Things get heavy in sunny St Ives
Just returned from glorious Cornwall. The sun never stopped shining and the surfers were out in strength on St Ives’ Porthmeor beach.
I picked up some wonderful new pictures from Seth Marshall, Lesley Ninnes and Gail Warner-Pryce plus met up with Thorie Hinds in Exeter. Her landscapes are really eye-catching and we hope everyone will find them as arresting as we do.
This picture of ‘Heavy cake’ (a creamy, raisin-filled pastry) by Seth inspired me to pop into a little bakers in Fore Street and sample some. Yummy!
Lesley’s pictures of Porthmeor capture the amazing colours where the waves lap the sand at the ‘island’ end of the beach.
It was great to catch up with everyone again and I can’t wait for our summer hols down there.
Classic Cars outside the gallery
Around 150 classic cars descended on Elsecar today (Sun, April 10th) and brought a warm nostalgic glow to the site. Members of Doncaster Classic Car Club set up outside the gallery (including the Ford Capri and Hillman Hunter left) and everyone basked in the warmth of the April sunshine!
Grand National Fever!
Will you be having a flutter this weekend as the biggest race over jumps takes place? This seems like a good time to take a closer look at Judy Joel’s wonderful ‘The Old Stand, Ascot’ watercolour.
Judy is the secretary of the Association of British Naive Artists and is renowned form her amazingly detailed paintings of people enjoying life with friends and family.
Judy painted throughout the night – one of her favourite times for working – for several days to complete this image of Ascot. Her working process involves painting tiny figures ‘nude’ before returning late to clothe them. If you look very closely at the hundreds of mini-people in this picture, you might just spot a few ‘naked’ race fans who escaped her attention in one of the VIP boxes. What ungentlemanly behaviour!