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It was Bucks Fizz and breakfast baps all round at the
Tolcarne Inn in Sunday as proprietor Morah Thompson said thank you to some of
the artists who have been loaning their work to the monthly exhibitions that
have been held at the Newlyn Inn for the last seven years.Attending the
celebratory brunch, Newlyn artists John Watson and Joy Batten, and Penzance
artist, Di Gairn, said they enjoyed the idea of their work adorning the walls of
the well-known pub.
John Watson, whose acrylic and watercolour pieces
will be exhibited at the inn in June, said it was an interesting
concept.
"There's always an exhibition in here and we always make a point
of popping over to see what's new," he said.
The Tolcarne Inn overlooks
the beach and dates back to 1717.
Morah said when she took it over, the
walls were filled with pictures of sinking boats.
"The year I spent in
Holland, where art is hung everywhere, in post offices and public spaces, showed
me that art doesn't need to be confined to galleries," she said.
"Newlyn
has so many amazingly gifted people and I wanted to help them to show off their
work."
Morah, who runs the pub with her husband, Alan - a jazz lecturer
at Truro college who performs the Sunday lunchtime jazz sessions - said the art
sparks great debate among the customers.
"In many ways it's better than
going to the gallery because you're straight in front of it for about an hour
and you can really get a feel for it," she said.
Newlyn-born artist Joy
Batten, has one of her photographs capturing the incoming tide, on the far right
wall.
"The picture is very special to me because it's the first photo I
took after my mother's death," she said. "It was the day my brother and I
scattered the ashes of my mother and father at Sennen.
"I just looked at
the colours and the waves and I called it Meeting Place because the waves seemed
to be joining in the middle."
Penzance photographer, Di Gairn, is
exhibiting several of her pieces, including Eve, a black and white print of a
woman leaving her footprints in the sand at Sennen Beach.
"I couldn't
resist taking this one," she laughs.
"My friend got her feet wet and had
to change into dry shoes that I had in the car."
The artist, whose photo
of St Michael's Mount, taken right next to a red viewfinder on the pier,
teasingly shows the mount as a small spec in the distance.
"I try to stay
away from the picture postcard," she said. "I like taking quirky
pictures."
* The Tolcarne Inn is also exhibiting the colourful pieces of
Newlyn artist, Zoe Wilton.
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