Amanda Hoskin, Landscape Stories

Watching the Sun Going Down, Not a Sound
300mm x 295mm, oil on paper
£700

Tomorrow we open a new exhibition of paintings by Amanda Hoskin.  Cornwall in all its lovely guises.  Quiet evening sunsets, silent river stillness, beautiful light across the bay, images framed with the glories of Cornish hedgerows, overflowing with wild flowers.

Towards Menabilly, Daffodils and Sunlight
330mm x 695mm, oil on paper
£1150

Amanda has taken her paints and her sketchbooks and explored her favourite places.  Living in Fowey many of these are also places that DuMaurier used as inspiration for her writing.  Both artist and writer capturing the mystery and magic of this ancient landscape.

“ I decided to visit many of the areas described in Du Maurier’s novels. Seeing these places through her books and her imagination and then using the way I work to connect with the landscape has been a very interesting process. Her fascination with Cornish history has also provided a sense of the landscape of the past. Working on Bodmin Moor, time stands still where only the sky or light seems to change or Polridmouth Beach on a stormy morning with the sky a pinkish grey and the rocks black and menacing, images of Daphne Du Maurier characters would come to mind. For me she has put into words the landscape of Cornwall.”

Silence of the River Fowey
565mm x 640mm, oil on paper
£1750

It is a lovely collection of paintings, infused with a peaceful mood and created in a very fine, seemingly magical, manner.  Amanda's sensitive splattering and perfectly placed marks working themselves into light on water, flowers on the cliff tops, distant masts and faraway homes.
Please join us at the gallery for an evening view with wine and canapés, on Friday 5th July from 6pm.  The artist will be there and there will be a chance to see her brilliant sketchbooks, which will take your breath away!
There is also a hard backed book published to compliment this exhibition which contains many pages from her sketchbooks and the paintings that those sketches inform.  It costs £25.00 and can be brought with a few clicks from our web site or from the gallery.

Morning Light Fills Pont Pill, View from my Kitchen
205mm x 540mm, oil on paper
£800

The exhibition is part of the summer long series of shows under the title of "Cornish Light".  Amanda's work will be in the downstairs gallery from Friday 5th July until Wednesday 17th July.

A Day's Journey

A Day's Journey

"Zennor is one of my favourite places. Walking along this coast path feels close to flying, looking down on the aged fields and the vertical cliffs; it has an isolated atmosphere which is completely unique." -Amanda Hoskin

 
Path to Godrevy- 850 x 675mm, oil on paper £2250

Journeys are a recurring influence in Amanda Hoskin’s paintings; and for her Special Collection, she has taken herself on another expedition. On what may have been one of the only bright and clear days of the summer, Amanda set out with her sketchbooks to walk the coastal path from Zennor Church. The result of which can been seen in this new collection of breath-taking works of art.

Since her first show with Beside The Wave back in 2001 we have seen Amanda's work adapt with nature, sparkle with the sea and change with the tide. Following four years’ of trekking the entire Cornish Coast in 'Colours Coast & Sea', we saw Amanda take a different turn in her next solo in 2011. 'Working With Nature' was created in and inspired by gardens. Earlier in 2012, in her solo 'Homecoming' we saw Amanda journey back to the places she had enjoyed painting most, and where her career first started. In returning to the north coast, this collection of paintings, with additional small works from the days walk, makes clear the influence of being out in the elements in her work.

One of our favourite pieces is Godrevy Lighthouse painted as the day draws to a close and the rain begins, the atmosphere is magical, as we stand before it we witness the lighthouse being shadowed by the violent weather.

Rain Clouds sweep across the Sky, can just see Godrevy Lighthouse- 690x1000mm, oil on canvas £2900

 

 

 

A Cornish Path- 760 x 815mm, oil on board £2500

This collection combines all the artist ability and integrity that Amanda has gained in over a decade of painting in Cornwall, and represents a body of work that truly showcases her talents: from the weather consumed shorelines of Godrevy to the delicate foxgloves in the fields surrounding Zennor Church. Her paintings really are something to behold.

'A Day's Journey' opens at Beside The Wave at 10am on Saturday 5th October.

Don't miss it.

 

                                   

Amanda Hoskin : Homecoming

Last week I enjoyed a conversation with Amanda Hoskin, she was sitting on the gallery floor surrounded by the results of several months of hard labour.  Paintings everywhere, sprouting, greens, blues and soft pinks, like the Cornish hedgerows in springtime, a breath of fresh air.   

Flowers in May, Falmouth  

As she merrily penned the titles on the backs she explained what this new series of work is all about.  Growing up in Falmouth, Amanda spent her childhood on the shores and waters of Carrick  roads, learning to sail in Mylor.

Morning Walk along the River, staying onboard the Boat at Mylor

These paintings have a quiet reflective quality, almost as if time has softened their edges.  The sea melts into the sky, cliffs and distant landscapes are coaxed into existence by a gentle touch and the foregrounds are softened by splatter and froth of cow parsley and summer grasses. 

Summer Evening, St. Mawes

 The titles are tiny stories in themselves, the day that was cold but the dog went swimming, a walk in the morning after staying on board the boat, special views, private moments, little daydreams.  

A Winters Day, but the Dog is Happy to Swim

A beautiful collection that is a privelage to be able to share.  The preview is in the gallery tonight, Amanda will be there and I think she will be bringing her sketchbooks, works of art in their own right.  The whole collection is now online and available to purchase.