Alwyn Crawshaw has always had a love of horses, and is privileged to be a member of The Society of Equestrian Artists. Point-to-point races, or steeplechases have their origins in hunting - as jumping over obstacles is essential for a good hunting horse. The races developed as a way for rival owners to test their hunting horses against one another under equal conditions. In the above painting, Crawshaw captures the movement and majesty of the horses, in what is still a living part of English country life.
Ottery St Mary is a small town in the East Devon countryside, with an extraordinary parish church, modeled on the magnificent Exeter cathedral only thirteen miles away. Alwyn Crawshaw and his family used to live just a few miles from the town, and it is still a landscape that is very close to his heart.
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