I was blessed to spend the early part of my childhood in this village along with my extended family. I remember every single cottage and rooftop by the families who dwelt within them in the 1960s. I bought back two former inhabitants from yesteryear and placed them in the bottom right-hand corner for them to discuss the changes over the last fifty years or so. Introducing them, turned what could be a momentary image into a timeless story telling artwork.
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Painted during the Covid lockdown, the importance of the home became paramount. This scene looks outside our house across the Tamar Valley towards Dartmoor. The lights to the left are the Horn of Plenty and the two headlights to the right are travellers coming to Cornwall from Tavistock.
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The landscape changes continually with the seasons and times of day. Now in its autumn colours the sunset casts its rosy shadows over the moors. Two of our regular visitors are making their way up through our garden to the field to continue their feast on the young trees recently planted!
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Just around the corner from Polperro, lies the little bay of Lansallos, famed for its Smuggling past. Even now, Bruce’s attention is taken by the departing wagon leaving deep furrows on the beach, along with two barrels of French brandy for another journey!
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Sandymouth offers some stunning rock formations and scenery, and on this wild and windy day the white horses were playfully rolling in.
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Bodmin Moor is clothed in Autumn colours, creating a peaceful scene with only local livestock for company. However, the eyesight is drawn to the two shadowy figures further along the path heading towards what was, an industrial landscape.
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Around the corner on Stowes Hill is the deep, watery landscape of the Pony Pool. Here Molly is taking a swim, unaware she is being ‘stalked’ by a passing buzzard.
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Brean Sands. A parent watches her naked children strolling nonchalantly towards an angry sky and an uncertain seascape. Completely vulnerable and blissfully unaware of any dangers ahead
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Suddenly the clouds transform into something totally majestic, with angels standing serenely on the wings. Behind the angry devastation of the surrounding shoreline, below the boiling anger of the sea. Ahead a spiritual figure descends and clothes those who chose to accept the vision, no longer vulnerable or needy.
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