{"id":409,"date":"2020-05-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/?p=409"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:07:36","slug":"a-portrait-of-jason-and-fraser-on-tower-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/a-portrait-of-jason-and-fraser-on-tower-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"A portrait of Jason and Fraser on Tower Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><em>Jake and Fraser on Tower Ridge<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/leedsfineartists.co.uk\/yorkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Malcolm-Barton-2-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><em><em><em>Photo taken by a fellow climber of us on the summit of Ben Nevis after we&#8217;d finished the climb<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a painting in oils on canvas size 80cm x 65cm. &nbsp;It came about because a while ago I climbed Tower Ridge on the north face of Ben Nevis with Jason, a close friend and old climbing companion and his son Fraser who was just 14 years old at the time. &nbsp;We did the climb, which is some 600 metre in length and offers a lot of exposed climbing, moving together and roped alpine style. &nbsp;The weather and conditions were perfect and it made for a most memorable and quite exceptional day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I led the climb and stopped from time to time to take some photographs of the route and my companions. &nbsp;I was later commissioned to make a painting of the event as a birthday present for Jason. &nbsp;This led to some difficulties because the reference photographs were never taken with such an end in mind. &nbsp;The main problems arose because both of the proposed subjects were, on all shots, always grinning like Cheshire cats and were wearing sunglasses. &nbsp;Fortunately I know these two characters well and, having spent many long days in the mountains in their company, had other references to work with. &nbsp;I hate painting teeth but in the end had to go with the grins. &nbsp;I did manage to do away with the &#8216;shades&#8217; 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