I’m Chris. I’m an artist based in Liskeard, Cornwall

My local area in south east Cornwall is the inspiration for many of my landscape and seascape watercolour paintings. I am becoming increasingly curious about the bits the tourists don’t always see – the urban, the semi industrial, the residential.  I am intrigued as to how people have shaped Cornwall, the countryside and the world in general. 

Sometimes I like to bring a nostalgic, theatrical or cinematic quality to my work, but very often I will paint something just because I want to.  This is particularly true of landscape. I like to make sketches wherever I find myself. Very often these will evolve into paintings of a wide variety of locations. There is a world beyond Cornwall!”

I am a member of a local art group and am currently working towards a BA (Hons) degree in painting, drawing and printmaking at  Arts University Plymouth, from where I have been experimenting with new ideas and materials. I have a long association with watercolour, but have recently experimented with oil paint, charcoal, monoprint, aquatint and photo intaglio. 

I am also a volunteer with Awenek Studio, a wonderful community arts  group, offering art activities and workshops to people in south east Cornwall. 

I hope you enjoy browsing examples of my work here at British Craft House.  

I am new to British Craft House, but I have collected positive reviews from elsewhere on the web. Click on images to see reviews.