Lizzie Black - Open Studios

From her garden studio Lizzie Black will be showing a selection of plein air paintings of Mousehole, Cornish landscapes and Garden Studies.

Lizzie Black lives and works in Mousehole, Cornwall. She is a plein air painter enjoying the immediacy of painting in the landscape and responding to her surroundings. She is a well known in the village as she is often found painting in the harbour and surrounding area. These colourful scenes of the pretty fishing vessels, luggers and visiting boats with their ever changing reflections make for a captivating subject. Other favourite painting spots include include beach scenes and coves around Penwith.

Since Lockdown Lizzie has become drawn to painting garden studies, still life and interiors. Lizzie collects flowers from the garden and the surrounding cliff walks and paths creating compositions at home. She jokes: ‘Rather than being presented with a harbour full of moored boats that I can’t physically move I can choreograph my own scene by moving the bottles and other objects that I paint.’ This has turned out to play a large part of the whole creative process. Painting these studies has become a place of refuge and a reason to celebrate life. The light reflecting from a neighbouring jug or even the warmth of a shadow from a flower onto a surface are explored with equal curiosity and interest.

Lizzie shows her work in galleries in Cornwall and has exhibited her work at the Mall Galleries with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters for the last two years. She has recently written a feature for the Artist Magazine and teaches painting in her local area.

Address: Orchard House, Paul Lane, Mousehole, Penzance, TR19 6TR