St Marys Abby - York

10" x 7" Oil on paper (Including display frame) 

The ruins we now see are all that remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England. Its story ties together two of the most important events in English history: it was begun by William the Conqueror to reinforce his hold on the north after 1066 and ended by Henry the Eighth as a consequence of his Reformation of the church.

Painted summer 2023