To The Green Chapel 2026 by Helen Boardman
To The Green Chapel is part of a series capturing the Roaches — the dramatic gritstone ridge rising from the North Staffordshire Moorlands. A midnight blue sky gives way to light across the rock and heather, the landscape ancient and elemental, charged with the particular stillness of high ground. The title evokes both a physical destination and something older: the mythic Green Chapel of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a place of trial and transformation hidden in a wild northern landscape not unlike this one which is known as Ludd's Church.
Developed from plein air sketches and notes made whilst walking in spring 2026, and completed in the studio in summer 2026. Finished with artist’s professional UV satin varnish and wax.
- Artist: Helen Boardman
- Title: To The Green Chapel
- Date: 2026
- Medium: Acrylic on board
- Artwork size: 30.5 × 30.5 × 1.5 cm
- Framed size: 32.5 × 32.5 × 5 cm
- Framing: Acrylic on cradled board in dark grey tray frame
- Presented: Framed, with signed Certificate of Authenticity
Helen Boardman is a semi-abstract landscape artist based in Stone, Staffordshire. A keen walker, her work is an emotional as well as visual response to the landscapes she explores — from the Staffordshire Moorlands to the Peak District. Her paintings are held in private collections across the UK and internationally.