Artist Presents Watercolour to Regional Agricultural Centre
Photo shows artist Les Packham (left) with Nigel Pulling, Chief Executive of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society with the painting – “A Yorkshire Farmstead.”
One of Yorkshire’s best known watercolourists, Les Packham, has presented one of his original works to the organisers of the annual agricultural showcase, the Great Yorkshire Show.
Entitled “A Yorkshire Farmstead,” the painting encapsulates rural life and will hang in the award winning Regional Agricultural Centre at Harrogate where the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s offices are based.
As the co-ordinator of the Art Show at the Great Yorkshire Show, and also an exhibitor, Mr Packham has had a long association with the Society. He said: “I am delighted to present this painting in appreciation of the support given by the Society to Yorkshire artists through the Art Show over the past seven years. The event provides a superb platform for both established and up and coming artists and is a hugely popular feature of what is England’s premier agricultural show.”
Accepting the watercolour, Nigel Pulling, Chief Executive commented: “This is a super painting and fits in both with our ethos as a supporter of Yorkshire farming, and with our new building which has won numerous awards for its environmentally friendly features, not least for the sheeps’ wool which is used as our insulation.”
Les, whose home is in Wakefield, regularly demonstrates his painting techniques to a variety of art societies, and exhibits his work in Yorkshire galleries including his own at Aberford near Leeds.
18 November 2011
Media contact: Judy Thompson, PR Manager, Yorkshire Agricultural Society – judyt@yas.co.uk or 01423 546215.
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY:
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society was formed in 1837 and is a charity dedicated to supporting the farming industry and rural life. The value of the support it provides to regional farming and countryside initiatives has risen year on year to almost £1m. It is based at the Regional Agricultural Centre, Harrogate; the RAC includes Fodder, the Society’s regional food shop and café which opened in June 2009. Both the RAC and Fodder have won a number of awards, including in 2010, being named as the Observer Monthly Best Independent Local Retailer.
The Society is the organiser of England’s premier agricultural show, the Great Yorkshire Show and its sister event, Countryside Live. The 2012 Great Yorkshire Show runs from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 July and last year’s event attracted 135,086 visitors. The record attendance is 135,111, established in 2006. Countryside Live takes place on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October 2012 at Harrogate and there were a record breaking 10,700 visitors to the 2011 event.
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