St Just Cornwall UK
St Just in Penwith Cornwall is at the far end of the UK South West. Almost on a par with Lands End. St Just Cornwall UK
This is a sketch of the village centre.
St Just was originally a mining village – primarily tin. It is now mainly a centre of tourism and is busy with art galleries, cafes and souvenir shops.
St Just is also the home village of the Jackson Foundation. Kurt Jackson is a brilliant contemporary artist. Kurt concentrates on landscapes, now increasingly in vogue with our enlightened interest in the environment and concerns with climate change and its devastating effect on our Earth home.
Check out Kurt Jackson’s work on: https://www.jacksonfoundationgallery.com/
St Just Cornwall UK
Art-Tales is a magazine blog site following the journeys and reflections through the art world of artist, sketcher, art historian and critic Al Beckett.
Merely to amuse, inform and entertain, Art-Tales is aimed at people who simply wish to dip a toe into the art world, share an insight, smile at a joke and maybe even be informed a little.
Al regularly visits the major galleries in the UK and whenever possible, mainland Europe and the USA. He keeps up to date by subscribing to many periodicals, viewing documentaries and the news in general.
Al paints and sculpts himself and frequently sketches in-situ. He has written a book ‘The Primacy of Your Eye’ designed to give people some insights to enhance their experiences in galleries. Fully illustrated with 400 sketches and drawings of major art works and their artists, the book takes the reader on a journey through topics to perhaps consider to enrich the viewing experience.
To many, the art world is daunting, to others it holds little interest. A gentle submersion at a depth to suit the individual can produce rich and rewarding results.
That’s the purpose of Art-Tales.