Cornwall Culture

Felix Packer's Butterfly Tree - Penryn Viaduct

The current exhibition is of prints- linocut, woodcut, etching and giclee. The majority of the prints in the exhibition can be purchased framed or unframed. The Lander has brought together work by several of its regular exhibiting artists to show a selection of affordable high- definition prints including Barbara Karn’s humorous animal and bird prints, Heather Howe’s paintings of hares and seascapes, Sue Haseman’s detailed table-top still lifes, Chris Edwards’ coastal scenes and Paul Nicholls’ surfers. Frank Philips shows his imaginative landscape impressions. Yorkshire artist David Morris has been perfecting the skill of etching for many years, and his dramatic scenes of cliffs on the Lizard or the waves crashing in on Porthmeor beach in St. Ives capture the moodiness of Cornwall’s scenery. The show features two huge wood cuts by Falmouth based artist Felix Packer - measuring 3 feet by 3 and half feet. These magical prints depicting countryside scenes are very expressive and full of life. It is a real challenge for an artist to work on such a large scale as these wood blocks are too big to go in a printing press, so the ink is applied with a spoon. The art of the lino cut is displayed by Debbie Prosser and Guy Royle. Debbie founded Beber Press which produces a variety of hand made books and prints including IRISH CUTS by Guy Royale. She also publishes OVID’S KING PICUS which is a version of the Classical poem by writer Amanda Harris with wood engravings by artist Andrew Waddington. Exquisitely bound in special folders these Beber portfolios of prints are collector’s items. Kay Wilmot is a ceramicist who uses printing techniques such as photo etching to make both prints and ceramic pictures which combine print and coloured glazes. The exhibition also includes photo etching by Peter Leighton. To accompany the two dimensional work in this exhibition, there is a selection of Roger Slater’s beautiful hand turned wooden bowls and sculptures. He uses native timbers such as oak, yew and chestnut, especially if they are burred or spalted, and he uses more exotic wood from sustainable sources around the world. CHRIS TATE’S CORNWALL limited edition giclee prints continue to be displayed.

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