Simon Pooley has lived and worked in Cornwall for many years since giving up architecture in Sheffield for a love of paint. In this show he has been particularly drawn to rusty shapes and oil drums around Newlyn harbour, bringing their hidden beauty to life with a skilled draftsman’s hand.
He speaks about the work for this show, “Having lived in Penwith for 17 years, I have recently found myself drawn, not to the landscape, with its dramatic contours and changing moods, but, sometimes, to much smaller things.
Two oil drums on Newlyn pier fascinated me for weeks
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