Early morning in the North Yorkshire Dales

"Early Summer in Whafedale", Whafedale, North Yorkshire.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2009.

Over the years the small village of Hubberholme, Upper Whafedale in the North Yorkshire Dales, has provided a surprising number of paintings. When walking along one of the lanes that leads away from the village I was greeted by this stunning early morning view of the sun breaking through the lifting mist, the contrast between bright grass and deep shadows and finally some sheep grazing in the field. You couldn't really ask for more to start the day...