CURRENTLY showing at West Berkshire Museum, Upper Basildon artist Nick Schlee’s Drawn to the Ridgeway takes a ‘walk’ along the stretch of Britain’s oldest road from Goring to Avebury through choice views along the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Now in his 90s, Nick is a prolific a painter as ever. His oil pastel sketches are done at speed, on the spot, with all the energy and dynamism capturing the essential spirit of the landscape. His big oils are worked up from those sketches in the studio. He uses strong energetic strokes and exploits the dynamics of pure col…