Norman Adams
The gallery has a number of works both oil paintings and watercolours by Norman. Please contact the gallery for more details.
Norman Adams in his studio at Butts - Horton North Yorkshire
Norman Adams (1927-2005)
The Yorkshire Dales
When the Linton Court Gallery reopened in June 2010 after being closed for 7 years, the first exhibition was
Norman Adams - Paintings of the Yorkshire Dales and Hebrides. The exhibition was opened by the novelist and poet Glyn Hughes a friend of Norman and Anna Adams.
The Yorkshire Dales
“I am convinced that it was Yorkshire, the breadth of its uncluttered views, the clarity of its hill forms, the bird life and flowers, that cleansed his palette, his life, and his spiritual being.”
Quote from Glyn Hughes - poet, novelist and dramatist.
In 1956 Norman and his wife Anna travelled to the Yorkshire Dales. They fell in love with the landscape and bought a small cottage in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. This cottage was to become their main residence and Norman’s studio for most of his working life.
For the first few years Norman taught in London during the winters, and spent the summers painting in Yorkshire. During these summers Norman would leave home early and walk up onto the moors. He would spend long days painting, and return in the evening. At the end of the summer of 1958 he referred to his summer in Yorkshire as being 'like a happy childhood'.