Cornish Landscapes and Images
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This waterfall in St Nectan's Glen, flows
down and through a natural hole in the rock. It is known as the Kieve, and ranks
among the top ten spiritual locations in Britain. Pilgrims and visitors often tie ribbons to branches and rocks beside the waterfall, and so I have incorporated small bunches of ribbon at the sides of the picture. Legend says that the Knights of the Round Table immersed themselves in the pool at the base of the fall as part of their initiation before the Quest for the Holy Grail. Size: 20 inches by 10 inches. |
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| There are many ruined tin mines along the
North Coast of Cornwall. This one stands in a particularly dramatic position,
witnessing to Cornwall's industrial past. Size 5 inches by 7 inches
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The chough, an all-black member of the crow family,
with distinctive red bill and legs, is the emblem of Cornwall and appears on the Coat of
Arms. Having been absent from Cornwall for around fifty years, a pair of wild choughs returned in 2002, and since then have produced and reared ten young. Other adults birds have subsequently returned. Some people have thus seen the chough not only as an emblem of Cornwall, but also of the revival of the Cornish language and culture.
Size: 8.5 inches by 5 inches |
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