Blackstone Beck

Although painted in 1930, this work seems to be connected to an experience in 1922 that Richard recorded in his memoir:

I dressed quickly and went out to find a raging torrent of surging water that looked like beer rumbling madly over the black stones, which gave the name of Blackstone Beck to this stream.  The golden brown in the water was caused by the peat on the moors.  The small pine trees on either side of the beck also looked almost black and the deep tones of the dead red bracken still held patches of brilliant snow like …

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Although painted in 1930, this work seems to be connected to an experience in 1922 that Richard recorded in his memoir:

I dressed quickly and went out to find a raging torrent of surging water that looked like beer rumbling madly over the black stones, which gave the name of Blackstone Beck to this stream.  The golden brown in the water was caused by the peat on the moors.  The small pine trees on either side of the beck also looked almost black and the deep tones of the dead red bracken still held patches of brilliant snow like white horses on a rough sea.   I drew until my feet were numb with cold and then made for home again for what I considered a well-earned breakfast. 

See another version of Blackstone Beck painted in 1972-3.