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Elaine Pamphilon

Mrs Wren’s China Dish, Church End

Mrs Wren’s China Dish, Church End

mixed media on wooden panel
30 x 40cm
£1850
Newlyn Cornwall

Newlyn Cornwall

mixed media on wooden panel
40 x 50cm
£2500
Paladino’s Boots

Paladino’s Boots

mixed media on wooden panel
30 x 40cm
£1750
Paladino’s Red Shoes

Paladino’s Red Shoes

mixed media on linen
30 x 40cm
£1850
The Black Coffee Pot and Pink Leaves

The Black Coffee Pot and Pink Leaves

mixed media on linen
50 x 60cm
£3995
The Rooftops over St Ives

The Rooftops over St Ives

mixed media on wooden panel
50 x 60cm
£3995
The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener’s Cottage
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The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener’s Cottage

mixed media on wooden panel
40 x 50cm
Venus and Apollo

Venus and Apollo

mixed media on wooden panel
40 x 50cm
£2500

To make a painting look simple and spontaneous is difficult. The more I paint, the less I need on the canvas, Colours excite me and inspiration comes from the things I love – everyday objects, souvenirs from travels, patterns and walking the romantic, wild countryside around our home.

I love walking and am always making mental notes about colours, shapes, lines and textures. When travelling, I jot ideas down in a book. It may be something that I see that holds my attention or it can be something completely visually unrelated, an emotional reaction to being in that specific place.

If you are inspired by life, it dictates what you make.

I am always drawn towards the haphazard nature of the countryside and the seaside and man’s intervention and marks on the landscape.

Feel your way into a painting and your life is enriched.

Elaine Pamphilon studied at Homerton College, Cambridge in the mid 1980’s and her paintings and drawings of objects, favourite places and people have been exhibited across the UK and are in collections worldwide.

Elaine is also an accomplished harpist and divides her time between art and music. She studied with David Watkins, principal harpist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in Paris with Solange Renie-Siguret. She also obtained a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, receiving lessons from the famous Welsh harpist Ossian Ellis.

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