Alnwick Castle #3 Canvas Print

This master artist was one of the foremost English Romantic painters of all time. He was controversial in his own day but he raised the art of landscape to rival that genre of historical painting. He not only created wonderful oils, but he also was a master of watercolors and printing. He created this wonderful work at the age of seventy-one. He had receive formal training at the Royal Academy of Art from the age of fourteen and within eight years he was receiving enough patronage to insure his career in art. He died in 1851 in London. This watercolor by Turner is of the ancient seat of the dukes of Northumberland. It was originally built in the Eleventh Century after the Norman Conquest and has been renovated and remodeled many times. From this ancestral home the power family of Percy wielded its power over the North of England, aiding some kings and deposing others. The currant duke of Northumberland lives in part of the castle with his family and the remainder is open to the public...

Troy Caperton was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. Raised in South Louisiana from 1953, he graduated from Baylor University in 1976 and pursued a Masters in History at the University of Louisiana until 1988 when he moved to Austin, Texas. For over ten years Caperton has been selling his original art and reproductions of original work and the masters through various portals on the Internet. One of his works won a Juror’s Prize at Austin’s Art Erotica in 2010. He has always been employed in helping positions and continues to produce works for the enjoyment of the public.