‘Night & Day’ oil & mixed media on canvas. 150x100cm. Nearly finished this one but there’s definitely more skyscrapers there now since I started it in 2024.

The dawn of summer. Oil on canvas. The beautiful hawthorn blossom, the queen of May!

Happy mother’s day! ‘Serenity’ oil on canvas. 2013 archive collection. . #mothersday #art #artist

It’s reet cold in ‘eer! For those who are wondering where my studio is. Woodend mill, a dusty old cotton mill in the heart of Mossley in Lancashire. Adjacent to the canal and river and surrounding Pennine hills. I’ve done 20 long winters here so I’m as tough as old cloggs. . #artist #studio #art

Dove cottage. Oil on canvas. A lovely little ramshackle sanctuary just a few minutes walk from home. All of life is here! . #art #painting #allotment #smallholding #livestock #artist #oldham #lancashire

Anything that is framed by trees in gorgeous sunlight is always going to be a good painting! . #trees #sun #nature #garden #art #painting #simplethings #artist #manchester

Snow blind. Oil on canvas. 60X40cm. Fresh from the easel! . #art #artist #painting #winter #landscape #manchester #pennines

I heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social talking about the Peak District today and he once lived in Hayfield near Glossop? I bet he would this painting! Village life, oil on canvas. Hayfield.

After Calima. The sand storm of February 2018. I came home after being stranded in Gran Canaria to find some strange weather, warm and misty red skies. Oil on canvas.

Working on a new large scale canvas this week! ‘First light’ oil on canvas. 120X150cm. The ethereal energy is there already!

The new kid on the block. The CO-OP live stadium is now a prominent part of the landscape on the fringe of Manchester City centre, and the venue to the first Brits event in the north! Now features in a new painting ‘Stadium’ oil on board. #art #manchester #cooplive #thebrits26 #painting

From one of my favourite local hikes! Mid winter. Oil on canvas. From the winter solstice day 2024. #art #artist #oilpainting #winter #solstice #manchester #uk #trees #nature

Has there ever been a more graceless and divisive concession? Showing exactly why voters in Gorton and Denton rejected him tonight

Manchester is Green! Choosing hope over hate is what makes us proud to be Mancunians. #gortonanddenton #hope #greenparty #election #art #mancunian #manchester #artist

Good morning #manchester

I’m still waiting for the last blast before spring finally arrives. ‘Whispering souls’ Oil on canvas. #art #artist #nature #trees #painting #spiritual #healing #mindfulness #winter #sun #optimism #hope

It won’t be long until the garden gets busy again! Allotted time. Oil on canvas. #art #artist #allotment #garden #gardening #spring #colourful #uk

Where the country ends and suburbs and city begins! Another oil painting for my exhibition in December at Salford art gallery. Edge of the city. #art #exhibition #artist #manchester #salford #city #gallery #painting

Late winter-early spring sunshine is the best time for shadow hunting. I love these patterns of skeletal trees on buildings. Oil on canvas. #art #artist #artwork #painting #oilpainting #sunshine #yorkshire #spring #winter #trees

It finally happened.. A day without rain! Spring sunshine. Oil on canvas. #art #artist #artwork #northern #saddleworth #manchester #sunshine

A passing storm. The rain falls hard on a humdrum town. Oil on canvas. ‘Edge of the city’ series. #manchester #weather #art #painting #artist #mancunian #northern #uk

Amazing how a fallen tree and all the decaying leaves and branches become so transformed into something really beautiful with a dusting of snow. Natures simplicity is perfection! #inspired #nature #artist #painting #oilpainting #art #winter #trees #snow

Just an ordinary street, nothing to see here! Well… I beg to differ. Park lights.. oil on canvas. #art #artist #oilpainting #artcollector #uk #manchester #dusk #light

Solstice. Oil on canvas. From a rare sequence of events. It’s not often we get snow and beautiful sunsets on the winter solstice but this was one of those days. Ltd edition signed prints now available. #art #ltdeditions #artcollection #artist #uk #manchester www.chriscyprus.shop/products/sol...

Closing time… Hebden bridge. Now available as a print. #art #prints #hebdenbridge #westyorkshire #artist www.chriscyprus.shop/products/chr...

All this rain! we might need another river to take it away. The river, oil on canvas. #painting #art #artist #rain #oilpainting

I’m off for a long walk, the suns out and nowhere is nicer than Holmfirth on a day like this! Oil on canvas. #art #artist #artwork #holmfirth #yorkshire

One of the little gems in West Yorkshire is Slaithwaite. Or as the locals pronounce it Slawit. Just been there for an amazing curry! Milltown. Oil on canvas. #art #artist #painting #yorkshire

A passing storm. Oil on canvas. Another wet one in the Yorkshire dales! #art #artist #yorkshire #landscape #painting

On my easel today…… These perfect winter days when we have snow and brilliant sunshine are so rare these days. Im old enough to remember winters that lasted for weeks with heavy snowfall here in the Pennines. It’s a slice of nostalgia for me to see this and be inspired by it.

The good old corner shop… Where you pay double for the convenience! Northern lights series Oil on canvas. 2014. #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #northernlights #macclesfield #northern #uk

It’s fryday…It’s a chippy dinner right? Golden dragon. Oil on canvas. 2024. #friday #feeling #fish&chips #art #inspiration #weekend #painting #manchester #uk

A little piece of West Yorkshire that’s now in California. Milltown in Marsden. Oil on canvas. 2024. #art #artist #artwork #original #painting #yorkshire #uk

Frosty morning. Oil on canvas. 2024. One of many paintings that went to the U.S. #art #artist #uk #usa #painting #contemporaryart #artcollector #original

The Underpass. Oil on canvas. 2024. I was happy to see this go to a new home but sad also. It’s like seeing your children off to college! #art #painting #oilpainting #artist #contemporaryart #original #winter #sun

‘Sun trees’ oil on canvas. 80x100cm Let nature dazzle you! Available as a print from Chriscyprus.com #art #artist #trees #uk #woodland #nature #sunlight #autumn

‘Tango’ oil on canvas. I’ve been watching these two dance for years now! #art #artist #trees #woodland #uk #manchester #nature #mindful #therapy

The Fringe is one of my favourite paintings from the chew valley collection which is growing in numbers since 2021. Prints are now available at Chriscyprus.com #art #contemporaryart #artist #trees #nature #artprints

When the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Just add sodium lights! #northernlights Winters at dusk will never look the same again. #painting

It’s hard to get a word in, but he’s a lovely man! #alantichmarsh #loveyourweekend

Nice to see my painting ‘Old milltown’ is the front cover for Februarys Lancashire life magazine! #lancashire #artist

Where did all the lights go? I miss those old sodium lamps that gave us a warm glow in winter months. This is just one of 250 paintings that I made in a series called Northern lights. #northernlights #art

Another large canvas just finished! ‘Isthmus’ oils. 120X120cm. An unusual strip of land between the river and the canal that was previously built to control water flows to an old mill, waterwheel? Now nature has reclaimed it. #art #painting

Just spending the afternoon working on a new painting ‘Oak hill’ oil on canvas. It’s from one of my favourite local walks in the woods. The winters sunsets here are super. #art #painting

It was like this for decades. Now it’s been abandoned and looks like it’s going to be erased forever, that’s why I have to paint it! #shedart #art

Living on the edge! I’m about 10 miles out from #manchester city centre, up on the hill is where you’ll find me. I’m currently working on a few projects, one for my exhibition at Salford art gallery in December called ‘Edge of the city’ #art

Here’s a photo of just two of the four rooms in my studio and gallery. It’s in an old cotton mill in a suburb of Manchester and well worth the visit! #art #artgallery

A cotton industry. Oil on canvas. I’ve got a thing for allotments in the north. A fascination that started in 2004 with the humble garden shed. #allotments #art

Outskirts. Oil on board. The low rises and strangeways in this suburban landscape on a winters morning. #art #manchester

A cold start. Oil on canvas. 2026. Another new painting ready for hanging in my gallery! #art #manchester