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At Home in the Steep Places: Bill Peascod at Keswick Alhambra Cinema
At Home in the Steep Places: Bill Peascod
SUN 22 MAY
Coming Soon to
Keswick Alhambra Cinema
Following his 'Tent talk' at the Keswick Mountain Festival at 12pm, we're delighted to be screening Steve Wharton's documentary about renowned Maryport-born miner, rock climber and artist Bill Peascod (1920-1985). Steve will introduce and be available for a Q&A after the film, which charts Bill's progress from a challenging childhood in the Cumberland coalfields and involvement in the Mines Rescue Teams to his pioneering of new rock climbing routes in 1940s Buttermere. He became an abstract landscape painter after emigrating to Australia in 1952 where he developed a distinctive style of ‘burnt’ paintings. After a time in Japan, he returned to Cumbria in 1980 and drew on Japanese influences to paint his beloved fells, which he had resumed climbing with new friends such as Bill Birkett, Sir Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.
Filmed in England, Australia and Japan, the film is presented by Steve Wharton, Natalie Wilson and Perrin Walker. It features interviews with people who knew Bill, climbing and art specialists, rare material from the artist’s personal archive and scrapbooks, rarely seen artworks from private collections, photographs of early Lake District climbers by the Abraham Brothers and a soundtrack by Cumbrian and Australian musicians, including Mike Willoughby and Dave Camlin.
There is an exhibition of Bill Peascod's painting at the Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth from 7th-28th May, viewable here: https://issuu.com/castlegatehousegallery/docs/bill_peascod_discoveries
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Filmed in England, Australia and Japan, the film is presented by Steve Wharton, Natalie Wilson and Perrin Walker. It features interviews with people who knew Bill, climbing and art specialists, rare material from the artist’s personal archive and scrapbooks, rarely seen artworks from private collections, photographs of early Lake District climbers by the Abraham Brothers and a soundtrack by Cumbrian and Australian musicians, including Mike Willoughby and Dave Camlin.
There is an exhibition of Bill Peascod's painting at the Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth from 7th-28th May, viewable here: https://issuu.com/castlegatehousegallery/docs/bill_peascod_discoveries
Following his 'Tent talk' at the Keswick Mountain Festival at 12pm, we're delighted to be screening Steve Wharton's documentary about renowned Maryport-born miner, rock climber and artist Bill Peascod (1920-1985). Steve will introduce and be available for a Q&A after the film, which charts Bill's progress from a challenging childhood in the Cumberland coalfields and involvement in the Mines Rescue Teams to his pioneering of new rock climbing routes in 1940s Buttermere. He became an abstract landscape painter after emigrating to Australia in 1952 where he developed a distinctive style of ‘burnt’ paintings. After a time in Japan, he returned to Cumbria in 1980 and drew on Japanese influences to paint his beloved fells, which he had resumed climbing with new friends such as Bill Birkett, Sir Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.
Filmed in England, Australia and Japan, the film is presented by Steve Wharton, Natalie Wilson and Perrin Walker. It features interviews with people who knew Bill, climbing and art specialists, rare material from the artist’s personal archive and scrapbooks, rarely seen artworks from private collections, photographs of early Lake District climbers by the Abraham Brothers and a soundtrack by Cumbrian and Australian musicians, including Mike Willoughby and Dave Camlin.
There is an exhibition of Bill Peascod's painting at the Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth from 7th-28th May, viewable here: https://issuu.com/castlegatehousegallery/docs/bill_peascod_discoveries
Filmed in England, Australia and Japan, the film is presented by Steve Wharton, Natalie Wilson and Perrin Walker. It features interviews with people who knew Bill, climbing and art specialists, rare material from the artist’s personal archive and scrapbooks, rarely seen artworks from private collections, photographs of early Lake District climbers by the Abraham Brothers and a soundtrack by Cumbrian and Australian musicians, including Mike Willoughby and Dave Camlin.
There is an exhibition of Bill Peascod's painting at the Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth from 7th-28th May, viewable here: https://issuu.com/castlegatehousegallery/docs/bill_peascod_discoveries
At Home in the Steep Places: Bill Peascod
SUN 22 MAY
Coming Soon to
Keswick Alhambra Cinema
Following his 'Tent talk' at the Keswick Mountain Festival at 12pm, we're delighted to be screening Steve Wharton's documentary about renowned Maryport-born miner, rock climber and artist Bill Peascod (1920-1985). Steve will introduce and be available for a Q&A after the film, which charts Bill's progress from a challenging childhood in the Cumberland coalfields and involvement in the Mines Rescue Teams to his pioneering of new rock climbing routes in 1940s Buttermere. He became an abstract landscape painter after emigrating to Australia in 1952 where he developed a distinctive style of ‘burnt’ paintings. After a time in Japan, he returned to Cumbria in 1980 and drew on Japanese influences to paint his beloved fells, which he had resumed climbing with new friends such as Bill Birkett, Sir Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.
Filmed in England, Australia and Japan, the film is presented by Steve Wharton, Natalie Wilson and Perrin Walker. It features interviews with people who knew Bill, climbing and art specialists, rare material from the artist’s personal archive and scrapbooks, rarely seen artworks from private collections, photographs of early Lake District climbers by the Abraham Brothers and a soundtrack by Cumbrian and Australian musicians, including Mike Willoughby and Dave Camlin.
There is an exhibition of Bill Peascod's painting at the Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth from 7th-28th May, viewable here: https://issuu.com/castlegatehousegallery/docs/bill_peascod_discoveries