SUE LEWINGTON - LAUNCH OF HER NEW BOOK AND PAINTINGS

SUE LEWINGTON is an artist with a mission. She loves to paint the places that she loves and these abound in West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, where she now resides. Originally, she trained at Harrow School of Art in the mid-sixties and worked in London as a freelance illustrator until moving to Cornwall in 1975. After a short time out to have two daughters and run a smallholding at Pendeen near Penzance, she began to sell etchings through a London agent. In the early 80's she started working for the Adult Education Service teaching Printmaking and Drawing, and working in local schools under the South West Arts "Artists in Schools" scheme. Moving to St. Martins, an "off-island" in the Isles of Scilly, in 1989 came as a complete change of direction and there, she opened North Farm Gallery and has painted full time ever since. Since the mid 90's Sue has worked on a series of books. Her first, "Sketches of Scilly" was published in 1997. Since then there have been two more "Scillies" books, one each on St Ives, The Fal, Fowey and Salcombe and two on "The Eden Project". Her latest publication, "Looking Westward from St Ives to Land's End" has seen her re-visit her favourite localities on the fabled road between St Ives and Land's End. This book "is for me" she says! Sue exhibits her paintings in Galleries all over the South West, especially in Cornwall, at Trelissick and Lanhydrock National Trust Galleries and at the Great Atlantic Galleries in St. Just. Her books are available in most good book shops. Sue recently said, "though I spend a growing amount of time working on the mainland, recording the changing weather and landscape of St. Martin’s remains my greatest pleasure . . . and challenge." Small wonder then, that on her painting of Land's End, the final one in the current series, she has written "Land's End....and the little smudge in the distance....which is home"! All of the paintings in this brochure are featured in Sue's book "Looking Westward from St Ives to Land's End". They have been quite literally cut from her sketchbook, photographed and reproduced in the 48-page book (details below). Her original paintings have been carefully mounted, framed and glazed are now being offered for sale through this brochure and at The Great Atlantic Map Works Gallery in St Just - which lies just yards from the St Ives - Land's End road. "Looking Westward from St Ives to Land's End" by Sue Lewington , 48 pp 200 x 210mm, published by Truran, Mount Hawke, Truro, Cornwall TR4 8EE. ISBN: 1-85022-158-8 Paperback £8.99 or £10.99 post free ISBN: 1-85022-157-X Hardback £12.99 or £14.99 post free The book is available from: The Great Atlantic Map Works Gallery, West Place, St Just, TR19 7JB Tel: 01736 788911 or 01736 786016 or email: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk   The high ground of West Penwith 200 x 210mm   Leaving St Ives - looking back ..and forward 200 x 210mm   "..with the sea on the right .." 200 x 210mm The first big hill out of St Ives 200 x 420mm   Zennor 200 x 420mm   Cream teas .. and roadside miscellany 200 x 210mm   House, beast, pump and cat .. 200 x 210mm   The road weaves between small farms. 200 x 210mm   " .. animals still have right of way" 200 x 210mm   The farrier, a standing stone, Porthmeor Farm and Carn Galver 200 x 210mm   "Porthmeor Farm .. I've always loved these old buildings" 200 x 210mm Milestones on the way 200 x 210mm   More milestones on the way 200 x 210mm   Waterloo Cottages and other buildings at Trevowhan, Morvah 200 x 420mm   Sheltering from the rain ..in Morvah 200 x 420mm   Morvah; the wonderful walls ..and the red phone box 200 x 420mm   Lanyon & Men-an-Tol 200 x 210mm   Chun Castle 200 x 210mm   Pendeen Lighthouse and Pendeen 200 x 420mm   Pendeen houses and terraces 200 x 420mm   Botallack cliffs ..engine houses, waste heaps and chimneys 200 x 210mm   "...it must have been such hell to work there" - Crowns mine, Botallack 200 x 210mm   Gates of Penwith 200 x 210mm   More gates of Penwith 200 x 210mm   St Just-in-Penwith 200 x 420mm   Some milestones on the way 200 x 210mm   Some more milestones on the way 200 x 210mm   Chapel Carn Brea and the road past Land's End aerodrome 200 x 420mm   Hedges 200 x 210mm   More hedges 200 x 210mm   From Chapel Carn Brea - panoramic view 200 x 420mm   Two views of Chapel Carn Brea 200 x 210mm   Escalls Chapel and Chapel Carn Brea 200 x 210mm   "Sennen Church and The First and Last Inn.. most of the churches are next to the pub" 200 x 210mm   Towards Cape Cornwall from Sennen 200 x 210mm   "Land's End....and the little smudge in the distance....which is home" 200 x 210mm

Exhibition dates: 18th April - 3rd May 2001

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Tuesday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 2.00pm - 5.00pm

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