Helen Elizabeth Kuumbi |Artist| Cornwall
Echoes in the landscape
A growing collection of paintings exploring the remnants of the past and history's traces on the landscape. Considering how the natural landscape has been shaped and scarred by man and manipulated by time, thinking about how stories persist and are reinvented. Experimenting with how paint can be manipulated, how the process can relate to a narrative. I am continuing exploring ancient stone monuments and their dialogue with the landscape, their interaction and mimicry of the topography.
From ancient stones to industrial ruins, created 2020-2023
Continued research and sketch- booking of ancient monuments as I work towards an ambitious new series depicting the stones of Europe.
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First exhibited August 2022 at Garrison Gallery and at Awenek Studio July 2021 in a joint show with artist Rosie French,
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Echoes in a landscape, mixed media, oil and acrylic
Paintings in this collection
Haze - A historic view of foss quay, Millbrook, mixed media, 34x44cm, £130
Evaporate - Yellowmead Stone circle, Dartmoor, mixed media, 34x44cm £140
Dissipate - Southdown, Millbrook, Cornwall, 44x34cm, mixed media sold
Calling - standing stone at Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor, 55x55cm, acrylic on canvas £220
Assume - KIng Arthurs Hall, Bodmin Moor, acrylic on canvas, 15x15cm £60
Subsume - Emblance Down, Bodmin Moor, acrylic on canvas, 15x15cm £60
Foss under Mist - Foss Quay, Millbrook, Cornwall, oil on canvas 34x54 £240
Dirty Valley- Devon great consoles mine, oil on canvas, 41x31xm, sold
Greeting the Rising Sun- Fernacre stone circle, Bodmin Moor, acrylic on canvas 40x40cm sold
Hello Summer - Fernacre Stone circle, acrylic on canvas, sold
Dodbrook Whether - triptech of historic cottages in Dodbrook, Millbrook, mixed media, sold
Cairn Holy- Neolithic chamber tomb in Galloway, oil on canvas, 30x40cm
Merrivale Stones - double stone row on Dartmoor, acrylic on canvas, 60x80cm sold
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