Where the Ducks Play Football,  Oil on Board 19" x 12"
Autumn light, Ilkley Moor
 
Framed
 
Ilkley is the start (or finish) to the Dales Way, so I guess it can be included in the Dales Landscapes category. The painting tries to capture the low fading light of the sun setting behind the mass of gritstone that makes up Ilkley Moor. The tor-like outcrops of Millstone Grit are the famous Cow and Calf rocks, and it is a place very close to my heart. As a kid I remember getting fish and chips from Harry Ramsdens at Guiseley, heading up on to the moors for our picnic, and afterwards exploring the rocks and quarries beyond. The title of the piece is taken from one of the adlib additions to the Yorkshire Anthem, On Ilkley Moor Ba'tat, a song that every self-respecting Yorkshireman knows off by heart!