Mount's Bay - Benjamin Warner exhibits at the Lighthouse Gallery.

mount's bay - benjamin warner at the Lighthouse Gallery, Penzance
17th September - 1st October.

 Light captured on canvas - JMW Turner set the 19th Century art world ablaze with his daring applications of paint on canvas to render coastal scenes with that special light which fills the dawn sky - ......... 

 today, Falmouth based Benjamin Warner turns his attentions to Mount's Bay and, in particular, Newlyn in an exhibition that could have been entitled, Through the Gaps........

 with richly warm, heavily worked canvasses which successfully capture that same intensity of light which has drawn so many artists to Newlyn in the footsteps of Stanhope Forbes........

 some obviously inspired by the view across to the Mount in the minutes before the sun breaks from the horizon........

 to the warm glow of a breaking dawn where the sun picks out an individual boat (in this case David Steven's Crystal Sea II) ..........

 variations in the weather bring variations of light as this visiting yacht heads for the gaps on a more sombre morning.......

 or the Sarah Beth leaves on what promises to be a cooler day......... 

 while in one of the larger works, the crabber Girl Pamela becomes the centre of attention captured in the gaps around four thirty in the morning at the height of the summer, you can feel the heat of the impending day.......

 the layered effect is achieved by repeatedly working the canvas with heavily laden brush strokes that are then scraped back and worked again.........

 to give the deep, rich underlying tones depth........

 that intensify the lightest tones to create the illusion of those early morning scenes........

 elsewhere, turpentine has been mixed to dilute the paint and create those spurious cloud formations that gather over the Bay.........

upstairs at the gallery is a canvas capturing the view over St Ives and the bay beyond.


The show at the Lighthouse Gallery, Penzance runs until the 1st of October, many of the works on display have already been marked with a red dot - a sure sign of the popularity and recognition that Benjamin Warner's works deserve. 

Tome Leaper donates memorial statue 'Tom' to the Musee de Peche at Concarneau.

Photo with thanks to the Facebook page for the Musee de Peche, Concarneau.

Local sculptor Tom Leaper has donated the model memorial statue to the fishing museum in Concarneau, Brittany.  The town is twinned with Penzance. Tom is seen here alongside the statue in the museum, those with keen observational powers will have spotted the tins of Cornish Pilchards on the shelves in the background! 

"Friday evening, in the Fishery museum, some representatives of the Twinning committee Penzance-Concarneau proudly offered a bronze statue representing a fisherman throwing a rope. Some other representatives of the M’Bour (Senegal) twinning committee with Concarneau, and from the local fishermens' association also attended the ceremony. Jean-Jacques GOUSSET, from the museum, underligned the symbolic nature of the statue, “the way to represent the fisherman is highly human, it is a respectful gesture for all fishermen who daily risk their life. “tThe towns of M’Bour, Penzance and Concarneau are joined together thanks to this symbol” said the spokeman from the fishermen association.

The statue was created by Cornish artist Tome Leaper from Newlyn.

Skills of the hand, artisnal work on and around the harbour.

The Fish Shop, retail outlet for PJ Tonkin, Newlyn Fish Merchant is undergoing a major refurbishment this week including a dramatic window display unusually these days created by a sign-writer rather than using a computer and vinyl......

all that is needed is a brush, a mahl stick (upon which to rest the brush and) and a steady and......

looks like some sort of ex-Admiralty launch.....

the big one has gone two up in recent days......

plenty of big visiting yachts.......

forklift 2 tons, old anchor 5 tons, no chance Royden......

new gear time for the Admiral Gordon.......

you can't call yourself a trawlerman until you can splice wire.......

and then when the damage has been done.......

cut out the damaged meshes and mend the rest of the trawl.......

good to see the old St Ives lugger Barnabus off to sea with a novice crew about to get a taste of life on a dipping lugger.

Newlyn and the Artists - Newlyn Archive exhibition at The Centre.

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Head for Newlyn's Trinity Centre this weekend to catch the latest Newlyn Archive Open day - this time featuring the Artists - there are many families living in Newlyn can boast near relatives featured in Newlyn School works of art.

The third Newlyn Archive open day of 2011 will take place at the Trinity Centre Chywoone Hill Newlyn on Saturday 9th July and should not be missed. With the title Newlyn and the Artists, it is anticipated that it will be enjoyed by art enthusiasts and historians as well as locals and visitors alike.



• the event. Entry free

Come and see the display boards with information about the early Newlyn Colony, their Newlyn models and the places where they painted.


• Come and browse over the archive material, photographs, early press reports and articles.


• View two films about the early Newlyn artists.


• Do come along especially if a relation was painted by one of the artists. Tell us what you know and what has anecdotally been ‘handed down’ by family members; let us record these memories for the archive.


• Do you have any photographs of the artists, their works or better still the artists at work or in their homes? We hope to make new contacts and add new material to the Archive.


• Do come to The Centre, for a good cup of tea (may be a bun) and to be able to sit and chat throughout

If you are not already a member, why not join us? Subscription is only £5 annually.

Telephone Linda Holmes on 01736 364537 or email newlynarchive@aol.com.