Original Art and Gifts inspired by the Lake District
Welcome to our website, formerly Stoney Broke Designs, featuring original art and gifts by local Cumbria Artist Jo Witherington.
Browse through our collection of Lake District Posters, Laminated Postcards and Limited Edition Prints, all inspired by the most iconic and recognisable scenes in Cumbria. Perfect for gifts for friends and family, or perhaps a memento of your Lake District holiday.
Browse through our collection of Lake District Posters, Laminated Postcards and Limited Edition Prints, all inspired by the most iconic and recognisable scenes in Cumbria. Perfect for gifts for friends and family, or perhaps a memento of your Lake District holiday.
About Jo
Jo Witherington was born in rural Cambridgeshire, eventually moving to the Lakes in 2012. She did not go to art school, but there is a strong artistic tradition in the family with Jo being related to a number of Royal Academicians including William F Witherington, who has paintings held in the Tate; and Henry William Pickersgill, the celebrated portrait painter who exhibited alongside J M W Turner and John Constable. She is the National Trust’s official art supplier in the Lake District.
Stoney Broke Designs was started by Jo in 2014, when she was, literally that - stoney broke. Working long hours on low wages after years overseas; she decided that there must be a more fulfilling way to make ends meet than cleaning toilets and pulling pints. It was a dismal winter’s day in the Lake District when Jo finally decided to do something about her situation. A trip to the local art supplier later, and ‘Stoney’ began in a junk-free corner of her tiny staff flat. A few years on, and art has become her business, as well as a way of life.
Jo's merchandise is available to purchase locally, in the Lake District, at the following shops and galleries:
Beatrix Potter Gallery
G2 Gallery, Windermere
Glenridding Gallery, Ullswater
Framed, Whitehaven
Cherrydidi, Ambleside
Cherrydidi, Keswick
Hill Top National Trust Shop
Aira Force Visitor Centre
Hawkshead National Trust Shop
Grasmere National Trust Shop
Keswick National Trust Shop, Derwent Water
Steam Yacht Gondola, Coniston Water
Wasdale Head Campsite Retail
Great Langdale Campsite Retail
Low Wray Campsite Retail
Sticklebarn, Great Langdale
Eskdale Campsite Retail
Custom Giftware and Fine Art Commissions
Are you looking for something unique to sell? We work in collaboration with charities and small businesses to produce unique and eye-catching paper based giftware, specialising in niche tourist locations. Everything we sell is printed in the UK on FSC compliant papers. Our products are popular - to date, over 35 000 of Jo's images have been sold in different forms, shipping as far as Australia and the USA. If you would like more information on our custom giftware, please contact us for further details.
Fine art commissions are always considered. Please feel free to contact us with whatever you have in mind (costs will vary dependent on size, media and location. We ship internationally).
Latest Work
Similar subject, different country! This is a view across Lake Geneva (Lac Leman), from the beautiful village of Yvoire. It is a one-off, commissioned by Charlotte, who visited on her honeymoon :)
This one is for Jess, who got engaged on the shores of romantic Ullswater! Congrats and we wish you both all the best (blub, blub where's my hanky) ! This image will also be on general sale later in May, along with the rest of the Lakes collection.
Designed for the National Trust shop in Keswick, this new addition to the Lakes collection is now in print....
Beatrix Potter's Hill Top, acrylic. Commissioned by the National Trust. Fine art cards are now on sale on site at Hill Top.
