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Walter Holmes (b.1936)
Fishing Boats, North Shields

 

 

 

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Walter Holmes (b.1936)

The Wallington Gallery welcomes Walter Holmes.

Walter is now providing paintings unique to The Wallington Gallery web site and to hang in the gallery. 

As a native of Northumbria, Walter Holmes has a wide knowledge of the area, especially the coastline and rivers, the sandy beaches (e.g. Tynemouth, Embleton etc), the rocky headlands, (Dunstanburgh), the castles, (Bamburgh, Alnwick, Lindisfarne), the fishing harbours, (North Shields, Seaton Sluice, Craster, Seahouses).

Apart from a few years in London, Walter has always lived in the North East (Wallsend, Whitley Bay and now Ponteland). He knew the local rivers, Tyne, Wear, Blyth and Coquet when they bustled with the old industries of ship-building and repairing - tugs pushing big ships around, colliers moored at staithes and fishing boats, even quite big trawlers, at North Shields.

His drawings cover the period of decline and redevelopment, especially of the Tyne at Newcastle and Gateshead with the Millennium Bridge and the Sage blending in with the older quayside buildings and Tyne bridges to which the Cutty Sark Tall Ships events have added colour since the mid 1980's. 

Other paintings by this artist:

  • Tynemouth Priory
  • A Stroll on Tynemouth Sands
  • Seahouses
  • Boats moored at Seahouses Harbour
  • The Tall Ships on The Tyne
  • Royal Navy Frigate moored on the River Tyne at Newcastle
  • North Shields Fish Quay
  • Roman Wall at Crag Lough, Winters Evening
  • Newcastle Bridges, Fireworks
  • View from Mariner's Point, Tynemouth
  • Hexham, Northumberland
  • Tall Ships, Tower Bridge, London
  • Snow at North Shields 1960's
  • Craster Village, Northumberland
  • Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
  • Tall Ship in Charlestown Harbour, Cornwall
  • The Sailing Ship Cuidad De Inca and The Marques at the Quayside, Newcastle
  • Newton by the Sea and Dunstanburgh
  • The Tyne
  • Violinist Tuning
  • Cullercoats Bay, Northumberland
  • Minehunter on the Tyne
  • Tall Ship on the Tyne with Swing Bridge and High Level
  • Sunderland. Looking West along the River Wear
  • The Spanish Tall Ship 'Cuidad de Inca at the Quayside, Newcastle
  • Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland
  • Sunset on the River Tyne
  • North Shields and Low Lights
  • Danmark,Leaving the Tyne
  • Corbridge, Northumberland
  • Tynemouth
  • Seahouses, Northumberland
  • Warkworth Castle
  • Tall Ship entering the Tyne 1986
  • Corbridge, Northumberland
  • Seaton Sluice
  • Durham Cathedral from the River Wear
  • Durham Castle from the River Wear
  • The cricket match at The Durham School, Durham City
  • Tall Ship, North Sea
  • The entrance to the River Tyne at Tynemouth
  • Penshaw Monument, County Durham
  • Durham
  • The Tyne, Tall Ships
  • St Michaels church Alnwick
  • Clouds over Durham

Artwork Tags: marine | Northumbrian | Pastel

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