Goatswater by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)

Goatswater by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)Goatswater occupies its own mountain corrie, between Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag. "Reflecting crags and steep fell on three sides, the tarn nearly always looks dark and brown and blue grey, a wild place indeed. Only the wind under a clear blue sky can bring it into sparkling life. Everywhere are grey boulders, spattered with pale green gold lichen, many of them quite massive." (WHC The Tarns of Lakeland, p2) Inner Print Sizes: Framed 329 x 279mm 13

Dimensions - 15

By using fast-growing hemp fibre

The exquisite finished version was concluded in the studio

the bridges and the slopes of Wren Crag that rises in the background

and the sight of a ewe with her lamb evoked the mother-and-child theme - a large form sheltering a small one - which was important to Henry Moore in all his work

William Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood

to be added sparingly to oil colours to accelerate drying

Dimensions: 385mm high  x 340mm wide x 100mm deep

The pastels are made in Northumberland and contain only pure pigments in a cycle of related hues

ivory and dove grey

tucked under the great downfall of crags and scree on the eastern side of High Street

studying at Regent Street Polytechnic Sculpture School in London where she worked with stone