Wheelbarrow Lane

Wheelbarrow Lane
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Beautifully drawn Alice and I do like the lamppost which makes the scene - well spotted and well captured.

Thanks Michael. Helston is dotted with these Victorian lamposts and they are really rather beautiful...

Love your work Alice...did you photograph this and work at home?

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13/04/2015
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I stumbled across this lane in Helston, Cornwall, and I tried to capture it's sense of historyand attmosphere in this fine line pen and marker pen drawing. The lane took servants from where the old market used to be, to the servants' entrances in the large town houses. The strange wedge-shaped ramps down one side were probably to help the wheelbarrows laden with local farm produce down the steep incline, hence the name, Wheelbarrow Lane!

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Alice Hole

As an artist, I can’t help but be constantly inspired by my surroundings in Cornwall where I live. I love the beautiful landscapes which change with the seasons, dramatic coastlines with vast skies, rolling turquoise seas and the historic mining towns with their quirky architecture and meandering…

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