amanda hoskin

£5.95 colours, coast and sea II st agnes to cape Colours, Coast and Sea is a sensual collection of works from one of Cornwall’s outstanding plein-air painters. Driven by her passion for landscape and her physical and emotional need to paint, Amanda Hoskin’s latest exhibition is breaking new ground. More experimental in technique and ever richer in palette, these paintings radiate the essence of the coast that has inspired them. Deep purple hues, sultry browns and tempestuous greys capture the rugged, unpeopled landscape of Cornwall’s north coast as the seasons come and go. Amanda’s sketchbooks are the alchemical process through which her journey is captured and her experience transfigured from that which is seen and felt, to that which is expressed and witnessed. Transformation in Amanda’s work, however, is about natural progression: evolution, not revolution, with her recent shift to works on canvas generating a broader, looser, and deeply evocative style. These are the works that Amanda lives with over time: colour is laid down, painted over, worked and reworked and as such she becomes part of them, and they her. In contrast, Amanda’s works on paper are much more immediate - vibrantly conceived and completed in one effort – instant expressions of the landscape which is so fundamental to her creativity and wellbeing. Amanda’s fascination with the beginnings and endings of a day is beautifully expressed in this delightful and stimulating collection of new work which bears witness to an ever-deepening creative expression: compelling renderings of her connection with place that is at once palpable and exhilarating.

Ingrid Heseltine Director, Beside The Wave Painting is very much a necessity for me, and even when I’m not physically painting, I am persistently painting in my mind. I am inspired by the landscape continually, and even day-to-day events, like taking my daughter to school, provide me with renewed connections and starting points for paintings. In this, the second phase of my three-year Colours, Coast and Sea Project, I have been exploring the rugged, dramatic and exhilarating landscape of Cornwall’s North Coast – from St. Agnes, to and Zennor. Particularly important to me is the sparkling, fresh bright light of the morning and the intense evening light and the way that it shines on the sand and the water, or the way that a golden moon hangs in a burgundy sky. By showing my sketchbooks along with my paintings, I can share the story of these works. My sketchbooks are in a pure way, an extension of my thoughts and feelings about where I am working. In them I record, perhaps a particular colour, or the way that the light plays on a rock, or the juxtaposition of the sky and the beach. My drive is the recreation of these moments in a way that has meaning. Through these works I can be less solitary, sharing something of myself in a visual and emotional way that portrays the landscapes that involve us all – through experience, memory and emotion - a process that I love and cannot be without.

Seascape, 1000mm x 1200mm, mixed media Amanda Hoskin 2008 on canvas Stormy Seas, Godrevy 640mm x 800mm, oil on board

7 Sand and Rocks, 510mm x 510mm, mixed media on canvas

January Seas, Godrevy 730mm x 840mm, oil on board

8 9 Summer Flowers, Walking towards Godrevy Sea Pinks at Godrevy 415mm x 340mm, oil on paper 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper

Summer Flowers on the way to Godrevy 760mm x 760mm, oil on canvas

10 11 September Heather, St Agnes 190mm x 200mm, oil on paper

Cornish Stream, St Agnes 400mm x 400mm, oil on canvas

Storm Clouds Lifting, St Agnes Head 480mm x 580mm, mixed media on paper

12 13 Low Water, Godrevy 255mm x 300mm, mixed media on paper

Low Tide, Godrevy 460mm x 610mm, mixed media on canvas

Sand Dunes, Perranporth 610mm x 760mm, mixed media on canvas

14 15 White Sands, Carbis Bay 485mm x 580mm, oil on paper

Summer Seas, Carbis Bay 760mm x 1220mm, mixed media on canvas

16 17 Storm Seas, 240mm x 270mm, oil on paper

The Island, St Ives 510mm x 510mm, mixed media on canvas

Morning Light, off St Ives 530mm x 645mm, oil on paper

18 19 Summer Seas, Zennor 205mm x 225mm, oil on paper

Summer Grasses, Walking towards Zennor 365mm x 425mm, oil on paper

Summer Grasses 800mm x 800mm, oil on canvas

20 21 Blue Flowers, Zennor Flowery Gorse, Zennor 310mm x 280mm, oil on board 310mm x 295mm, oil on board

Atlantic Light, Zennor 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper

22 23 Stream by Porthglaze Cove 400mm x 400mm, oil on canvas

Sea Mist and a Cornish Hedge Autumn Path, Zennor 630mm x 385mm, oil on board 490mm x 580mm, oil on board

24 25 View from Bell Hill, Zennor 275mm x 280mm, oil on board

Summer Path, Zennor 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper

Summer Flowers, Zennor 625mm x 635mm, oil on board

26 27 Autumn Grasses on the Cornish Coast Cape Cornwall, Beyond Autumn Colours, Kenidjack 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper 350mm x 420mm, oil on paper

28 29 Waterfall near Porthglaze Cove A Cornish Stream by Porthglaze Cove 290mm x 260mm, oil on paper 290mm x 260mm, oil on paper

Summer Pinks, approaching Pendeen 555mm x 670mm, oil on paper

30 31 Evening Sky 135mm x 240mm, oil on paper

Atlantic Sky I 205mm x 235mm, oil on paper

Afternoon, Cape Cornwall 1000mm x 1000mm, mixed media on canvas

32 33 Golden Moon, Cape Cornwall 170mm x 180mm, oil on paper

Evening Light, St Ives Bay 510mm x 510mm, mixed media on canvas

Storm Seas, Cape Cornwall 650mm x 830mm, oil on board

34 35 biography

Education and Training

1968 - 1983 Tremough Convent 1984 - 1986 Falmouth College of Art & Design 1986 - 1989 Chelsea College (BA Fine Art) 1992 - 1993 Cornwall College

Selected Exhibitions

2000 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 10 Arwenack St, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3JA 2007 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea I’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Design by coast 01326 313557 Telephone: 01326 211132 Fax: 01326 212212 Print by Printing 01726 68650 Email: gallery@ beside-the-wave.co.uk Artist photography by Mal Stone Internet: www.beside-the-wave.co.uk