‘Spring Tide, Coverack’ celebrates the arrival of spring on Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula, where a brilliant display of daffodils overlooks the sheltered harbour and turquoise sea.
Joanne Short has framed the view with bold white narcissi and golden yellow daffodils, their sweeping stems and trumpet-shaped flowers filling the foreground with seasonal colour. Beyond them, Coverack harbour curves around the water in bands of warm orange, pale stone and deep blue-grey, leading the eye towards the cottages clustered above the rocks.
Small fishing boats and sailing boats rest across the harbour, their simplified shapes and bright reflections creating a gentle rhythm through the composition. The high spring tide brings the sea close to the harbour walls and rocky shoreline, filling the bay with luminous tones of aqua, turquoise and soft green.
Joanne’s distinctive colourist approach transforms this much-loved Cornish village into a carefully balanced story of colour. The warm oranges and yellows of the flowers, walls and boats glow against the cooler blues and greens of the sea and sky, capturing the freshness and optimism of Cornwall in spring.
At 12 × 12 inches, ‘Spring Tide, Coverack’ is a highly collectable original oil painting filled with flowers, coastal light and a strong sense of place. It would bring warmth, colour and the enduring beauty of the Cornish coast into a home.
Item Information
| Description |
Framed Original Painting |
| Artist |
Cornish Artist Joanne Short (born 1967) |
| Signed by the Artist |
Signed by Joanne Short |
| Painting size |
12 x 12 inches |
| Medium |
Oil on canvas |
| Framed size |
17.5 x 17.5 inches |
| Frame type |
The St Ives style picture frame is a Renaissance-inspired cassetta frame, Italian for 'little box', featuring a white stain finish that highlights the wood grain. With a 73mm wide profile and 39mm depth, it creates a recessed central panel, perfect for a timeless, contemporary and elegant display of the painting.
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| Ready to hang |
Strung with picture cord and ready to hang |