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These images are taken from a booklet about Sark geology in the Societe Jersiaise library where I did some initial research before my trip to Sark in May 2012. (The Rocks of Sark by Wes Gibbons, MTS, 1975)  I moored my boat in Creux harbour and have been sketching the rock strata there which also features banded gneiss. I lost all my preparatory photos when my phone got wet so I am now relying on sketches.  However the weather is bad, rain and cold, so I am forced to also rely on my imagination and memory of the rock, rather more than I usually do.  This development could well work in my favour and push my work forward.  Already my month in Sark is passing too quickly. I would like more time to research and paint, although I will continue when I get home to my studio in Jersey in June. I feel like I am only getting started. I like to delve deeply into a subject and squeeze the life out of it.  

I will be artist in residence at Stocks Hotel in May 2012 - you are very welcome to visit me.  I am sailing to Sark in my boat Dodger with my brother Peter and living on board for a month, sketching the coastline and painting in Stocks art studio. 

LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITS WORKS INSPIRED BY 50 YEARS OF ISLAND LIFE

Local artist Peter Carnegie is exhibiting a selection artwork from a 50-year career spent chronicling Jersey’s seascapes and landscapes on canvas.  The exhibition, which will take place at the White Space Gallery, Jersey Potteries between 18th - 31st October, is a tribute to Jersey’s coastal scenery from...

JERSEY’S ARTISTS OPEN THEIR DOORS TO SHOW YOU THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS.

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Open Studios 2011 celebrates the wealth of talented artists and makers producing work in Jersey. Now in its fourth year, this event gives you a chance to discover the diversity in the visual arts....