Helen Clapcott (b 1952) has worked almost exclusively in tempera for decades. She has been painting images of Stockport for more than fifty years, returning to document the viaduct, the old hat and paper mills, and the ever-changing industrial landscape and cycles of demolition and redevelopment. She chose unfashionable tempera because it suited her style best and works in a limited palette, with her large pieces taking months to paint. This is Tiviot Dale Through The Valley (2010); Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery has several of her paintings, and a monograph to coincide with a major exhibition there was published in 2024.