Audrey Evans - Newlyn Artist - Landscapes

Audrey Evans works in gouache, pastel and watercolour. Her main subject matter is landscape, particularly that of the Penwith peninsula and her work is based on direct observation. She is a keen draughtswoman and keeps a sketchbook with her all the time. Many of her ideas are interpreted in wood engravings. She was born in Sidcup, Kent but her family moved to Margate towards the end of the war.

She attended Thanet Art School and met her husband Bernard at the London University Institute of Education in the mid 1950s.They married in 1957, and moved to Cornwall in 1976. Audrey has been a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists since the 1980s. From 1977 to 2004 Audrey worked with Bernard organising and teaching at the Mounts Bay Arts Centre from their home and studio in Newlyn. Audrey taught watercolour and drawing at art classes for visiting artists during this period, specialising in the landscape and wildlife of West Cornwall . Audrey has travelled widely with Bernard where they have both painted in the USA, Africa, Oman, Italy, France, and Holland.

She played the double bass and concertina in the Newlyn Reelers through to July 2014 and occasionally now plays in the Golowan Band and participates in the local festivals of Mazey Day and Montol along with other band members. Audrey is also a keen supporter of Amnesty International and is involved with charities for homeless people in Penwith. She has exhibited widely throughout her life and in recent years both in solo shows and group exhibitions.

Below are a collection of Audrey Evans' Landscapes - mainly painted in Cornwall.