Jim Moir – Cogno Yonder
18 July – 15 August 2026
Jim Moir
For Your Eyes Only
original watercolour on paper
51 x 40cm £3950
Jim Moir
Gone With the Wind
original mixed media on paper
42 x 30cm £3150
Jim Moir
Rocky
original mixed media on paper
51 x 40cm £3950
Jim Moir
Scarface
original mixed media on paper
51 x 40cm £3950
Jim Moir
Bug Colour Wheel
original watercolour on paper featuring 149 paintings of insects
122 x 96cm £15,250
Jim Moir
Goldfinch
original oil on canvas
117 x 98cm £6300
Jim Moir
Waxwing
original watercolour, painted on Sky Arts Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy
76 x 56cm £4950
Jim Moir
Cormorants
original watercolour on paper
76 x 55cm £3650
Jim Moir
One Million Years BC
original watercolour and ink on paper
50 x 70cm £4950
Jim Moir
Vic and Bob on Dogs
limited edition print of 50,
59 x 42cm £850
Jim Moir
Octohelmet
original watercolour on paper
31 x 23cm £1995
Jim Moir
The Sentinel
bronze and oak, edition of 5
48cm tall x 12cm wide £2500
Jim Moir
Stork in Marrakesh
original watercolour on paper
20 x 14cm £840
Jim Moir
John the Swan
original watercolour on paper
19 x 19cm £695
Jim Moir
Cornish Chough
original watercolour and ink on paper
20 x 20cm £1250
Jim Moir
Curlew over Reeds
original watercolour on paper
31 x 23cm £1575
Jim Moir
Sea Monolith
original watercolour on paper
36 x 26cm £1995
Jim Moir
Misty Freidrich
original watercolour on paper
31 x 23cm £1995
Jim Moir
Jack Snipe, Pippistrelles, Otter Holt
original watercolour on paper
19 x 19cm £695
Jim Moir
Windmill in Norfolk
watercolour on paper
14 x 20cm £695
Jim Moir
Monolith with Hooded Crow
original oil on canvas
120 x 89cm £6300
Jim Moir
Staithes
original oil on canvas
86 x 116cm £6300
Jim Moir
Icon
original oil on canvas
100 x 100cm £6300
Jim Moir
The Offer
original oil on canvas
86 x 116cm £6300
Jim Moir
The Stake
original watercolour and ink on paper
29 x 20cm £995
Jim Moir
George I
original watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 23cm £1150
Jim Moir
Edward II with his Boyfriend Piers Gaveston
original watercolour and ink on paper
29 x 20cm £995
Jim Moir
Annie
original watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 23cm £1150
Jim Moir
Edward VII
original watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 23cm £1150
Jim Moir
Oystercatchers on the Beach
original watercolour on paper
76 x 55cm £3950
Jim Moir
Peewit
original watercolour on paper
50 x 40cm £2250
Jim Moir
Barn Owl in the Wood I
original watercolour on paper
56 x 76cm £3650
Jim Moir
Barn Owl in the Wood II
original watercolour on paper
56 x 76cm £3650
Jim Moir
Mistlethrush
original watercolour on paper
42 x 29cm £1995
Jim Moir
White Tailed Eagle I
original watercolour on paper
42 x 30cm £2100
Jim Moir
White Tailed Eagle II
original watercolour on paper
31 x 23cm £1995
Jim Moir
White Tailed Eagle III
original watercolour on paper
50 x 40cm £2500
Jim Moir
Goshawk in the Forest
original watercolour on paper
50 x 70cm £3650
Jim Moir
Spices I
original watercolour on paper
21 x 15cm £595
Jim Moir
Spices II
original watercolour on paper
21 x 15cm £595
Jim Moir
Spices III
original watercolour on paper
21 x 15cm £625
Jim Moir
Crane Dancer
original watercolour on paper
77 x 56cm £3950
Jim Moir
Cogno Yonder exhibition catalogue
32 page colour catalogue
26 x 21cm £10
JIM MOIR – AKA VIC REEVES – COGNO YONDER
18 JULY – 15 AUGUST 2026
“The Warhol of bird painting” – The Guardian
I am delighted to welcome the artist Jim Moir, otherwise known as the comedian, actor and author Vic Reeves, back for his third solo exhibition at Cornwall Contemporary. This follows on from his first solo show with us in 2022 The Lord of the Radiant Garden and his second show in 2023 Comestibles Sir? Both exhibitions were enormous successes with critics and collectors alike, with works sent around the UK and as far as Hong Kong and the USA.
Famous for his irreverent wit, glorious eccentricity and tremendous creativity, Jim Moir attended the Sir John Cass Art School in London at the age of 22 before becoming a household name in British comedy for television work including Vic Reeves Big Night Out, Shooting Stars, Vic Reeves Turner Prize Moments, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Coronation Street and House of Fools. His widely celebrated Sky Arts tv programme Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy which follows Jim and his wife Nancy Sorrell as they travel, paint birds and engage with wildlife is now on it’s third series.
Art has always been Moir’s first love and his original, eccentric and often mischievous artwork has been exhibited at institutions including the Royal Academy in London, where his Bug Colour Wheel print is currently being exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026. I am delighted that we have the original painting from which the Royal Academy print was taken in this exhibition at Cornwall Contemporary and this painting features 149 original paintings of insects.
Since Moir’s last exhibition with us, his career has continued to flourish. In addition to exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts for a sixth time, he was the subject of a major solo exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool. Following the success of his hardback book Birds, published in 2022, a second volume, More Birds, was released in 2024. Both books are available to purchase at Cornwall Contemporary. Moir also created all of the illustrations for Charlie Higson’s ‘Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee: An Epically Short History of Our Kings & Queens’ book, and we are delighted to include a selection of those original paintings in this exhibition.
I hope you will have the opportunity to visit Cornwall Contemporary whilst this exhibition by Jim Moir is on display. This collection of recent paintings demonstrate his extraordinary attention to detail and celebrate his lifelong passion for birds and the natural world. They are also infused with Moir’s unmistakable wit and humour and offer a delightful nod to his career in comedy for which he is so well loved.
For any of you not able to come and view them in person, we will have an immersive 3d virtual reality tour of the show on our website where you will also find more information about Jim Moir and the inspiration behind his remarkable work.
We look forward to sharing these wonderful works with you all.
Sarah Brittain-Mansbridge MBE
Director, Cornwall Contemporary
