This painting was from a photo I took of my friend Jackie in Grasmere in Cumbria, late last summer. Unlike the blue water of Vobster, where I’ve taken many many underwater photos, Grasmere has peaty brown-coloured water, but it was still quite clear, so that the sunlight that filtered through was golden, and the reflection of Jackie’s arms on the underside of the water spread out like two huge wings.
The painting is in watercolour on paper, with a lot of gold leaf on the ‘wings’. It’s about 29 x 12 inches and at the time of writing this it’s currently still available for sale.
I also have prints in my Etsy shop: http://www.waterdrawnart.etsy.com
The Angel of Grasmere. Painting by Nancy Farmer
The Angel of Grasmere
Painting detail.
close-up detail of gold leaf and watercolour.
Photo by Nancy Farmer
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Such beautiful capture of the light. Gorgeous. Swimming in the lake this morning, my friend and I counted 5 of your swimming hats 🙂 It was a great opening gambit
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Thank you! and how nice 🙂 were you actually in Grasmere or another lake?
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Box End in Bedford
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Ah, don’t know it, but it’s amazing how my hats get about. It must be a small world as there aren’t actually all that many of them – not compared to what large companies handle anyway!
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