DRAMATIC landscapes by Scarborough artist Peter Watson, including some inspired by the recent Tour de France Grand Départ, go on show in Bridlington next week.

Peter’s new exhibition, entitled From Coast to Dales – Yorkshire landscapes by Peter Watson, is at Bridlington Spa’s Gallery @ The Spa from Monday, September 15, to Saturday, September 27.

As well as more conventional landscapes, such as views of Buttertubs Pass and Grinton Moor, near Reeth, two of the gruelling venues for the Tour de France, and farms on the Wolds, the exhibition will include dramatic images of coastal erosion in East Yorkshire, including a “road to nowhere” at Barmston, architectural remnants of the Cold War at Bempton and industrial landscapes from South Yorkshire, many of them now long gone.

Peter said: “The exhibition is mainly oils on canvas, but also includes a handful of canvas prints, mainly industrial landscapes from the 1970s and 1980s. I try to show a different view of familiar places in the county. For instance, many people visit Bempton for the cliffs and seabirds, but nearby is a field full of stunning concrete pillars that look like an art installation or a modern-day Avebury.

“In fact, they’re at the former RAF Bempton and were built after the Second World War – a real relic of the Cold War.”

Peter is also delighted that his painting New Stubbin Colliery, a portrait of a coal mine near Rotherham, which closed in the late 1970s, can be seen in the exhibition Art and Yorkshire: From Turner to Hockney at Harrogate’s Mercer Gallery until October 12.

“To have my work shown alongside artists like David Hockney and Atkinson Grimshaw is a real honour,” he said.

The exhibition at the Gallery @ The Spa is available to view whenever the Spa box office is open – usually 10am to 5pm weekdays, and 10am to 4pm. Occasionally, it may be closed for short periods, so if you are making a special journey, the gallery recommends phoning 01262 678258 before travelling.

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