sea blue sky abstracts

 September is a special month, veering between summer and autumn and if we're lucky bringing the best of both.  Let's hope! I'm glad to be able to share some new small oil paintings on board, already in situ at Art Space Gallery, St Ives. Part of the themed exhibition 'After the Storm' hosted with fellow members of the co-op to coincide with St Ives September Festival, the collaboration has resulted in an exciting, diverse show laced with a thread of optimism for the future. Well worth a visit, the gallery is open Tuesday - Friday, 10 -1pm, 2 - 5pm. 'Reclaiming the Beach' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'After the Storm, Water Everywhere' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Forceful Surf, Summer Blue Sea' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Inviting Surf' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Still Wild After the Storm' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Godrevy Lighthouse, Summer Surf' ...

So nice to post fairly early in September, which hopefully compensates for the fact that I didn't blog last month!  Always a busy time to be an artist in St Ives (and that's not a complaint, thanks to all who buy my work) this August saw visits from both daughters, son-in-law and dogs, plus a lovely reunion/get-together of sorts, with the upshot that all painting projects were suspended for around 2 weeks!  Wouldn't have missed it though and the weather was pretty good too. Normal service resumed eventually and here some new and older works. I have also been working on some slightly larger paintings in oil on hardboard, some of which are already at the framers and will provide content for a future post x    'Beach, Good Weather Chases the Rain Away' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Godrevy Cliffs' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'September Sea' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Summer Warmth an...

Latest small paintings on board (framed) currently residing at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Active Weather at the Beach' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Wild Place' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Late Sunshine and Cloud' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'What a Summer' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Sand Bank' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Summer Evening, Porthmeor' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD And the four paintings below will soon be en route to Nantucket 'Surf Gleam' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Atlantic Brightness' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Sky Glow' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Squall and Touch of Blue' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. Please click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Quite a gap between posts, thanks to finding 'a little bit of summer' in the Mediterranean for a week in April and functioning in slow mode ever since! The first 6 paintings shown are framed and have already been delivered to Art Space Gallery St Ives. 'Brisk, Breezy and Bright' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Marine Vista' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Movement of Clouds and Sea' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   RESERVED 'At One With the World'  oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Before the Sun', oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD The following paintings are waiting to be framed, so not yet available for sale. 'Sea Water' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   RESERVED 'Porthmeor, Dark and Serene' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Porthmeor Pattern' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cove and Grey Sky' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   ...

Camping at a quiet location, just 3 miles outside the hustle and bustle of St Ives can be found at Lower Penderleath Camp Site this summer. Tents only. Hot and cold water showers are available and there's an area with hot water for washing pots and pans etc.  For more info/bookings click here or phone 0772 301 4567. The photo below - although not of the camp site - shows the surrounding scenery of this lovely part of the world. Photo Attribution: Sheila Russell