It was a lovely experience at my first exhibition at Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery – situated on the beautiful coastal road between St Ives and Land’s End in the far west of Cornwall.
It is a lovely space with fantastic light and stunning views over the fields to the Atlantic. It also has great cream teas.
This joint exhibition explored the synergies and differences in approach of St Ives based ceramacist Julie Harper, and myself.
Both of us are deeply inspired by the ocean on our doorstep and use the colour blue extensively in our work. Whilst not restricted by the colour blue, our work in this show majored on blue hues.
Like me, Julie lives in St Ives, Cornwall and is surrounded by the sea, which provides the inspiration for her work. She aims to capture some of the wonderful seascapes and tones of Cornwall in her hand painted porcelain pictures. She uses porcelain clay as its delicate nature is ideal for her work. Her pictures, bowls, vases and platters are often decorated with cottages, harbours, fishing boats and the sea. Her work reflects her deep regard and love for Cornwall.
My works in the show were also based mainly on St Ives – directed by the magical land and seascapes around me. St Ives is a unique and special place where the light reflects from the waves like no other.
A visitor wrote in the book : “So lovely to see both your work together – it looks fabulous!”
