amanda hoskin www.beside-the-wave.co.uk 10 Street, Falmouth, TR11 3JA +44 (0)1326 211132 [email protected] Tide Coming In, Swanpool Beach 310mm x 385mm, oil on paper, £800 amanda hoskin “homecoming”

Whether walking through the landscape or sailing Cornwall’s coastline, journeys are a predominant theme in Amanda’s work. In this exhibition Amanda’s journey is somewhat more reflective, taking us back to the area where she began her career as an artist. In the 1990’s, Amanda was on the water daily, sharing her time between a love for boats and her compulsion to draw and paint. As demand for these first seascapes steadily grew, Amanda devoted herself fulltime to painting in 2000. She has since journeyed the whole of Cornwall’s coast path, absorbing herself in all weathers and terrains. Known also for her romantic impressions of Venice and Bath she has established a reputation across the UK and into America and demand for her finely executed oils remains at an all time high. Returning to paint Carrick Roads has conjured an evocative sense of the past, and in turn the work has a contemplative, almost wistful quality. The light is gentle and the palette is subdued; in the series the meditative atmosphere is particularly resonant. Amanda recognises the pensive nature of the work. She says: ‘The paintings of Truro are the first of this Carrick Roads collection. They have started quietly, peacefully - a reflection not only of the light at the time but also of how I am feeling.’ These are the first paintings Amanda has produced since an illness last year kept her out of the studio for three months. Describing painting as ‘a necessity for me’ Amanda found this forced exile difficult, yet it also gave her space and time to contemplate painting and her approach to it and in this new exhibition she talks about giving the paintings more time; reworking the surfaces and, importantly, ‘enjoying painting more than ever’.

Chloe Wild Beside The Wave 2012 filled with Evening Light Evening Mood, St. Mawes 300mm x 330mm, oil on paper, £725 275mm x 235mm, oil on paper, £650

Falmouth Harbour, a View that is Stunning from the Road to St. Mawes 560mm x 645mm, oil on paper, £1595

2 3 Summer Grasses and Flowers, looking towards Falmouth Bay, Light Sparkles, Hot Summer’s Day, Light Sparkles in Falmouth Bay Grasses Shimmer in the Breeze 310mm x 260mm, oil on paper, £685 340mm x 400mm, oil on paper, £850 Summer Evening, St. Mawes 425mm x 575mm, oil on paper, £1300

4 5 Quiet and Still Evening in St. Mawes Summer Flowers by the Beach, St. Mawes 220mm x 180mm, oil on paper, £545 270mm x 375mm, oil on paper, £750

Sun Goes Down on a Lovely Day, St. Mawes 570mm x 765mm, oil on paper, £1850

6 7 Silver Light, Penryn River , on a Crisp February Day 195mm x 240mm, oil on paper, £565 260mm x 340mm, oil on paper, £700

Silver Light, Falmouth Harbour 370mm x 425mm, oil on paper, £950

8 9 Evening Light, looking towards Truro Cathedral 510mm x 610mm, oil on canvas, £1450 Beach Colours 610mm x 610mm, oil on canvas, £1700

10 11 A Winters Day, but the Dog is Happy to Swim 275mm x 180mm, oil on paper, £600 Watching the Sun Going Down and the Tide Coming in, St. Mawes 380mm x 495mm, oil on paper, £1050 Morning Light, Sitting on the Beach Dreaming 405mm x 545mm, oil on paper, £1150

12 13 Summer’s Day, looking towards Mylor, from the Fields 340mm x 400mm, oil on paper, £850 Summer Afternoon Walk, looking towards St. Just from Mylor Morning Walk along the River, staying onboard the Boat at Mylor 360mm x 295mm, oil on paper, £750 370mm x 495mm, oil on paper, £1050

14 15 Biography

Selected Exhibitions

2000 Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn 2001 ‘Passion for Colour’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Mid Cornwall Galleries 2002 ‘Essence of the Landscape’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Christies Contemporary Art 2003 Mid Cornwall Galleries ‘Four Season’, Christies Contemporary Art ‘Field of Colour’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth 2004 ‘The Painter’s Way’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth 2005 ‘Sailing Southwest’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Peninsula Gallery, Delaware, America 2006 ‘Island Light, Isles of Scilly’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Peninsula Gallery, Delaware, America New Grafton, London 2007 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea I’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth 2008 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea II’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Iona House Gallery, Oxford Peninsula Gallery, Delaware, America 2009 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea III’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Peninsula Gallery, Delaware, America 2010 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea IV’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth 2011 ‘Working with Nature’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth ‘Helford through the Seasons’, Contemporary Impressionism, Summer Moon, Carrick Roads Falmouth Art Gallery and Beside The Wave, Falmouth 305mm x 260mm, oil on paper, £685 A River Walk, Truro 440mm x 460mm, oil on paper, £1100 Please join us at the Private View on Friday 18th May, 6:00 - 8:00pm. Exhibition continues until Wedesday 30th May 2012. All of these catalogue paintings are available to purchase now. Further work online from Friday 18th May 2012.

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