ANDREW Cheetham has recorded Scarborough’s declining fishing industry for 10 years. John Woodcock reports.
When artist Andrew Cheetham says he’s touched greatness he means, of course, the work of another.
It happened at the Tate in London. He turned pages of the ske
tchbooks of a giant who, about two centuries ago, was recording scenes not so different from those which have driven Cheetham’s life for the last decade.
The experience was priceless. To recall his personal contact with some of JMW Turner’s images of Scarborough helps to lift the spirits when his own art is having a troubled day there.
“His sketchbooks are inspirational. There are seascapes, frets, fishing boats, the castle, kids around rock pools, harbour workers…sights and situations familiar to me too. I hope this doesn’t sound daft, but looking through Turner’s drawings was like talking to him.
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