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Tim Godden

@tjgodden.bsky.social
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Artist, historian, wanderer, keen but average cyclist, husband and dad. Art: timgodden.co.uk

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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s lovely to finally share the pieces I’ve been working on for my recent small show, ‘A Mind Insensible of Guile’: reimagining the forgotten architecture of John Meadows. Here’s a new work inspired by the only extant & visible piece of Meadow’s work that remains, at Hartland Abbey in North Devon.
Collage of the original Georgian design of Hartland Abbey in North Devon by the architect John Meadows.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks for the kind words, we’ve had a lovely summer of Twingo fun. My website is set up for US shipping, but if you have any issues just give me a shout.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I’ve been working on this new direction for about 8 months and the feedback has been wonderful. I’ve just listed a few pieces, so, if you’re interested in old church buildings, historic houses and other architectural oddities why not take a look? Timgodden.co.uk/shop #fineart #art
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you would be interested in acquiring any of my recent works please do get in touch. Timgodden.co.uk/contact #originalart #artist
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Storm at Crowcombe, 1724 If you’d be interested in acquiring this piece and are unable to get to Porlock, you can now find it listed on the Churchgate Gallery website. churchgategallery.co.uk/product/5526... #art #fineart #artforsale
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A new work and a little of the story behind it. #art #artist
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It’s been quite the journey, but today I finally finished my new piece. Partly representative, partly the feeling of the place, and partly the memory of my visit to St. Mary’s at Barningham Winter in Norfolk. #FineArt #Art #Architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I usually forget to take process videos, but today I remembered. So here’s a short time-lapse video of the almost meditative act of painting lichen forms. This will be included in a new work due to be finished soon. #art #fineart #BritishArt
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’m slowly getting back into a routine after the Easter break. Steadily a new piece is beginning to take form. #art #britishart
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I’m delighted to be talking about the inspiration of old churches in the beautiful surroundings of the Churches Conservation Trust’s St. Petrock’s as part of the Parracombe Arts and Literary Festival. Admission is free, but you’ll need to book here: www.ticketsource.com/parracombe-c... #art
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It’s been a wonderfully engaging match. I think Somerset will see it through, that view has changed a number of times during this innings, though!
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A lovely surprise on Saturday evening, on my way to a concert I passed by Churchgate Gallery in Porlock to see my ‘Storm at Crowcombe, 1724” in the window. #art #artist
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It’s #WorldArtDay today, so here are just a few of the pieces I’ve completed in recent months. If you’d like to support my work you can find some of my linocut prints here: timgodden.co.uk/shop/linocut And if you’d like to acquire an original work please do get in touch. #art
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
On 9th April 1917, whilst smoking a pipe in his dugout doorway, the poet and writer Edward Thomas was killed. His greatest legacy, his writings, still influence the way we perceive place and consider our place within the landscape. #ww1 #linocut #art
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A churchyard sketch from the last day of March. I’m not a religious person, though I find a wander down to the church, either to sit and think in the silence or to sketch whatever takes my fancy, helps to clear my mind and both inspire and prepare me for what comes next.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Upcott Folly, Barnstaple A new work depicting the folly built by Lt. Col. William Harding that looks down on Barnstaple. #art #fineart #Devon
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Goodness me, Jessica, that sounds horrible. I’m so sorry to read it and hope you are doing as well as you can in the circumstances.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Churchyard textures from a new piece. #art #britishart #churchyard
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A recent visit to my local Churches Conservation Trust church, St. Petrock’s Church, Parracombe, inspired this new work. To me it is one of the gems of Exmoor. If you’re ever in the area do make sure to visit this wonderful place and be inspired yourself. #art #churchcrawling
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Churchyard textures from a new piece. #art #britishart #churchyard
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry
Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
An apt date on which to find this in the Arlington second-hand bookshop, too.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Another beautiful Spring morning here at Arlington.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Hobart’s Mausoleum, Blickling, Norfolk Another of my recently framed pieces waiting to go into the Spring Exhibition at Churchgate Gallery in Porlock. #art #archutecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Here’s another of my recently framed pieces, ‘Sir John’s Folly’. This will be available from Churchgate Gallery, Porlock in the very near future. #art #architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A few of my pieces have been framed for the Spring Exhibition at Churchgate Gallery in Porlock, and I think the framer has done a wonderful job. Here’s my ‘Storm at Crowcombe, 1724’. #art #artist #architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Spring mornings at Arlington.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Happiness is a selection of old books arriving to help with research.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I’m very sorry to have to share the news that my friend Richard Aldred passed away yesterday. It was an honour to have known him for the last few years of his eventful life. Another of the voices of the Normandy summer of 1944 fades away into memory. #ww2 #veteran
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I first read Richard Aldington’s ‘Death of a Hero’ at art school, about the same time as I read Henry Williamson’s ‘Private’s Progress’. A few years ago I was fortunate enough to obtain this copy of the first book, owned by the author of the second. #WorldBookDay #ww1
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This 1919 copy of Charles Hamilton Sorley’s ‘Marlborough and Other Poems’ belonged to his twin brother, Kenneth. When I hold it I can’t help but wonder about how he must have felt seeing his brother’s face staring back out of the pages at him. #ww1 #WorldBookDay
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Hopefully for next year’s #WorldBookDay I will have my own book to share, but for now a few favourites from my collection will have to suffice. Blunden is one of my favourite writers of the Great War, this signed copy of some of his poems is very special to me. #ww1
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
On the way home from Norfolk I stopped to photograph the Elveden war memorial. Its siting at the meeting point of three parishes was central to its function as a memorial. Though with the widening of the A12 its grandeur in the landscape is now difficult to capture. #ww1 #memorial
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
IT MUST’VE BEEN HERE SOMEWHERE Two veterans of the Great War, one the writer R. H. Mottram, look for the place of their memories on the old Western Front. - To acquire the original illustration please contact me via DM or my website. #ww1 #illustration
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
DUNSLAND, 17TH NOVEMBER 1967 The great house of Dunsland in North Devon consumed by flames just days after the celebrations were held to mark its complete restoration. #art #architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I have spent the last month or so researching and creating this large scale piece showing the November night in 1967 that Dunsland was consumed by fire. Today I took the completed piece to the terrace in the landscape where the old house once stood. #architecture #art #artist
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
There’s plenty to find, Dunsland’s story features in a number of books. It is a tragic story, and the loss still sits heavily on the land there.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
DUNSLAND, 17TH NOVEMBER 1967 The great house of Dunsland in North Devon consumed by flames just days after the celebrations were held to mark its complete restoration. #art #architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I have spent the last month or so researching and creating this large scale piece showing the November night in 1967 that Dunsland was consumed by fire. Today I took the completed piece to the terrace in the landscape where the old house once stood. #architecture #art #artist
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Join us on 4th February, live in-person or online, for our next Lecture, 'Gertrude Jekyll: Artist Gardener Craftswoman.' This is part of our series 'Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement', which runs from 28th January - 18th March 2026. Book here: bit.ly/4q7xhZg 🧵
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ha! Yes, though it’s not Thornfeld Hall!
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A detail from a work in progress. It’s my largest collage piece to date and is inspired by a place I’ve wanted to paint for many years. #art #fineart #BritishArtist #ModernBritishArt #architecture
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I’m also delighted to announce an exhibition to mark the 235th anniversary of the death of the almost entirely forgotten architect John Meadows. He was the architect of a number of lost houses in Devon and elsewhere, the exhibition will bring some of those places to life again. #art #architecture
Memorial tablet to John Meadows, architect in the church at Arlington, Devon.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am delighted to announce that my new works will soon be available from the Churchgate Gallery in Porlock, Somerset. Given that so much of my work focuses on our ancient churches and other buildings of curiosity, I could not think of a more apt location than this wonderful gallery. #art #fineart
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's the last week of my sale, so if you'd like to get yourself one of my original paintings at a special, low price, now is your last chance. You can find everything available, here: timgodden.co.uk/shop #ww1 #ww2 #illustration
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I’m also delighted to announce an exhibition to mark the 235th anniversary of the death of the almost entirely forgotten architect John Meadows. He was the architect of a number of lost houses in Devon and elsewhere, the exhibition will bring some of those places to life again. #art #architecture
Memorial tablet to John Meadows, architect in the church at Arlington, Devon.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am delighted to announce that my new works will soon be available from the Churchgate Gallery in Porlock, Somerset. Given that so much of my work focuses on our ancient churches and other buildings of curiosity, I could not think of a more apt location than this wonderful gallery. #art #fineart
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
One of the things I love most about Arlington is the mists. This morning’s chilly start had the valleys draped in white.
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It would be closer for you to go to France, surely! 😄
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Tim Godden @tjgodden.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Working up the layers on a new piece. This is a piece I have been mulling over in one way, shape or form for about five years, but didn’t have the creative outlet to capture the image in my mind. Hopefully in the next few days I’ll, at last, be able to look upon the completed work. #art
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