Artwork

THE WICKER MAN

Inspired by the infamous wicker effigy as seen in history, folklore and popular culture.

THE WOLD NEWTON METEORITE

Inspired by the local history tale of the time an extra-terrestrial stone plummeted into rural East Yorkshire. At around 3pm on the 13th December 1795 a mysterious stone crashed into a field at Wold Cottage, Wold Newton, causing great surprise to the locals working on the land.

OWD NANCE

Inspired by the haunting, 17th-century folklore tale, the Screaming Skull ‘Owd Nance’ of Burton Agnes Hall, East Yorkshire. Legend says, the skull of Anne Griffith, ‘Owd Nance’, is to never leave Burton Agnes Hall, lest she will wreak havoc to those who encounter her spirit.

RUDSTON MONOLITH DURING MABON

Inspired by a visit to one of my favourite historic, pagan sites- the Rudston Monolith, East Yorkshire- at the time of the autumn equinox, Mabon. The Rudston Monolith is the tallest standing stone in Britain. It is believed the monolith is a central point in a prehistoric ceremonial landscape on the Gypsey Race, and it also has connections with local legends of the devil. The stone is said to have appeared after the devil became angry that a church had been built on pagan land that he threw a spear of rock into the heavens, only to have it sent back into the churchyard by divine intervention.

NEW MOON

Inspired by the ‘New Moon’ lunar phase and its eerie glow.

HAGSTONE WASHED ASHORE AT MAPPLETON

Inspired by a hagstone that washed upon the beach at Mappleton, East Yorkshire. Hagstones offer the ability to see through the veil, and can offer luck and protection.

THE HOLDERNESS LABYRINTH “WALLS OF TROY”

Inspired by a lost piece of East Yorkshire and Holderness history. The ‘Walls of Troy’ was a turf labyrinth of medieval origin at Marfleet, near Kingston upon Hull, lost during the 1800s.

THE GREEN MAN OF BRIDLINGTON PRIORY

This cheeky Green Man artwork is inspired by an architectural roof boss in the nave of Bridlington Priory Church, East Yorkshire.

THE DRINKING DINOSAUR AT FLAMBOROUGH

Inspired by the beautiful Green Stacks Pinnacle a.k.a the ‘Drinking Dinosaur’ rock formation at Flamborough Head, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire. The Green Stacks Pinnacle is a chalk sea stack rock formation located south to the Flamborough Lighthouse. When viewed from a certain angle, these rocks can look just like a prehistoric creature gazing out from the coast into the North Sea.

THE BURLINGTON MUMMERS

Inspired by a group of children who were photographed in 1919 at the Bridlington Peace Pageant dressed up as a medieval band of mummers. The mummers paraded around Bridlington, historically ‘Burlington’, wearing their animal masks, and engaging in lots of merrymaking.

BOLLINGTON JACKDAW

Inspired by a special tale of Bridlington folklore in East Yorkshire. Bridlington folk are known as ‘Bollington Jackdaws’ after puzzled workmen repairing the Priory Church observed a clever Jackdaw pull straw through a hole in the masonry giving them a solution to their problem.

HAIRY BOB’S CAVE

This enigmatic ‘cave’ can be explored in the shadow of Scarborough Castle along Royal Albert Drive. Its origins are a mystery. Legend says it was the home of a hermit who hand-carved a door and two windows into this boulder. Its name may derive from a Mr Bob, a dishevelled salesman who once wandered Scarborough’s streets selling ‘yellowstone’ removed from the cliffs beneath the castle. Was the cave simply a bivouac or a folly, intended to shelter construction workers who built the Royal Albert Drive and Marine Drive at the turn of the 20th century? Who knows…the mystery continues!

NORTHERN LIGHTS AT SCARBOROUGH CASTLE

Inspired by Scarborough Castle’s iconic outline during the Northern Lights.