30" x 22"
Painted on Saunders Waterford 140lb CP paper with Winsor & Newton artists paints
"Garrowby Hill" - original watercolour by Glenn Marshall 30" x 22" Painted on Saunders Waterford 140lb CP paper with Winsor & Newton artists paints How can you 'miss' York Minster? After all it is one of the most well known buildings in the world. Well I did! But who put me right? Garrowby Hill is a well known landmark on the main road between York and Bridlington. Back in 2004 this was my regular commute and the painting was originally entitled "Homeward Bound" as I lived in York at the time. I wanted to paint it as you get spectacular views over the Vale of York as you descend the steep slope. It has been painted many times but most famously by David Hockney in 1998. Incredibly six years later he was looking over my shoulder as I worked on mine. He liked the painting but.. "You haven't put the Minster in." was his comment. I had not as I had been concentrating on the sunset and its effects. Even though he explained where to look, It took me several more rides home before I finally spotted it. I added a few marks to give an impression of it on my watercolour. So there you are - painting completed courtesy of the world's greatest living artist.
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