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The second...of six, of my `Scruffy and Jim` collection. This one is..`Good Morning Mrs Brown` A fun and colourful painting, painted on my own handmade canvas board. Size 14" x 10" x half inch thick. Sides painted.

Am I dreaming ? is it Summer, scent of the flowers, warm sunshine on my face, am I asleep? am I awake? is this just a dream? Colourful painting - need I say more.

HI, I AM A CORNISH NAIVE ARTIST WHO PAINTS IN VERY THICK OIL,S VILLAGES, AND BEACHES ALSO FLOWERS OF DIFFERENT PLACES I VISIT HERE IN CORNWALL AS I HAVED LIVED HERE IN CORNWALL NOW FOR SOME 70 YEARS ,AFTER HITCHHICKING FROM LONDON TO ST IVES IN 1958 WITH A FRIEND WIZZ JONES A FOLK SINGER GITARIST ----(NOW SADLY PASSED)----- IN 1958 AND BUSKING FOR A YEAR OR SO, THEN RENTED A COTTAGE IN MEVAGISSY, FOR 6 MONTHS I DECIDED ON NEWQUAY,WHERE I MET MY WIFE SOME 65 YEARS AGO , HOW TIME FLY,S ============================= I WAS NEVER AN ARTIST ALL THEM YEARS AGO, I WAS A CHEF IN NEWQUAY, THEN I OPENED A SM CRAFT SHOP IN NEWQUAY, AND CRAFTED HAND MADE FURNITURE FOR 40 YEARS OR SO IN , AND NEAR NEWQUAY = VERY SUCSESFULLY ========================= BUT AT SIXTY PLUS, I DECIDED I NEEDED A COMPLETE CHANGE OF LIFE, SO I SOLD IT ;AND WENT OFF TO BRITTANY FRANCE TO TRY TO BECOME AN ARTIST AS ART WAS ALWAYS MY INTEREST A LARGE PART OF MY LIFE =========================== SO IN BRITANY I FOUND THE THE IDEAL PROPERTY FOR ME SMALL TOTALY DERALICT HOTEL WITH A SHOP AND STUDIO SPACE PLUS 3 FLOOR,S ABOVE TO LIVE IN FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS SO I PERCHASED IT AND RENOVATED ============================= IT WITH MY SON, AND A FRIEND INTO 3 FLAT,S PLUS A STUDIO AND LARGE ART GALLERY, (SEE PHOTO I HAVE INCLUDED ) AND JUST STARTED TO PAINT ========================== TO SEE WHAT HAPPEND AND THE REACTION TO MY NAIVE STYLE OF ART==ALL IN MY THICK OILS SO AS WITH NO BILLS TO PAY I COULD PAINT ==ANYTHING= ========================== IN MY OWN NAIVE STYLE,IN MY VERY VERY THIVK OIL.S AND DO JUST WHAT I WANTED AS IT WAS JUST FOR MY OWEN PLEASURE AND A LITTLE BEER MONEY FOR ME,ALSO I WAS SITUATED VERY CLOSE TO A BAR RUN BY A CORNISHMAN FROM PORT SCATHO, NR ST MAW,S =========================== ,BUT TO MY GREAT SERPRISE I SOLD APROX 50 EACH SUMMER FOR 80 UROS TO 150 URO,S ALL GREAT FUN FOR ME AT THE END OF EACH SUMMER WE RETURNED TO PENZANCE =========================== SO I COULD START ON SOME NEW ART FOR THE SUMMER BACK IN MY GALLERY IN BRITTANY TO DO NEW PAINTINGS FOR THE GALLERY EACH SUMMER OIL.S DO TAKE SOME 8 WEEK,S OR MORE ==TO DRY== ,I DID THIS FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS WITH MY WIFE =========================== BUT AT 70 I DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO CORNWALL ,===AND TO BUY A VICTORIAN OLD FARM HORSE STABLES ALL IN OLD CORNISH STONE, WITH A LARGE BACK SECLUDED GARDEN IDEAL FOR A STUDIO, PLUS A NEW GARDEN GALLERY FOR MY ART,SO WE THEN WENT AHEAD AND PERCHASED IT AND MOVED IN TO OUR NEW VICTORIAN BARN ======================== HERE IN MITCHELL VILLAGE INBETWEEN TRURO AND NEWQUAY ============================ ALSO TO CONTINUE PAINTING HERE IN CORNWALL AS I WAS NO LONGER SHOWING MY ART IN THE 6 GALLERYS IN CORNWALL INC ST IVES-PADSTOW- NEWQUAY-WADEBRIDGE-AND PENZANCE================ ST IVES WAS THE BEST GALLERY FOR ME ,BUT THEY DID TAKE 60% PLUS OF THE SHOP PRICE, BUT THEN COVID ARRIVED ,AND ALL THE GALLERYS INC ,MY OWN HERE IN KESLE MILL HAD TO CLOSE, BUT I CONTINUED TO PAINT AND SOLD TO MANY OF MY COLLECTERS FROM THIS AFFORDABLE ART WEBSITE ========================== THIS GAVE ME THE IDEAR TO OPEN MY HOME TROPICAL GARDEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE WEEKENDS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS,OR BY PHONE ARANGEMENT IN THE WINTER --------------------------- AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OUTSIDE GALLERYS, I ONLY GOT BACK HALF OF MY PAINTING AS ALL ART IS ON A SALE OR RETURN BASIS AND TRUST ??? SO I AM NOW ONLY SELLING FROM HOME OR ON THIS SITE AND I HAVE REDUCED MY WORK BY THE 4O% TO 60% THAT SOME OF THE GALLERYS USED TO TAKE PLUS IN SOME OF THE GALLERY,S WANTED ======================== THATS IT I THOUGH BECAUSE AT NEARLY 85 NOW,I ONLY DO WHAT I WANT TO DO ========================= IN MY OWN SECRET GARDEN AND GALLERY WITH WATERFULL SCULPTURE FOR MY 2 SON.S WHO BOTH PASSED AWAY WITH CANCER LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR SO I INTEND TO REDESIGN IT == IT ,AND PUT A WATER== AND INSTALL A FEATURE FOUNTAIN FOR THEM IN MY ART GARDEN, I DO ALL THE WORK ON MY GARDEN MYSELF INC INCLUDING THE STATUE ========================== AND START TO PAINTING AGAIN --OF COURSE AFTER SUTCH AN AWFUL 18 MONTH,S FOR US== YEAR FOR US=== AND TRY TO FORGET ALL THAT HAPPEND I WANT ALL THE OLD PRESSURE,S OF THE LAST TWO YEARS GONE ============================ SO IF YOU WISH TO WANDER AROUND MY GALLERY AND GARDEN AND VIEW MY WORK PLEASE RING IN ADVANCE ,SO THANK,S TO ALL MY OLD CUSTERMERS,====== THANKS JIM/R ===================== MY HOME LANDLINE === 01872 510622==== AFTER 10 AM PLEASE ------------------------ PLEASE NOTE ANY PAINTING PERCHASED FROM ME CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR ====================== ANOTHER FOR ANY REASON AT ALL-FOR UP TO I MONTH AFTER PERCHASE, IN FACT NOBODY HASE YET DONE THIS IN FACT MORE PEOPLE HAVE PERCHASED ANOTHER PAINTING AT A LATER DATE SO MANY THANKS TO THEM ALL ======================== ======================= PLEASE NOTE = I NOW ONLY SHOW MY WORK ON THIS WEBSITE,-OR IN MY HOME TROPICAL GARDEN GALLERY MY WORK IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER GALLERYS ======================= THANKS A LOT BY FOR NOW =J/R

Original watercolour painting signed. Watercolour painting 'Up, up and away', c.Mar'2021, 14x10in, on Fabriano 140lb paper. Unframed. Dispatched with Royal Mail Special Delivery.

The old bridge at Sligachan on the Isle of Skye.

This painting depicts a Sea Eagle taking a fish from a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands on a misty early morning.

Synergy of watercolour paint and digital process. In Whitstable there is a shingle strip that reaches out into the sea that follows the leyline from Canterbury Cathedral. This painting was inspired by part of this shingle viewed under a microscope.

This is an evocative piece showing two young ladies on tour in their iconic Citroen 2CV with the even more iconic Mont St Michel as a backdrop. They have broken their journey and while one of the friends enjoys the sunshine the other contemplates who knows what? This piece is set in a contemporary tray frame.

THIS IS A OIL PAINTING I DID OF MY HOUSE (WELLESLY BARN ) HERE IN MITCHELL IT WAS THE OLD STABLES FOR 4 HORSE,S TO THE ORIGINAL FARM H, HERE SOME 200 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ROAD OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WAS THE MAIN A 30 FROM LONDON TO LANDS END -BUT NOW REPLACED WITH A PASSING DUAL CARRIGEWAY ============================ MY GARDEN GALLERY IS NOW IN MY FROPICAL === REAR GARDEN===== ALONG WITH A POND AND WATERFALL DOWN TO MY SUNKEN GARDEN WITH A CORNISH STONE WALL WITH A LOT OF TROPICAL PLANT,S- AND SOME ART WORK,= NORMALY I HAVE 100 CANVASE.S TO VIEW FROM £100 UP TO £500 ACCORDING TO SIZE ALSO THE WORK INVOLVED SOME OF MY LARGE CANVASE TAKE SOME 3 OR 4 DAYS FOR ME TO COMPLEATE SO THAT IS REFLECED IN THE PRICE ============================ THIS I TRY TO OPEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS OF MAY TO SEPTEMBER, ON SAT AND SUNDAYS THE SIGN ON THE OUTSIDE WALL =WILL TELL YOU -BUT I AM HAPPY TO OPEN ON THAT DAY THAT SUITS YOU ======================== IF THE WEATHER ALOWE,S ( NO STRONG WINDS ) ALLOWES ME TO, IF NOT, ==HAVE MY WALK == IN GARDEN GALLERY , YOU CAN VIEW YOU CAN RING ME ON 01872-510622 FOR WEEKDAYS AFTER 10 IN THE MORNING,S IF YOU WISH TO VISIT MY GARDEN MID WEEK AND MY GALLERY , JUST RING ME BE FOREHAND ON 01872 510622 LANDLINE THANKS A LOT J/R ============================ ============================== PLEASE NOTE ,THAT AFTER SUTCH A DIFFICULT 18 MONTHE FOR US MY GARDEN AND GALLERY HASE BEEN CLOSED MOST OF THE TIME, ONLY OPENED TO ANY REQUEST,S TO OPEN AND TO VIEW THE GARDEN AND =====MY ART I HOPE==== --BUT I HOPE TO BETTER THIS YEAR OF 2026 SO POP IN IF IN MITCHELL NEXT SUMMER CHEERS J/R

THIS VERY THICK OIL PAINTING WITH LOT,S OF TEXTURES IS ON MY SMALL 16X16"INCH DEEP EDGE CANVASE 41X41 CM == ALL READY TO HANG ON YOUR WALL ITS VERY STIKING WITH THE NIGHT SKY AND MOON DUST== PLEASE NOTE YOU CAN CHANGE ANY OF MY PAINTING FOR ANY REASON,=UP TO A MONTH AFTER PERCHASE, NO PROBLEM AT ALL TO DATE NOBODY HASE DONE THIS IN OVER 1000 SALES MOST IN FACT , HAVE PERCHASE ANOTHER PAINTING THANKS A LOT JIM