On the Penwith Moors, Cornwall

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Very atmospheric, Barry. Love the palette.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Wed 30 May 20:22:35

Love the colours and composition with the curving road leading the eye in.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Wed 30 May 20:41:55

Its a lovely scene Barry and I love your colours. Love the puddles with the reflections and like Sandra said the curve in the track leads you off into the distance. Fab.

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Wed 30 May 20:48:47

Terrific atmosphere, I also love the puddles!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 31 May 08:03:41

Very good use of colouring and tones Barry.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 31 May 09:01:08

Really like this, Barry. So very Cornish...desolate and wet, windswept and somehow so solitary. Love the way your road disappears, too!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 31 May 14:40:51

Really great painting Barry.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 31 May 15:25:03

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30/05/2018

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Painted in acrylic on 14" x 18" canvas board. I have combined elements of two close locations in order to create the composition that might best convey the mood, atmosphere and beauty of the bleak landscape that once was dominated by the extraction of tin and copper.

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Barry Hill

Began painting in my early twenties, but family and teaching career intervened until I took early retirement in 1997. Went watercolour painting in various nearby locations until 2008 when I joined professional artist Julia Christie in her Stroud Garden Studio group until she left for Skye. Her help…

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