Axe Valley

A part of the Axe Valley which I do not recognise. Otherwise, a watercolour by Richard Pikesley RWS, entitled "Sheep in the stream, Axe Valley". Which can be obtained from the nicely presented virtual show at the Bankside Gallery of reference 1. The home gallery of what used to be called the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, of which I believe my artistic uncle (by marriage) was once an eminent member. See reference 2.

A valley which we have visited many times over the last fifty years or so, most recently as noticed at reference 3. And the lower reaches of which were once, and probably still are, prone to flooding. Say around Colyford.

A gallery which we have visited several times over recent years, handy to Tate Modern, the Globe and the Founder's Arms.

PS: I have assumed that we are talking about the Axe which flows south into Lyme Bay. Not the Axe which flows north into the Bristol Channel. Would the gallery know the difference?

Reference 1: https://www.banksidegallery.com/.

Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Painter-Printmakers.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/02/honiton.html.

Reference 4: http://www.artnet.com/artists/richard-pikesley/. Clearly a chap of rather old-fashioned tastes & habits, certainly when compared with some of the other offerings at Bankside. Just a year or so younger than myself.