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a personal view by Sarah Brown, Neil Davies, Robert Jones, Gary Long, Morwenna Morrison, Carrie Taylor and Gill Watkiss of some of their favourite places, (mainly but not exclusively) in Cornwall
Neil Davies Winter walk to Carn Kenidjack Please call 01326 318452 / 01736 788911 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the painting of your choice. Paintings may be collected by arrangement or we can arrange delivery from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your painting being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original paintings and the reproductions shown here. All paintings are framed . Sarah Brown has this to say about her favourite place: “From every direction Gurnard’s Head presents endless painting possibilities. Its ragged profile and dramatically exposed position make it a place of concentrated form, colour and light. I have chosen three views which I hope express the diversity of this favourite location.”
Sarah Brown Path to the Head
Sarah Brown Gurnard’s Head, late October
Sarah Brown Gurnard’s Head Cliff, late May Although he lives close to the magnificent sea cliffs west of St Ives, Neil Davies’ favourite place at the moment is the area along the Kenidjack Valley that runs from Carn Kenidjack westwards to the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Cornwall. His paintings easily capture the essence of this wild west landscape and the interplay of sky and water in the landscape.
Neil Davies Puddly track to Woon Gumpus
Neil Davies Deep, silent pool, Carnyorth Common
Neil Davies Blustery day, towards Kenidjack Castle
Neil Davies Bright summer light, Kenidjack Robert Jones was born in Cornwall and has spent most of his life working here. He needs little in the way of introduction. An artist and author of art historical books, he has been exhibiting his striking oil paintings in galleries across the nation as well as in Cornwall for many years and at The Great Atlantic since 1999.
Robert Jones On the beach, stormy day
Robert Jones Storm
Robert Jones Rocky shore Gary Long’s paintings feature places and scenes from the length and breadth of the Penwith peninsula. One location that he seems to visit more than others is around Pendeen Watch lighthouse, and particularly the airy path that leads down to Portheras Cove, known locally as “Boat Cove”.
Gary Long Around the corner, Pendeen
Gary Long On the trail
Gary Long Pendeen pathway Morwenna Morrison spent her childhood in Praa Sands, near Penzance. After graduating from Exeter Art College, she travelled extensively then returned to settle in the ancient mining town of St Just-in-Penwith. Working ‘plein air’ and in the studio she strives to capture the drama of ever changing light as it plays across the landscape. Her favourite place is the whole of the Penwith Peninsula, which is why we are exhibiting paintings that feature St. Ives, Marazion, Gurnard’s Head and Cape Cornwall.
Morwenna Morrison Kenidjack Valley
Morwenna Morrison Causeway to St Michael's Mount
Morwenna Morrison View from Gurnards Head
Morwenna Morrison Mooring ropes St Ives Carrie Taylor lives and works in and around Britain’s most westerly town, St Just-in-Penwith. Although she paints the broader land and seascapes of the region, she is particularly well known for her paintings of flowers and insects in the hedgerows. Of her favourite place, Carrie has this to say: “My path drops down through bright fields and into the speckled shade of the trees in the valley bottom. It is here, among the luxurious growth of leaves and flowers that I find an ideal place for contemplation and work.”
Carrie Taylor Evening Hedgerow
Carrie Taylor White froth of Cow Parsley
Carrie Taylor Thistle study Gill Watkiss has lived in West Cornwall since arriving from the Home Counties in 1959, so it comes as no surprise to find that most of her favourite places are in this far flung region of Britain. Most but not all! The inclusion of “A day away, Blaenau Ffestiniog” from a 1989 collection reveals an affection for a small slate town in Snowdonia that shares a common past with the some of the bleak mining towns of Cornwall. This enhances the small collection of paintings featuring such truly Cornish places as Carnyorth, Porthgwarra, Pendeen, St Just and, of course, England’s only Cape.
Gill Watkiss Cottage, Porthgwarra 2006
Gill Watkiss Plen an Gwarry, St Just 2006
Gill Watkiss Sunday evening, Pendeen Church 2006
Gill Watkiss Watching the geese, Carnyorth 2006
Gill Watkiss The way home, Cape Cornwall 2005
Gill Watkiss A day away, Blaenau Ffestiniog 1989 4th - 16th March 2006 Opening times 10.30 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday The Great Atlantic Falmouth Gallery Also at the Map Works Gallery in St Just www.greatatlantic.co.uk |
