VICTORIA HILLIARD AMANDA HOSKIN STEPHEN MORRIS TERESA PEMBERTON ROBERT PITTAM RICHARD TUFF
ga ller yTRESCO
Spring Show 30 March - 12 May 2013
Richard Tuff
2 View across Bryher 30 x 38cm gouache on paper £650
Cover image: 1 Tresco cottages 30 x 38cm gouache on paper £650
3 Three boats 30 x 38cm gouache on paper £650
Welcome
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“Welcome to our first online show, and thank you for taking the time to find us here. More than ever this exhibition is a fine display of the diversity of work and styles we have to offer at Gallery Tresco. The Isles of Scilly act as a catalyst for creativity, reflecting the sheer thrill of a windblown headland or the simple joy a sun-kissed bay. I join with the artists in their desire to share the pleasure of these tiny islands with you.� Anna Parkes, manager
How to buy our art All of the art shown is available on receipt of this brochure. If you are interested in making a purchase please phone 01720 424 925. www.gallerytresco.co.uk The exhibition can also be viewed on our web site from Saturday 23rd March 2013. Colours may vary between the originals and these reproductions. All measurements shown are in centimetres and are image size only excluding the frame.
Robert Pittam
4 Seaweed and mackerel 33 x 33cm acrylic on board ÂŁ565
5 Sea bream and greek plate 28 x 38cm acrylic on board £565
6 Gull feathers and mackerel 28 x 38cm acrylic on board £565
7 Cornish sardine in tinfoil 28 x 38cm acrylic on board £565
8 Cornish flowers and fishes 28 x 38cm acrylic on board £565
Amanda Hoskin
9 Summer blues, St Martin’s 21 x 25cm oil on paper £595
11 A dramatic sky, Bryher 24 x 25cm oil on paper £595
12 Island flowers, Scillies 21 x 25cm oil on paper £595
10 Summer walk, St Martin’s 23 x 25cm oil on paper £595
13 Sky colours, St Helen’s 80 x 80cm oil on canvas £2495
14 Sea pinks and wild flowers, Scillies 50 x 60cm oil on paper £1495
Teresa Pemberton
17 Across to St Mary’s 40 x 120cm oil on canvas £1600
15 Agapanthus in the dunes 40 x 50cm oil on canvas £900
16 Wild flowers on the edge 35 x 90cm oil on canvas £1300
18 Evening blues 100 x 120cm oil on canvas £2500
19 Sun and flowers arrangement 71 x 71cm oil on canvas £1500
20 Nasturtiums on hot blue day 60 x 60cm oil on canvas £1300
Stephen Morris
21 Scilly rock pool 49 x 49cm mixed media £810
22 Quay garden St Agnes 70 x 24cm mixed media £795
23 May echiums 70 x 24cm mixed media £810
24 Gaia 69 x 24cm mixed media £875
25 South African garden 70 x 24cm mixed media £875
Victoria Hilliard
26 Wolf Rock lighthouse, handmade cabinet 47 x 30 x 12cm ceramic relief and wood ÂŁ460
27 Puffin 36 x 25cm ceramic relief ÂŁ160
28 Cornish lighthouse triptych 31 x 61cm ceramic relief ÂŁ340
The Artists
Richard Tuff I love the untamed wildness of the landscape, juxtaposed with almost Caribbean like coastal stretches of startling white sands and clear turquoise waters that seem unique to this corner of the Cornish coast. Each painting is drawn out first and layers of paint added resulting in a tapestry of colours through which I hope to convey the feeling and sense of beauty of the Scillies.
Robert Pittam Ever since I was a child on holiday in Cornwall, the sea has been an irresistible, magnetic influence on my life. I have a vivid memory of playing with a toy truck in the sand and noticing that the intense shadow cast by the brilliant sunlight was unlike anything I'd seen at home. Something about what, I much later realised, was the famous 'Cornish Light' made me feel subtly 'different' - more alive even. And where else in Britain do sea and sunlight collide in a more intoxicating, dreamlike way than the Isles of Scilly? Light and shadow remain my enduring artistic fascination particularly the way it can evoke calm and stillness - and you might also see the ever present influence of the sea in my choice of subject matter.
Amanda Hoskin The paintings I have done for this collection are some of my favourite views of the Scillies. Memories of past holidays spent as a family with my daughter Hannah when she was six or seven years old, days that were so precious now she is nearly 16. In this collection I wanted to revisit those times. I feel this is often what the islands symbolise for many people. Special memories with loved ones, where time stands still for a while - cut off from the hustle and bustle of life, a place to stop, rest, watch and think. For me it is a truly magical place and I hope very much that I have achieved that feeling in my paintings. They are special to me and I hope that will come through to the viewer.
Teresa Pemberton Winter storms pounding, wild winds combined with red sunsets in patchwork skies; spring and summer flowers such as agapanthus and foxgloves lingering and hiding in piled-up sands. Grey skies darkening the sea, evening walks on rainy evenings, poppies blowing in the breeze; deserted beaches beckoning. Whatever the season, there are unexpected colours in the sea and sky, walks in the long grasses and on sandy stretches – always variety in the landscape on different days. To visit Tresco in the calm serenity of high summer one could not imagine the winter battles of nature at its most passionate; all this is what I try to capture!
Stephen Morris I am delighted to have been invited to show my work for this exhibition. All of these five pieces are from our islands including two paintings worked entirely from life in the gardens on Tresco. I think they show the intensity of colour that we experience from the light here. In my opinion we have both the advantages of the Cornish light together with the wide open skies that I used to paint in East Anglia. I am also fascinated by the detail in flora and nature in general, the patterns in nature intrigue me and I spend hours studying the colours and textures in their changing natural environment. I have also included one of my beach studies to show a different aspect of my work, again worked entirely from life just yards from my front door!
Victoria Hilliard I have developed my kiln fired ceramic relief pictures over the past 30 years. In that time I have moved around England and exhibited internationally but always came back to my native Cornwall. I love two dimensional painting and drawing but always seem to get pulled into working with clay and the 3D relief image, I am not quite sure why. My clay work, sculptural and relief, is usually studying form, detail, pattern and tone. Clay to me is a medium I use to illustrate my ideas, whatever moves me. The ideas are informed by a cocktail of my horticultural experience on Scilly and in Cornwall.
29 Starfish, urchin and sea bream by Robert Pittam 23 x 48cm acrylic on board £565
2013 Exhibitions
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