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Step inside and be surrounded by romance, memory and love!

Ranunculus in a White Jug

A Provençal Morning

Beautiful paintings by Anne-Marie Butlin are exhibited alongside the work of Sarah Wimperis.

 

Nicotiana

Butlin paints exquisite still life, flowers whose colours have been so carefully chosen, each brushstroke has a considered place resulting in a delicate painting with surprising strength.

In The Late Afternoons I Thought of You

 

While the paintings by Sarah Wimperis draw on memories and places, creating work with a narritave that brings back forgotten feelings and emotions.

 

All The Letters I Wrote

There are also the serene and wonderful ceramic forms by Annie Hellyer and delicious jewellery from Stephanie Johnson and Emily Nixon. So come along to a warm and calm space, take refuge from the terrible weather and feed your romantic soul!

If you haven't been there yet, our brand new web site is a joy to navigate and has all of the paintings that we hold in the gallery as well as every ceramic and item of jewellery so pay a visit and see what is there.

Still Life with Spring Blossom

 

 

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Ben Warner Special Collection

Sailing, Falmouth Bay
155mm x 245mm, oil on board
SOLD

We have been showing a collection of new works by Ben Warner over the last week and, I am happy to report very busy selling them.  The painting above was tiny and absolutely exquisite.
There are still a few left on the walls if you want to wander along to the gallery and have a look.  He is an artist whose work has the most mesmerising atmosphere and beautiful depth.

Falmouth Docks
180mm x 265mm, oil on board
£695

Timeless pieces full of a glowing luminous light, suggested shapes giving the familiar skyline of Falmouth a new aspect.

Greenbank towards Falmouth Docks
380mm x 640mm, oil on board
£1250

 

They really benefit from viewing in person as the layers of paint, washed back and worked up to produce a wonderful patina, are fascinating in themselves.

Early Evening, Falmouth Docks
720mm x 770mm, oil on board
£1750

If you cant visit the gallery, you can visit our website where you are able to browse and purchase with one click. We deliver world-wide and can gift wrap anything!  Own Art, the brilliant interest free credit system, can help spread the cost of a painting and can be completed over the phone.

'Simple Things, Still Life'... Let us tell you a story...

Tous le Matins du Monde
800mm x 610mm, oil on board
£1250
SOLD

Sarah Wimperis is a great contemporary impressionist. This year, in her first solo show at Beside The Wave, thirty years of dedication to painting have yielded a collection of paintings that is subtly and confidently rooted in the simplicity of day to day life. These are paintings that are inviting, complex and personal.

Kitchen Sink Drama
520mm x 370mm, watercolour on paper
£525

Silver and Lime Flowers
230mm x 300mm, oil on board
£425

Through the Door
800mm x 610mm, oil on board
£900

‘I hope to capture the light and mood of a place that I know intimately’

Sarah Wimperis is a story teller, and in this her paintings portray the beauty and simplicity of a daily life that others may just wander past. She delights in everyday scenes and objects shown just as they are, captured with an immediacy that has them documented before they disappear from view; delicately described capsules of time and space, often peaceful and deserted.



The Scent of Lilies
1200mm x 1500mm, oil on linen
£2950

Vases
610mm x 505mm, oil on board
£850

The very concept of telling a tale draws on a delicate nostalgia in Sarah, and in so doing extends to us an invitation to reconnect with childhood recollections of our own.

Copper and Mist
200mm x 300mm, oil on board
£450
SOLD

Aloes at Heligan
300mm x 235mm, oil on board
£450

Gardens are central to Sarah’s creativity and have always been an intrinsic part of her life. Even today, the smell of creosote and garden twine reminds her of her grandfather which, for Sarah, means ‘time travel is only a garden shed away.’

The paintings of outdoor scenes have been inspired by gardens great and small - from the historic Heligan to the stunning Trebah and the little courtyard gardens of her friends captured, there and then, before the moment passes. The exquisite spaces, shaped by their intimate connection to creator, curators and of course Sarah herself, as the narrator.

 

 

Sarah Wimperis’ paintings of place are quiet and evocative; these are works that invite you in; you want to be there at the table, amidst the scented flowers, or at ease by the fire of that fabric-rich room. These are paintings of the simple beauty that surrounds us - and yet often we don’t stop to look.

This is a collection that is not to be missed. Come along to the Evening Viewing at Beside The Wave on Friday 15^th February at 6pm to experience these beautiful paintings with a glass of wine and good company and of course the chance to meet the story teller herself!

To celebrate this show we have produced a limited edition book from Beside The Wave including a selection of paintings from the show and accompanying studies and words from Sarah. It can be purchased directly from our website, here’s a link -

 

 

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.

 

                                   

Paintings of Bright Sunshine

Andrew Tozer has been exhibiting with Beside the Wave for years; a “Tozer” is instantly recognisable:  Deftly painted boats, economical brushstrokes effortlessly sailing through sparkling waters.  Children, shrieking in delight as they run from chasing waves, just a squiggle of paint twisting to see the progress of the sea.  Yet, for all their familiarity these paintings never fail to be fresh, new and gasp-worthy! 

 

As you walk into the gallery these are the works that call from across the room “I am here, I am Cornwall, family holidays, intimate moments, I am infinitesimal shifts in the light…look at me”

With his work, Andrew Tozer is also displaying his wide breath of knowledge, both of colour and mark making.  He captures perfectly the soft haze of evening sunshine, the lazy warmth of a dying day.  He shows us the bright, fresh, clean light of a blustery summer, when the wind appears to make everything crisp and clear.  He depicts the heavy purple shadows on a hot afternoon and the beautiful soft blur of watching someone that you love dressing in the morning.  His colour decisions appear effortless but are those derived from years of practice, look at this work, it is just so simply excellent.

This collection is stunning and includes not only familiar Cornish scenes but also intimate family moments and interiors that confirm Tozer as a consummate contemporary impressionist.

“Paintings of Bright Sunshine”  will be available to purchase and exhibited in full on our web site and in the gallery from 10am on Saturday 22nd. September.  If you would like to meet the artist, Andrew Tozer will be in the gallery on Saturday from 10am until 1pm.

Don’t miss it!

All At Sea

We have a beautiful exhibition on show in our upstairs gallery and at the National Maritime Museum until 6th February.
Six of our artists, Heseltine, Hoskin, Jones, Lindsay, Tozer and Wimperis have explored Cornwall's relationship with the sea and discussed, in paint, what it means to them.

From the cluttered workshops and boat yards to empty fish markets and working quaysides Sarah Wimperis has chosen the working face of Cornwall.  Andrew Tozer has gazed across the bay and described the beautiful sparkling light and the shapes of sails, which so often grace his work, giving us a Tozeresque splash of salt water.

Al Lindsay has applied his slightly retro vision to talk about quaysides and harbours with perfect colours and graphic shapes.

Robert Jones, who worked as a fisherman years ago, has gone back to his roots and taken us on a trip out to sea where little boats are buffeted beneath endless skies.

Amanda Hoskin allows us to drift through summer flowers on Cornwall's clifftops, or glimpse the twinkling lights of home from out at sea.

Miles Heseltine has gone out onto the cliff tops with enormous sheets of paper and exposed the soul of Cornwall's granite heart in powerful gestural charcoal drawings that must be seen to be truly appreciated.

It makes for a facinating exhibition, full of contrasts and tasting salty and of the sea.  All of the work can be viewed on our website.

Down at the Allotments

Are you fed up with the doom and gloom of recession-speak, do you want the Olympic-proud-to-be-British feeling to carry on? 
How about digging deep into the very British obsession with gardening and grow-your-own along with a truly glorious explosion of colour and joie de vive and visiting the gallery to experience the newest exhibition of Emma Dunbar's work.

A wonderfully exuberant collection of paintings celebrating allotments, from the dark brown corduroy of well tilled early spring soil, to an almost abstract patchwork of colourful sheds.  From the sgraffito of winter trees to the loose hatching of bean poles. 
The paintings are punctuated with effortless still lives.  Plates of harvested peppers, bundles of beans, a gardeners tea and biscuits, sit beside beautifully painted pots of plants or bunches of garden flowers stuffed haphazardly into Emma's enviable collection of cups and mugs.

It is a great showcase of Emma Dunbar's skill with composition, colour and collage. 
If you are fond of cheerfulness, colour and gardening and you want to bring a smile into every day then these paintings will tick all the boxes.
Don't worry, be happy, come and see the show!  The full exhibition opens on Friday at 10am and continues until August 29th.  You can also view and purchase on our web site. Beside The Wave
There is also a fun competition that you can do in the gallery or on line, so bring your children too.

Summer 's Here!

Sails in the Sunshine from Flushing
SOLD
by Andrew Tozer
425mm x 600mm, acrylic on board, £1295

News Flash!!
Summer has arrived, the sun is sparkling off the water, light is filling billowing sails, flowers are tumbling out of vases, children are splashing in the surf.  The stuff of dreams, happy memories of summer that keep us all going through the winter months.

Garden Flowers in a Turquoise Vase
by Anne-Marie Butlin
400mm x 400mm, oil on canvas, £770

OK, so that all might seem like a bit of a joke this summer but strap on your rain coat, hoist your umbrella and splash through the puddles to the Gallery and enjoy the summer show. 
A wonderfully exuberant and optimistic collection by eleven of our artists, if there is the merest splash of sunshine you can be sure that they have captured it.

Little Surf Hoppers
by Sarah Wimperis
185mm x 185mm, oil on board, £300

The catalogue collection is on show now and from Saturday 21st July, the whole collection will be displayed. 
If you are far away you can view the catalogue on our web site.  You can also search for Beside The Wave on Facebook, not forgetting to "like" our page when you find it, and view them all there as well. 
 It is easy to make a purchase over the phone and you can even do "Own Art" over the phone.  The painting above is only £30.00 per month with the interest free Own Art loan, now that is a bargain!

Still Life
by Myles Oxenford
700mm x 700mm, oil on linen, £2500

There is a very good rule: If you like a painting in a catalogue or on line then you will really be smitten in real life.  So don't let something that you love slip away, make a splash, dive into distance purchasing!

Over the Back Wall
by Sarah Wimperis
610mm x 475mm, oil on board, £730

The gallery is open 7 days a week from 10:00am until 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday, and from 11:30am to 4:00pm, there is always someone very willing to talk you through a painting, tell you about the artist and discuss your purchase over the phone. We ship all over the world and our packaging is a work of art in its self!

Lapping Tide, Praa Sands
by Richard Stanley
 SOLD300mm x 326mm, mixed media on paper, £450

There you go...one that got away!  Come and make summer happen, the exhibition will continue until Wednesday 15th August, there is an umbrella stand just inside the door, see you soon.

John Raynes. Aspects of Dawn.

Falmouth Docks Study III

230mm x 285mm, oil on canvas £850

To watch the dawn of a new day is a wonderful experience.  As the dark sky begins to herald the coming of the sun, the changing colours and light levels slowly reveal  the still sleeping world.

John Raynes has braved many cold dark mornings to capture these often missed moments.  In a gloriously rich colour pallet the sun rises golden and magnificent over familiar landscapes made mysterious and magical by the beginning of the day.

Soon After Dawn, Penryn Quay

390mm x 500mm, oil on board, £1295

Other paintings in the collection have the soft silvery light and the still calm of early morning.  These paintings are stunning in their exquisite composition and beautiful serenity.

John Raynes has been a very successful painter and illustrator for over 35 years combining this with teaching art to many people both in the UK and aboard.  He has written sixteen books on drawing and painting and has devoted his time to painting  full time from the nineties.  He is a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour  and a professional portrait artist.

This brilliant exhibition of his latest work not only captures the dawning of the new day but also is a testament to the skill and knowledge built over many years of observation and practise as a professional  artist.

Easter Cross at Carn Brea, Dawn

920mm x 1220mm, oil on canvas, £5950

The exhibition can be viewed on our web site and will be in the main gallery until Wednesday 18th July.