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I Wish I Was a Fisherman

I Wish I Was a Fisherman

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I wish I was a fisherman, is retrieved like old reels of 8mm film from somewhere deep within my happy place and are labelled Cornwall. Many of these are of St Ives where many happy memories have been made over the years. It takes little retrieval to easily find myself there, in the quiet, walking my old dog at all hours, in and around Harbour Beach.

The backdrop of old buildings always familiar; and the scattering of old abandoned fishing boats that didn’t make it out and past Smeaton’s Pier to the open sea to cast their handlines or retrieve their pots; in the hope of great bounty.

 

My radio is playing Fisherman’s Blues again and instantly I am back there, wishing I was…

The limited palette behaves like memory itself: muted & intimate. Colours wash in and out like the sea carrying something precious away, just as it offers it back.

My radio is playing Fisherman’s Blues again and instantly I am back there, wishing I was……

Original Mediums: Acrylic on canvas

Original Dimensions: 1220mm x 910mm

Location: St Ives, Cornwall

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