For the first volunteer meeting a trip to York Art Gallery was arranged - to see the artwork as it was currently being exhibited. We knew that an exciting change would be taking place when the painting would be shown in Hull.
In the beautiful light-filled gallery our first meeting with Bigger Trees Near Warter was of course a personal experience for each of us.
My first glimpse, like so many visitors that I have since seen in the Ferens Art Gallery, produced a quiet intake of breath. I stopped. It was beautiful. More than that, it was exciting, it seemed like a real living thing. I thought too that it was elegant. In fact the gallery and how it was presented was elegant.
Thoughts of reaching out, of a connecting spirit to the painting drew me closer. I noticed that there seemed to be a reluctance of visitors to get up close. Everyone stayed back, perhaps not wanting to interfere with its beauty. But how could you keep away? On closer inspection, the colours seemed even more startling, the pinks, purples, the greens.
Thankfully one of our dedicated volunteers set up an impromptue talk with the curator and we learnt more on the creation, the ideas, the lines and this proved invaluable.
We were getting closer to Mr. Hockney.
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