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1/ Cornish ladies used roses for divination. Walking backwards into a garden on Midsummer's eve (as you do), they would pick a rose, then place it in a bag... [A plate from 'Flora Londinensis', by William Curtis.] #FolkloreThursday #PlantLore
Other designs are purely aesthetic. Sparkpaw(Bakugou) is based on the Laperm while Stickypaw(Sero) is a Cornish Rex. Sometimes I just look at a cat and be like, yep that's definately *insert character here*.
Kirsten Elswood's "Seed Head, Newlyn Beach". Kirsten has now moved from Somerset to Cornwall and is getting around new locations!
#cornwallart #emergingartist #popularartist #contemporaryartist #artonline #environmentalartist #natureartist #popularcornishartist
A finished painting of St Mawes #oilpainting #stmawes #cornishart
Chapel Point 1 - oil on paper going to the framer @chalkgallery @ingenuemagazine @coastmag #cornwall #cornishcove #cornishcoast
A third sketch from my Cornish #sketchbook. One more coming soon . . .
#Cornish #Cornwall #sketch
According to Cornish legend, St Michaels Mt in Cornwall was built by the giant Cormoran. A local boy dug a trench into the side of the island & blew his horn so loud Cormoran woke and rolled down the hill. The boy would earn the name "Jack the Giant Killer." #FolkloreThursday
Rooftops and chimney pots! A detail from the underpainting of my next acrylic painting...🏠
#cornwall #cornishart #paintingdetail #underpainting #wip #paintingwip #rooftops #chimneypots #art
Spotted along the Cornish coast yesterday... #cornwall
Grilling New Hampshire style- in an abandoned chimney deep in a mosquito filled glen. Not pictured, me in a chiton making Greek god poses with a spatula, because Cornish. #cornishcolony
Lucia Fairchild Fuller’s mural “Plymouth Women” for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, in a former Grange hall (now a really junky vintage store) in Plainfield NH, a few doors down from the town hall with Parrish’s stage set. Got that weird de Chavannes vibe. #cornishcolony
St Michael’s Mount, Marazion.
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#stmichaelsmount #stmichaelsmountcastle #marazion #cornwallart #cornwallpainting #cornishgallery #whistlefishgallery #illustration #drawing #watercolour
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A Bwca (or Knocker) is a creature recognised by Welsh, Cornish and even Devon folklore, they are believed to be close cousins of the Irish leprechaun and the English brownie. Their legend is widespread and tales of Tommy-Knockers have even been recorded as far as the US.
Norman Cornish: The Portraits at Gala Gallery, Durham. Sun 30th June – Sun 1st September. This exhibition features an interesting selection of portraits and lesser seen self-portraits from throughout the artist’s career. #NormanCornish #Exhibition #Durham
Just in: Gwythian I & II
A pair of small beautifully framed, stunning paintings of tracks in the Cornish countryside (36 x 30 cm and 30 x 25 cm) by Nick Bodimeade.
Now up in our Summer Exhibition.....
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