“There is pleasure in the pathless woods. There is rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea and music in its roar. I love not man the less, but Nature more.”
–Lord Byron
I was born and raised on the Cornish coast, and although I've travelled to some beautiful countries I could never settle anywhere as comfortably as I do here in Cornwall, the most magical part of the world.
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I spend hours exploring the coast line, strolling through woodland and wandering past hedgerows which I can't resist peering over and looking through. I never tire of the changing sky, the colours amongst the trees and the delights of wildlife.
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My composite photography aims to draw together each element that has made me smile at a particular time in an attempt to encapsulate that memory forever. I liken my pebble art to the hours spent as a child making pictures out of the clouds, in the same way, I see people, creatures and flowers amongst all the different sizes, shapes and colours of the pebbles I find and the glass treasures I use in my art.
The escapism the natural world and my art offers me are two of my greatest saving graces in a world that is often confusing to me.
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Pip Carlton-Barnes