Luncheon Hut, Gayle Beck Lodge by Ian Black
Oil on board 5" x 7", Anyone who has driven over the B6255 from Ribblehead to Hawes cannot fail to have missed the broken down, abandoned, ruin that was once a 'luncheon hut' for shooting parties out on the moors above Gearstones. There has always been an air of mystery about this little building, whose fate is quickly fading away. The lodge has recently been in the local rag, The Craven Herald, and there is a call to save this iconic little building. Local landscape photographer Martin Henson has a wonderful article about it on his site. http://www.martinhensonphotography.co.uk/help-to-save-gayle-beck The painting was taken from a photo I took during one of the snowstorms we had in January this year, it reminds me of the paintings of Peter Brook, an artist who I greatly admire with his chilling portraits of farms in the Pennines.
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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