Radford Meadows Stafford

River Penk Flood Plain

Not far from where I live is Radford Meadows. The Meadows form part of the River Penk flood plain. This is an important wetland for the local area soaking up the extra excess rainwater especially at the time of winter flooding.

River Penk flood plain

Walking along the towpath of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal you get these amazing views when you across the meadow where you can get a true sense of the history and importance of this area.

The meadows are maintained by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and the plain creates a wonderful pasture land for grazing cattle in the summer and in the winter months and glorious wetland area for birds.  Teal, wigeon, lapwing and snipe and other rare breeds can often be found here as well as rare trees.

I am very inspired by this area and find myself returning time again to paint and sketch.

I have painted many plein air paintings of the Radford Meadow including:

Cow Drinking at Radford Meadows

Cow Drinking at Radford Meadows by Lisa Oakley

Autumn at the Meadow

Sunset at the Meadow

Sunset at the Meadows – Lisa Oakley

My latest painting below shows an example of a painting from the Radford wetland Meadows that I have worked on in the studio:

Radford Meadows Flood Plain

Radford Meadows Flood Plain by Lisa Oakley Staffordshire Plein Air Artist

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