: open, airy, slightly elevated, with long views and a feeling of space. The result is a scene that is both specific and universal — a Gloucestershire hillside home rendered with affection, texture, and a strong sense of belonging.

Materials used:

Oil paint

Details:

• Painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30 x 40 x 2cm (unframed) / 40 x 30cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Naive
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes