Paintings from the Penwith coast

Material-led abstract paintings worked from a studio near Cape Cornwall. Each piece holds weather, rock and tide in ash, kaolin and pigment.

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Coastal Abstracts

Ash, kaolin and pigment worked into shorelines remembered rather than depicted.

Four paintings from this collection are on show at The Gurnard’s Head, Zennor, West Penwith, for October’s Artist of the Month exhibition.

“We listened for the sea before we could see it, and something in us has been listening ever since.”
Coastal Abstract, Lithic Shore by Simon Hartles. Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel, 12" x 12".
Coastal Abstract, Lithic Shore
Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel · 12" x 12" · £380
Of Salt and Shadow by Simon Hartles. Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel, 12" x 12".
Of Salt and Shadow
Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel · 12" x 12" · £380
Sea Drift by Simon Hartles. Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel, 12" x 12".
Sea Drift
Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel · 12" x 12" · £380
On the Edge, Down Cape by Simon Hartles. Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel, 12" x 12".
On the Edge, Down Cape
Fire ash, embers, Kaolin, oils & pigments on cradled plywood panel · 12" x 12" · £380