Charles Summers — Cornwall 365 What's On

Location

Polperro Arts Foundation, Polperro, Looe

Dates

Sat 28th May, Sun 29th May, Mon 30th May, Tue 31st May, Wed 1st Jun, Thu 2nd Jun, Fri 3rd Jun, Sat 4th Jun, Sun 5th Jun
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11 am - 5 pm

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Oil paintings and collages of Cornwall's interior with its landscape, trees, mosses, ferns, together with flower paintings & botanical prints.

I work in three areas: oil paintings, collage and fans.
Many of my oil paintings represent the landscapes, trees, mosses and ferns of Cornwall’s interior, while others are re- interpretations of the seventeenth century Dutch flower paintings which tell a story of luxury, expensive flowers that last but a short time, a metaphor for life, all that is mortal passes away. I always add in a few dead leaves and flowers as a reminder of the fragility and brevity of life.

The collage works on more or less the same principle. Layers of paint, paper and metallic foils, built up and then polished down, mimic the structure of the planet, changed and metamorphosed by time.

The fans are a way of transforming a useful  object into a work of art, enabling people to be able to own an inexpensive, but unique piece of work that is also functional.

In the past I painted many detailed botanical pieces such as the flowers for which I won two gold medals from The Royal Horticultural Society. In 1986 I was commissioned to paint the flowers in Agatha Christie’s garden at Greenway beside the River Dart in Devon. I spent six wonderful months with the family on a daily basis, and I believe my botanical paintings are still on display there. Some prints will be available at Open Studios

Contact

07889 233 878 | https://polperroarts.org | [email protected]

Accessibility

Details

The gallery is dog-friendly and on the ground floor with one step up to enter the building and wheelchair access by a separate entrance.

Directions

As you walk into Polperro from either the main car park or the bus stop, the Polperro Arts Foundation is in the village hall on the left and immediately after the Crumplehorn Inn.

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