Captain Cook & the Whale Bones,
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Yorkshire Marine Landscape Acrylic Painting
| Captain Cook & the Whale Bones, Whitby enlarge |
Acrylic on Board 1999
12 x 8 ins
private collection
An acrylic landscape / marine painting of Whitby on the
north-east coast of England depicting the monument to
English explorer Captain James Cook who sailed around
the world in the ship The Endeavour.
The view looks out over the North Sea. In the foreground
is the famous giant whale-bone arch symbolising Whitby's
whaling past.
The tourists are dwarfed by the whale bones and are
struggling against the buffeting wind from the sea.
The acrylic paint is applied quite scratchily with a Winsor
& Newton Sceptre Gold brush - the blues are a mix of
Ultramarine Blue, White, and just a hint of Alizarin Crimson.
It has just rained and the colour of the damp sky is
reflected in the road which runs by the seafront.
A signed card of this painting is available click here
Steve Greaves
Whitby Abbey
Postcard