02 Marine Paintings - Linda Weir, With Footnotes, #260

Linda Weir, (British, born 1951)

Men Coming Home. St Ives Harbour, June 2008 

Oil and ball-point pen on canvas

35.5 x 46cm (14 x 18 1/8in)

Private collection

St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort.

The origin of St Ives is attributed in legend to the arrival of the Irish saint Ia of Cornwall, in the 5th century. The parish church bears her name, and St Ives derives from it.

St Ives was the most important fishing port on the north coast. The pier was built by John Smeaton in 1767–70 but has been lengthened at a later date. The octagonal lookout with a cupola belongs to Smeaton's design. More on St Ives

Linda Weir

High Days and Holidays, St Ives, c. 2009

Oil on canvas

51 x 61 cm, 20 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches

Private collection

Linda Weir was born in Manchester in 1951, and studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, attaining a foundation in Visual Studies, a BA in Fine Art and a PGCE in Art. She went on to receive an MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University. 

Linda held many teaching positions between 1983 and 2003 including at the University of Nottingham and Manchester Metropolitan University. She was a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art and a founder member of the Manchester Artists Studio Association.

Linda won a place at Falmouth School of Art in the 1980s but was unable to take it up. Twenty-five years later, she finally arrived in West Cornwall and now lives and paints in St Ives where she produces impasto oils, all ‘en plein air’. She describes being in Cornwall as a “constant thrill” and finds it an “intensely inspiring place”.

Linda has exhibited extensively in one-woman and mixed shows across the country, most notably at the Royal Academy Summer Show. More on Linda Weir

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