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Neil Pinkett – a year at Cape Cornwall

3 May – 30 May 2017

The Crowns, Afternoon Light

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The Crowns, Afternoon Light

oil on board
76 x 60cm £3250

Big Crashing Waves

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Big Crashing Waves

oil on board
40 x 66cm £1950

Bright, Bright Sun and Waves

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Bright, Bright Sun and Waves

oil on board
46 x 77cm £2225

Cape Boats

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Cape Boats

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34 x 60cm £1850

Cape Cornwall

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Cape Cornwall

oil on board
43 x 60cm £1950

Fishing Huts Cape Cornwall

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Fishing Huts Cape Cornwall

oil on board
38 x 56cm £1850

Hauling up the Slip

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Hauling up the Slip

oil on board
29 x 44cm £1250

Huge Waves, Cape Cornwall

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Huge Waves, Cape Cornwall

oil on canvas
60 x 76cm

Nets and Boxes

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Nets and Boxes

oil on board
34 x 60cm £1850

Just Like Summer, Cot Valley

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Just Like Summer, Cot Valley

oil on board
43 x 56cm £1950

Penanwell Cliffs

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Penanwell Cliffs

oil on canvas
70 x 90cm

Wheal Call

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Wheal Call

oil on board
28 x 40cm £995

Haze and Sun, Cape Cornwall

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Haze and Sun, Cape Cornwall

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60 x 76cm £2950

Towards the Brisons

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Towards the Brisons

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59 x 73cm

Neil Pinkett, who was born in St. Just in the far south-west of Cornwall, has been painting the sea almost every day for over 20 years. Over the last year, Neil rented one of the tiny fisherman’s huts down at Cape Cornwall near St. Just, to use as his
studio. Cape Cornwall is the distinctive natural headland where the Atlantic currents divide. The working slipway is still used by local fisherman and the area is part of the Tin Coast and Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
The resultant paintings of Neil’s residency at Cape, record the changing seasons, tides and weather of that year.

“Last summer, while teaching down at the slipway by Cape Cornwall, one of the local fishermen offered me the use of one of the small fishing huts built into the cliff.
Over the years, I’ve travelled while working, always feeling the need to move forward, but recently I’ve been drawn back to the landscape of home and the old haunts of childhood.
That childhood was here on the coastline between Cot and Botallack, scrambling across the cliffs and beaches or up at the farm, making camps in amongst the straw bales with friends.
The hut is a focal point, an opportunity to study a place I’ve taken for granted for too long. When young I charged across boulders and rocks always looking yards and minutes ahead, whereas now, I feel that a bit of stillness and mindfulness is in order.”
Neil Pinkett, May 2017

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