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.

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.

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

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 30 000 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).

Designed for the National Trust shop in Keswick, this new addition to the Lakes collection is due to be in print shortly....

Beatrix Potter's Hill Top, acrylic. Commissioned by the National Trust.  Fine art cards are now on sale on site at Hill Top.