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Simon Pooley I first saw a painting of Simon Pooley’s, perhaps twelve years ago, on a wall in the Penzance Arts Club. It wasn’t the only painting on the wall, there were many, but it was the one that caught my attention and admiration; a small abstracted piece, maybe a harbour wall, maybe a pier, perhaps a buoy, a sail, the sense of depth and tide-in, the sense of rough weather. I held it in my mind’s eye and eventually contacted Simon, and the Stour Gallery has shown and sold his work ever since - to those who respond to the strong colour and tonal qualities of the paint, to the sense of mystery, of what might be just under the surface of land and sea, and how the ancient paths are marked. Simon’s training as an architect enables him to dispense with so much a more obvious painter might include, but ensures the structure is always there. His handling of paint, his style of overpainting that depends so much on earlier marks and colour, his ability to create and reflect mystery, his drawing that lets a simple line convey a form, are all skills that are strongly evident in this new body of work. The paintings are of Cornwall, its ancient settlements, landscapes, sea, sky and harbours; in all its sharp light and tonal beauty. Many painters find inspiration for their work in Cornwall - the requisite essentials are all there, few succeed as Simon succeeds, in reducing to essential but recognisable forms and colours what lies below and above the surface of land, sky and sea, into paintings that are as successful as these. Simon Pooley is a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, and shows in galleries in Cornwall and London. He will be exhibiting approximately forty paintings in this exhibition.
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