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HI I AM JIM RODGERS A CORNISH NAIVE ARTIST I AM NOW 84 YEARS OLD ------------------ I STARTED TO PAINT AT 60 AND STILL DOING SO TODAY ================== I AM NOW REGARDED AS ONE OF CORNWALLS CORNWALL,S TOP LEADING NAIVE ARTIST== AND HAVE MANY COLLECTERS IN A LOT OF COUNTRY,S I AM GLAD TO SAY== including many to the largest shaker musium in the u.s.a ===================== I PAINT IN VERY THICK OIL,S LIKE FRED YATES AND JOAN GILLCHREAST= JILL WATKISS AND DAPHNE MC LURE AND MABEY, JOHN DYER FROM CORNWALL =================== IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THEASE ARTIST PLEASE LOOK THEM UP ==================== I DID SHOW IN THE PAST IN 6 CORNISH GALLERYS UP TO COVIDE BUT THEY ALL CLOSED AFTER COVID ==================== SO AFTER A RETHINK I THOUGH ,I CAN SAVE ALL THE SUMMER TRAVLING AND GALLERY HASSELS BY SELLING DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC AT MY ARTIST PRICES-SOME 40% TO 50% LESS THAN THE GALLERYS THAT I WAS SHOWING IN== IN THE PAST YEARS THIS IS NOW WHAT I DO ====================== SO NOW I OPEN, MY HOME LARGE GARDEN AND GALLERY HERE MY SECRET-ART- GARDEN --GALLERY------ HERE IN MITCHELL AT WELLESLY BARN I TRY TO OPEN AT WEEKENDS 11-to-5 FRI- SAT -SUN FROM APRIL TO AUG IF THE WEATHER LET,S ME APPROX 100 PAINTINGS TO VIEW IN MY HOME GARDEN GALLERY ================== HERE IN MITCHELL 500 YARDS OFF THE A 30 NEARLY OPPOSITE THE PLUME OF FEATHERS PUB ==================== I OPEN FROM ==MAY TO SEPT 11--T0--5 -ISH ON FRI-SAT-SUN OR ALMOST ANY DAY BY WAY OF A PHONECALL 01872 510622 TO ME JIM-AFTER 10-30 ===================== YOU CAN CONTACT ME FOR ANY INFO ==BY PHONE=ON 01872 510622 ================ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT ON A WEEK DAY,PLEASE RING IN ADVANCE -01872 510622 ================ OR E MAIL ME @ jimrodgersartis.com ONLY MY ORGINAL ART ONLY MY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS NO PRINTS AVALABLE ==================== I NOW SELL AT ARTIST PRICES ,DIRECT FROM THE ARTIST =================== WHY BUY A PRINT WHEN YOU CAN BUY = AN ORIGINAL= THAT HOLD,S ITS VALUE UNLIKE MOST PRINTS ===================== I NOW ONLY SELL MY ART WORK HERE IN HERE IN MY HOME VILLAGE OF MITCHELL TR7 5AT INBETWEEN NEWQUAY AND TRURO

THIS PAINTING IS FOR SALE ON PAGE 3 NUMBER 28 =================== ==================== ALSO A NEW PROJECT FOR ME THIS YEAR WAS A ADDIONAL GALLERY IN MITCHELL VILLAGE,S FRUIT GARDEN A HUGE PICK YOUR OWN FRUIT AND FLOWER GARDEN,S ESTABLISHED SOME 30 YEARS AGO, IT IS JUST 500 YDS FROM MY HOUSE AND HOME GALLERY, OPENS APRIL TO SEPT WITH NOW AN ADDIONAL ART GALLERY FOR ME AND REST AREA SO YOU CAN COME AND PICK YOUR OWN FRUIT AND SUN FLOWERS =================== ON A NICE SUMMERS DAY

I AM OPEN IN THE --SUMMER---- =FOR YOU TO WANDER AROUND AND VIEW 100 PLUS OF MY OIL PAINTINGS AT 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 =============== 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 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

I AM VERY HAPPY TO SAY- -I HAVE VERY RECENTLY SOLD --(2023 )------- 5 NEW PAINTING TO THE LARGEST FOLK ART MUSEUM IN THE USA--- IN OHIO ================== THEY HAD PERCHASED 2 OR 3 PAINTINGS IN THE PAST YEARS ,BUT THEASE 5 ARE FOR A =NEW=2023== EXHIBITION , ================ SO A BIG THANKS TO ALL CONCERNED AT THE MUSEUM,- THE LARGEst SKAKER MUSEUM IN THE USA- ================ -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

OUR NEW DOG CALLED CHARLIE WAITING TO GO FOR A WALK OR A RUN ROUND IN OUR GARDEN ================== CHARLIE WILL BE IN ALL MY NEW PAINTINGS FROM NOW, ================== ================== AS SADLEY DAISEY THE DOG IN ALL MY PAINTINGS TO DATE OUR BLACK TIBETAN TERRIER ==================== HASE PASSED AWAY AFTER 15 YEARS WITH US AND APPEARING IN OVER 600 OF MY PAINTINGS

THIS IS RECENT PHOTO OF OUR NEW DOG==== AFTER DAISEY (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 HE WILL BE OUR LAST DOG LOOK FOR HIM IN ANY= OF MY NEW PAINTINGS SOMETIMES ALONG WITH DAISEY OUR BLACK TEBETAIN TERRIER OF 15 YEARS ============================ CHEERS JIM RODGERS

AFTER I SOLD MY FURNITURE MANUFACTURING BUSSNESS OF 30 YEARS, HERE IN CORNWALL =================== I THOUGHT WHAT CAN I DO IN MY RETIREMENT ?? ART MABEY AS I HAD COLLECTED A LOT OF CORNISH ART PARTICAUALRY NAINE ART ======================= SO AT 6O YEARS OLD I HAD TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO IN MY RETIREMENT, A FRIEND INVITED ME TO A TO SMALL VILLAGE IN BRITTANY WHERE A TOTALY DERELICT SMALL HOTEL WAS FOR SALE, SO I DECIDED TO BUY IT, AND RENOVATE IT, ALL 4 FLOORS INC THE SHOP THIS TOOK ME 3 SUMMERS TO DO. SO I THEN DECIDED TO START PAINTING IN A NAIVE STYLE AS I HAD ALWAYS COLLECTED NAIVE ART HERE IN CORNWALL ALSO WITH NO RENT OR OUT GOING,S, I FELT I COULD DO JUST AS I LIKED, I DID THIS FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS WITH MY WIFE --------------- AND, AS A GREAT SURPRISE I DID SELL A GOOD NUMBER OF MY PAINTINGS EVERY SUMMER, ? ,THE VILLAGE HAD A VERY LARGE LAKE NEAR AND FOREST AND WATERFALL HENCE THE NAME OF MY GALLERY ----------------- =================== ALL IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN BRITANY ,TO START OUT ON MY ART FANTACY TO BECOME ARTIST AND TRY TO SELL MY ART,-SO I DID THIS WITH MY WIFE FOR, THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS =================== SO WITH NO OUTGOINGS AS ART WORK SHOPS (ATELIER) ARE RATE,S FREE IN FRANCE I FELT COULD DO MY OWN THING IN ART ANDL TRY TO LEARN SOME FRENCH,NOT EASEY AT 64, BUT MOST FRENCH DO SPEAK ENGLISH IF YOU TRY TO SPEAK SOME FRENCH,-THEN I FOUND OUT ===================== SO I PAINTED SUMMER AND WINTERS IN PENZANCE FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS AS I HAD A SHOP THERE NEXT TO THE FANTASTIC EGIPTION HOUSE AND SOLD LOT,S OF MY WORK TO MY GREAT SURPRIZE, ================= GREAT DAY,S== GREAT TIMES=GREAT FUN BUT AT 69 WE DECIDED TO STAY IN CORNWALL AS I HAD BEEN HERE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE,AND WHERE I MET MY WIFE SOME 62 YEARS AGO -------------------- MY ARTIST DAUGHTER MELANIE McDONALD THEN MOVED TO BRITTANY AND MY OLD GALLERY THE GALLERY CASCADE AND OPENED HER GALLERY THERE

12"X12" INCHE IS THE SMALLIST SIZE OF CANVASE I PAINT IN DEEP EDGE 30X30 CM THICK OILS AND GOOD BRIGHT COLOURS =========================

THIS OIL PAINTING IS ON MY SMALL SIZE DEEP FRAME CANVASE APPROX 40 X 30 CM 16 X12"INCH IN MY OWN STYLE OF NAIVE ART-IN EXTRA THICK OIL,S ----------------- LOT,S OF TEXTURES ================= APPROX 20 MORE TO VIEW IN MY GALLERY OF THIS SIZE OF CANVASE- =============== THE SECRET GARDEN ART GALLERY IN MITCHELL TR8 5AT APPROX 7 MILES FROM TRURO

MY SMALL CANVASE 16"X 12"-INCHES -OR-41X31 CM READY TO HANG NO FRAME IS NEEDED- ============== APPROX 20 OR SO IN THIS SIZE IN THE SECRET GARDEN --ART GALLERY-- -IN MITCHELL- --NR NEWQUAY -& TRURO -TR8 5AT- I AM OPEN BY PHONE IN THE WINTER 10-30 TO-4 ============== JIM ON 01872 510622 ==============