Exhibition open: 10 February - 30 August, 2026

The awe-inspiring landscape of Cornwall – with its jagged cliffs, restless seas, and untamed moors – holds a wildness that seeps into the soul of those who encounter it. For many contemporary artists regardless of their medium, to work here is to enter into an ongoing conversation with the land.

These highly attuned observers who walk among us find beauty in storms and stillness. They chase the shifting light, and trace the contours of stone and shore with paint and clay. They are the latest in a long line of artists who have found endless inspiration here, for Cornwall has long shaped the imaginations of those who move with its rhythms, offering meaning, connection, and a creativity inseparable from place.

This exhibition brings together ten contemporary women artists whose practices reflect the unyielding pull of the Cornish landscape. Dotted across Cornwall, working from studios nestled in bustling harbours or perched on the edges of rugged moorland, each lets Cornwall’s landscape move through their work, shaped by salt air, stone, myth, and memory.

Each piece chosen for this exhibition reflects the enduring relationship between people and place, revealing how the peninsula’s shifting light and untamed beauty continue to spark new forms of expression.

Exhibiting Artists

Aisleigh Anne I Amy Albright I Charlotte Jones I Megan Gant I Natalie Day

Nina Brooke I Ruth Bateman I Sarah Woods I Sophie Carter I Tamsyn Trevorrow

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Sophie Carter