Portrait of West Penwith by Sue Lewington £8.99 ISBN: 978 185022 219 4 210x147mm - 72 pages Having moved back to west Penwith I’ve been taking time out to rediscover a once familiar landscape. This book is a record of a summer spent walking the lanes and hills around my new home. I took a camera, sketchbook and notebook to try to catch my immediate reactions to a place I used to know so well... and think I now know and love even more. Using a variety of techniques – photography, pencil, pen and watercolour, and ink drawings Sue has captured this eternal landscape. For many this is Cornwall; a land of standing stones and ancient sites; where man has only scratched the surface; where the elements hold sway and the sky and the sea are one, where the past is ever present. For those who know this enchanted place and those who have the pleasure to come, here is a book of memories that capture that magic – that elusive dream of being ‘part of the land’. 72 full colour illustrations

Edwin Harris 1855-1906 by Roger Langley £4.99 ISBN: 978 185022 221 7 210 X 200mm - 48 pages REDUCED!  40 full colour illustrations Edwin Harris’s central placing in the group photographs of 1884 confirms his key role in the early development of the Newlyn School. His most prominent works are sizeable genre paintings, some infused with the sense of hardship and loss which was so often at the heart of his friend Langley’s work, and others much more light-hearted, even comical. While these works are very successful and excellent examples of their type, what singles Harris out among his fellow Newlyners is his exceptional skill in portraiture. The shimmering, virtuoso square-brush painting employed to produce these poignant portraits of characterful models result in works of jewel-like quality; despite their tiny size and the anonymity of the models, they have a powerful magnetism and reward many hours of gazing. Roger Langley’s meticulous research gives a fascinating glimpse into the life of this artist – one of the Newlyn School’s most important painters. Introduction by Alison Bevan, Director Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance.

Jack Pender - a tribute by Frank Ruhrmund £4.99 ISBN: 978 185022 220 0 210 x 200mm - 48 pages REDUCED!  To coincide with the first ever major retrospective exhibition of one of West Cornwall’s native talents Jack Pender Truran Books are delighted to announce publication of a book to accompany the exhibition.  It is written by Frank Ruhrmund a lifelong friend of the artist and a much respected art critic with an introduction by Alison Bevan, Director of Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance. 40 full colour illustrations.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  >>