Marking the Centenary of Alfred Wallis’s start as an artist in August 1925 After the death of his wife Susan in 1922, Alfred Wallis was living alone in a two-room cottage in the old part of St Ives nearest the harbour, known as Downlong. He wasn’t important or well-known, and had a small circle of…Continue Reading “100 years of Alfred Wallis”
Terry Harry Terry was born in St Day and first picked up a camera in Redruth County Grammar School. He was lucky enough to have excellent employment until he decided to go self-employed as a professional photographer. Terry’s uncle was BBC’s Television Gardener, Don Hoyle, who got Terry to do a few photographic…Continue Reading “The Amazing Photography of Terry Harry”
We have great pleasure in presenting this article about Dick Twinney and his art. His wildlife paintings have given great pleasure over the years and we feel sure that his huge following will approve of those included here. All images included are available as framed signed canvas prints. From Dick Twinney’s Website: www.theartofdicktwinney.com “Originally…Continue Reading “Dick Twinney and his Art”
Dr Charlotte MacKenzie, regular Cornish Story contributor, is a prolific writer and speaker on Cornish History and here she turns her attention to the Opie family. Occasionally, paintings believed to be lost are rediscovered. Or a known painting is identified as by a particular artist. The current whereabouts of paintings by the exceptionally…Continue Reading “Was it painted by Opie?”
Following on from his initial outline of the project, David Bickley continues with some news of progress in the production process. The brilliant, hard-working Adrian Rodda has finished our epic verse for this unique audio visual project and production continues at a “fair auld lick” (despite the weather!). This poetic endeavor seems to have started…Continue Reading “OLD GODS (The Tinners Way), production update”
Over the coming months we intend to include some of David Bickley’s work and this outline of his current project is an introduction to him and to his approach to working in Cornwall. Shooting Dalla in Morrab Gardens 2016 Nyns yw gonisogeth tybyans stag – yma edhomm dhedhi a vos gwedhyn, linyel ha…Continue Reading “OLD GODS – An audiovisual exploration of Cornish geology, people, place and story”