Arthur Twells

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Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Arthur Twells

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Greyabbey
1971-11-18
Sound
5m

Escape to the rocky shore of Strangford Lough for a windswept encounter with a painter who captures its beauty.

Join Derek Kinnen as he interviews landscape painter Arthur Twells on the windy shores of Greyabbey. Despite his popularity Arthur is un-swayed by public opinion or duty. In this film he talks about the importance of pleasing yourself as an artist. After the interview enjoy a fleeting glimpse of the artist painting the landscape that surrounds him.

These rushes are from Spectrum, a fortnightly programme on Ulster Television that brought Northern Irish arts matters to a local audience for half an hour from 1971-1988. This material is courtesy of the UTV archive.

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