'Ribblehead Viaduct'

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Atmosphere is a good attempt but it look a bit warm to me, the area up there is usually a bit more grey. Nice though

Hi John - thanks for your comments! The colours in the photo are not quite a perfect reproduction of the painting and have come out a little on the 'red' side of the spectrum - the painting is a little more to the 'blue' side giving it a colder, more authentic atmosphere. Besides, the sun does shine up there once or twice a year... ;-)

'Ribblehead Viaduct' The area around Ribblehead has an element of unpredictability to the weather: bright sunshine, rain, sleet, snow, gale force winds and fog can all be experienced on the same day, high up in 'Three Peaks' country in the Yorkshire Dales. I have tried to convey that unpredictable weather in my painting..., almost making the viaduct a secondary feature. Ribblehead viaduct, built to carry the Settle to Carlisle railway line a quarter of a mile (402m) at a height of 104feet (32m) above Batty Moss, a bleak, windswept, waterlogged stretch of moorland. The 24 graceful stone arches took 4 years to build, starting in 1870. Behind the viaduct rises Whernside, one of the 'Three Peaks'. Acrylic on canvas 27" x 27"