The legendary fisherwomen of Cullercoats are set to take centre stage at London's National Gallery in a "highly-anticipated" exhibition celebrated the works of a revered US artist - and a North Tyneside mum-of-two will be part of the talk kicking it all off.
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature launches on Saturday at the National Gallery in London, with the artist heavily influenced by his time spent on the North East coast from 1881/82. Homer, who is relatively unknown in the UK, spent two years in Cullercoats, with his experience there shaping many of his later works which depicted storms and maritime scenes.
Until the exhibition, which will display 50 of his paintings and watercolours, there were no Homer paintings in any public collection in the UK. And North Tyneside artist Penny Payne will be part of a panel giving a special talk titled Winslow Homer: Studies of Life and His Art as the curtain raiser on Friday night.
