Lancaster artist’s Morecambe Bay paintings help to grow trees

Phil Entwistle has been a professional landscape artist since 2007, taking inspiration from his home county of Lancashire and his early years growing up near Morecambe Bay.

His experience of crossing the sands of the bay at an early age kindled an enduring interest in the processes that shape the physical landscape.

Having spent many years studying how geology changes UK landscapes, Phil began noticing the human-induced change happening in radically shorter timescales.

“I’ve always been interested in what happens in the environment - and that’s the basis for my paintings. Things that seem constant are changing all the time.

“I had this idea when I was feeling despondent, hearing all the bad news we get on a daily basis about the impact of climate change, and the urgency now of the need for leaders to act decisively.”

Recognising that these changes have a disproportionate impact on some of the world’s poorest people, he has generously decided to donate the proceeds from all sales of his paintings to Tree Aid until April 2024.

He said: “Right at the beginning I decided I wanted to share the proceeds with Tree Aid. Their approach – the idea of working with local communities in getting things to happen for the long-term, rather than just providing relief in emergencies, is providing a future for people."

Phil’s paintings show the beauty of Morecambe Bay and surroundings, and every painting sold will help grow trees and benefit communities and the environment in the Sahel region of Africa – truly “The Bay and Beyond”.

Brantwood, the former home of famous Victorian writer, artist, and social reformer John Ruskin in Cumbria, will show Phil Entwistle’s latest exhibition “The Bay and Beyond” from January 6 to March 17, 2024.

Tree Aid supports communities in the drylands of Africa to protect and grow trees so they can tackle the effects of the climate crisis as part of the Great Green Wall movement.

For more information about Tree Aid visit https://www.treeaid.org/