A Blog by Glyn Macey
Cornish artist Glyn has just started his 9 month fundraising trip around the English Coast to raise money for the RNLI. Following the great success of his previous fundraising project, Glyn will be producing 180 paintings from around the English coastline which will be auctioned on Ebay over a 9 month period, starting on Tuesday 1 July 2008. The paintings will cover an area including the Lancashire and Cumbria coastlines and Northumberland all the way down the coast to Cornwall. We are very excited to have Glyn blogging for us during his travels and you can read all about his experiences here
To find out about the specific sites being featured in the English coastline auction and to read Glyn’s blog about his visits to each area, go to http://www.gullova.co.uk/.
Porlock
Just along the coast is Porlock, guarded on one side by an impossibly steep hill.A huddle of buildin
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Lynmouth
I reckon that Devon has more than its fair share of tucked away, beautiful hideaways, and Lynmouth i
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Ilfracombe
2 tiny, weeny studies sum up Ilfracombe for me.A sienna dawn and a bright evening, painted very quic
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Bideford
I love the bridge at Bideford, but its so long that its difficult to fit into one painting.Instead I
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Clovelly
Clovelly must be one of the most visited places in Devon, squeezy lanes trip you up on the way down
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Lundy
Lundy is a fascinating island and wildlife haven, off the North coast of Devon. Owned by the Nationa
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Bude
Our last stop in Cornwall and another surfers paradise...big seas, big soft beaches and big, bright
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Boscastle
After the devastating flooding, the re-built Boscastle has settled back into its role as one of the
posted: 7/22/2009 4:33:05 PM
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Port Isaac
We saw the best fireworks and bonfire ever at Port Isaac, a huge bonfire built right on the beach an
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Padstow
The snug harbour of Padstow is a magnet for Range Rovers and Porsches...but don't let that put y
posted: 6/11/2009 11:38:52 AM
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Newquay
Surfer paradise. I paint the folks enjoying Fistral beach in the sun, the most famous of the British
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St Agnes, Cornwall
The mining industry of Cornwall has drawn artists to paint for generations, the silhouetted mine sha
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Godrevy
Godrevy lighthouse guards St Ives bay, and was the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's "To The
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St Ives
What can you say about St Ives that hasn't already been said, or painted!Just the ultimate paint
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Sennen
Paradise in England, warm sun and soft sand, until the Atlantic storms blow in that is.
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St Martin's
St Martin's is a very beautiful island with probably the best beaches of the Scillies, possibly
posted: 6/10/2009 2:08:31 PM
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St Agnes
I spend the night on St Agnes and get to paint this extraordinary sunset.It's so rich you can fe
posted: 6/4/2009 4:59:09 PM
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Tresco
Could be mistaken for thinking you were in the Caribbean.Tresco is buffered from the raging seas by
posted: 6/4/2009 4:57:19 PM
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Bryher, Isles of Scilly
Bryher is my current favourite island, windswept, treeless, hammered by the Atlantic gales and bless
posted: 6/4/2009 4:54:22 PM
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St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's is the largest of the Isles of Scilly, and my study is of Hugh Town from one of the fa
posted: 6/4/2009 4:52:42 PM
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Land's End
That's a big sea!I can feel the salt spray hit me as I paint this study, cold and refreshing, mi
posted: 6/4/2009 4:48:07 PM
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Mousehole
Again, quickly painted. I know Mousehole very well, so I was only really concerned with light and sh
posted: 4/9/2009 2:05:02 PM
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Newlyn
My home town of Newlyn is always fascinating, the colours, textures, smells and sounds of the west c
posted: 4/9/2009 2:03:05 PM
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Penzance
Penzance has the best skyline of the whole of the English coast**not a legal claim as such, just my
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Marazion
I'm on real home turf now, my home and studio is only 1 mile from Marazion beach.It's a wond
posted: 4/9/2009 1:51:31 PM
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Porthleven
Porthleven at night is magical.My Winsor blue, Cadmium red and Mr Burnt Sienna come into their own w
posted: 4/2/2009 5:11:57 PM
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Cadgwith
You could never accidentally stumble upon Cadgwith.The tiny town needs seeking out, down squeezy Cor
posted: 3/25/2009 5:14:55 PM
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Truro
The wonderfully pint sized city of Truro can be found at the head of the mighty Fal river.Beautiful
posted: 3/19/2009 11:38:10 AM
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Falmouth
Ahhhh Falmouth, I was a student at Falmouth 20 odd years ago.At the time it was more about The Chain
posted: 3/11/2009 3:26:07 PM
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St Mawes
The more genteel cousin of Falmouth, St Mawes is perfectly situated on the banks of the Fal.Looking
posted: 3/11/2009 3:14:21 PM
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Port Loe
Now we're in real smuggler territory, the tiny village shoe horned into a cliff gully makes the
posted: 3/4/2009 2:55:51 PM
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Megavissey
I love Mevagissey, it's an untidy jumble of gulls, nets and fish boxes, all placed to trip up th
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Fowey
From every angle Fowey looks continental, except the climate! Stunningly situated on the banks of th
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Cawsand Kingsand and Looe
Tiny, narrow streets and ice cream painted houses of Cawsand and Kingsand make the twin villages a p
posted: 1/28/2009 12:55:42 PM
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Plymouth
The city centre of Plymouth was re-built after devastating bombing during WWII, but the historic Bar
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Dartmouth & Salcombe
What can you say about Dartmouth?A very beautiful and characterful town, full of life all year round
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Paignton & Brixham
PAIGNTON - Red, red sand on a huge beach with a fantastic Art Deco lido and pier.Apparently Issac Si
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Teignmouth & Torquay
TEIGNMOUTH - I like Teignmouth.It is so well situated at the mouth of the Teign facing Shaldon that
posted: 12/4/2008 5:01:27 PM
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Sidmouth, Exmouth & Exeter
SIDMOUTH - I don't believe it, another impromptu demo!This time to an art club who are already p
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Lyme Regis, Seaton & Beer
LYME REGIS - Freezing but beautiful, 7 in the morning, late October.The air takes your breath away,
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Lulworth, Durdle Door, Weymouth, Portland and Chesil Beach
LULWORTH and DURDLE DOOR - Woken by the most magical dawn chorus, well it was 4.00am, but hey, what
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Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, Corfe and Swanage
BOURNEMOUTH - Amazing beaches, the shingle to the East has turned into soft, soft sand, the whole ar
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Portsmouth, Christchurch and Mudeford
PORTSMOUTH -(Spinnaker Tower) - A premiership Football club city so lots and lots of wanna-be footba
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Worthing & Bognor Regis
WORTHING - A very beautiful resort, with a stunning pier, voted worlds best pier in 2006!An art deco
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Brighton
Early in the morning on Brighton Seafront.Lots of beautiful people jogging/rollerskating/skateboardi
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Beachy Head
Looking back at Eastbourne from Beachy Head easily looks like the South of France, you could be look
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Eastbourne
Wheelchair access capital of the world.Very, very clean and tidy with the best pier so far.Immaculat
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Hastings
I could move here tomorrow.Just fantastic.Its what every resort should be - huge beach, loads of fun
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Dungeness
Derek Jarman must have taken pity on me and ordered a bright sun for my arrival in Dungeness, and wh
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Deal
DEAL - If staggering, drunkenly out of the pub on a winters night (not me, I hear you say), you coul
posted: 9/24/2008 12:08:55 PM
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Ramsgate
RAMSGATE - Finally stopped raining, not very promising when you enter Ramsgate, but a great marina a
posted: 9/24/2008 12:07:58 PM
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Broadstairs
BROADSTAIRS - The rain has stopped and the sun is out, very, very quiet considering its June.Stopped
posted: 9/24/2008 12:07:05 PM
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Whitstable & Margate
WHITSTABLE - Lovely place - fantastic painterly town, tarred wood sheds, old dutch buildings and sme
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Felixstowe & St.Pauls
FELIXSTOWE - In need of some love!Has a pier but its closed, has the beach but its not used, has the
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Aldeburgh & Orford
ALDEBURGH - Met a dog walker from London on the beach at Aldeburgh, "Lovely Innit!?, I come up
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Southwold & Walberswick
SOUTHWOLD -6am March - Can't write, so cold.Bright sun but freeeeeeezing - beautiful, beautiful
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Sheringham, Cromer & Great Yarmouth
SHERINGHAM - At Sheringham the salt marsh disappears to be replaced by clifs with the consistency of
posted: 9/3/2008 3:09:53 PM
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Brancaster, Wells next the Sea & Blakeney
BRANCASTER - Very exposed, salt marsh dunes, stinging hale - a party of school kids on the beach - m
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Hunstanton
HUNSTANTON - (early March diary entry, painted in July) You've got to love it! - everything I lo
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Humber Bridge, Cleethorpes & Skegness
HUMBER BRIDGE - Just a fantastic bridge, longest single span in the world up to the mid eighties, no
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Hornsea & Spurn Head
HORNSEA - Cliff Erosion: The cliffs between Hornsea and Spurn Head are being eaten away as a child e
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Scarborough & Flamborough
SCARBOROUGH: A superb resort with 2 huge blue flag beaches, funfairs, a beautiful harbour, yachts, n
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Whitby & Robin Hoods Bay
WHITBY: What a fantastic town, very historic and with THE BEST Fish n' Chips EVER from the Magpi
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Introducing my blog & the RNLI fundraising project
I was born and then grew up in Newlyn, West Cornwall. Since leaving Falmouth School of Art in
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