60 YEARS
I remember the first time I saw one of Judy Buxton’s paintings. It was a still life, and it literally stopped me in my tracks. I was captivated, and just knew I was looking and appreciating a wonderful artist. As soon as possible, I invited her to become part of our Thackeray stable, she said yes immediately, and that was just over 15 years ago.
Since then, we have held numerous solo shows together, all incredibly successful and culminated in Judy’s work travelling all over the world to find their new homes. Every exhibition over the last 15 years have had their own personality, some focussed on her Cornish environment, some inspired by her Australian heritage, others by the local wild flowers and windows in her studio. Reflections on creeks, waves turning in the sea, flowers bursting out of hedgerows, vast sunflowers, heavy beautiful wild roses, camelias, peonies, and more recently horses - whatever the subject, Judy’s great love is her material, the paint. And how she uses it. WOW. Instinctive, fast, energetic, lush, making her work sculptural. A few clients have actually said and I promise this is true, that her paintings appear edible!
It is a complete privilege to have witnessed over a decade, how her beautiful works continue to emotionally touch people, how much her paintings gives us, the viewer, the potential owner, and the inevitable temptation of saying YES to living with one of them. And, clients always come back and want another and another and another. That is the greatest compliment of all.
Each painting has this DNA of the perfect balance between gentleness and strength. And that is Judy Buxton. Marking her 60th year, this special exhibition is not to be missed.
right: Noble Head V – oil on canvas – 120 x 120cm
John’s Yellow Roses II oil on canvas – 60 x 60cm
Cascade of Roses oil on canvas – 120 x 120cm
Summer
Flowers (Tatiana’s Garden) I
oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Miling
Around oil on canvas – 153 x 153cm
Cove Sweep
oil on canvas – 71 x 71cm
Summer Roses (Caervallack) II
oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
John’s Yellow Roses I oil on canvas – 60 x 60cm
Small Pot of Camellias
oil on canvas – 50 x 50cm
Winter Narcissi (3 Pots) oil on canvas – 91 x 122cm
Skyburriowe Sunflowers II
oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Neck ‘n Neck IV oil on canvas – 153 x 120cm
Carleon Cove, Incoming Tide – oil on board – 14 x 42cm
Carleon Cove, Poltesco III – oil on board – 20 x 46cm
Serpentine Shore
oil on canvas – 46 x 47cm
Summer Flowers (Tatiana’s Garden) II oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Magnolias and Camellias II
oil on canvas – 60 x 60cm
Summer Roses (Caervallack) III
oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Grey Dancer III
oil on canvas – 120 x 120cm
Late Summer Roses II oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Carleon Cove, Headland – oil on board – 18 x 46cm
Carleon Cove, Low Tide – oil on board – 18 x 46cm
Poltesco Vista (Shifting Clouds) – oil on board – 20 x 61cm
Poltesco Vista (Summer Spin) – oil on board – 20 x 61cm
Late Summer Roses oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Skyburriowe Sunflowers III oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm
Herd Hillside II oil on canvas – 122 x 152cm
Front Cover: Skyburriowe Sunflowers I – oil on canvas – 100 x 100cm Back Cover: Artist Judy Buxton Photography by Steve Tanner
