Artist working with Empire Levant and Kauto Star

It's a clear, cold, sunny morning in Somerset, and out on Ditcheat hill gallops are some of the countries greatest national hunt stars. Including Cheltenham Gold Cup winners Kauto Star and Denman, and watching every muscle movement is artist Martin Alford.

He has been working with the champion NH trainer Paul Nicholls and team Ditcheat for the past 10 years, and loves nothing more than looking over from the top of Ditcheat hill as the string of racehorses thunder past him, giving the inspiration for his work.

Sketches, drawings and photographs are made over the winter, and ideas collated for a body of work, which is then executed during the summer months to be later exhibited at the stables annual owners’ day in September.

Martin Alford is based in Somerset and works in oil and watercolour, he specialises in equestrian, dogs and landscape with both originals and prints available. Samples of his paintings and prints can be viewed on the pictures page which is linked above.