- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Jeremy Mills Publishing; First edition (21 May 2010)
- ISBN-10: 1906600481
- ISBN-13: 978-1906600488
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 20.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 840,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Yorkshire is a fascinating and diverse county and its topography provides many inspiring vistas for the landscape artist. This book portrays the Yorkshire landscape through the eyes of one of the county's most versatile and best known watercolourists. From the Pennines to the coast, over the North Yorkshire Moors and through the Wolds to the industrial south of the region, this book encompasses everything to please lovers of this remarkable county. The book accompanies the exhibition of the same name.
The book includes large towns and cities such as Leeds, York, Huddersfield, Sheffield, coastal towns and villages such as Bridlington, Staithes and Whitby, and also includes a selection of smaller places, such as Haworth, home of the Brontёs.
About the Author
Les Packham is a proud Yorkshireman with huge enthusiasm for anything to do with his native county. He is a self taught painter inspired by the great early English and Victorian watercolourists. For Les, watercolour is the ultimate medium. He has become well known through his contribution to various Yorkshire publications and also for his best selling calendar 'Yorkshire in Watercolour'. He has exhibited in London at the House of Commons, The Mall Galleries, The University Womens' Club and the former Royal Naval Dockyards at Chatham. Nearer to home he has, among other venues, had one man exhibitions at Skipton Castle, Mount Grace Priory, Nunnington Hall and Cannon Hall as well as exhibiting at the Ferens Gallery Hull and the Mercer Gallery Harrogate. For the past few years he and his wife Judith have been instrumental in organising the Art Show at the Great Yorkshire Show. His clients include The National Trust and English Heritage. Les lives in Wakefield with his wife and rescued Staffordshire Bull Terrier Brontё. He was awarded the MBE in the Millennium Honours List for his services to road safety.
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Format:Paperback
This is a book at a bargain price and fit for anyone who loves or is interested in Yorkshire and watercolour painting. Yorkshire born and bred, I love it. Les has a light touch that is sometimes lost in the printing reproduction process on a few paintings, but overall you will be delighted with this book. In these traditional watercolours, Les portrays the diversity that is Yorkshire from hills and dales to seascapes and landscapes. Each painting has a brief description. This is a celebration not just of Les Packham's ability, but also of the beauty of Yorkshire. This review first appeared on Karen Platt's book review website.
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I first encountered the works of this artist many years ago and now his calendar is a regular and much admired feature in the dining room. he really knows and understands the light and shade of Yorkshire and deserves to be better known and hung.Yorkshire in Watercolour Calendar 2012
Format:Paperback
A lovely book of Yorkshire views, many of them familiar. It is a nice idea to put these paintings together in a book, which can be looked at in great detail and at my convenience. I have admired Les's work for many years, but it would not have been possible to buy all these original paintings, so putting them in a book is the next best thing. I have shown this book to many of my friends and it has been greatly admired.
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