We know the world and his wife goes to Cornwall for the holidays but with places like Tremenheere to visit, who can blame them? Tremenheere is a Sculpture Park. A visual delight. A garden of… Read More »Art in the Park – Tremenheere Sculpture Park
I have a confession to make. I was not a fan of the Harry Potter books. Maybe my age – way too old for all that!But then, one rainy Sunday afternoon around 17 years after… Read More »Magical Mystery Tour – The Art of Harry Potter
As Hampton Court Palace is on our doorstep, we have been to their Cumberland Gallery a few times now to see some of the Art in the Royal Collection. To add to the experience, we… Read More »Art at the Palace – Hampton Court
Hampton Court Palace offers an array of beautiful paintings, ceramics, furniture and textiles as I have alluded to previously. But a very ingenious, skillfully-made and very attractive addition to the William III part of the… Read More »The Paper Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace
Ok – so this place is not about seeing masses of great Art but being inside the creation of a Great Artist. This place, for me, is about flagstones. The flagstones, pictured below, to be… Read More »At Home with Turner – Sandycombe Lodge
If you love your architecture with an Arts & Crafts look and your Medieval and Celtic motifs with a Pre-Raphaelite twist, you will love the Watts Chapel and Cemetery in Compton near Guildford in Surrey.… Read More »A Hidden Arts & Crafts Masterpiece – Watts Chapel
When you visit the Watts Gallery, enjoying G.F.’s superb paintings and sculptures and wondering around the workshops and studios in the Artist’s Village, make sure you take a wander up to the house. Designed by… Read More »Space to Create – Limnerslease in Compton
Kew Gardens is an obvious destination for gardeners and plant lovers. But it can also be great day out for art lovers as well. The gardens have two permanent gallery spaces – the Marianne North and… Read More »An Exhibition and Expedition – Kew Gardens
At the same time as Impressionism was being established in France, a group of British artists were producing work in similar styles in a small Cornish fishing village. Like their counterparts on the Continent, these… Read More »Postcards from Cornwall – Penlee House Gallery