A. G. CARRICK / H.M KING CHARLES III former PRINCE OF WALES (bn.1948)
The Ngorongoro Crater ( -600m / - 1968ft)
Tanzania
In Ngorongoru from Hugo Hill, Serengeti plains, Tanzania, 1997, watercolor on paper,
The volcano
The Ngorongoro Crater is a large circular caldera over twenty kilometers in diameter located in the heart of the Ngorongoro massif in northern Tanzania, in the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. This crater, now extinct, was formed following the collapse of a volcano on itself when its magma chamber emptied during a volcanic eruption. Ngorongoro is the largest intact and unsubmerged caldera in the world1 with 326 km2 in area. It is located in the Ngorongoro conservation area, a World Heritage protected area. Hotels are located on the edges of the crater and organize day and night excursions there to observe wildlife.Four hundred species of birds inhabit the crater.The forest lining the inner wall of the caldera descends sparingly to the meadows where herbivores graze. Trees store moisture during the rainy season and release it in the dry season.
The painter
Arthur George Carrick is actually H.M. the King Charles III, former Prince of Wales.
When he began
showing his paintings, he was too nervous to display his name so
displayed under a pseudonym. Arthur George are two of his names (Charles
Phillip Arthur George) and one of his titles is Earl of Carrick. King
Charles III is an experienced watercolourist. He has been painting for
most of his adult life, during holidays or when his official diary
allows. King
Charles' interest began during the 1970s and 1980s when he was inspired
by Robert Waddell, who had been his art master at Gordonstoun in
Scotland. In time, King Charles met leading artists such as Edward
Seago, with whom he discussed watercolour technique, and received
further tuition from John Ward, Bryan Organ and Derek Hill.
The
Royal Family has a tradition of drawing and painting, and King Charles’
work first came to public notice at a 1977 exhibition at Windsor
Castle at which other Royal artists included Queen Victoria, The Duke
of Edinburgh and The Duke of York.
King Charles paints in the open
air, often finishing a picture in one go and his favourite locations
include The Queen's estate at Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham House
in Norfolk, England. Sometimes King Charles III paints during his
skiing holidays, and during overseas tours when possible.
The
copyright of King Charles' watercolours belongs to A. G. Carrick Ltd, a
trading arm of The King's Charities Foundation. Over the years King Charles III has
agreed to exhibitions of his watercolours and of lithographs made from
them, on the understanding that any income they generate goes to The
Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.
Money from the sale of the lithographs also goes to the Foundation but the paintings themselves are never for sale.
In the 1980s King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, began inviting young British artists to
accompany him on official tours overseas and record their impressions, a
tradition that has continued to this day.
Reference :
- The prince of Wales paintings
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