My “Wainwright” moment. As some of you may already know, during the coming summer Keswick Museum and Art Gallery is having a Wainwright Exhibition about the man and his love of the Lake District. I have been asked to provide exhibits from my Wainwrights in Colour project including photographs and paintings.
As part of the event we have been asked to provide short film clips of our “Wainwright Moments” so here is mine. My “Wainwright” moment
The exhibition runs from 23rdMay through to 8th November for more information click here.
Following on from the success of The Wainwrights in Colour project and award winning book Andy is regularly requested to give talks and presentations on this and other subjects. He is able to give these talks to groups large or small and is willing to travel to do so. If you are interested in him giving a talk to your group them please do get in touch via email: [email protected]
The Wainwrights in Colour
Inspired by the work of Master Fellwalker and artist Alfred Wainwright, Andy spent over ten years completing the major project The Wainwrights in Colour. This meant producing a watercolour sketch of every illustration drawn by A.W. in his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Every single location of the illustrations has been meticulously researched so that Andy’s references are taken from the exact location where A.W. stood to take his own black and white photographs.
This was a unique undertaking. Whilst many others have taken a few comparison photographs of AW’s illustrations Andy went out and not only obtained all 1500 images but then went on to paint them as watercolour sketches.
