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Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 8/7/2025, 6:36 pm

Love these undated pencil drawings but know nothing about the artist.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Malcolm on 8/7/2025, 10:11 pm, in reply to "Brian York pencil drawings"

Signed "Brian York"..... They are fantastic!

Surely some one on the board can help here....

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Mac Hardy on 9/7/2025, 11:11 am, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

What fantastic drawings, like photographs !

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 9/7/2025, 11:53 am, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

There is a Brian York land and sea artist ?.Grew up long island New York photos on Google .

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Liz Dance on 9/7/2025, 12:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

It looks like he operates or works for Saatchi Art in NewYork.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Norman on 9/7/2025, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

If you know Computers like Ricky our IT Expert, any photo can be turned into a Sketch on the computer.I'm sure someone will confirm that.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Jackie W on 9/7/2025, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

I’ve done that with family photos Norman. They look really good

pencil drawings

Posted by Mac C on 9/7/2025, 2:19 pm, in reply to "Brian York pencil drawings"

I have a series of Pencil drawings of Jarrow somewhere. Not by York but certainly as good as his.
I feel a trip to my garage coming on.
Mac

Re: pencil drawings

Posted by Norman on 9/7/2025, 3:49 pm, in reply to "pencil drawings"

I'm not an artist and did this using an online programme.
I'm not saying Mr York's sketches were not genuine, just pointing out what can be done using computers these days.That 'Sketch' took seconds.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Jackie W on 9/7/2025, 5:18 pm, in reply to "Brian York pencil drawings"

I couldn’t find much that was definitive. Lots of adverts on the top corner of the Shields Gazette in 1986 1987 and a colouring contest

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Jackie W on 9/7/2025, 5:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

There is a Brian York birth registered South Shields December 1940 with mother’s maiden name of Spoor.
Looking at marriages a Lily Spoor married Roland York in 1939 registered South Shields.
Nothing else later.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Shaun on 9/7/2025, 8:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

Brian York lived in Heaton Gardens off Benton Road in Biddick Hall South Shields. His daughter Leslie, with whom I had the pleasure to work with during the late eighties and nineties would quite often bring his sketches to show off at work and they were truly terrific.
Leslie still lives in Shields, Northfield Road if I remember correctly.

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Jackie W on 9/7/2025, 9:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

That’s brilliant Shaun!

Re: Brian York pencil drawings

Posted by Malcolm on 9/7/2025, 11:27 pm, in reply to "Brian York pencil drawings"

There we go, Ian, looks like a result, thanks to Jackie W, and Shaun....NOT some guy in New York...

Re: Brian York pencil drawings - Malcolm

Posted by Liz Dance on 10/7/2025, 7:13 am, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings"

Slap on wrist then!!.,

Re: Brian York pencil drawings - Malcolm

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 10/7/2025, 9:26 am, in reply to "Re: Brian York pencil drawings - Malcolm"

Exactly Liz.we must do better but it was worth a try ha .