For over twenty years I have been drawn to the paintings of the Victorian artist, Atkinson Grimshaw. I suppose I feel an affinity with him because my own craft involves painting with light and it is in the effects of light and the creation of atmosphere that Grimshaw excelled.I was thinking of him yesterday when I took this photograph in Cirencester Parish Church's graveyard. The picture of his that I had in my mind was 'Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay Park, Leeds'. I made use of the sun to form the shadows but Grimshaw depicted a lot of his scenes lit by moonlight - I'm not sure I'd want to spend to much time in this location late at night. He also used figures to give the picture scale - I had no-one to call on and I'm not sure I'd have had much success going out in to the street and inviting passers-by to join me amongst the tombstones.
Still you never know, there's some strange people about.
2 comments:
What a lov..um...beautiful picture. And Mr. Grimshaw's no slouch either.
You are too kind. And don't worry - both lovely and beautiful are good for my ego.
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