Anna Dillon
@annadillon.bsky.social
Landscapes. Paintings. Art. Wildlife, especially moths & butterflies. History, Heritage. Military history. British countryside. Walking. Chalk. Downland. Ridgeway.
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Happy October everyone.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy October everyone.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
Harold James, CMG MBE OBE BSc FISP b.1890. Director, Rubber Research Institute KL. Swam to Pom Pong Island after “Tien Kwang” sinking. Interned at Padang, then at Bankinang Men’s Camp. Sumatra internee.
His camp was liberated on 22nd August. Died: 27.1.72. My Great-Grandfather.
#VJDay #VJ80Day
His camp was liberated on 22nd August. Died: 27.1.72. My Great-Grandfather.
#VJDay #VJ80Day
August 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Beautiful orange moon above the Berkshire Downs tonight. Reminds me of this painting I did called Glimmering Moon. The title comes from a John Masefield poem. This painting looks over Lollingdon Hill - home and loved landscape of Masefield back in 1914.
August 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Beautiful orange moon above the Berkshire Downs tonight. Reminds me of this painting I did called Glimmering Moon. The title comes from a John Masefield poem. This painting looks over Lollingdon Hill - home and loved landscape of Masefield back in 1914.
Phenomenal win by Our Lionesses. Congratulations.
Wondered if I'd ever painted a lion, then I remembered this chalk one in England.
#Lionesses
Wondered if I'd ever painted a lion, then I remembered this chalk one in England.
#Lionesses
July 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Phenomenal win by Our Lionesses. Congratulations.
Wondered if I'd ever painted a lion, then I remembered this chalk one in England.
#Lionesses
Wondered if I'd ever painted a lion, then I remembered this chalk one in England.
#Lionesses
Next Friday, myself & artist Becky Carrozza, are running an outside, creative event in Cholsey as part of The Springline Project that we are part of. It's a Walk and Draw event & it's free. Details & how to book in the link below.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Next Friday, myself & artist Becky Carrozza, are running an outside, creative event in Cholsey as part of The Springline Project that we are part of. It's a Walk and Draw event & it's free. Details & how to book in the link below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-s...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-s...
But...some of us from S.E England are lovers of all things Scottish, which (for me) includes the absolute joy of drinking single malt Whisky & walking and painting those breathtaking landscapes.
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
But...some of us from S.E England are lovers of all things Scottish, which (for me) includes the absolute joy of drinking single malt Whisky & walking and painting those breathtaking landscapes.
Watched the The Salt Path at a local cinema last night. A heartfelt, pure & beautiful film, just like the book by Raynor Winn. It made me want to grab my walking boots immediately!
Here are some of my paintings from along the Coastal Path.
Selworthy, Somerset. Cornwall & Beer Head, Devon. #saltpath
Here are some of my paintings from along the Coastal Path.
Selworthy, Somerset. Cornwall & Beer Head, Devon. #saltpath
June 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Watched the The Salt Path at a local cinema last night. A heartfelt, pure & beautiful film, just like the book by Raynor Winn. It made me want to grab my walking boots immediately!
Here are some of my paintings from along the Coastal Path.
Selworthy, Somerset. Cornwall & Beer Head, Devon. #saltpath
Here are some of my paintings from along the Coastal Path.
Selworthy, Somerset. Cornwall & Beer Head, Devon. #saltpath
A couple of beauties from Dorset - near Hilfield Hill and the Wessex Ridgeway. #fingerpostfriday
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A couple of beauties from Dorset - near Hilfield Hill and the Wessex Ridgeway. #fingerpostfriday
This mindless act upset so many of us. Many artists took to the easel to pay homepage to this wonderful tree and landscape.
Mine is called The Sentinel. It lives on in our memories.
Mine is called The Sentinel. It lives on in our memories.
May 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This mindless act upset so many of us. Many artists took to the easel to pay homepage to this wonderful tree and landscape.
Mine is called The Sentinel. It lives on in our memories.
Mine is called The Sentinel. It lives on in our memories.
Good afternoon Guy. Never been to Eggardon Hill... and I must. It looks stunning. I am in Dorset at the moment, enjoying the Wessex Ridgeway.
May 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Good afternoon Guy. Never been to Eggardon Hill... and I must. It looks stunning. I am in Dorset at the moment, enjoying the Wessex Ridgeway.
Two fasinating and very contrasting books, written in 1965/6 exploring growth & landscape protection in the Thames Valley Region. Commissioned by the Ministry of Housing & Local Government & The Architectural Press.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Two fasinating and very contrasting books, written in 1965/6 exploring growth & landscape protection in the Thames Valley Region. Commissioned by the Ministry of Housing & Local Government & The Architectural Press.
A winter wonderland up on the Berkshire Downs this morning. Lowbury Hill emerging from a blanket of cold and Juniper Valley in shades of frosty pastels.
#northwessexdowns
#northwessexdowns
January 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A winter wonderland up on the Berkshire Downs this morning. Lowbury Hill emerging from a blanket of cold and Juniper Valley in shades of frosty pastels.
#northwessexdowns
#northwessexdowns
Starting 2025 in Norfolk, where the skies are big and the wind is biting. The official start/end of The Great Chalk Way, which is The Peddars Way, is where we are walking today.
#fingerpostfriday
#fingerpostfriday
January 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Starting 2025 in Norfolk, where the skies are big and the wind is biting. The official start/end of The Great Chalk Way, which is The Peddars Way, is where we are walking today.
#fingerpostfriday
#fingerpostfriday
As we bid farewell to another year, I wanted to thank everyone who supports my work & especially those of you who take the time & trouble to commission me to create a painting for you. Here's a selection of some of them -
Wishing you well for 2025.
Wishing you well for 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 11:59 AM
As we bid farewell to another year, I wanted to thank everyone who supports my work & especially those of you who take the time & trouble to commission me to create a painting for you. Here's a selection of some of them -
Wishing you well for 2025.
Wishing you well for 2025.
Saw this on Twatter earlier. Worth a repost. The irony..
December 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Saw this on Twatter earlier. Worth a repost. The irony..
This is the spectacular view of Cuddy's Crags along the route of Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria, looking east.
A grey, cold day, but I genuinely enjoyed working on the red/purple rocks and subdued colours.
#hadrianswall
A grey, cold day, but I genuinely enjoyed working on the red/purple rocks and subdued colours.
#hadrianswall
December 14, 2024 at 8:38 AM
This is the spectacular view of Cuddy's Crags along the route of Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria, looking east.
A grey, cold day, but I genuinely enjoyed working on the red/purple rocks and subdued colours.
#hadrianswall
A grey, cold day, but I genuinely enjoyed working on the red/purple rocks and subdued colours.
#hadrianswall
80 years ago today, Captain Page (my Grandfather) won the Military Cross for holding his position along the Gothic Line at Faenza in 1944. Below is the extract from his regiment about that day & photos of his medals. I would love to go back in time to hear his account of this day.
December 7, 2024 at 2:59 PM
80 years ago today, Captain Page (my Grandfather) won the Military Cross for holding his position along the Gothic Line at Faenza in 1944. Below is the extract from his regiment about that day & photos of his medals. I would love to go back in time to hear his account of this day.
Ladram Bay. Oil on board. 2010.
Ladram Bay is one of the more dramatic sights along the Jurassic Coast. The stacks (orange cliffs called Triassic Rocks) line the coast in this sheltered bay, which can be found between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton.
#seascape
Ladram Bay is one of the more dramatic sights along the Jurassic Coast. The stacks (orange cliffs called Triassic Rocks) line the coast in this sheltered bay, which can be found between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton.
#seascape
December 1, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Ladram Bay. Oil on board. 2010.
Ladram Bay is one of the more dramatic sights along the Jurassic Coast. The stacks (orange cliffs called Triassic Rocks) line the coast in this sheltered bay, which can be found between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton.
#seascape
Ladram Bay is one of the more dramatic sights along the Jurassic Coast. The stacks (orange cliffs called Triassic Rocks) line the coast in this sheltered bay, which can be found between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton.
#seascape
The Castle. 2023.
Oil on wood. Castle Hill is one of two hills that form Wittenham Clumps - showing off the dramatic Iron Age ramparts of this chalk hill.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as reference.
#wittenhamclumps
#oxfordshire
#northwessexdowns
Oil on wood. Castle Hill is one of two hills that form Wittenham Clumps - showing off the dramatic Iron Age ramparts of this chalk hill.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as reference.
#wittenhamclumps
#oxfordshire
#northwessexdowns
November 25, 2024 at 8:27 AM
The Castle. 2023.
Oil on wood. Castle Hill is one of two hills that form Wittenham Clumps - showing off the dramatic Iron Age ramparts of this chalk hill.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as reference.
#wittenhamclumps
#oxfordshire
#northwessexdowns
Oil on wood. Castle Hill is one of two hills that form Wittenham Clumps - showing off the dramatic Iron Age ramparts of this chalk hill.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as reference.
#wittenhamclumps
#oxfordshire
#northwessexdowns
Happy Stormy Saturday.
A Wiltshire/Dorset borders painting for you today.
'Over Mere Down'.
A vista looking out from Whitesheet Hill near the small town of Mere in West Wiltshire, situated within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.
#chalkdownland
A Wiltshire/Dorset borders painting for you today.
'Over Mere Down'.
A vista looking out from Whitesheet Hill near the small town of Mere in West Wiltshire, situated within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.
#chalkdownland
November 23, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Happy Stormy Saturday.
A Wiltshire/Dorset borders painting for you today.
'Over Mere Down'.
A vista looking out from Whitesheet Hill near the small town of Mere in West Wiltshire, situated within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.
#chalkdownland
A Wiltshire/Dorset borders painting for you today.
'Over Mere Down'.
A vista looking out from Whitesheet Hill near the small town of Mere in West Wiltshire, situated within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.
#chalkdownland
The Gap. 2009. An earlier painting of mine was incredibly detailed.
The view of Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
This scene is best appreciated from Lardon Chase.
The view of Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
This scene is best appreciated from Lardon Chase.
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
The Gap. 2009. An earlier painting of mine was incredibly detailed.
The view of Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
This scene is best appreciated from Lardon Chase.
The view of Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
This scene is best appreciated from Lardon Chase.
'Sunny Days' is a painting of mine that adorns the cover of Guy Shrubsole's new book 'The Lie of the Land' which is a fasinating, timely, phenominally well researched & pertinent read. Good interview below from Guy on LBC.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as ref.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as ref.
November 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
'Sunny Days' is a painting of mine that adorns the cover of Guy Shrubsole's new book 'The Lie of the Land' which is a fasinating, timely, phenominally well researched & pertinent read. Good interview below from Guy on LBC.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as ref.
Thanks to @hedleythorne.bsky.social for his drone shot that I used as ref.
Ventured out. It's a 'Liddington Climb' sort of day. This is a direct view from the Ridgeway trail, climbing up towards Liddington Hill but looking back along the trail. Snow filled furrows of a ploughed field shaping a monochrome landscape.
#richardjefferies #ridgewayview #winterscape
#richardjefferies #ridgewayview #winterscape
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Ventured out. It's a 'Liddington Climb' sort of day. This is a direct view from the Ridgeway trail, climbing up towards Liddington Hill but looking back along the trail. Snow filled furrows of a ploughed field shaping a monochrome landscape.
#richardjefferies #ridgewayview #winterscape
#richardjefferies #ridgewayview #winterscape
The Avenue at Avebury. Oil on board. 1996.
It was my first attempt at an oil landscape and appropriate, given that I went to school here.
One for #StandingStoneSunday
It was my first attempt at an oil landscape and appropriate, given that I went to school here.
One for #StandingStoneSunday
November 17, 2024 at 8:14 AM
The Avenue at Avebury. Oil on board. 1996.
It was my first attempt at an oil landscape and appropriate, given that I went to school here.
One for #StandingStoneSunday
It was my first attempt at an oil landscape and appropriate, given that I went to school here.
One for #StandingStoneSunday