Where the Ducks Play Football
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Where the Ducks Play Football, Oil on Board 19" x 12" Autumn light, Ilkley Moor. Ilkley is the start (or finish) to the Dales Way, so I guess it can be included in the Dales Landscapes category. The painting tries to capture the low fading light of the sun setting behind the mass of gritstone that makes up Ilkley Moor. The tor-like outcrops of Millstone Grit are the famous Cow and Calf rocks, and it is a place very close to my heart. As a kid I remember getting fish and chips from Harry Ramsdens at Guiseley, heading up on to the moors for our picnic, and afterwards exploring the rocks and quarries beyond. The title of the piece is taken from one of the adlib additions to the Yorkshire Anthem, On Ilkley Moor Ba'tat, a song that every self-respecting Yorkshireman knows off by heart!
About the Artist
Ian Black
Ian was born in Leeds in 1972, he is a self-taught artist living in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is undoubtledly proud of his heritage. Inspired by the characteristics of the Dales, Ian is a prolific sketcher and pochade painter who is attempting to capture the spirit of the local…
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