When executing the Boundary No Boundary project I was often asked what the view was like looking INTO the Wakefield District. I combined the request with my desire to capture the changing landscape of that area, as the megastructures of the post-war industrial boom are slowly decommissioned and replaced by new industries. These four paintings, triptychs similar to Boundary No Boundary, are the first steps, views from the edge of the district at a turning point in its appearance.
All were painted plein air.
No.1 Towards Ackworth, Ferrybridge Power Station and Went Hill from SE 45569 14593
No. 2 Towards Hickson & Welch, Castleford from SE 44557 26967 (unfinished)
No. 3 Towards the three glass factories in Knottingley, (Ardagh, Stoelzle Flaconnage and Allied – now Verallia) and Ferrybridge Power Station, from SE 51191 22316
No. 4 Towards the turkey sheds, Sally Walsh’s Dam and Hemsworth from SE 42527 15551
Tony Wade 