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Gallery Home >Wainwrights in Colour Andy Beck- My Wainwrights Project. The Wainwrights....
in colour.
Inspired by the work of Master Fellwalker and artist Alfred Wainwright, Andy is undertaking the major project of 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 is being 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.
From book to photograph to sketch. As a keen hill-walker the fells of the Lake district is one of Andy's favourite places and being so close to hand he is able to visit the area even on short day trips. These trips are used to gather the required photographs for the project as well as ideas for other Lake District paintings. Due to the number of illustrations, more than one route on each of the 214 fells has to be undertaken and of course the weather conditions have to be favourable to allow the scene that A.W. depicted in his sketches to be viewed by Andy. The work of A.Wainwright in his seven Pictorial Guides was a thirteen year undertaking which to this day, approximately half a century later has not been bettered in its ingenuity, artistic content and detail. It is perhaps testament to the man that all 214 of the fells depicted in the volumes have become known under the collective name "The Wainwrights".
The development of this project has been on going for the past three years. "It has never been my intention for the project to be seen as copying the work of A.W., an impossible task, more as a matter of interest as how his sketches compare to today's scenes. Standing on the exact spot where he stood every time is not only a sense of achievement to me but also a feeling of closeness to the man and his work."
Book One Frontispiece- Ullswater from Keldas. The Wainwrights in Colour unsold work. Click here. The Wainwrights in Colour Catalogue. Click here. The Wainwrights in Colour Book. Click here.
The Wainwrights In Colour - Trailer from Alan Fentiman on Vimeo. ( This video is silent.) Latest Exhibition News click here (Updated 23rd December.) Take a look at the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information on the project. 23rd. December updated. The Wainwrights in Colour Feedback form. Would you like a catalogue? All you have to do is complete the relevant section of the form. All details are held in the strictest confidence. click here. The 214 Wainwrights are listed below in table form in seven sections equivalent to each pictorial guide. Dates are shown for when the hill was walked for this project. New- The sale of the fells in list order. Did you purchase one of the fells? See where that fell is on the worksheet. click here.
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