A new painting of the exterior of Vicarage Road Stadium is now on sale by an artist who has overcome serious illness and is aiming to paint as many different football ground as possible.

James Muddiman, who is based in Chesterfield, has a website full of paintings, prints and other memorabilia that encapsulate hundreds of football stadia both at home and abroad, as well as venues famous for hosting other sporting events.

His latest painting of Vicarage Road captures the corner of the stadium that plays host to the club shop, and is a view looking back down towards the hospital.

Landmarks such as the Graham Taylor statue, the Red Lion and even the garage next to Occupation Road are all depicted, along with a collection of supporters making their way to the game.

James is selling A3 prints of this new painting for £15, which includes postage and packaging in a sturdy tube, on his website: jkmartwork.com

He already has a Watford painting on his site, a internal view of the pitch from the Rookery/hospital corner during a game, and prints of that as well as mugs, keyrings, a mobile phone and canvasses are also available.

Among his other artwork on the website are paintings of the old Wembley Stadium, Lord’s cricket ground, Twickenham and Barcelona’s Nou Camp, as well as a huge number of different club grounds.

“I started up my business in the summer of 1999 after three years at Chesterfield College where I achieved two A-levels in art and design and graphic design,” said James.

“Whilst everyone in my class went on the various universities I decided I wanted to try and start making a living from my art.

“Everything was seemingly going ok for me until my world fell apart in 2011 when I was rushed to hospital with what turned out to be acute pancreatitis and a rare neuropathy called MADSAM

“After 15 months of fighting the illness and winning my battle I was allowed home. From there my life and work took off: I decided I wanted to concentrate on the artwork I was most passionate about, stadiums.

“I want to try and give supporters of as many different teams as possible, big small, to have a piece of artwork that depicts their stadium.”