Nick Ryall works from Krowji studios, Redruth. A multi-media artist and musician, he trained at Bradford College of Art in 1979.
Adrian Ryan was born in Hampstead, London and was educated at Eton College. At the beginning of WWII he spent a year studying at the Architectural Association and at the Slade School. A first solo show of his paintings was held at the Redfern Gallery, and his main career in art was begun. Friends made along the way brought him inevitably into the orbit of the modernists grouping in Cornwall, and paintings by him were included in the 3rd Crypt Exhibition (1948) in St Ives.
Exhibiting regularly at the RA and widely in the UK and abroad (France, USA), Adrian's other occupation was lecturing in painting and drawing from 1948 both at Goldsmiths College, and subsequently at the Cambridge College of Art and Technology until the mid 1980's. Solo and mixed shows followed and his work was included in the exhibition 'West Country Artists' (1962) in Hanover, and 'Paintings of Cornwall 1945-55' (1977) at the New Arts Centre, London.
Honouring the place of Cornwall in Adrian Ryan's somewhat rackety life is not easy, but Julian Machin in his recent (2009) biography has done an excellent job of detailing aspects of the artist's relationships, his depressive periods, and his imagery in painting. Though never remaining in West Cornwall for long periods, his imprint remains, and this can be seen in his inclusion in several exhibitions since his death in 1998 in Camden Town, London.
Paul Ryan lives in Falmouth. His work is made on wooden panels which he finds on walks along the Penryn river and creeks.
Ryan works from studios at Trevelloe Farm, Lamorna, and creates her pieces in mixed media and sculptural forms.
Ryan creates her white earthenware and porcelain wall plaques and tiles at Trevelloe Farm, Lamorna, TR19 6NX.
Art student from France aged 18, living at No. 45 The Willows in Penzance at the time of 1891 Census. Her mother Annette Sabatier (living on her own means), born at Chilton Hall, Suffolk, but probably acting as chaperone to her daughter, was living with her. There are several artist Sabatiers listed in Benezit.
His works include St Michael's Mount (1850), a steel line engraving
Christine Sagar's paintings and drawings depict Cornish festivals and events, past and present.
Landscape and floral artist now in her 90s (2010) who still paints, despite failing eyesight. She is a member of the Hypatia Trust, and attends weekly workshops in art for the partially-sighted at Trevelyan House, Penzance. A collection of her floral and landscape watercolours (9) are in the Permanent Collection of the Hypatia Trust.
She was a member of St Ives Art Colony before 1939, although living in Newlyn, and active in NAG and NSA post-WWII. She exhibited widely and sold successfully.
Her death was announced in the Cornishman in August 2012. A memorial exhibition of her work will be offered in future. She will be greatly missed by friends everywhere, for her generosity and support to all manner of organisations such as the Acorn Theatre, the Hypatia Trust and the Newlyn Art Gallery.
Janet Sainsbury was awarded a residency at Porthmeor Studios for the month of June 2016, the venue for her 'Open Studio'.
Born in west Cornwall, Ros gave up a teaching career to focus on painting. She now works full-time as an artist from her studio in Penzance.
She was a pupil at the FORBES SCHOOL in 1907. Sending in her work from Myrtle Cottage, Newlyn (where Fryn JESSE was also lodging), the artist exhibited one work at Liverpool in 1909.
Kathleen Sampson lives and works in Redruth, Cornwall where her daily occupation is with an artists' supply company dealing in paints, and general materials. She has a Degree in Fine Art from Falmouth College of Art. She has exhibited work over many years at various venues in West Cornwall, such as the Bread Street Gallery, the Jamieson Library of Women's History, Newmill, and arts & crafts fairs. She was invited in 2005 to be the first in a series of Art in House exhibitions at the Hypatia Trust Study Centre, at Trevelyan House, Penzance.
Her paintings and prints are ethereal and engage the phantasmagoric, sensitive in their people and animals wrapped in the wonders of nature. A particular subject is/was horses in the landscape.
SEE also Kathleen COTTELL.
By using Chinese brush and ink on calligraphy paper, Sara Samuelsson creates paintings which attempt to connect with the Tao of life. Monoprints form the starting point for layered semi-abstract compositions which relate to the surrounding landscape.
Samvado is a sculptor who works from Wood Studio on the Lizard peninsula.
After spending two years at Blackpool College of Art, Stephanie Sandercock spent her twenties working between Tokyo and London. A musician and songwriter, she released three albums in her thirties under her maiden name 'Stephanie Kirkham'. Moving from Lancashire to Cornwall in 2014, she married and began painting full-time.
Captivated by the Cornish coastal rock, especially at Gwithian, she uses various plasters to create her unique abstracts. This body of work has gained the recognition of the Penwith Society and St Ives Society of Artists.
Sandercock's paintings have a mysterious force within them, perhaps mirroring the artist's sense of being deeply grounded as she 'plugs into the energy of the rock'. Lines and curves can be seen like pathways across ploughed fields, edges of boats or distant lights in a harbour. Immersed in her local environment, she captures the energy of the area by building layers of plaster and paint which she scratches and cuts into, giving a higly textured feel.
She has held four solo exhibitions at Penwith Gallery. Of the most recent, Alchemy, local art critic Frank Ruhrmund wrote: '...her three-dimensional, semi-sculptural compositions are as accomplished and appealing as they are impressive and highly individual.'
Her work has been exhibited widely in Cornwall, and she is represented by Thompson's Galleries in London.
Cornish-born artist who exhibited at the 1884 West Cornwall Arts Union (WCAU).
Born in south Wales, Jeremy Sanders studied at St Martins School of Art and went on to graduate from the University of the West Country with an Honours degree. He was a Princes Trust Gold Medal winner.
After a number of years in the art gallery business, he moved to Cornwall in 2017, and works from a studio near Penzance. He uses credit card fragments to create his paintings in oils. Sanders' work has been featured on television programmes and he has undertaken commissions for brand name clients.
Submitting from Wadebridge to the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's Annual Exhibition in September of 1846, Sanders was awarded the Bronze Medal for Wanderings of a Pencil.
Iona was born in the far West of Cornwall, and has spent most of her life there. Her early days were spent combing the beaches for treasures, and pressing flowers, which would go on to become the subject matter for many of her paintings.
Iona left Cornwall to study History of Art at Bristol before returning to work and raise a family. When her children were young she painted canvases to brighten up their rooms. This led to commissioned works which gave her the confidence to paint professionally. Recently her paintings have explored simplicity (in her otherwise busy domestic life), often paying particular attention to mundane, everyday objects. Her passion is derived from the landscapes that have surrounded her all of her life, and the sea view which is the predominant feature of her studio. Her style is free, with a naivity that makes her pieces like a breath of sea air.
(With thanks to the Waterside Gallery, St Ives, for this profile.)