Upper Eskdale by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995) Gifts - Journals and Notebooks by compiling numerous drawings and

by compiling numerous drawings and paintings in their natural surroundings

Mounted - 318 x 272mm / 12

guided by the past

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Upper Eskdale by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995) Gifts - Journals and Notebooks by compiling numerous drawings andThe powerful twin combination of rushing water and rock were one of Williams favourite subjects to paint, and he frequently enjoyed the challenge of portraying all the complexity of water in simplified shapes, as it cascades its way down through the jutting rocks. Here in this animated painting he depicts the falls of the River Esk where they mark the southern edge of Great Moss. Pen, Esk Buttress and Ill Crag rise into the mist beyond, with Scafell