Shades of Grey
The space below is for members to share ideas & thoughts about the 2026 exhibition 'Shades of Grey'
John Freeman
'Shades of Grey' in the sky & the sea of this watercolour of the hospital ship SS Rohilla which ran aground off Whitby in 1914
Paul Blackwell
"Snow is always a good subject to play about with 'Shades of Grey', especially in this swirling snow storm - lots of movement, lots of shades"
Vicky Millson
"I have been playing with ideas for the 'Shades of Grey' exhibition & created this just using pthalo green, cadmium red & white acrylic. This shows that grey does not mean colourless.
It is only a 'play' rather than a finished piece, but I hoped to inspire others to try colour mixing"
John Freeman
"It's striking how 'shades of grey' are everywhere in this winter landscape of Robin Hood's Bay"
Joyce Lockyer
" experimenting with greys on a dead tree in the landscape (& in the sky of course)"
Sue Morton
"different shades of grey in this stormy stormy picture of Sandsend in the late Autumn"
Michael Salt
"A Whitby Morning - painting early morning light generally has silver grey tones"
Michael Salt
"Winter Sunlight - painting early morning light generally has silver grey tones"
Harry Casson
"late afternoon winter light photograph of Sandsend Ness - not 'shades of grey', but 'shades of indigo blue' "
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
subtle use of different shades of grey in this 1565 winter scene of 'The Hunters in the Snow'
Piet Mondrian
interesting use of greys to create this 1912 painting called 'The Gray Tree' using the principles of cubist composition applied to a natural subject
Piet Mondrian
interesting use of greys to create this 1912 painting called 'The Gray Tree' using the principles of cubist composition applied to a natural subject
J.M.W. Turner
many shades of grey in Turner's 1832 typically atmospheric painting 'Staffa, Fingal's Cave'
Bev Pybus
"The old 'Mussel Shell' road at the top of Henrietta Street on the East Side of Whitby. I remember cars parking there in the 1960's"
