Colin Orchard | St Ives Observed

COLIN ORCHARD

‘ST IVES

COLIN ORCHARD

‘ST IVES OBSERVED’

Colin Orchard is one of St Ives’ most respected resident artists, known primarily as a painter of interior scenes and the landscapes of Cornwall, East Anglia and Italy. His early work was strongly influenced by the Post-Impressionist paintings of Walter Sickert and Edouard Vuillard, and accordingly Colin’s paintings display an emphatic but impressionistic rendering of colour, light and shadow, and a subjective response to key elements within each of his beautiful compositions. In 2015 the New Craftsman was privileged to host Colin’s celebratory 80th birthday exhibition and, in the spring of 2022, his very first collection of works inspired by the streets of St Ives. This exhibition is the second in his St Ives series and once again takes us through its winding cobbled lanes, capturing unique views and intimate lines of sight with the affection and familiarity of an artist who has lived in the town for more than 40 years.

“In more than 30 years [Colin] has rarely put brush to canvas on the subject of St Ives. [His] paintings remind one of the days when its streets are empty of tourists, when the town returns to its residents and when, as many might feel, St Ives is at its best.”

Colin has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and at venues including Medici Galleries, Messum’s, Walker Galleries, Ainscough and the New Grafton Gallery.

Extract from arts writer Frank Ruhrmund’s ‘The Town is the Star of the Show’

‘Approaching Virgin Street’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins) £900

‘Ayr Lane’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Baileys Lane’

Oil on canvas - 75x75cm (29.53x29.53 ins)

£2,500

‘Blue Door, Back Road East’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins) £900

‘Wills Lane’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Custom House Passage’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Bunkers Hill’

Oil on canvas - 75x75cm (29.53x29.53 ins)

£2,500

‘Wills Lane’

Oil on canvas - 75x75cm (29.53x29.53 ins)

£2,500

‘Baileys Lane’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Blue Gate’

‘Carn Glaze Place’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Court Cocking’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Custom House Passage’

Oil on canvas - 75x75cm (29.53x29.53 ins)

£2,500

‘Custom House Passage (Fore Street Entrance)’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘From Bowling Green’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Vigin Street Bunting’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Hepworth Garden’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Love Lane, Morning Sun’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins) £900

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Love Lane Passage’

‘Lower Virgin Street’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Norway Lane’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Oi Yoi Yoi at The Tate’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Ready for Take Off’

‘Smeatons Pier’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Arts Club’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Sun and Shadows, Carnglaze’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘The Meadow’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘The Warren’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Three Arches’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Midday Light’

Oil on canvas - 75x75cm (29.53x29.53 ins)

£2,500

‘Winter Morning’

Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900

‘Winter Sunrise’ Oil on board - 30x30cm (11.81x11.81 ins)

£900