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rtist u e night, will often squeeze in a surf early in the morning or after wor , where he nds the last hours of light absolutely magical. “It’s not just the views from the water to the cliffs, but the smell, the tem erature, the taste to the air and, although often surf with a mate, it s the solitude that lures me. These elements have formed the cornerstone of u e s wor and he describes being one of the rst to see the daybrea over the water and the last to see it nish, as feeling very special.
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“A huge part of living in Cornwall for me is being able to s end time in the sea sur ng or swimming. or me being outdoors, s ending time in and around the water is a time when can reflect and be in the moment, e eriencing things in a different way to the way we s end most of the day, e lains Luke. “The experience of the water on my
A new name in contemporary painting, Luke Knight’s paintings express a beauty of space, emotion and light.
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face, the touch, and the smell is li e a form of meditation try to absorb as much of the e erience as ossible. t is this e erience of the intangible things that Luke’s tries to ca ture, roviding the large art of the fuel for the aintings. he coast and landsca e is important, but it is the feeling, emotion and e erience that forms in my memory which is so important. I hope that the painting is more than just a representation of a place. The paintings are those of a memory, a feeling, a time, a lace, an e erience indeed some of the paintings are in fact quiet abstract although not in the purest sense, as in my mind at least they represent something tangible. ns iration for u e lies dee in his e erience of the ornish coast and the ocean and they are both ey sub ects for his wor , as he explains: “My paintings are primarily ins ired by being in and around the cli o s
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