The Shire

Whilst I was at the Graves Gallery in Sheffield, I saw this painting by Harry Epworth Allen, 'Derbyshire Walls'. Allen was from Sheffield but spent a lot of time in Derbyshire painting the landscape. I live in Derbyshire and love going out in to the countryside when I can, I've got loads of childhood memories from walking with my family in the Peak District there. I loved this painting because it's so descriptive of the forms found in the land in Derbyshire, and the higgledy-piggledy look of the fields and walls. I also like how Allen has depicted the land and sky as being sculptural yet fluidic at the same time.