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Maggie Matthews

5 – 31 July 2017

Winter Seed Heads

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Winter Seed Heads

mixed media on wood
26 x 31cm

Summer Daisy

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Summer Daisy

mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450

Autumn Leaves

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Autumn Leaves

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm £2950

Winter, Trelissick, Trees

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Winter, Trelissick, Trees

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm

Summer Rockpool

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Summer Rockpool

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm

Campion

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Campion

mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm

Spring Seedling

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Spring Seedling

mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450

Summertime Meadow

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Summertime Meadow

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm

Hawthorn Blossom

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Hawthorn Blossom

mixed media on wooden panel
30 x 30cm £695

Seeds

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Seeds

mixed media on wooden panel
18 x 50cm

Wishing for Snow

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Wishing for Snow

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm £2950

Bluebells and Wild Garlic

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Bluebells and Wild Garlic

mixed media on wood
30 x 30cm

Shell

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Shell

mixed media on wooden panel
20 x 20cm £450

Autumn lane

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Autumn lane

mixed media
20 x 20cm

Autumn Flowers

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Autumn Flowers

mixed media on wood
66 x 76cm £1750

Beachcomber

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Beachcomber

mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm £2950

Winter Hedgerow

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Winter Hedgerow

mixed media on wood
61 x 82cm

Wisdom and Wonder

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Wisdom and Wonder

mixed media on canvas
60 x 60cm £1650

Flowers at my Feet

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Flowers at my Feet

mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450

Maggie Matthews – Painting the Seasons 5th – 31st July 2017

This exhibition is a year- long journey through the four seasons celebrating a year in the life of the Cornish countryside, by one of Cornwall’s best loved abstract painters Maggie Matthews.

“I love spotting the first signs of the changing seasons, the first bluebell, my first summer beach day, collecting autumn leaves and waiting for that first frost so I can pick the sloes for my Christmas Gin – everyone has their favourites.

Each season I focus in on my favourite events – the first green shoots of new life in “Spring Seedling” and a study of the return of the fresh light after long dark winter evenings in “Spring Light”. I spend long summer days searching the shingle for shells and whiling away the hours watching the abundant life in “Summer Rockpools”.  Every autumn, nature puts on a spectacular show and I love making collections of treasure such as “Autumn Leaves”.

My year would not be complete without long winter walks at Trelissick Gardens, to study the “Winter Trelissick Trees”. What a wonderful county to live in, with its beautiful beaches and subtropical gardens, from cliff tops to moors there are in fact too many inspiring events in nature’s calendar to mention and I can only highlight my personal favourites”.                                                                                                           Maggie Matthews

Born in Wales, Maggie Matthews moved to the far southwest of Cornwall in 1988 and has since gained recognition as one of Cornwall’s leading abstract painters. Inspired by aerial views of the shore and the landscape, she can often be found walking the cliffs, sketchbook in hand, noting and sketching the shapes and patterns below her, which are then translated into paintings in the studio. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout Cornwall and the UK, most notably in The City Gallery, The Air Gallery and Thompson’s Gallery in London. Her paintings were also toured worldwide in the ‘White Columns’ exhibition in places such as New York and she has also exhibited on Nantucket Island, USA. In 1999 BBC Wales Broadcasting Studio commissioned a permanent collection of Maggie’s paintings which are on display during broadcasts.

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