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From Dotty Earl's Tall Stories series — where the figures are always gloriously oversized. The sky is on fire — a deep, burning orange that turns the snow pink and the bare, curly-branched trees to silhouettes. A figure in a dark coat walks steadily across the hill, hands in pockets. His little white dog is not walking steadily at all — he's tracking excited circles in the snow, because he knows. The cottage is just there on the horizon. They're nearly home.
A robin watches from a post. Sheep graze on the far hill. It's cold, it's quiet, and it's one of those nostalgic winter evenings that feels like it belongs on a Christmas card — except warmer and funnier.
Dotty works in mixed media — watercolour with pastel and coloured pencil, with a smidge of charcoal and ink pen thrown in — giving her work a soft, whimsical quality that is entirely her own. She calls it The Twirly World of Dotty Earl.
This print is presented in an acid-free mount, ready to frame.
If this print is out of stock at the gallery, we will arrange for it to be shipped directly from the artist.
Edition Details
A reproduction of Dotty Earl's original painting, printed with archival pigment inks on fine art paper. Limited to 195 copies worldwide. Individually signed and numbered by Dotty Earl. Supplied with a certificate of authenticity.
Approximate Measurements
Image size: approx. 30×30cm
Mounted size: 45×46cm
Please contact us if you need help sourcing a frame for this size.
About Dotty Earl
Dotty was born and grew up on the Wirral, and was drawn to art from a young age — going on to study at Wirral Metropolitan College before earning a degree in Film and Animation at the University of Humberside. She spent many years as a digital artist and animator in the computer games industry, illustrating novels and designing artwork for clothing lines along the way.
Dotty now lives in a small Yorkshire village, where her love of painting bright, colourful characters — created to make people smile — continues to grow.
Dotty Earl at The Braithwaite GalleryDotty Earl signing her work at The Braithwaite Gallery