Early Spring, Crummock Water by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995) [PRINT]:Framed Print 538 x 437mm / 21.2 z 17.2 inches (Silver) Ophelia’s mother Winifred Joan Ophelia

Ophelia’s mother Winifred Joan Ophelia Gordon Bell is usually referred to as a “society animal painter”

take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have visited only once

but freshn'd by partial currents of air which give relief and coolness to a somewhat sultry and electric atmosphere-the shadow'd clouds drag slowly over the mountain sides

and conservation

give solidity and depth of colour to the centre of the painting

Early Spring, Crummock Water by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995) [PRINT]:Framed Print 538 x 437mm / 21.2 z 17.2 inches (Silver) Ophelia’s mother Winifred Joan OpheliaUnusually William chose to paint this view from the beside the road, as he would normally have preferred to be rather hidden while painting; but in this scene, the road plays an active part in the composition, leading one in towards the lake with Red Pike and High Stile above, and Rannerdale Knotts signalling the hidden Buttermere around the corner. "There are plenty of physical reasons for the satisfying character of this part of the valley. Here it