Patrick Lewis | Landscape | Figurative | Still Life | Painting | Drawing

Durgan beach on the Helford river.

St Anthony Head and lighthouse from Pendennis, Falmouth.

Overlooking Falmouth town and harbour.

A patchy, abstract landscape with Gurnard's Head in the distance.

Painted at Gurnard's Head in Penwith.

This was painted on a scorching hot day in April, standing on the cliffs to the west of St Ives.

Penwith is a favourite spot of mine to go painting, as it is of many other Cornish painters who I rate highly. This area of Cornwall is west of St Ives and the Cornish coastal path runs along the top of the cliffs there.

Painted over three days at Perranarworthal between Falmouth and Truro.

This painting was inspired by a similar image I saw by an English painter called Jane Patterson. She painted a similar view of Nare Head which made a strong impression on me, so I decided to go to Portscatho and paint my own version. At the time I had also been looking at work by artists such as Bonnard and the Fauves. I tried to include something of their freedom and spontaneity and not obsess over details but enjoy the act of painting itself.

This was painted from the same spot as the above painting but looking west.