Terry Clarke
The featured artist for March is Grimsby-based TERRY CLARKE with his series HUMBER CONNECTIONS.
Terry says “as a child I was always drawing, particularly boats. At the age of 20, I gained a place at Bradford Art College, however the social and economic constraints at the time precluded me from attending. My parents considered that it was not a serious occupation to become an artist and that I would not be able to contribute financially to the household. I held on to my dream, however, and eventually 50 years later I gained a BA in Fine Art at Grimsby Institute, graduating in 2013.”
This exhibition captures Terry’s connection to the Haile Sand and Bull Sand Forts built in the First World War to protect the entrance to the Humber Estuary. This is a subject matter that has great resonance with Terry and to which he often returns. Supporting this he has included images of the fishing boat Perseverance, originally built in Boston in about 1914. It continued service as a shrimper until the Second World War until it was eventually laid up. Great Grimsby Council acquired it in 1987 and invested in its restoration for display at the National Fishing Heritage Centre.
