Joe Scarborough – Millhouses Park, Sheffield. Original Oil Painting

“Summer of ’74 in Millhouses Park”

Oil on Canvas Painting

by Joe Scarborough 2004

 Quote from Joe..

“Sheffield has to be the most landlocked City in Britain and for generations of people Millhouses Park was its very own sea front.

Every district of the city had its own park from Endcliffe to Longley, but Millhouses belonged to everyone. Families would take as many as TWO buses to get there and there are even stories of folk travelling from the distant lands of Rotherham to sample its magic.

I have enjoyed every minute working on this painting and commend it to you. Look out for the Flying Scotsman steaming past and if you listen very carefully you might just hear the sound of leather on willow as Firth Browns battles it out against Hadfields on the cricket pitch.”    Joe Scarborough

Biography

Joe Scarborough is Sheffield’s most celebrated artist. He was born in Pitsmoor in 1938 and spent most of his childhood in Parson Cross. At the age of 15 Joe began work as a laboratory assistant at Batchelors foods, and then moved on to become a face worker at Thorpe Hesley Colliery. It was the great contrast of darkness below ground, and the light and colour of the world above that inspired Joe to take paint to canvas.

In 1966 Joe left the pit to concentrate on his true passion of painting. In order to finance this bold step, undertook a series of jobs including municipal park gardener, washer upper and cinema doorman - gold braid and all.

Joe's reputation as an artist soon grew, and, in 1973 he staged his first one man show which led to exhibitions in the Barbican & Guildhall - London , then San Francisco, Chicago & Athens.

Scarborough paintings now appear in major collections around the world, but despite his success, Joe remains living and working in the City of his birth.

If you are interested in commissioning Joe Scarborough please contact Scott on 0114-249 3075.

Joe Scarborough – Millhouses Park, Sheffield. Original Oil Painting