Tag Archives: Cornwall
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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Tagged art, Cornish paintings, Cornwall, Exhibition, Wren Gallery Burford
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O3 Gallery – The Harbour at Polperro below Chapel Hill
In this painting of Polperro, my focus is particularly on the arrangement of hillside cottages, backlit with a lemony glow of low sun. The harbour is shaded with soft blue and pink, the white of the boats reflecting the ambient … Continue reading
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Tagged coast, Cornwall, harbour, Polperro
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O3 Gallery – The Old Harbour Wall at Polperro
After the throng of St Ives in season, Polperro seems like an undiscovered tranquil location. Perhaps it is the more tightly constructed geography surrounding the harbour that protects it and promotes the feeling of shelter from the world. In this painting I … Continue reading
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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
O3 Gallery – The Ship Inn at Porthleven
The trinity of elements I was keen to include in this composition were the Ship Inn, the old lifeboat house and the fishing boat. In the foreground, the boat seems to be as constant as the harbour wall against which … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwall, Lifeboat Art Studio, Porthleven, The Ship Inn
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O3 Gallery – Porthleven from Institute Hill
In this second view of Porthleven, looking down Institute Hill, I was initially entranced by the soft blue and mauve shadows on the tall Institute building and the silvery granite stone walls of the lane running directly towards the pier in this ‘contre-jour’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Bickford-Smith Institute, Cornwall, Institute Hill, Porthleven
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New work of Botallack, Cornwall
This is one of a group of paintings I’ve been working on of ‘The Crowns’ engine houses at Botallack in Cornwall. I love this highly vertiginous viewpoint of the remains. Its a view that has led me to experiment with … Continue reading
St Ives Paintings
Worked on three views of St Ives based around Smeaton’s Pier. The first, using a triptych of canvases, is looking back down the pier towards The Wharf. Quite pleased with the colour and texture in the composition. For the second view I thought … Continue reading
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Susan Isaac - Paintings & Sculpture 