Heligan Gardens September 2018

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A really interesting selection of postings Tessa. All wonderfully painted, but this one is so unusual. Very well thought out piece.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sun 14 Oct 15:04:16

Thank you Alan, much appreciated. It’s a wonderful place to visit and not sure if I hadn’t tried to put too much in this.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sun 14 Oct 16:53:23

I love Heligan Tessa, I remember when they rediscovered the gardens then set about bringing them back to their former glory. It’s a magical place and this is a magical painting....beautiful.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 14 Oct 19:00:12

I’ve walked over that little bridge this summer Tessa.. lovely painting.

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Mon 15 Oct 08:03:58

Glad you recognised the bridge Rachel, it was great until someone behind me started swaying it!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Mon 15 Oct 09:33:21

Brilliant, Tessa, and yes I know Heligan well, you evoke the true feel of the place in this.

Posted by Thalia Stones on Mon 15 Oct 15:26:31

Like it!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 15 Oct 15:59:07

Thanks so much Thalia and Maureen.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Mon 15 Oct 23:05:44

Hang on Studio Wall

14/10/2018

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Oil on canvas 20x16”. This is a compilation of scenes from different areas of the gardens which I spent a day at with my art group last month. I hadn’t been that keen to go but thought it was absolutely wonderful. I read the recent series by Martin Kinnear in The Artist magazine where he described painting a feeling of a place rather than a single view and this is what I’ve attempted here. Hopefully it will be part of a group or series of paintings.

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Tessa Gwynne

I have returned to painting over the last few years having relocated from Cardiff to the Cotswolds in 2009 and joined the Guiting Power Art Group. Although I did a year's Foundation Course at art college after leaving school, I hadn’t painted much in the interim, except for a few attempts here and…

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