Canal art...beware

[matty40s]

I visited an art gallery today and amongst the eclectic mix was a selection of landscapes including these two.

Challenge, name the locations which the paintings were labelled.

 

And number 2...

 

[RLWP]

Farmers Bridge and Pontcysyllte aqueduct

Richard

[Rob-M]

I was thinking Birmingham and London.

[nicknorman]

It's funny how artists really struggle with the perspective of narrowboats. Not that I could do any better, but then I'm not an artist.

[matty40s]

This bloke is charging (,hoping for...) £200 a painting.....

Nobody close yet.

Kathy snigger at Nicknormans perspective comment having seen some of the non- canal works...

Edited August 13, 2017 by matty40s

[NB Lola]

On da canals

[matty40s]

42 minutes ago, RLWP said:

Farmers Bridge and Pontcysyllte aqueduct

Richard

Skyscrapers are far higher at farmers bridge and lock gates intertwined with lycracyclists are conspicuous by their absence. Pontysilly is not as wide.

[Richard T]

Artistic licence can some times be permitted but the artist here is taking the p.......!! For what its worth Braunston and Stoke Bruerne

[sueb]

Buckby

[alan_fincher]

First one possibly supposed to be Stoke Bruerne?

[Peter Thornton]

Yes, I had number one as Stoke Bruerne

[alan_fincher]

25 minutes ago, sueb said:

Buckby

Yes, I think it could be.

[LadyG]

Anyone name the boats?

[alan_fincher]

1 minute ago, LadyG said:

Anyone name the boats?

Alexandra Jayne?

(or at least that's what oneof them seems to say!)

[Ray T]

In the first picture the boat which is moored on the rhs is only secured to one ring which is in the middle of the towpath.

Edited August 13, 2017 by Ray T

[WotEver]

20 minutes ago, Ray T said:

In the first picture the boat which is moored on the rhs is only secured to one ring which is in the middle of the towpath.

He hasn't had the time to attach the other end nice and loose like the tied one because he's hanging out of a window shouting at the other boats to slow down. 

Edited August 13, 2017 by WotEver

[zenataomm]

6 minutes ago, Ray T said:

In the first picture the boat which is moored on the rhs is only secured to one ring which is in the middle of the towpath.

And it appears to be the back end of a Northwich motor going backwards.  I've never seen that before, sometimes it happens to chopped butty boats.

[Tam & Di]

The green boat in the second appears to be being steered by a "person of restricted height"

stood on a box?

[Heartland]

I  believe these images come into the group where artistic licence is heavily employed. Paintings and prints regularly appear on the stands at the Antiques for Everyone at the NEC. Some are quite accurate others are not.  Art for Arts Sake? to quote 10cc! 

 

Edited August 14, 2017 by Heartland

[Laurie Booth]

23 minutes ago, Heartland said:

 Art for Arts Sake? to quote 10cc! 

23 minutes ago, Heartland said:

MGM quote

 

 

[matty40s]

The first is labelled Stoke Bruerne,  which is just about plausible, although width of canal, offside moorings and arc of turn are all wrong, amongst everything else.

The second is labelled Braunston Lock, the only one which could fit is the one next to the Nelson, which has shrunk and is going to fall into the lock........

[Tam & Di]

The artist is quite good at trees and clouds though      

[carlt]

3 hours ago, Heartland said:

I  believe these images come into the group where artistic licence is heavily employed.....

 

...and the term "artistic" very loosely employed,

[max's son]

Looks like the Steerer here is about to do a U turn

[Heartland]

These paintings are not, perhaps, the result of a junior school project. If that is the case the painter/ painters could grow up for aspirations in CRT management.