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A QUIET MORNINGS WORK IN CORNWALL
Title: A QUIET MORNINGS WORK IN CORNWALL
Description:
IHIS OIL PAINTING
IS ON MY
LARGE SIZE OF DEEP
EDGED CANVASE
=61X46 CM OF
===================
CADGEWITH COVE
A GREAT LITTLE PORT
NOT OVER RUN WITH
VISITERS
HERE IN CORNWALL
READY TO HANG
,NO FRAME NEEDED
================
Size: 24X18 INCHES
Format: Original artwork
Presentation: Framing not necessary
Medium: Oil
Genre: Landscape, Seascape
Colour: Multi
Keywords: LOVE CORNWALL
Delivery Details:
FREE TO THE UK
PLUS POSTAGE ELSEWHERE
Price: £325.00
Status: For Sale
Artist Information
Name: JIM RODGERS
Phone: 01872510622
Website: JIM.RODGERS.ARTIST@GMAIL .COM
Acceptable Payment Methods: Paypal or cheque OR CASH -OR- CARD IN MY GALLERY OR BACS AND PAY PAL
Artist Biography:
I STARTED MY PAINTING
ON MY RETIREMENT FROM
MY FURNITURE
AND ANTIQUES SHOPS
BUSNESS
OF
40 YEARS--
HERE IN CORNWALL
SO DECIDED I NEEDED A
NEW CHALLNGE IN MY LAST
RETIREMENT YEARS
(MY WIFE THINKS I AM MAD)
SO AT 63 YEARS OLD
SO I DECIDED TO PAINT
SO I VISITED
BRITANY IN FRANCE
TO LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE
TO START PAINTING
AS A COMPLETE NOVICE
SO I VISITED BRITTANY
FOR A NEW ADVENTURE
FOR ME
AND I FOUND A COMPLEATLY
DERELICT SMALL HOTEL
IN A SMALL VILLAGE
AND NATIONAL PARK
DERELICT SMALL HOTEL
IN A SMALL VILLAGE
NOT FAR FROM MORLAIX
AND DECIDED TO BUY IT
---------------------
PURCHASED A TOTALY
DELAPADATED SHOP
(THE RECEPTION IN THE PAST)
AND 10 LIVEING ROOMS
ABOVE
----------------------
AND I DECIDED TO RENOVATE
OVER THREE SUMMERS
FOR ME AND MY WIFE
ALSO A STUDIO AND
A GALLERY FOR MY WORK
IT INTO AN ART STUDIO
AND ART GALLERY
WITH LIVEING ABOVE
AND TO START PAINTING
AND SPEND SUMMERS
IN FRANCE AND WINTERS
HERE IN CORNWALL
WITH MY WIFE OF 63
YEARS NOW
-----------------------------
AND TRY TO LEARN
SOME FRENCH
NOT EASY AT 64
BUT I GOT THROUGH
AS MOST FRENCH DO
SPEAK SOME ENGLISH
-------------------
SO IN BRITTANY VILLAGE
SO -AFTER 2 SUMMERS
WORK ON THE FLATS
I OPENED
MY GALLERY ==CALLED
GALLERY DE LA CASCADE
(AS WE WAS VERY NEAR THE LOCAL
FOREST WATERFALL)
---------------------
AND ON - MY RETIRMENT
FROM
------------------
,AFTER COLLECTING
NAIVE ART HERE
IN CORNWALL
FOR MANY YEARS
HERE IN CORNWALL
I DECIDED TO TRY
MY HAND AT NAIVE STYLE
ART- IN THICK OILS
AND SHOW THEM IN MY
OWN GALLERY IN THE
WITH MY OWN WORK
OPEN MY OWN GALLERY
IN FRANCE WITH MY WORK
ALL JUST GOOD FUN
AS NO OTHER GALLERY
WOULD WANT MY WORK I
THOUGHT -IT WAS FUN AND
BEER MONEY FOR ME--A
HOLIDAY PROJECT
=====================
=====================
I HAD ALWAYS LIKED AND
COLLECTED WORK
BY LOCAL CORNISH ARTISTS
FRED YATES
JOAN GILLCREST ALSO
NICOLE BEELING
JILL WATKISS==
NOEL BETOWSKI FROM
PENZANCE-ALSO
I LOVED THE WORK BY
STANLY SPENCER
ENGLANDS WAR ARTIST
BRITANS WAR ARTIST
ALSO DORA CARRINGTON
NICOLA BEALINGS
ALSO JOHN DYER
ALSO DAPHANE MC CLURE
AMONG MANY OTHER
CORNISH ARTIST
TWO MANY TO MENTION
JUST TO MANY
TO MENTION
----------------
SO I DECIDED TO BE
A SELF TAUGHT
NAIVE ARTIST AND
FIND MY OWN STYLE
FOR MY RETIREMENT YEARS
THIS I THINK
I HAVE ACHIVED
ITS A LITTLE BIT OF
ALL THE ARTISTS
I HAD COLLECTED
------------------
AS I THINK NAIVE ART
IS FROM THE HEART
NOT FROM
AN ART SCHOOL
SO AS I HAD BEEN
RENOVATING AND
RESTORING ANTIQUE
FURNITURE ALSO MAKING
RECLAIMED FURNITURE
FROM ANTIQUE RECLAMED WOOD
VERY SUCCESSFULLY
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS
-----------------------
I JUST SAW THIS AS A NEW
PROJECT FOR ME
IN MY RETIREMENT
AT 60 NOW AT 82
I AM STILL TRYING TO
DO SOMETHING DIFFRENT
SO I HAVE RENOVATED MY
VERY LARGE GARDEN
BEHIND MY HOUSE INTO
MY SECRET ART GARDEN
OPEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS
WITH MY ART GARDEN WALL
IOO FT LONG
NEXT TO MY WATERFALL
AND I AM STILL TRYING OUT
NEW NEW IDEAR,S WITH IT
NOT ALL SUCCESFUL
BUT YOU CAN NOT PLEASE
EVERYONE,SO ONE JUST
KEEP GOING KEEP PAINTING
CONTINUE TRYING NEW IDEARS
EVEN AT 82 YEARS OLD,I
HAVE D0NE THIS ALL
MY LIFE
IN MY OWN GALLERY;S
OF ANTIQUES -MY FURNITURE
AND MY PAINTINGS
ALL GOOD FUN
==================
JUST TRYING TO FIND
A STYLE OF MY OWN
THIS I WILL CONTINUED
TO DO FOR AS LONG AS
I AM ABLE TO DO SO
IN FRANCE I SOLD
ONE OR TWO PAINTNGS A WEEK
SO IT GAVE ME SOME HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE
I OPENED THE GALLERY
4 DAYS
A WEEK AND EXPLORED
TWO PAINTING A WEEK
IT PAID FOR THE WINE
OTHER PARTS BRITTANY
ON DAYS OFF
WE TRY TO REVISIT FRANCE
ON OCCASIONS AS OUR
ARTIST DAUGHTER LIVES
THERE NOW IN FRANCE
BUT ITS NOT POSSIBLE
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS
DUE TO THIS VIRUS
======================
ALL A LITTLE DIFFICULT
WHEN MY OWN
GARDEN GALLERY
HERE IN MITCHEL ===
IS OPEN FOR SUMMER VISITERS
NOW LARGER AND BETTER
ALSO MY
SECRET GARDEN GALLERY
OPEN IF THE WEATHER
IS OK (SUNNY I HOPE)
AND HAPPY TO SAY
I HAVE NOW SOLD
APROX 9OO PAINTINGS
AFTER SOME 17 YEARS-
OF PAINTING-
=================
BUT NOW DUE TO THE
VIRUS SITUATION
I NOW ONLY SELL
ON LINE OR TO VISITERS
TO MY GARDEN GALLERYS
OR
FROM MY OWN GARDEN
GALLERY AT HOME
======================
AS ALL THE SIX GALLERYS
I DID SHOW IN CORNWALL
HAVE NOW CLOSED BECAUSE
OF THE VIRASE
SO NOW I SELL
AT THE SAME PRICE
I WAS
RECIEVING FROM THE
-GALLERYS
THATS HALF THE GALLERY PRICES
AS GALLERYS DID TAKE
50 TO 55% COMISSION
ON ANY SALES
=== SO NOW ===
I PASS THIS ON
TO MY CUSTOMERS
HERE IN MITCHELL
AT THE LOWER PRICE
I HOPE THS HELPS
AND I CAN CONTINUE
PAINTING FOR A
FEW YEARS YET
================
LETS HOPE 2022 IS A BETTER
YEAR FOR EVERY ONE
SO MANY THANKS TO ALL
THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE PURCHASED
ONE OR MORE OF
MY PAINTING IN THE PAST
JIM RODGERS
ON MY RETIREMENT FROM
MY FURNITURE
AND ANTIQUES SHOPS
BUSNESS
OF
40 YEARS--
HERE IN CORNWALL
SO DECIDED I NEEDED A
NEW CHALLNGE IN MY LAST
RETIREMENT YEARS
(MY WIFE THINKS I AM MAD)
SO AT 63 YEARS OLD
SO I DECIDED TO PAINT
SO I VISITED
BRITANY IN FRANCE
TO LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE
TO START PAINTING
AS A COMPLETE NOVICE
SO I VISITED BRITTANY
FOR A NEW ADVENTURE
FOR ME
AND I FOUND A COMPLEATLY
DERELICT SMALL HOTEL
IN A SMALL VILLAGE
AND NATIONAL PARK
DERELICT SMALL HOTEL
IN A SMALL VILLAGE
NOT FAR FROM MORLAIX
AND DECIDED TO BUY IT
---------------------
PURCHASED A TOTALY
DELAPADATED SHOP
(THE RECEPTION IN THE PAST)
AND 10 LIVEING ROOMS
ABOVE
----------------------
AND I DECIDED TO RENOVATE
OVER THREE SUMMERS
FOR ME AND MY WIFE
ALSO A STUDIO AND
A GALLERY FOR MY WORK
IT INTO AN ART STUDIO
AND ART GALLERY
WITH LIVEING ABOVE
AND TO START PAINTING
AND SPEND SUMMERS
IN FRANCE AND WINTERS
HERE IN CORNWALL
WITH MY WIFE OF 63
YEARS NOW
-----------------------------
AND TRY TO LEARN
SOME FRENCH
NOT EASY AT 64
BUT I GOT THROUGH
AS MOST FRENCH DO
SPEAK SOME ENGLISH
-------------------
SO IN BRITTANY VILLAGE
SO -AFTER 2 SUMMERS
WORK ON THE FLATS
I OPENED
MY GALLERY ==CALLED
GALLERY DE LA CASCADE
(AS WE WAS VERY NEAR THE LOCAL
FOREST WATERFALL)
---------------------
AND ON - MY RETIRMENT
FROM
------------------
,AFTER COLLECTING
NAIVE ART HERE
IN CORNWALL
FOR MANY YEARS
HERE IN CORNWALL
I DECIDED TO TRY
MY HAND AT NAIVE STYLE
ART- IN THICK OILS
AND SHOW THEM IN MY
OWN GALLERY IN THE
WITH MY OWN WORK
OPEN MY OWN GALLERY
IN FRANCE WITH MY WORK
ALL JUST GOOD FUN
AS NO OTHER GALLERY
WOULD WANT MY WORK I
THOUGHT -IT WAS FUN AND
BEER MONEY FOR ME--A
HOLIDAY PROJECT
=====================
=====================
I HAD ALWAYS LIKED AND
COLLECTED WORK
BY LOCAL CORNISH ARTISTS
FRED YATES
JOAN GILLCREST ALSO
NICOLE BEELING
JILL WATKISS==
NOEL BETOWSKI FROM
PENZANCE-ALSO
I LOVED THE WORK BY
STANLY SPENCER
ENGLANDS WAR ARTIST
BRITANS WAR ARTIST
ALSO DORA CARRINGTON
NICOLA BEALINGS
ALSO JOHN DYER
ALSO DAPHANE MC CLURE
AMONG MANY OTHER
CORNISH ARTIST
TWO MANY TO MENTION
JUST TO MANY
TO MENTION
----------------
SO I DECIDED TO BE
A SELF TAUGHT
NAIVE ARTIST AND
FIND MY OWN STYLE
FOR MY RETIREMENT YEARS
THIS I THINK
I HAVE ACHIVED
ITS A LITTLE BIT OF
ALL THE ARTISTS
I HAD COLLECTED
------------------
AS I THINK NAIVE ART
IS FROM THE HEART
NOT FROM
AN ART SCHOOL
SO AS I HAD BEEN
RENOVATING AND
RESTORING ANTIQUE
FURNITURE ALSO MAKING
RECLAIMED FURNITURE
FROM ANTIQUE RECLAMED WOOD
VERY SUCCESSFULLY
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS
-----------------------
I JUST SAW THIS AS A NEW
PROJECT FOR ME
IN MY RETIREMENT
AT 60 NOW AT 82
I AM STILL TRYING TO
DO SOMETHING DIFFRENT
SO I HAVE RENOVATED MY
VERY LARGE GARDEN
BEHIND MY HOUSE INTO
MY SECRET ART GARDEN
OPEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS
WITH MY ART GARDEN WALL
IOO FT LONG
NEXT TO MY WATERFALL
AND I AM STILL TRYING OUT
NEW NEW IDEAR,S WITH IT
NOT ALL SUCCESFUL
BUT YOU CAN NOT PLEASE
EVERYONE,SO ONE JUST
KEEP GOING KEEP PAINTING
CONTINUE TRYING NEW IDEARS
EVEN AT 82 YEARS OLD,I
HAVE D0NE THIS ALL
MY LIFE
IN MY OWN GALLERY;S
OF ANTIQUES -MY FURNITURE
AND MY PAINTINGS
ALL GOOD FUN
==================
JUST TRYING TO FIND
A STYLE OF MY OWN
THIS I WILL CONTINUED
TO DO FOR AS LONG AS
I AM ABLE TO DO SO
IN FRANCE I SOLD
ONE OR TWO PAINTNGS A WEEK
SO IT GAVE ME SOME HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE
I OPENED THE GALLERY
4 DAYS
A WEEK AND EXPLORED
TWO PAINTING A WEEK
IT PAID FOR THE WINE
OTHER PARTS BRITTANY
ON DAYS OFF
WE TRY TO REVISIT FRANCE
ON OCCASIONS AS OUR
ARTIST DAUGHTER LIVES
THERE NOW IN FRANCE
BUT ITS NOT POSSIBLE
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS
DUE TO THIS VIRUS
======================
ALL A LITTLE DIFFICULT
WHEN MY OWN
GARDEN GALLERY
HERE IN MITCHEL ===
IS OPEN FOR SUMMER VISITERS
NOW LARGER AND BETTER
ALSO MY
SECRET GARDEN GALLERY
OPEN IF THE WEATHER
IS OK (SUNNY I HOPE)
AND HAPPY TO SAY
I HAVE NOW SOLD
APROX 9OO PAINTINGS
AFTER SOME 17 YEARS-
OF PAINTING-
=================
BUT NOW DUE TO THE
VIRUS SITUATION
I NOW ONLY SELL
ON LINE OR TO VISITERS
TO MY GARDEN GALLERYS
OR
FROM MY OWN GARDEN
GALLERY AT HOME
======================
AS ALL THE SIX GALLERYS
I DID SHOW IN CORNWALL
HAVE NOW CLOSED BECAUSE
OF THE VIRASE
SO NOW I SELL
AT THE SAME PRICE
I WAS
RECIEVING FROM THE
-GALLERYS
THATS HALF THE GALLERY PRICES
AS GALLERYS DID TAKE
50 TO 55% COMISSION
ON ANY SALES
=== SO NOW ===
I PASS THIS ON
TO MY CUSTOMERS
HERE IN MITCHELL
AT THE LOWER PRICE
I HOPE THS HELPS
AND I CAN CONTINUE
PAINTING FOR A
FEW YEARS YET
================
LETS HOPE 2022 IS A BETTER
YEAR FOR EVERY ONE
SO MANY THANKS TO ALL
THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE PURCHASED
ONE OR MORE OF
MY PAINTING IN THE PAST
JIM RODGERS
Artist News/Exhibitions:
THE SECRET GARDEN
==ART GALLERY==
IN MY HOME BACK
==ITS LARGE==
AND ORNIMENTAL
WIH A GALLERY
ALSO A LONG
GARDEN GALLERY
==WALL==
SOME 100 OR SO
PAINTING,S ON
SHOW,
FOR INFO RING ME
ON 01872 510622
====================
=================
-BEHIND MY HOUSE-
=WELLESLY BARN=
HERE IN MITCHELL
ALL VERY LAID BACK
NO HASSLE AT ALL
------------------
YOU ARE WELCOMED
JUST A WANDER AROUND
MY GARDEN WITH SOME
80 OR SO PAINTINGS
IN MY GALLERY ALSO
DOTTED AROUND MY
==LARGE GARDEN==
AND IOO FT OLD GARDEN
AND ALONG OUR OLD
100 FT LONG OLD FARM
--STONE WALL--
===================
ON SHOW
OPEN FRIDAY AND SAT
10-30-TO-5-30
IN THE SUMMER
=APRIL-TO-AUG=
ALSO MOST DAYS
OF THE YEAR
BY WAY OF A PHONE
CALL , AS I AM
NORMALLY HERE IN
MY STUDIO PAINTING
OR WORKING IN MY
GARDEN-SO PLEASE
CALL ME IN ADVANCE
FOR A WEEK DAY VISIT
WINTER MY INDOOR GALLERY
ANY DAY BY BY WAY OF A PHONE
-- 01872-510622---
APPROX--80 PLUS CANVASE,S
-IN THE GALLERY IN
-ALL SIZES TO VIEW
--------------------
PLEASE NOTE
I NO LONGER DO
ANY COMMISIONS
----------------
WAY OF A PHONE
MOST OF THE YEAR
01872 510622
I NO LONGER SHOW IN
ANY OTHER OUTSIDE
GALLERYS--SO I PASS
THERE COMMISION,S
BACK TO YOU SOME 45%
OR MORE IN SOME CASE,S
I AM NOT SHOWING
SO YOU CAN BUY OFF ME
AT UNDER HALF THE OLD
GALLERY PRICES AS I
HAVE NO 55% COMMISION
TO PAY OR TRAVALING
TO DO OR PETROL
IT MAKES MY LIFE
EASY AT 83
-----------------
MABY SEE YOU SOON
==ART GALLERY==
IN MY HOME BACK
==ITS LARGE==
AND ORNIMENTAL
WIH A GALLERY
ALSO A LONG
GARDEN GALLERY
==WALL==
SOME 100 OR SO
PAINTING,S ON
SHOW,
FOR INFO RING ME
ON 01872 510622
====================
=================
-BEHIND MY HOUSE-
=WELLESLY BARN=
HERE IN MITCHELL
ALL VERY LAID BACK
NO HASSLE AT ALL
------------------
YOU ARE WELCOMED
JUST A WANDER AROUND
MY GARDEN WITH SOME
80 OR SO PAINTINGS
IN MY GALLERY ALSO
DOTTED AROUND MY
==LARGE GARDEN==
AND IOO FT OLD GARDEN
AND ALONG OUR OLD
100 FT LONG OLD FARM
--STONE WALL--
===================
ON SHOW
OPEN FRIDAY AND SAT
10-30-TO-5-30
IN THE SUMMER
=APRIL-TO-AUG=
ALSO MOST DAYS
OF THE YEAR
BY WAY OF A PHONE
CALL , AS I AM
NORMALLY HERE IN
MY STUDIO PAINTING
OR WORKING IN MY
GARDEN-SO PLEASE
CALL ME IN ADVANCE
FOR A WEEK DAY VISIT
WINTER MY INDOOR GALLERY
ANY DAY BY BY WAY OF A PHONE
-- 01872-510622---
APPROX--80 PLUS CANVASE,S
-IN THE GALLERY IN
-ALL SIZES TO VIEW
--------------------
PLEASE NOTE
I NO LONGER DO
ANY COMMISIONS
----------------
WAY OF A PHONE
MOST OF THE YEAR
01872 510622
I NO LONGER SHOW IN
ANY OTHER OUTSIDE
GALLERYS--SO I PASS
THERE COMMISION,S
BACK TO YOU SOME 45%
OR MORE IN SOME CASE,S
I AM NOT SHOWING
SO YOU CAN BUY OFF ME
AT UNDER HALF THE OLD
GALLERY PRICES AS I
HAVE NO 55% COMMISION
TO PAY OR TRAVALING
TO DO OR PETROL
IT MAKES MY LIFE
EASY AT 83
-----------------
MABY SEE YOU SOON