Silvie Ruscombe-King

Oil paintings from North Cornwall

I sometimes make paintings and mostly make messes.

Through my work, I try to find the beauty in the mundane. The way the light falls in the woodland; raindrops on a window; reading the paper on a Sunday morning.

Life is mostly made of normal things - so I paint the quiet moments in order to appreciate them more.

Based in a small greenhouse studio through the summer months, I love nothing more than splashing paint on a canvas (and the floor, and myself).

an oil painting of a man reading the newspaper in a garden, surrounded by plants, with a cup of coffee

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Had so much fun with this painting until I got to the bloody bicycle 🚲 Accidentally took possibly my longest ever break from making art? (In my defence, I did move house 3 times in 6 months. Life's been getting in the way 😤) No more neglecting th
Two very quick sketches from yesterday. I haven't worked in oils in a little while and did not realise how much I missed it until that first delicious buttery brushstroke 🎨 Really hope this is the start of the weather clearing up so I can get out a