Angela Harding
No adventure seems quite as romantic as voyaging around the British Isles on board a vintage sailing boat. From the wild sand dunes and windswept marshes of Suffolk to the towering sea stacks and wildlife-rich waters of the Shetlands to the hidden coves, precipitous clifftops and sparkling beaches of Cornwall, the UK’s varied shores are a ceaseless source of inspiration for a landscape painter.
Perhaps the only way to trump this vision for many artists would be to have a loved one at the helm and a sketchbook to hand. And for printmaker and illustrator Angela Harding this fantasy is very much a reality, as she spends most of her summers at sea with her husband, Mark, capturing the wonders of the country’s charming coastline. “I live about as far from the sea as you can be,” explains the Rutland-based artist, “but we have a
