I was reacquainted with this painting that I sold 5 years ago. It  was called ‘Return of the Native’ because it is a close-up of Cookworthy Knapp. A hilltop cluster of trees, close to the border of Devon and Cornwall, on the A30 travelling West. The trees are known as ‘Nearly Home Trees’

I say reacquainted because I never really knew it well.  It was delivered to the gallery as soon as it was dry. It is about a metre square. It was unsold half an hour before the exhibition closed, but at the very last minute a woman rushed in to buy it. I always forget about this painting because I knew it for such a short time, and I have another one of the same subject that resolutely fails to sell whenever I put it out in the public domain.

I know that paintings can take their own sweet time to find their forever homes but I was a bit shocked at how easy it is to forget one that sells immediately.

The strange thing is that cards of this design sell really well. Art is a funny world. The link below is about the trees.

https://www.perransabove.co.uk/blogs/happenings/nearly-there-trees