3C69 Under Cockshute Bridge- Trent and Mersey canal by Christopher Corbishley for Three Counties 2024

2D Charcoal Under Cockshute Bridge- Trent and Mersey canal by Staffordshire artist entrant Christopher Corbishley successfully selected for 2024 Three Counties Open Art Exhibition.

Shortlisted for the Appetite Audience Choice Award 2024.

Size: 53cm x 70cm

Media Charcoal

Christopher Corbishley is an amateur artist living in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He is an artist who enjoys capturing the contrast of light and textures with differing tones. He works mainly in graphite and charcoal from sketches and photographs taken when exploring his local urban areas. He enjoys depicting local history and the decline and dereliction of industrial buildings before they are forgotten.

Cockshute Bridge is a railway bridge that passes over the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Cliffe Vale area of Stoke-on-Trent. The spray of the near by Lock and the dark shade under the bridge provide a dramatic atmosphere with the damp and slippery cobbles under foot.