Over the summer, we took a camping trip to Cornwall, to my favourite part, West Penwith.
At the furthest tip of Cornwall, this area is a mix of wild and cultivated. There is the sea shimmering on one side with views to the distant Scilly Isles, the moorland on the other, dotted with megalithic tombs and stone circles and then punctuated with symbols of Cornwalls tin mining past. The light and the climate make it like nowhere else in the U.K.
I spent my trip with camera in hand finding view after view that gave me inspiration for paintings when I returned home.
I read some advice recently about finding yourself as an artist and what makes you passionate will resonate with the viewer. This year, I was determined to find a freedom in what I have painted, to make sure I loved what I was doing. In the views I choose to paint, I can feel the location and I like the finished product better, I see what I liked about the view and the feelings it gave me. This has also translated to pieces where I have painted a view that I have painted many times before. Seeing it with a freshness and for the feelings. I’ve also explored different ways of presenting my work with floating frames for mounted boards.
So in amongst some familiar views and 8x8 box canvas, expect more coastal Cornwall and more floating frames.