Mawgan Porth: Changes, Time, Tide, Weather and LIGHT



What interests me in my work is the changing light - in England it changes constantly with passing clouds, changes in the weather and season and time - from minute to minute to the light can vary enormously.

Above is a look at a Cornish beach - Mawgan Porth - near to my childhood home and still very special to me. When I win the lottery there is a house with the view shown in several of these photos that I want to move into! These are just a few photographs but they - I hope - give you an idea of why this is one of my favourite places :>)



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Rose Welty said…
Vivien, I remember when I was living in Oxford...it was a very rainy morning. I was a little homesick so I called home to California. As I began talking it was just bucketing down with rain. Then, as we talked the rain stopped and the wind howled. Then, by the end of twenty minutes it was a jaw-dropping sunny day. Yes, light changes very fast there!

Lovely photos btw...
2:56 pm
Anita said…
Vivien - wow what great photos (several I wouldn't mind painting myself!). Cornwall really is an extremely beautiful county. Looking at these photos reminded me of what it is I really miss about England.
3:27 pm
annie said…
So lovely, Vivien. You've talked about the holes left by the force of the waves on the sand, but to see one is startling. I think these signs of the force of wind and water, along with the vast beauty of sky and sea, might quite overwhelm in person.
annie
2:20 am
vivien said…
exactly Rose!!!

After Christmas I'm aiming to get seriously back to painting and those views are some I want to look at Anita :>)

Thanks Annie :>) yes the surf there is really fierce - it isn't a sea you can swim in but great for surfers
7:11 pm
Lindsay said…
OK, I'm glad to see you've posted both here and at WM. This takes a bit of pressure off for the posts. Nice to see the slide show again.
8:49 pm
dinahmow said…
Dear Cornwall! (Still Kernow to some)
I suppose its our primordial beginnings that tug us back to the sea?
(This is Dinahmow, using P's email!)
3:28 am
vivien said…
maybe that's the draw Dinah - I just know I feel so happy and mellow by the sea :>)
9:42 pm
Robyn Sinclair said…
How I'd love to walk along a Cornish beach. That could require for me to also win the lottery. I do hope you are better placed for this eventuality than I, Vivien i.e. that you have at least bought a ticket! ;)

Beautiful photos!
8:30 am
vivien said…
The weather isn't quite what you'd be used to Robyn! but it is so beautiful

I could do with winning the lottery - househunting there would be such a buzz!
6:48 pm
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