The Harvest
At this time of year I start to look seriously for pictures related to harvest time. The genesis of this lies with the artist Peter Watson whose work I first came across and showed some years ago when I still had Creation Fine Arts gallery.
Peter was born in Beverley and attended school locally before going to art college in Liverpool. He has been a succesful artist over the years and there is a link to his work below which has a quality of graphic design which I like and admire.
About three years ago we met at an opening and he suggested that we might collaborate on a series of paintings and photographs. After some thought and discussion we decided that the theme of harvest was a very suitable one for the East and North Yorkshire area (Peter now lives near Scarborough) and that it could make an interesting juxtaposition if my photographs were in mono against his colour paintings.
So for the last three years we have been slowly gathering material. We still don't know when it will be finished or if we will ever find a space to show it in but we live in hope.
So if you see me standing near a field looking at the work of harvesting getting done, or the fields ripen and the tracks across them slowly disappear you'll understand it is all part of a bigger plan.
This picture is a new one which may or may not be used eventually. I happened upon the combine harvester as I drove out of York and the dust, the position of the trees and the darker sky all seemed perfect for a shot.
Below is a painting showing Peter's style and a link so you can see more if you wish. You may have already seen a series of his pictures if you have visited the coalmining museum near Doncaster from commissions he undertook for the NCB before the mines closed in the 70's and 80's.
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