by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
A generous offer was made to me in 2017, “would I like to spend some time living in a lovely cottage near Lewes, with studio space if needed?” The timing was ideal because in 2015 I had embarked on South by Southwest, a five-year voyage round the south coast of...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
South by Southwest is a journey to explore our coastline from Ilfracombe in north Devon to St Margaret’s Bay in Kent, looking afresh at the harbours, bays, coves, castles and follies that characterise the remarkable shoreline of the south coast and encountering a...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The Tintagel of Merlin and Arthur is a magical place to commence the five-hundred-mile adventure of the South West Coast Path. Deep in these cliffs lie veins of tourmaline, a dark rock with a subdued and milky gleam. Expert cutting and polishing releases a dazzling...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The work you see here results from many hours spent on the coast, making meticulous line drawings, studying weather conditions at first hand and painting en plein air. This is followed by many further hours in the studio, recollecting the moods and emotions felt in...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The rocks of Cornwall have a fascinating story to tell that includes tropical seas, deserts, volcanic eruptions and ever changing climate and sea levels. I incorporate man-made structures in my landscapes to give a sense of scale, I think of them in the landscape like...