New Paintings by Zoe James
Zoe grew up on the south coast of Cornwall. Her grandmother was a painter and inspired her from a young age to take an interest in art.
Many of Zoe's incredible paintings explore impermanence: transient moments on our shores, temporary spaces and migrations, capturing the diversity of beach life. Each piece examines crowds moving across the shorelines. Abstract patterns and textile qualities emerge from the beach paraphernalia, creating a painterly impression of our busy beaches.
New Paintings by Lucy Davies
Lucy's stunning new work depicts sections of the South West Coast Path overlooking St Austell Bay, which is not too far from us.
Lucy trained at St Martins and Brighton and has a BA (Hons) in graphic design, specialising in illustration. She paints full time, either at her studio in London or in North Cornwall where she spends her summers.
A keen walker, Lucy will always take her camera and sketchbook with her on trips to record new images so she has plenty of inspiration in the cold winter months when she’s tucked away in her studio.
New Paintings by Tracey Elphick
Look what's just flown into the gallery! This fabulous little oil painting is part of a sublime new collection by Tracey Elphick.
Tracey studied fine art at Falmouth Art College and went on to become Head of Art at Kingshill School. She now works as a full time professional artist in Cirencester.
"Over the past couple of years, garden birds have been a great source of interest as a subject for me. I like trying to capture something of their character and form in a minimal amount of loose but carefully placed brush strokes."
New Work by Lynn Muir
We've just added some new pieces to Lynn's page, including this gorgeous couple.
Lynn uses mainly driftwood which she collects from the local beaches and lets the shape and form of the wood suggest figurative forms to her and then works on it with machine saws, powered sander wheel and hand tools. She then ‘illustrates’ the shaped wood with paint and pen.
New Paintings by Michael Hill
Michael was born in Plymouth, 1951. There he studied Graphic Art and Design at the College of Art.
He has worked as a freelance illustrator, but now concentrates on painting full time. He is a tutor of watercolour painting in the Adult Education Service and does numerous workshops for various art societies.
Michael is a member of the Plymouth Society of Artists and is the President of the Plymouth Watercolour Society.
Woodwork by Howard Moody
We've completely overhauled Howard's webpage for 2023 - adding twelve of his wonderful hand turned creations, all with detailed photographs.
Howard started woodturning in 1991 and exhibits his work in galleries throughout the UK and abroad. He has also undertaken various commissions, producing architectural pieces and furniture restoration work, including presentation gavels for Sotheby’s.
"My love of natural history has inspired much of my work. All my materials are obtained from British woods and gardens and only from green sources."
New Work by Christy Keeney
Born in Ireland, Christy moved to London in 1984 to study ceramics at the Royal College of Art. After spending 17 years there, he returned to his native Donegal where he now lives and works.
Of his inspiration, Christy says - "I visited a retrospective exhibition of Picasso in the early 80s when I was at college, and many of my influences came from seeing that work. Especially a collection of small cardboard cutout and folded, figurative sculptures. These simple two dimensional pieces opened a world of possibilities on how I would approach my own work."
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