Souter Lighthouse, Whitburn.
Stormy Night edition.
Souter Point designed by Architect James Nicholas Douglass was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. It was opened 1871 and decommissioned in 1988, but continued to serve as a radio navigation beacon up until 1999 when it was finally closed.
Souter Lighthouse, Stormy Night.
The work will be printed on;
Ilford Cotton Textured paper, which is a highly textured Giclée art paper offering strong reproduction of blacks and good colour intensity with a texture that holds the ink and catches the light. This Giclée paper has a white uncoated paper base, which together with the texture gives the artwork a lovely fine art reproduction feel.
PAPER TONE - Warm White
TEXTURE - High texture
FINISH - Matt
Sizing
Paper mm inches A1 594 x 841 mm 23.4 x 33.1 inches A2 420 x 594 mm 16.5 x 23.4 inches A3 297 x 420 mm 11.7 x 16.5 inches A4 210 x 297 mm 8.3 x 11.7 inches As I have grown over the years, the appreciation I feel for my home town South Shields has increased immensely. I think when we become familiar with our environments, and adapt to a routine we miss the beauty in front of us. From the days coalminers descended down the pits to technological advances allowing us to work from home, there are generations of memories and stories here. Births, laughter, tears, mistakes, loss, hope, fear, triumphs flow through this wonderful community and in honour of this place I call home I am undertaking a project to pay tribute to South Shields with the hopes that others that were born in, live in, or have memories of this town share their stories and encourage us all to take pause, and look up at the beauty that surrounds us.