Repurposed Route -

Noss Mayo

This piece is very different to my usual work, focusing on a much higher vantage point, it is my representation of the well known circular walking route around Noss Mayo.

As with all my pieces, the texture is 3 dimensional and uses upcycled and found materials to build the depth.

The story behind the

Painting

In this piece, each point on the walk route is created using things found at that reference point:

Warren Car Park - A stone found in the car park

Warren Cottage - A piece of slate found outside the cottage

Gara Point - A stone found on the clifftop at the point

Mew Stone - A rock found on the footpath looking out to the stone

Cellar Beach - A piece of seaglass found on the beach

Passage Woods - An oak leave found in the woods

Ferry Wood - A piece of bark from the woods

The Ship Inn - this mini ship sculpture was specially created for this point

Also in the painting you will find:

Noss Beer Works - Bottle cap from the HQ

Hand carved Fish - made by one of the villagers representing the house on the creek

Stoke Beach - A piece of seaglass found on the beach

The main texture of the landmass has a sprinkling of sand from Cellar Beach and Stoke beach mixed into the paint.

Then the darker green areas, representing the wooded areas, have been created using hops from Noss Beer Works.

The turquoise walk route has been made from a huge piece of washed up rope that was on Cellar Beach.

The original painting was commissioned by Josh & Lottie, landlords of The Ship Inn, but if you would like to purchase a print of the painting, head to the link below 👇🏻

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Artist Research for the Piece

Walking this route for my painting research was no hardship, it is a stunning route along the South West Coast Path, taking in the history of the area as well as the incredible rock formations, tiny coves and ancient woodland.

The route starts at the National Trust car park ‘The Warren’ and takes you around the headland and down into the beautiful fishing village of Noss Mayo - you must always stop in at The Ship Inn on your walk!

The Making of the Piece

This large scale piece took a lot of layers to build the ocean water. Multiple hues of deep blue gradually building up the depth in the water, then adding some subtle texture to it’s surface.

Next I began the mammoth task of sculpting the land mass, carefully studying every twist and turn of the coastline so I could capture the rock formations as realistic as possible. This then had a light sprinkling of sand from both Stoke Beach and Cellar Beach over the surface, to give it further texture.

Then I added in the tiny coves and beaches dotted around the coastline, including Wembury on the very top of the painting.

There was very little wave work to do on this piece, as the perspective was much higher than my normal paintings, but I added intricate breaking waves as I had observed them along my research walks.

As I mentioned above, each stop point on the walk was then adorned with a found item from that location. The fish in the top right part of the painting was actually calved by one of the locals of the Ship Inn!

Then the final step was to add the route marker, which I created using a huge piece of old rope that I found on Cellar Beach. Saving it from washing back into the ocean, transforming it into texture for my painting.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the process of me creating this unique painting.

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