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HI, I AM A CORNISH NAIVE ARTIST LIVEING HERE IN CORNWALL NOW FOR SOME 70 YEARS NOW,AFTER HITCHHICKING FROM LONDON TO ST IVES IN 1958 WITH A FRIEND WIZZ JONES A FOLK SINGER GITARIST ----(NOW SADLY PASSED)----- IN 1958 AND BUSKING FOR A YEAR OR SO, THEN RENTED A PERTITE COTTAGE IN MEVAGISSY, THEN DECIDED ON NEWQUAY ,WHERE I FIRST MET MY WIFE AND WE ARE STILL TOGETHER TODAY SOME SIXTY, FIVE YEARS LATER EVEN I CAN,T BELIVE IT, ============================ I WAS NEVER AN ARTIST ALL THEM YEARS AGO, I WAS A CHEF IN A FEW HOTELS AND SAVED ENOUGH TO START MY OWN SM BUSSNESS UP AS AN ANTIQUE DEALER WITH A SMALL SHOP IN NEWQUAY ========================== THEN I STARTED TO DESIGN MY OWN CORNISH RANGE OF HAND MADE CORNISH FURNITURE IN PINE THIS CONTINUED FOR SOME 40 YEARS WITH 8 SHOPS HERE IN CORNWALL TRADEING HERE IN 8 SHOPS ALL HERE IN CORNWALL (YOU MAY HAVE A BIT IN YOUR HOUSE) ========================== SELLING MY OWN FURNITURE ========================= BUT AT SIXTY PLUS, I DECIDED I NEEDED A COMPLETE CHANGE OF LIFE, SO SOLD IT ;AND WENT OFF TO BRITTANY FRANCE WHERE I FOUND THE IDEAL SMALL TOTALY DERALICT HOTEL WITH A SHOP AND STUDIO SPACE PLUS 3 FLOORE,S ABOVE TO LIVE IN FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS SO I PERCHASED IT AND RENOVATED IT WITH MY SON AND A FRIEND INTO 3 FLATE,S PLUS A STUDIO AND LARGE ART GALLERY, (SEE PHOTO I HAVE INCLUDED ) AND JUST STARTED TO PAINT TO SEE WHAT HAPPEND AND THE REACTION TO MY NAIVE STYLE OF ART==ALL IN MY THICK OILS AS WITH NO BILLS TO PAY I COULD PAINTAND DO WHAT I WANTED AS IT WAS JUST BEER MONEY FOR ME,AS I WAS SITUATED VERY CLOSE TO A BAR RUN BY A CORNISHMAN FROM PORT SCATHO ,BUT TO MY GREAT SERPRISE I SOLD APROX 50 EACH SUMMER AND RETURNED TO CORNWALL TO DO NEW PAINTINGS EVERY WINTER FOR THE NEXT 6 YEAR,S BUT AT 75 I DECIDED TO SELL IT TO MY DAUGHTER (AS SHE IS A ARTIST AND SHE CONVINCED ME TO START MY ART) AND THEN MOVE HERE TO MITCHELL INTO OUR VICTORIAN OLD STABLES INBETWEEN TRURO AND NEWQUAY BUT TO CONTINUE PAINTING HERE IN CORNWALL AS I WAS NO LONGER SHOWING MY ART IN 6 GALLERYS INC ST IVES ST IVES WAS THE BEST GALLERY FOR ME ,BUT THEY TAKE 60% OF THE SALE PRICE, BUT THEN COVID ARRIVED ,AND ALL THE GALLERYS INC MY OWN HERE IN KESLE MILL HAD TO CLOSE, BUT I CONTINUED TO PAINT AND SOLD TO MANY OF MY COLLECTERS FROM THIS WEBSITE BUT I DECIDED TO OPEN A GALLERY HERE IN MITCHELL IN MY HOME,S EXTRA LARGE TROPICAL GARDEN AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OUTSIDE GALLERYS, I ONLY GOT BACK HALF OF MY PAINTING AS ALL ART IS ON A SALE OR RETURN BASIS AND TRUST ??? SO I AM NOW ONLY SELLING FROM HOME OR ON THIS SITE AND I HAVE REDUCED MY WORK BY THE 40% THE GALLERYS USED TO TAKE, THATS IT BECAUSE AT NEARLY 86 NOW,SO I NOW WANT TO ENHANCE MY ART GARDEN WITH A SECOND WATER SCULPTURE FOR MY 2 SON.S PLUS REDESIGN IT ,AND START TO PAINT AGAIN AFTER AN AWFUL YEAR FOR US=== AND TRY TO FORGET ALL THAT HAPPEND I WANT ALL THE OLD PRESSURE,S GONE IF YOU WISH TO WANDER AROUND AND VIEW MY WORK PLEASE RING IN ADVANCE ,SO CHEERS FOR NOW JIM /R ========================= ========================= TO START PAINTING IN A NAIVE ART STYLE ,IN OIL,S AS I HAD ALWAYS COLLECTED NAIVE ART HERE IN CORNWALL PARTICULARY BY FRED YATE,S ALSO OTHER OUTSIDER ARTIST AND JOAN GILLCREST ====== YOU MAY SEE A LITTLE OF IT REFLECTED IN MY ART, =========================== BUT I HAVE NOW MY OWN STYLE I HOPE, ALI PAINT IN VERY VERY THICK OIL,S WITH LOT,S OF TEXTURES AND VERY STRONG COLOUR,S AND STRONG COLOURS,==SO WHY NOT JUDGE YOURSELF IN MY HOME GARDEN GALLERY OPEN BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL IN THE WINTER=== OR VISIT MY SECRET GARDEN GALLERY IN THE SUMMER ? THANK.S JIM/R THANKS JIM/R ================== I WORK IN VERY THICK OIL,S WITH LOT,S OF TEXTURES and some mixed media TO GIVE MY WORK SOME OF THE ORIGINAL SAND ,/STONES AND DEBRI FROM THE BEACHES ====================== FOR MORE INFO ON MY ART AND MY HOME GARDEN GARDEN GALLERY IN MITCHELL ALSO IT MY VERY LARGE HOME TROPICAL GARDEN ========================== FOR ANY MORE INFO PLEASE PHONE ME ON MY HOME LANDLINE === 01872 510622==== AFTER 10 AM PLEASE ====================== MY GALLERY AND TROPICAL GARDEN AND WALL DISPLAY ARE AT THE REAR OF MY HOUSE HERE IN MITCHELL ( SEE MY PAINTING OF IT ) TR8 5AT ITS JUST 500 YDS OFF THE MAIN A 30 NEW =DUALCARRIGEWAY== NR TRURO AND NEWQUAY APROX 8 MILES FROM BOTH AND NEWQUAY CORNWALL AND I TRY TO OPEN IT ON MOST WEEKENDS SAT =SUN 10-30--TO== 4-30--- OR BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL THE DAY BEFORE HAND MY LANDLINE IS 01872 510622 ======================== ======================== THE FIRST PAINTING ON SHOW HERE IS IN THICK OIL,S--NO 2 ------------------------- IT,S ONE I DID OF MY HOUSE HERE IN MITCHELL VILLAGE IN MY OWN VERY THICK STYLE -OF OIL PAINTS (the old farm stables) Wellesley barn ITS MY HOME AND STUDIO AND GALLERY=/GARDEN ALSO THE ENTRANCE TO-- MY SECRET GARDEN-- AND MY ART GALLERY, NORMALY 100 PLUS CANVASE,S ARE ON SHOW FROM £100 TO £500 ACORDING TO SIZE ========================== YOU ARE WELCOMED TO VIEW MY ART AND === MY HOME ====== GARDEN AND GALLERY OPEN MOST WEEKENDS IN THE SUMMER == ALSO SOME WEEKDAYS OR BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL IN ADVANCE AFTER 10 AM, ON MOST WEEKDAY,S ====================== I TRY TO OPEN MOST SUMMER,S ON SAT AND SUNDAYS 10-30--TO--5-30 SUNDAYS 10.30-T0 5.30-- ===================== OR ANY WEEK DAY BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL TO ME JIM ON 01872 510622 ,ITS A LARGE WALK = AROUND GARDEN, ===== NO STAFF JUST ME IN MY STUDIO, OR GARDENING ====================== PLEASE CALL ME FOR ANY MORE INFO YOU MAY WANT LANDLINE 01872 510622 ANY DAY AFTER 10-30 AM TO SAY 5 ====================== ------------------------ PLEASE NOTE ANY PAINTING PERCHASED FROM ME CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER FOR ANY REASON AT ALL-FOR UP TO I MONTH AFTER PERCHASE IN FACT NOBODY HASE YET DONE THIS MORE HAVE PERCHASED ANOTHER AT A LATER DATE ======================= PLEASE NOTE = I NOW ONLY SHOW MY WORK ON THIS WEBSITE,-OR IN MY HOME TROPICAL GARDEN GALLERY MY WORK IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER GALLERYS ======================= THANKS A LOT BY FOR NOW =J/R

THIS IS A OIL PAINTING I DID OF MY HOUSE (WELLESLY BARN ) HERE IN MITCHELL IT WAS THE OLD STABLES FOR 4 HORSE,S TO THE ORIGINAL FARM H, HERE SOME 200 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ROAD OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WAS THE MAIN A 30 FROM LONDON TO LANDS END BIT NOW REPLACED WITH A PASSING DUAL CARRIGEWAY ============================ MY GARDEN GALLERY IS NOW IN MY FROPICAL === REAR GARDEN===== ALONG WITH A POND AND WATERFALL DOWN TO MY SUNKEN GARDEN WITH A CORNISH STONE WALL WITH A LOT OF TROPICAL PLANT,S- AND SOME ART WORK,= NORMALY I HAVE 100 CANVASE.S TO VIEW FROM £100 UP TO £500 ACCORDING TO SIZE ALSO THE WORK INVOLVED SOME OF MY LARGE CANVASE TAKE SOME 3 OR 4 DAYS FOR ME TO COMPLEATE SO THAT IS REFLECED IN THE PRICE ============================ THIS I TRY TO OPEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS OF MAY TO SEPTEMBER, ON SAT AND SUNDAYS THE SIGN ON THE OUTSIDE WALL WILL TELL YOU BIT I AM HAPPY TO OPEN ON THAT DAY THAT SUITS YOU IF THE WEATHER ( NO STRONG WINDS ) ALLOWES ME TO, IF NOT, ==HAVE MY WALK == IN GARDEN GALLERY , YOU CAN VIEW YOU CAN RING ME ON 01872-510622 FOR WEEKDAYS AFTER 10 IN THE MORNING,S IF YOU WISH TO VISIT MY GARDEN MID WEEK AND MY GALLERY , JUST RING ME BE FOREHAND ON 01872 510622 LANDLINE THANKS A LOT J/R

I AM HERE MOST DAY,S BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL, AFTER 10 AM AND I TRY TO OPEN IN THE --SUMMER-MONTHS OF APRIL TO SEPTEMBER--- FRI-SAT- SUN 10-30 TO 5 =FOR YOU TO WANDER AROUND AND VIEW 100 PLUS OF MY OIL PAINTINGS, MOST === WEEKEND,S=== 11-TO-5 APPROX ----------------- THE GARDEN IS NOT GREAT IN THE RAIN BUT MY GALLERY IS OPEN ALMOST ANY DAY,S OF THE -YEAR AFTER 10-30 UP TO 4 PM = BY WAY OF== A PHONE CALL TO ME JIM ON 01872 510622 LANDLINE =============== WHERE YOU CAN= - BUY--DIRECT--- FROM ME THE ARTIST =AND SAVE= =AND SAVE APPROX 50% PLUS ON THE OLD GALLERY PRICES OF MY PAINTING,S FROM THE GALLERY,S IN ST IVE,S AND PADSTOW--TRURO- MARAZION & --PENZANCE-- AND OTHER,S AS GALLERYS TAKE =50% AND MORE IN SOME CASE,S LIKE IN ST IVES, IT WAS 60% ================== YOU CAN PAY BY CASH -OR PAY PAL- CHEQUE OR BACS =================== WHY BUY A PRINT WHEN YOU CAN BUY AN ORIGINAL == FOR MORE OR LESS THAN THE SAME PRICE THAT HOLD,S IT,S VALUE AND INCREASE OVER THE YEARS ================== ================== UNLIKE A LOT OF PRINTS (GICLE,E ) SOLD IN A LOT OF GALLEYS THEASE DAYS CALLED GICLEE PRINTS ON CANVASE OR HAND ENHANCED GICLEE, IS A FRENCH WORD FOR SPIT OR SPRAY============ SO IT IS A PRINT NOT AN ORIGINAL ART WORK, ALSO HAND ENHANCED IT MEANS A DOB OF PAINT ON THE PRINT HERE AND THERE ??????????????? THINK ABOUT IT ================= BY FOR NOW JIM RODGERS JUST A PHOTO OF PART OF MY GARDEN AND MY GALLERY HERE IN MITCHELL VILLAGE JUST 7 MILES FROM TRURO ALSO NEWQUAY-500 YDS OFF THE A 30

I AM VERY HAPPY TO SAY- -I HAVE VERY RECENTLY SOLD -(2024 )-ANOTHER- 5 NEW PAINTING TO THE LARGEST FOLK ART MUSEIUM IN THE USA--- IN OHIO ================== THEY HAD PERCHASED 2 OR 3 PAINTINGS IN THE PAST YEARS ,BUT THEASE 5 ARE FOR A =NEW==20/24 EXHIBITION , ================ SO A BIG THANKS TO ALL CONCERNED AT THE MUSEUM,- THE LARGEst SKAKER MUSEUM IN THE USA- IT,S A HUGE ONE ================ -IF YOU GO TO PAGE 8 OR 9 0N MY SITE YOU CAN SEE THE PAINTINGS PURCHASED , ALONG WITH ============= SOME OF THE OTHER WORK,S I HAVE SOLD THIS YEAR PAGES 8 -9-10 ============== THANKS A LOT TO NICK AND ALL IN OHIO--USA-- JIM rodgers IF YOU LIKE THE NAIVE ART THE MUSIUME HAVE NOW PERCHASED YOU ARE WELCOMED TO VISITE MY HOME GARDEN GALLERY MOST DAYS AFTER 10 AM BY WAY OF A CALL TO ME ON 01872 510622

THIS IS RECENT PHOTO OF OUR NEW DOG==CHARLEY= A TOTALY BONKER,S CAVAPOO WHITE BUT COVERED IN BLACK DOT,S EVEYONE THINK,S HE IS A MINI DALMATION ======================== AS OUR DAISEY PAST AWAY (THE LITTLE BLACK DOG) IN OVER 600 OF MY PAINTING IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO) =YOU MAY HAVE ONE?--- SO NOW CHARLIE WILL BE IN ANY OF MY NEW PAINTINGS WHITE WITH LOTS OF BLACK SPOTS, WE LOVE HIM, HE IS OUR LAST DOG AS WE ARE BOTH OVER 80 NOW-- SO CHARLY WILL BE OUR LAST DOG i think LOOK FOR HIM IN ANY= OF MY NEW PAINTINGS SOMETIMES ALONG WITH DAISEY -------------------------- THE LITTLE BLACK DOG WAS A TEBETAIN TERRIER IN MOST OF MY PAINTINGS OF 15 YEARS ============================ CHEERS JIM RODGERS

3 sunflowers in a great jug ON A 16"X12"INCHE DEEP EDGE CANVASE READY TO HANG AS NO FRAME IS NEEDED ==================== ==================== MY WORK IS VERY BRIGHT VERY TEXTURED AND STRIKING ALL IN MY OWN NAIVE STYLE IN VERY THICK OIL,S ==AND NOW COLLECTED BY A LOT OF REPETE CUSTERMERS ALSO TWO MUSIUM,S I NOW ONLY SELL FROM MY HOME GARDEN GALLERY AT NEARLY HALF OF THE GALLERY PRICES AS THEY TAKE 50% PLUS ,I AM NOW 75 YEARS OLD AND WOULD RATHER YOU, THE PUBLIC CAN BUY AT A LOWER PRICE, AND I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DRIVING TO DO =========================== ======================= PLEASE NOTE==YES YOU CAN CHANGE ANY CANVASE FOR ANY REASON FOR AT ALL UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER PERCHASE,===== NO PROBLEM AT ALL; BUT TO DATE EVERYONE SEEMS HAPPY WITH THE ART ,NOT ONE IN OVER 1000 SALES TO DATE HASE DONE SO YET -------------------- BUT MY OFFER IS STILL THERE, IN FACT MORE HAVE PERCHASED MORE PAINTING,S I HAVE A LOT OF COLLECTER,S OF MY WORK NOWDAYS =================== ========================== MY HOME GARDEN GALLERY IS OPEN MOST DAY, BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL IN ADVANCE RING ME JIM ON MY LANDLINE AFTER 10-30 ,-ON MY LANDLINE 01872 510622 THANKS A LOT J/R

12"X12" DEEP EDGE CANVASE READY TO HANG AS NO FRAME IS NEEDED ON DEEP EDGE CANVASE,S THIS WAS THE I USED TO I PAINT IN BUT NOT ANYMORE AS" 12"X16"INCHES IS NOW MY SMALLIST SIZE OF CANVASE FROM £125 IN THIS SIZE======= MY NEW SMALLIST SIZE IS 12"X16" DEEP EDGE CANVASE NO FRAME NEEDED ALL READY TO HANG free p/p to the uk =================== PLEASE NOTE DOUBLE CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO SEE A LARGER VIEW DEEP EDGE 30X30 CM THICK OILS AND GOOD BRIGHT COLOURS =========================

THIS VERY THICK OIL PAINTING ========================= IS NOW ON MY SMALLIST SIZE OF CANVASE 16"X12" inches or=========41x31 cm =ALL IN MY OWEN STYLE OF THICK OIL,S DEEP EDGE CANVASE SO NO FRAME NEEDED I HAVE OPPROX 15 MORE AVALABLE IN IN THIS SIZE OF== ================== DEEP EDGE CANVASE ====BUT========= ONLY ON SHOW IN MY HOME GARDEN == GALLERY====== OPEN AT WEEKENDS 10-30 TO 5 OC OR BY A PHONE CALL ON 01872 510622 AFTER after 10 o/k IN THE LARGE BACK GARDEN OF MY HOUSE HERE IN MITCHELL NEARLY OPOSITE THE VILLAGE PUB/RESTAURANT PLUME OF FEATHERS ==================== JIM RODGERS SECRET GARDEN ART GALLERY FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 10-30----TO---5-30 ===OR============= BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL IN ADVANCE 01872 510622 ALL READY TO HANG AS NO FRAME IS NEEDED ===================== APPROX 15 MORE TO VIEW IN MY GALLERY OF THIS SIZE AND PRICE ONLY IN MY HOME GARDEN GAllERY =====================

MY SMALLIST SIZE OF CANVASE --DEEP EDGE-- IN OIL,S WITH LOT,S OF TEXTURES 16"X 12"-INCHES -OR-41X31 CM READY TO HANG NO FRAME IS NEEDED- =================== PLEASE NOTE THIS SIZE OF CANVASE IS ONLY AVALABLE IN MY OWN GARDEN GALLERY,HERE IN MITCHELL IS OPEN -SAT-SUNDAYS IF THE WEATHER ALLOWS ME TO== IF NOT RING ME =10-30---TO---5-30 OR ON OTHER DAYS BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL IN ADVANCE FROM APRIL 1 TO SEPT TO HAVE A WANDER AROUND THE GARDEN AND GALLERY WITH NO OBLIGATION AT ALL AND WINTER DAY,S BY WAY OF A PHONE CALL TO ME ON MY LANDLINE AFTER 10 AM MOST DAYS OF THE YEAR THANKS A LOT J/R OR BY WAY OF A CALL ON 01872 510622MY LAND LINE MOST DAY,S AFTER 11 AM I HAVE APPROX 20 OR SO IN THIS SIZE IN THE SECRET GARDEN --ART GALLERY-- ================== -IN MITCHELL- --NR NEWQUAY - ================ PHONE ME JIM ON 01872 510622 ==============

================== THIS OIL PAINTING IS ON MY SMALL SIZE CANVASE 16X12 INCHES OR 41X31 C/M DEEP EDGE CANVASE READY TO HANG NO FRAME IS NEEDED IN MY OWN NAIVE STYLE OF VERY THICK OIL,S LOT,S OF TEXTURE,S= ================== (please note if you double click on any of the art picture you ge t a larger ,s view of the textures) and the colour,s I NORMALL HAVE 20 OTHER PAINTING.S IN MY GALLERY OF THIS SIZE ON SHOW =================== ALSO FOR THE PAINT AND CANVASE COST PLUS TIME TO DO MY WORK /? I CAN GET MORE MONEY PER HOUR JUST STACKING SHELVES IN THE SUPERMARKET , I PAINT FOR MY PLESURE