Limestone, Sandstone, Millstone - Landscape Art from - Yorkshire / Lancashire / Cumbria (part 2)
15 November -17 December 2011 (This exhibition has now ended, scroll down the page to view works which are still available) If there are any works which you are interested in, please contact the gallery: info@gavaganart.com or Tel: 07799797961
Image: Shawn Williamson, Stone Spiral, limestone. copyright the artist.
To view a selection of works which are in this exhibition please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
This exhibition includes work by a number of artists from the three counties, and follows on from the show held last winter.
This years exhibition has two special displays, paintings by:
Chris Rigby - The winner of the first prize at the Open up North art competition run by the Brewery Arts Centre Kendal.
Vivien John (1915 - 1994) - The youngest daughter of Augustus and Dorelia John. Watercolours of Horton in Ribblesdale.
The Landscape of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria:
The geology of these three northern counties which has dramatically shaped the landscape, has also greatly influenced the art produced by artists who live and work there. The Linton Court Gallery’s winter exhibition features work by a number of artists from each county, some established as landscape artists, others who are lesser known.
Linton Court is situated beneath the limestone outcrop of Castleberg Crag, close to the distinctive landscape of Malham, an area which has inspired artists for hundreds of years. The magnificent limestone landscape of Gordale Scar, at the northern end of the Craven Fault, inspired the British romantic painter, James Ward (1769 - 1859) in 1812, to paint “Gordale Scar”, Tate Gallery, London. In the twentieth century, the artist John Piper (1903 - 1992) made paintings and drawings during the 1940s of this dramatic natural feature.
The area continues to inspire artists living and working in the area, a number of them are included in this exhibition : Frank Gordon, Margaret Uttley and Katharine Holmes.
Frank who is originally from Lancashire, now lives in Giggleswick and is exhibiting drawings and paintings of Ribblesdale. Margaret Uttley is exhibiting fine drawings of the limestone landscape of the Craven area and Katharine Holmes, who recently had a large exhibition at the gallery has a number of works of the Malham landscape on show.
Other painters include:
Debbie Loane - from the market town of Easingwold, just north of York has a number of drawings and paintings on display, featuring the North York Moors and the North Pennine region.
Karen Lloyd - and Phil Morsman are two artists based in Cumbria. Karen works from her studio in Kendal and Phil from his base in Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Michael Bennett - work is to be found in the collections at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge and Wakefield Art Gallery was formerly Head of art at Bretton College Yorkshire. The paintings Michael is exhibiting in this exhibition are inspired by the poet Norman Nicholson and feature the Cumbrian fell Black Combe.
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Original Prints
Harrogate based David Morris has a number of etchings depicting the landscape of the East Yorkshire coast and David Cook who exhibited at Linton Court Gallery in spring 2011 has a range of prints featuring the Ribblesdale and Slaidburn landscape.
Janet Swailes who is the Yorkshire Dales Landscape Conservation Officer uses her knowledge to produce prints of the distinctive walled landscape of the Dales.
Sculpture
The exhibition includes work by three sculptors: Marjan Wouda, Shawn Williamson and Michael Hipkins.
Click images below for details.
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