Cornish Artists

After selling my gallery I made the move to Cornwall to paint fulltime. Inspired by the beauty of the Cornish landscape and the everchanging drama of the sea and sky, I endeavour to create works which are both ‘evocative and atmospheric’.

Sandy takes pleasure in the challenges that glass offers and takes full advantage of 'accidents' that occur in or out of the kiln creating unintended, but often exciting effects.

Paintings are worked over time, layering and removing paint, manipulating the colour and texture to make vital and exciting images.

Mark Dickens has a naive approach to draughtsmanship but combines that with a sophisticated painting technique using many layers and washes to reveal hidden depths and textures.

From the stormy skies and tempestuous seas at Portreath and Godrevy to the stunning views on top of Carn Brea, her work is both beautiful and atmospheric, capturing the ever changing light, colours and energy of the sea.

'Mary Clare de Pentheny, a painter of pure instinct who often uses her hands to create paintings of extremely rich texture and vibrant dynamism. Her canvases are pure examples of gestural art and exude liveliness and the force of nature itself' (Art critic, Karon Lappon, International Confederation of Art Critics, 2016)