Fellrunning and Art

Didn't know that the two juxtaposed? Well they do and a discussion thread on the fellrunning forum about a local exhibition piqued my interest



As no suitable suitors had arrived to whisk me off for a candlelight dinner I took myself off to Hayfield for an evening of culture following my rep session round the streets of Cheadle.

Of the Artists exhibiting were

Rod Holt www.rodholt.co.uk 3 pictures were 'Narrative of a Fell Race' 'Overexposed' & 'Winter Rocks'

Claire Parker, a local Hayfield artist who was exhibiting some of her work in relation to the Kinder Trespass http://kindertrespass.com/index.asp?ID=132 and the two local fell races - Kinder Downfall and Lantern Pike

Ali Hargreaves www.alisart.co.uk 3 oil paintings of winter climbing scenes, not on her website yet but the 'The Great Outdoors' section gives you a flavour of her work.

Mick Wren http://www.mickwren.com/index_files/events.htm direct link to three paintings he was exhibiting

Geoff Read - couldn't find a website but is art included a pencil drawing of Kenny Stuart. His recent work has been in Japan where he was living at the time of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear accident some of which can be seen here http://strongchildrenjapan.blogspot.co.uk/

Vincent Booth http://www.vincentbooth.co.uk/ As I arrived early I got a chance to speak to the artist whilst he was setting up, even as far as guessing which name tags should go with which paintings. Of all the exhibitors I think I was most taken with his paintings, especially as they were done from memory and not relying on photographs. He'd brought along a selection from 'Athletes' and 'Landscapes'

Finally a loaner painting (forgot which art gallery) by Rolf Harris. This depicted a scene of runners with an accompanying book open on the page describing how the painting was undertaken. Very illuminating, more deft strokes evident than I remember from watching on the telly years ago with the massive canvas and the paperpaste size brushes.

Not out for Utup as racing again this weekend.

TF