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  • New Painting

    Working on a new painting for the River Ure Project whilst teaching at Sleningford – ‘Sleningford Ure’ Oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm

  • New Signed Limited Edition Print

    David Stead gallery is pleased to announce that ‘Above Hackfall With Kate’ is now available as a large format, signed,  limited edition print. The print (an edition of only 150) measures 870mm…

  • Caught by the River

    The joys of rivers, music and beer; what more could you want from a web site? Pop along to https://www.caughtbytheriver.net  Where you will find some wonderful stuff and they’ve even been kind enough to…

  • David Stead Painting Course

    David is teaching a course at Old Sleningford Hall which started on 9th October and runs each Wednesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for 9 weeks with a half term break on…

  • Exhibition (River Ure Project)

      The first ‘River Ure Project’ exhibition opens with a private view at David Stead Gallery on Fri October 4th at 6.30pm. The exhibition featuring writings on the river and many new…

  • Commission

    I’m just back from a delightful trip to St Mawes in Cornwall where I have been working on a commission. I stayed at the Idle Rocks hotel (highly recommended) which looks straight…

  • Teaching 2

    I have just finished teaching a two day course at The Stable Gallery, Old Sleningford. I haven’t taught for many years and was pretty nervous about the whole thing. The Gallery and…

  • Teaching

    I’m looking forward to teaching next week (Wed 19th & Thurs 20th June) at Old Sleningford Mill

  • Horses

    Another bitter day and snow is whipping in from the east. I’m going up to Kilgram bridge to make a snowy picture of the river Ure but already as I set off,…

  • Dalesman Feature

    I’m featured in February’s issue of the Dalesman magazine which came out today. It’s a fine piece by editor Adrian Braddy about the ‘In the Footsteps of Turner’ project. Grab a copy…

  • River Ure Project VIDEO 11

  • River Ure Project Video