John Max Nithsdale

John Maxwell Nithsdale is another name I stumbled across when looking in A World of Their Own and judging by the amount of material I can find out about him online (very little) I would guess that he is a relatively unknown artist but his paintings are very typical of the British Naive painters, they seem to depict very English scenes as do many others in the book and the reason I like his work is mainly his use of colour, it is definitely my cup of tea.
I especially love his use of colour in the horse racing scene below. The calm pinks and yellows of the clothes against the soft green just gives the image a very tranquil, warm feeling and perfectly describes a British summers day.