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N° 01 — Selected works
From the studio wall
Paintings, studies and editions from the three current series. Every work has its size, price and status on the label.
N° 02 — The artist
“I paint the same harbour every morning. The light is never the same twice, and that is the whole point.”
Isla Carrow paints the Cornish coast from a net loft above St Ives harbour. Her work moves between seascapes, colour studies made at the tideline, and quiet interiors in winter light.
N° 04 — Available now
Ready to hang
Original paintings that can be collected today, wrapped and delivered by art courier.
N° 05 — Series
Three bodies of work
Harbour Light
Tidelines
Rooms in Winter
01
2024–2026
Six paintings made from the same window over two winters, watching the harbour empty and fill with the tide.
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Oil on linen
02
2023–2025
Colour studies made at the water’s edge, where the sea leaves a new line on the sand twice a day.
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Oil and cold wax on linen
03
2022–2024
Kitchen tables, borrowed jugs and the low sun across a floor: the rooms I return to when the weather keeps me in.
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Oil on board
Shown with
N° 06 — Kind words
Isla’s painting changed the whole feel of our sitting room. We still notice something new in it every morning.
Hannah & Joe Whitfield
Collectors, Bristol
We commissioned a painting of the view from our cottage. Isla sent photos at every stage and the finished piece was even better than we hoped.
Margaret Ellison
Commission client, Mousehole
One of the most thoughtful painters of the Cornish coast working today. Her winter light is unmistakable.
Dr Ruth Pascoe
Curator, Penlee House
N° 07 — From the studio
Notes and news
Exhibition
Harbour Light opens at Gull Street
Six new paintings and a wall of morning studies are now hanging in St Ives until 15 November.
Studio
Stretching linen for the big ones
The largest canvases I have made came off the stretching table this week. A note on linen, sizing and patience.
Press
In Coast & Country this spring
A six-page feature on the Tideline paintings and the beach studies behind them.
N° 08 — Commissions
A painting made for one wall, and one view
I take on a small number of commissions each year: a favourite stretch of coast, a garden, the view from a window. Small works from £1,200.
