Captain Cook & the Whale Bones,

Whitby

Captain Cook & the Whale Bones, Whitby                   enlarge

Acrylic on Board 1999

12 x 8 ins

private collection

An acrylic landscape / marine painting of Whitby on the 

north-east coast of England depicting the monument to 

English explorer Captain James Cook who sailed around 

the world in the ship The Endeavour.

The view looks out over the North Sea. In the foreground 

is the famous giant whale-bone arch symbolising Whitby's 

whaling past.

The tourists are dwarfed by the whale bones and are 

struggling against the buffeting wind from the sea.

The acrylic paint is applied quite scratchily with a Winsor 

& Newton Sceptre Gold brush - the blues are a mix of 

Ultramarine Blue, White, and just a hint of Alizarin Crimson. 

It has just rained and the colour of the damp sky is

reflected in the road which runs by the seafront.

A signed card of this painting is available  click here

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