Heather Dawe
@heatherdawe
Writer, artist, climber, data scientist. Generally absorbed by mountains - literature, painting… - with occasional wanderings into AI.
Think it’s finished. Glen Rosa on a hot day in May, we went swimming in the pools. I wrote a Substack about it yesterday. open.substack.com/pub/heatherl... #ampainting
A new Substack - this time a short story open.substack.com/pub/heatherl...
Bit of Friday evening pastel sketching as the oil painting dries. #ampainting
Looking south from Red Pike on a January afternoon a few years ago. A work in progress, trying to remember how to paint in oils. #art #mountains #buttermere #lakedistrict
Lunchtime climbing in the sun. Did a few problems including this one, my favourite at Shipley Glen. But if I’m honest I mostly basked in the light ☀️ #climbing
Pastel sketch of Fleetwith Pike, reflections on Buttermere. #lakedistrict #pastel
Oil paintings and dry pastel paintings. I’ve been in a pastel kind of mood for over a year now. While I’m sure the urge to spread and mix oils with my pallet knife will return at some stage, right now I’m getting my fingers caked in multi-coloured pastel dust from all the sketching and blending.
Books. 📚 Both reading and writing. As I’m getting close to a final draft of my new book, I’m finding myself reflecting as I complete the concluding chapters. #amreading #amwriting #AI #intuition #art #mountains
A quick visit to the Lakes with Alanna and an evening climb of Helm Crag. It’s 17 years to the day since I did the Bob Graham Round. Memories of a long, hot, beautiful day up and around the fells. So awesome to be be back remembering and making new memories 🙂 #lakedistrict
‘Raven Crag’ a short story from my Banff shortlisted collection ‘Dreams of Lost Buttresses’ has just been published over on @ukclimbing.com A story of a woman who begins climbing after befriending a raven high up a mountain in the Lake District. www.ukclimbing.com/articles/lit...
I’ve not painted for a looong time. Very early days for this one but I’m loving it already, even the beginning frustrations caused by nerves and impatience. I need to wait for it to dry a bit… #ampainting #workinprogress
A fleeting visit today but a what a day to go. Didn’t expect I’d get to the mountain and I’m still smiling :)
The mountain is out. I didn’t know it before I came to Seattle but for a lot of the time you don’t see the mountains from the city. One of my friends told me a volcano appears from time to time on the horizon, always dependent on the cloud and haze.
Definitely late forties now… cake as baked by my lovely daughter and there’s not much left 😋 #cake
Fine morning for a wander around Silver Howe and Easedale. #lakedistrict #grasmere
Work in progress - Blea Tarn and moody Langdale Pikes beyond. #workinprogress #langdale #pastels
Early bike ride into Leeds and the London train. Had to stop to look at the view :) #wharfedale