Rain Later, Good: Illustrating the Shipping Forecast - Hardcover

Collyer, Peter

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9780901281753: Rain Later, Good: Illustrating the Shipping Forecast

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0901281751 ISBN 13: 9780901281753

Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications, 1998

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Rain Later, Good is the award winning story of Peter Collyer's extraordinary journey around the Shipping Forecast areas. The Shipping Forecast is a national institution, relied upon by mariners but also strangely comforting and poetic to landlubbers. Published in 1998 to great acclaim, Rain Later, Good was chosen by the RNLI to celebrate their 175th anniversary, and has since sold over 25,000 copies. Fifteen years later, this gorgeous book will be available in paperback for the first time.

Peter Collyer's brilliant and detailed paintings offer a series of images which help conjure up the most mythical locations, whilst his delightful idiosyncratic text provides a wealth of fascinating insights. He introduces us to the people who live and work in these areas, and passes on snippets of tantalising information to give a powerful impression of the place and convey a real feeling of being there. The beautiful paintings from his travels truly capture the spirit of these wild and isolated spots, and this new edition includes new paintings, sketches and up to date text. This is a much-loved book celebrating an iconic broadcast, and its reissue will be welcomed by Peter's many admirers.

'A very remarkable painter. His work is simply stunning with an observed intensity which makes him very special indeed.' Chris Beetles in The Daily Telegraph

'The most delightful and unexpected book I've encountered this year... a wonderful book.' John Naughton, The Times

'He is not only a marvellous, delicate draughtsman and watercolourist...but a drily observant writer and amateur naturalist.' Libby Purves

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Peter Collyer's brilliant and detailed paintings offer a series of images which help conjure up the most mythical locations, whilst his delightful idiosyncratic text provides a wealth of fascinating insights. ...This is a much-loved book celebrating an iconic broadcast, and its reissue will be welcomed by Peter's many admirers. Yachting Life Beautifully painted, engagingly written and ever so slightly forlorn in its celebration of a diminishing but much-loved national institution. Sailing Today a beautifully-produced tour of the sea areas in the UK Shipping Forecast. ...such a nice concept, and so well executed The Telegraph

About the Author:

Peter Collyer studied fine art in Newport, Monmouthshire and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Brother of the Art Workers Guild. He is a renowned watercolourist, focusing on landscapes of the British Isles. His other bestselling books include South by Southwest and Encompassing Britain.

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