Roy Walker
St Ives Composition
Oil on board
22 x 30 inches
Signed
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Provenance
Private collection
Note: Arriving in St. Ives,Cornwall with his family in 1965 Roy’s artistic career began in earnest. He was allocated one of the prestigious Porthmeor Studios in 1971 and eventually occupied No 3 studio from 1982 until his death in 2001. He made a huge contribution to the arts in Cornwall and St Ives in particular, where he achieved an impressive reputation as an artist, etcher, printmaker and teacher. He also helped produce prints for many of Cornwall’s leading artists, including John Wells and Bryan Pearce.