Bidspirit auction | Hodson, Turpin's Cave High Beach,

Hodson, Turpin's Cave High Beach, Oil on Board, 1984 - A representational oil painting on board by the artist Hodson, dated 1984. The composition depicts a traditional English country tavern, identified by an inscription in the lower left as Turpin's Cave, High Beach. The stone building features detailed signage including Turpin's Cave, Barringtons Fine Ales, Ales & Stout, and Noted Mild and Bitter. The scene includes a figure on a bicycle on a dirt track in the foreground, set against an autumnal landscape with large trees rendered in shades of yellow and orange. The work is signed in red paint in the lower right corner Hodson 84. The painting is housed in a contemporary wide wooden frame with a gold-toned inner slip.