amanda hoskin colours, coast and sea IV

ISBN 978-0-9562439-1-1 amanda hoskin

9 780956 243911 £5.95 colours, coast and sea IV falmouth bay to Field of Flowers and Grasses 210mm x 220mm, watercolour on paper

In this, the fourth and final collection of the Colours, Coast and Sea series, Amanda Hoskin has completed her ambition to walk the entire coast of . This final show is focused on Cornwall’s south coast - from Falmouth Bay to Saltash, and includes coastline that is very well known to Amanda, as well as large expanses of cliffs and shoreline which are completely new.

In this work, the transformational magic of the seasonal changes to light and landscape is particularly strong. Indeed, the collection spans an entire year - from this winter’s snows and muted autumnal tones, to the bright riot of spring and summer cliff-tops and soaring blue skies. The softer landscape of the south coast has, it would appear, brought out the more gentle side to Amanda’s work; gone are the rugged greys and strong impasto works of the wild north coast. Instead this collection is softer, misty, reflective and more feminine and also includes exquisite miniature landscapes and close up work created in situ and from her studio.

An exacting artist, Amanda expects her paintings to do more than just work, and each year her expectations are set higher. These are works of the soul of a place as much as the place itself, and Amanda’s passion for landscape is fluently expressed in this final collection of Colours, Coast and Sea.

Ingrid Heseltine Director, Beside The Wave Summer Field, Cornwall 220mm x 210mm, mixed media on board

This collection marks the realisation of my ambition to undertake to walk the entire 300 miles of Cornwall’s Coast. As a walk alone, this feels like an achievement; however, as the foundation for a major collection of landscape paintings, it has been a major undertaking, and as a project it has dominated my work for the past four years.

As ever, I find that getting started is the hardest part of creating a new body of work, but the more I paint, the more freely ideas flow and the more I feel that I can relax into the process. As I paint, everything else gets held at bay and only the painting matters; I am completely ‘there’ and in the moment, and the challenges of day to day life simply melt away. In this way the collection grows organically, and in time I sense that a body of work that genuinely belongs together is being created.

It feels significant that the completion of this four year project coincides with my first ten years as a professional artist - and indeed my ten years with Beside The Wave with whom I showed from the outset. As I look ahead to the next decade, I think that the physical characteristics of the landscape will remain important, but that from this starting point I will increasingly seek to capture the emotional sense or essence of a place as well. For me, integrity and longevity are central to my hopes for my work and as ever, I intend to pour my heart into it.

Field of Flowers near St. Mawes 750mm x 760mm, oil on canvas Amanda Hoskin 2010 Cornish Colours, near 760mm x 810mm, mixed media on board

7 Sun through the Clouds, the Dodman Browns and Golds, St. Austell Bay Sun going down, Golds and Browns melt into the Landscape “The Dodman” 270mm x 240mm, mixed media on paper 280mm x 290mm, mixed media on paper 430mm x 520mm, mixed media on paper

8 9 Watching the Sun going, Falmouth Bay 320mm x 550mm, oil on paper

Evening Sky, Falmouth 430mm x 530mm, oil on paper

10 11 Towards Island on the Beach, Sun going down 280mm x 520mm, mixed media on paper

Looking back towards Looe, Evening Light 480mm x 560mm, mixed media on paper

12 13 Winter Path, down to Fowey 610mm x 610mm, oil on canvas

Winter Snow, Fowey 820mm x 950mm, mixed media on board

14 15 January Snow, Fowey Dodman Seas Beach Colour, Porthcurnick 250mm x 230mm, mixed media on board 330mm x 430mm, oil on board 380mm x 530mm, oil on paper

16 17 Cornish Hedge near St. Anthony 150mm x 160mm, mixed media on paper

Autumn Colours, Lantic Bay Looe Island, Autumn Colours 340mm x 350mm, mixed media on paper 370mm x 410mm, mixed media on paper

18 19 Winter Storm, Dodman 140mm x 160mm, mixed media on paper

Autumn Golds, Dodman 350mm x 410mm, mixed media on paper

Field of Flowers, St. Mawes 590mm x 580mm, oil on board

20 21 Summer Grasses, Lantic Bay 470mm x 760mm, mixed media on paper

September Gorse, towards the Dodman 810mm x 890mm, mixed media on paper

22 23 Woodland Plants, Flowers and Leaves Study I Fowey River, Light just comes through the Tree 230mm x 140mm, mixed media on paper Light through the Trees, Quiet and Still, Fowey 270mm x 290mm, oil on paper 390mm x 410mm, mixed media on paper

Path through Bluebell Woods, near Fowey 520mm x 410mm, oil on paper

24 25 Light comes through the Summer Grasses near St. Anthony Summer Flowers near St. Anthony 160mm x 200mm, mixed media on paper 180mm x 220mm, oil on board

Greens and Blues of the 560mm x 630mm, oil on paper

26 27 Quiet Afternoon, Dodman 370mm x 560mm, oil on paper

Bluebells and Grasses, Lantic Bay 810mm x 890mm, mixed media on paper

28 29 Summer Blues, St. Anthony Lighthouse 230mm x 270mm, mixed media on paper

Heading towards Looe, Hot and Sunny 510mm x 560mm, oil on paper

30 31 Quiet and Still, Clear Blue Sky, near Fowey Cornish Hedge and Gate, Fowey 290mm x 310mm, oil on paper 380mm x 410mm, oil on paper

September Flowers, Falmouth Bay 540mm x 570mm, oil on paper

32 33 Foxgloves and Bright Water, Alldays Field 150mm x 150mm, oil on paper The View from Alldays Field, Fowey - Just Beautiful! 350mm x 410mm, oil on paper Wild Flowers on the Coastal Path 470mm x 330mm, mixed media on paper

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

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, ’, 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 10 Arwenack Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3JA 2009 ‘Colours, Coast & Sea III, Beside The Wave, Falmouth Telephone: 01326 211132 Fax: 01326 212212 Email:[email protected] Peninsula Gallery, Delaware, America Internet:www.beside-the-wave.co.uk amanda hoskin colours, coast and sea IV price list

Page 3 Field of Flowers and Grasses £425 Please join us at the private view on Page 4 Field of Flowers near St. Mawes £2195 Page 5 Summer Field, Cornwall £575 Friday 19th March, 6 - 8pm. Page 7 Cornish Colours, near Fowey £2350 Page 8 Sun through the Clouds, the Dodman £600 Exhibition continues 20th to 31st March 2010. Page 8 Browns and Golds, St. Austell Bay £600 Page 9 Sun going down, Golds and Browns melt into the All of these catalogue paintings are Landscape “The Dodman” £1100 available to purchase now. Page 10 Evening Sky, Falmouth £1100 Page 11 Watching the Sun going, Falmouth Bay £950 Further new works will be online from Friday 19th March and available to Page 12 Towards Looe Island on the Beach, Sun going down £725 purchase at the Private View. Page 13 Looking back towards Looe, Evening Light £1150 Page 14 Winter Path, down to Fowey £1750 Page 15 Winter Snow, Fowey £2750 Page 16 Beach Colour, Porthcurnick £995 Page 17 January Snow, Fowey £595 Page 17 Dodman Seas £875 Page 18 Looe Island, Autumn Colours £785 Page 19 Autumn Colours, Lantic Bay £725 Page 19 Cornish Hedge near St. Anthony £425 Page 20 Field of Flowers, St. Mawes £1395 Page 21 Winter Storm, Dodman £425 Page 21 Autumn Golds, Dodman £765 Page 22 Summer Grasses, Lantic Bay £1295 Page 23 September Gorse, towards the Dodman £2150 Page 24 Light through the Trees, Quiet and Still, Fowey £825 Page 24 Fowey River, Light just comes through the Tree £600 Page 25 Path through Bluebell Woods, near Fowey £995 Page 25 Woodland Plants, Flowers and Leaves Study I £445 Page 26 Greens and Blues of the River Fowey £1295 Page 27 Summer Flowers near St. Anthony £545 Page 27 Light comes through the Summer Grasses near St. Anthony £445 Page 28 Quiet Afternoon, Dodman £995 Page 29 Bluebells and Grasses, Lantic Bay £2150 Page 30 Heading towards Looe, Hot and Sunny £1185 Page 31 Summer Blues, St. Anthony Lighthouse £550 Page 32 Cornish Hedge and Gate, Fowey £825 Page 32 Quiet and Still, Clear Blue Sky, near Fowey £625 Page 33 September Flowers, Falmouth Bay £1200 Page 34 Wild Flowers on the Coastal Path £785 10 Arwenack Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3JA Telephone: 01326 211132 Fax: 01326 212212 Page 34 Foxgloves and Bright Water, Alldays Field £425 Email:[email protected] Page 35 The View from Alldays Field, Fowey - Just Beautiful! £765 Internet:www.beside-the-wave.co.uk