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Cornelia O’Donovan

A Great Ram, Adorned with Jewels

A Great Ram, Adorned with Jewels

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
As Close to the Sun as He Could

As Close to the Sun as He Could

mixed media on paper
76 x 57cm
£1075
Bird on a Cage

Bird on a Cage

oil on canvas
120 x 100cm
£3500
Black Spot Pony

Black Spot Pony

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
£1800
Blue and Red Bird

Blue and Red Bird

oil & oil stick on paper
26 x 21cm
£450
Blue Calf on Red

Blue Calf on Red

oil on canvas
40 x 40cm
£1200
Blue Tit and Moth

Blue Tit and Moth

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm
£1900
Blue Vases and Spring Flowers
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Blue Vases and Spring Flowers

oil on canvas
70 x 113cm
Brand New Coat
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Brand New Coat

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm
Bright, Bright Star

Bright, Bright Star

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£3800
Colours of the Rainbow
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Colours of the Rainbow

oil on canvases, diptych
150 x 200cm
Corn Yellow

Corn Yellow

oil & oil stick on paper
41 x 31cm
£625
Dancing Deer

Dancing Deer

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm
£2995
Dark Blue Moon

Dark Blue Moon

oil and gold leaf on canvas
100 x 100cm
£2995
Down by the River

Down by the River

oil on canvas
150 x 120cm
£4400
Down the End of the Garden

Down the End of the Garden

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
Eggy Peggy
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Eggy Peggy

mixed media on paper
76 x 57cm
Fauna and Flora

Fauna and Flora

oil on canvas
140 x 140cm
£4200
Fir

Fir

oil on canvas
20 x 20cm
£550
Five Magpies

Five Magpies

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
Four Dancing Figures
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Four Dancing Figures

oil on canvas
120 x 150cm
Garden of Delight

Garden of Delight

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£3800
Garnet Table
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Garnet Table

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
Green Apple Banana

Green Apple Banana

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
£1600
Green, Green, Red, Pink
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Green, Green, Red, Pink

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
Greeno

Greeno

oil on canvas
40 x 40cm
£1200
In the Garden

In the Garden

oil on canvas
77 x 77cm
£1995
Jumping Beans
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Jumping Beans

oil on canvas
90 x 90cm
Kid Skin Gloves
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Kid Skin Gloves

oil on canvas
150 x 120cm
Lime Leaves Pisanki

Lime Leaves Pisanki

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
Little Birds Nest

Little Birds Nest

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
£1600
Magpies
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Magpies

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
Making Nests
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Making Nests

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
Matinee at the Toy Theatre

Matinee at the Toy Theatre

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
Meanwhile in the Greenhouse

Meanwhile in the Greenhouse

oil on canvas
90 x 90cm
£2500
Moonshine
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Moonshine

oil on canvas
80 x 100cm
Mossy Twig

Mossy Twig

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
£1600
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

oil on canvas
120 x 100cm
£3500
On The Table
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On The Table

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
Orange Marmalade

Orange Marmalade

oil & oil stick on paper
41 x 31cm
£625
Petal Pink Mist

Petal Pink Mist

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
£1800
Pink and Blue Stripy
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Pink and Blue Stripy

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
Pinky Ponk
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Pinky Ponk

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
Pomelo

Pomelo

oil on canvas
20 x 20cm
£550
Pony Skin
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Pony Skin

oil on canvas
40 x 45cm
Prussian Blue

Prussian Blue

oil & oil stick on paper
41 x 31cm
£625
Ranunculus

Ranunculus

oil on canvas
40 x 40cm
£1200
Red and Blue Play Time

Red and Blue Play Time

oil & oil stick on paper
26 x 21cm
£450
Red Squirrel
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Red Squirrel

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
Sap Green
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Sap Green

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm
Shooting Star

Shooting Star

oil on canvas
76 x 76cm
£1995
Silhouettes from a Dream I Once Had

Silhouettes from a Dream I Once Had

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
Sitting at the Table

Sitting at the Table

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
£1700
Small Face in the Garden

Small Face in the Garden

oil & oil stick on paper
21 x 26cm
£450
Small Faces

Small Faces

oil & oil stick on paper
21 x 26cm
£450
Spotted Vase

Spotted Vase

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
£1800
Spring Table
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Spring Table

oil on canvas
60 x 80cm
Spring Things

Spring Things

oil on canvas
120 x 100cm
£3500
Sunshine Table and Red Jug

Sunshine Table and Red Jug

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm
£2995
Tauro
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Tauro

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm
The Flower Vase

The Flower Vase

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm
£2995
The Garden

The Garden

oil on canvas
120 x 100cm
£3500
The Little Matchstick House
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The Little Matchstick House

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
The Park at Night Time

The Park at Night Time

oil on canvas
80 x 80cm
£1995
The Striped Bowl

The Striped Bowl

oil on canvas
38 x 38cm
£995
The Wild Turkey

The Wild Turkey

oil on canvas
76 x 76cm
£1995
The Wood
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The Wood

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
The Yellow Vase

The Yellow Vase

oil on canvas
100 x 76cm
£2800
These Fishes

These Fishes

oil on canvas
76 x 76cm
£1995
Toffee Apple

Toffee Apple

oil on canvas
20 x 20cm
£550
Tree of Life

Tree of Life

oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
£1700
Twin Foals
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Twin Foals

mixed media on paper
76 x 56cm
Two Birdie Jugs

Two Birdie Jugs

oil on two boards, diptych
84 x 120cm
£3200
Two Cockerels

Two Cockerels

oil on wooden board
84 x 60cm
£1995
Two Hound Dogs in the Beautiful Sunshine

Two Hound Dogs in the Beautiful Sunshine

oil on canvas
100 x 160cm
£4200
Under the Espalier Tree

Under the Espalier Tree

oil on canvas
40 x 40cm
£1200
Wearing of the Green

Wearing of the Green

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£3800
Whistling Bird

Whistling Bird

oil & oil stick on paper
41 x 31cm
£625
Woodland Scene
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Woodland Scene

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm
Yellow, Green
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Yellow, Green

oil on canvas
80 x 80xm

a photograph of the artist Cornelia O'Donovan painting in her studio | Cornwall Contemporary“When I was a child, my sister and I would spend days making paper cardboard houses, sometimes villages – using toothpaste lids to make light bulbs, scraps of fabric for curtains, making interior worlds.

That feeling never left me and still today I work with the idea of making something from nothing. It is fascinating, entirely insular and personal, but speaks of today and time and is a female voice. The first drawings and scribbles are stiff, then after I am relaxed enough, they begin to be playful. I work without judging or editing and it seems to pour out. I find the process of setting up, layering colour down, cutting up and arranging shapes totally absorbing.

The time I spend working is a complete other world, a time to reflect and map out dreams, nightmares, my fears and obsessions. The images sometimes repeat themselves, playing out different roles and interpreting the same meaning again and again – images from the stories I collect, my own and other people’s lives, from film, paintings, poems and myths.”

Cornelia O’Donovan was born in 1981 and trained at the Royal College of Art in London. Her paintings which are inspired by folklore and poetry have been exhibited widely and have also been used for exclusive collections of ceramics, fabrics and clothing for Anthropologie which have been on display throughout their stores in the UK and USA .

“Once she picks up a paintbrush, Cornelia is in a different world, layering colours and cutting and arranging shapes, to create flat paintings, stripped of all perspective and realism, which retells tales native to the British Isles. We were so taken with her work that we wanted a little piece of it for our own homes. We were delighted when she proposed a collection of ceramics for us that combines her love of colour, shape and the eccentricities of life with an everyday object.” Anthropologie

Her paintings are in private collections around the world.

Cornwall Contemporary

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