Places

I love Cornwall, and some places feel like they are in my very bones.

It is Porthleven where I had my first proper studio after college, in the old Net Lofts, overlooking the harbour. It was a luxury for space and subject matter, but not for warmth and home comforts during the winter months. It inspired a lot of paintings during the years I worked there.

The seaside village of Marazion also holds precious memories of childhood holidays, and who wouldn’t wonder at the sight of St Michaels Mount. It is there that Avalon Gallery has sold my paintings for so many years, and up the road at All Saints Church hangs the large commissioned painting about Pilgrimage.

Interior of All Saints Church Marazion, Cornwall showing pews , an arch and a large painting on the wall.

Marazion - All Saints ChurchPainting & Interior. Commission

Painting of Porthleven harbour, nets, lifting gear and The Ship pub on the far right. Porthleven , Cornwall.

Outer Harbour, Porthleven.Oil on 1/2 chalk ground - 1987.

A painting of Beachcombers with a dog at Marazion, Cornwall.

Marazion Beachcombers.Oil on board - 1991.

A painting showing a boat near the harbour and a view from The Mens Institute in 1989 , across the sea and rocks to Breageside, Porthleven.

Porthleven.Breageside. Oil on canvas - 1989

Detail of children faces from a painting about Flora Day, Helston, Cornwall .

Ex Votive. Flora Day, Helston.Detail - 'I love Cornwall' series.

Painting about Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard Peninsular, showing a couple sitting on the sofa watching tv as a man in a space suite floats overhead , the dish and building are behind the sofa . Ex Votive , offering.

Goonhilly Earth Station, Lizard Peninsula.One Hundred painted vows series.
Ex Votive, offering.

Full figure painting of Mary with Jesus as a child, arms open to welcome visitors to the healing chapel where she hangs in St Breaca Church, Breage, Helston.

St Breaca Madonna.St Breaca Church, Breage, Helston. Oil on board - 2013.

Painting about the complexity of the world as children ( swallows and Amazons) set off on adventure. Adam and Eve, Porthleven Mens Institute, angels, Hitler , and other subjects are all represented in this painting.

Porthleven . Expect to be confused by the world.Oil on canvas - 2008. Includes Porthleven Men's Institute.
From the series 'How to live a good life'.

A photograph showing abstracted paintings inspired by The Barbican Harbour , Plymouth. Painted reflections from boats on the water ,hang on the lobby walls.

Sutton Harbour, Commission - Dolphin House, The Barbican, Devon.On site- The Barbican Harbour, Plymouth.

Ex Votive painting. Showing the Solomon Browne leaving Mousehole harbour in the storm, the brave RNLI crew never returned. Part of series - One Hundred Painted Vows.

Ex Votive: Cornwall. The Solomon Browne19th December 1981. Mousehole, Cornwall.Eight brave RNLI crewmen set out in treacherous seas, in the Solomon Browne, to help the Union Star. They all lost their lives. Service not self. In our prayers. Oil on board. Part of the series - One Hundred Painted Vows.

A chair based on a lambing chair design which has been painted to celebrate Flora Day in Helston.

Painted Flora chair.The Flora Day Chair. In the studio. 2022. Acrylic on wood. Recycled timber. NFS.

Painting:A chicken eating seed off a table next to a bench , in a garden with shrubs and flowers.

A Chicken on the table, Redmarley .Oil on board.1985. 9 x11 " .NFS.