Robert Jones: Sea Interludes

A special collection of paintings by highly acclaimed artist Robert Jones: Sea Interludes. Alongside the paintings, we are thrilled to have received brand new collections of sculptures by Peter Hayes and Reece Ingram.


In 1997 the art historian / author Jenny Pery wrote a book on my work: "Robert Jones". The following excerpt could have been written yesterday:

" The recent series of paintings of seas and skies, painted in a format just off the square and reduced to simple structure of clouds and water meeting over low horizon, contain truths about the weather, which can be universally recognised. These are not merely paintings of the sea, but are about the experience of being at sea. They explore the subtle shifts of wind and water from a close viewpoint; they identify with the sea, seeming to contain symbolic truths about internal weather, about human moods and feelings. These nuances of mood can hardly be named, but they are nevertheless recognisable as states of being.
These are paintings made in the studio over a long period of time, which are deliberations on past experience. While the content has been sorted and sifted, the freshness of touch remains. Each has a specific yet timeless presence."

Amongst my favourite pieces of music are the Sea Interludes from the Benjamin Britten opera Peter Grimes. These extraordinary compositions communicate such emotion. The four movements are called Dawn, Sunday Morning, Moonlight and Storm. They evoke different sea moods, water and light etc, and echo moods within ourselves. I hope the viewer will sense something of this from the different sea-states and moods captured in the paintings' - Robert Jones

The show opens on Friday 3rd and will run until Wednesday 15th February at Beside The Wave Cornwall.

For more information contact gallery@beside-the-wave.co.uk | 01326 211132