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New Porthleven Paintings 3
The slipway at Porthleven harbour is a favourite viewpoint. In this version, I like the way the shadow on the slipway, thrown by the railings, draws the viewer down into the harbour and out past the lazy upturned dinghys basking … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Cornish paintings, Cornwall, harbour, paintings, Porthleven
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New Porthleven Paintings 2
For this second Porthleven painting, what initially drew me to the view was the combination of the iron strut straddling the harbour wall and the dynamic top line of the wall sweeping around the harbour towards the Ship Inn. The wall … Continue reading
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Updating My Blog Site
Following a busy year, both family and work (a mixture of supplying galleries, completing commissions, involvement in open studios and developing new ideas), I decided over Christmas to revamp my blog. Hence, I’ve added a series of pages that give … Continue reading
Affordable Art Fair 2
Here are two more paintings completed for the Affordable Art Fair’s Wren Gallery stand. In these Cornish works, the high sun illuminates the atmosphere in both, but the shadows are orchestrated differently according to the lay of their respective coastlines. St Ives … Continue reading
Posted in Galleries & Events, Polperro, Seascapes, St Ives, Wren Gallery, Burford
Tagged Affordable Art Fair, art, Cornish paintings, Cornwall, Polperro, St Ives
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Wren Gallery Autumn Exhibition 2013
The Wren Gallery in Burford, Oxfordshire has put a selection of my work in their Autumn Exhibition. Their focus for my work is seascapes, particularly of Cornwall. There is a preview on Sunday 27 Oct (11am-4pm, with wine and refreshments) … Continue reading
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Pulteney Bridge from Riverside Walk in Bath
Amongst my paintings at the Bath Contemporary exhibition is this view, just below Pulteney Bridge. The riverside path at this point presents a very inviting set of compositional elements, from the seventeenth-century colonnades in the background and Pulteney Bridge itself, … Continue reading
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Bath Contemporary Exhibition
I have been visiting Bath in the summer months for several years now and have found it a rich source of inspiration for my paintings. In the summer sunshine there is an underglow in the seemingly endless Georgian parades of … Continue reading
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‘Open Studios Notts’ Exhibition at Rufford Craft Centre
I have a group of paintings in the “Open Studios Notts Exhibition” at the gallery in Rufford Park, with its preview this Sunday 5 May (and then running 6 May to June). I thought it appropriate that they should be relating … Continue reading
O3 Gallery – Smeaton’s Pier at St Ives
This viewpoint is in St Ives, standing on Smeaton’s Pier and looking back towards the foreshore – it is one that I return to often. The backdrop to the composition has a very characteristic grouping of houses that stand where the pier … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Cornish paintings, Cornwall, paintings, Smeaton's Pier, St Ives
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O3 Gallery – Porthleven Harbour from the Slipway
One of the distinctive elements of Porthleven is its series of harbour walls, acting as a system of baffles against the caprices of the Atlantic Ocean. From the vantage point of the slipway at the head of the harbour they lead, … Continue reading
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