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  • Calstock; quaint and quiet.

    Calstock; quaint and quiet.

    After a very busy few weeks and the opening of my exhibition at the Castle, we both needed a break and to spend some time together. But yet again August brought rain, and cool winds so we escaped to the...

  • Sue Read The Sea and Me Exhibition

    The Sea and Me

    A story of loss, art and connection 

  • Sunset at Crooklets beach

    Dinner guest turns out to be a famous photographer

    We had been out for the evening, were heading home after a couple of lovely gin and tonics at the Deck watching the sunset. On our return home we called back to see friends at the beachhut. After a gin...

  • wild flower wedding

    Wild flower wedding

    Probably not the best of ideas to commit to helping a friend do wild flowers for a wedding in the week leading up to my exhibition, but I just couldn’t resist it. I was flattered to have even been asked!....

  • bude roundabout, roundabout appreciation , cornish roundabouts

    Agan Fordh a Dro Bude Roundabout project

    The roundabout coming into Bude has never looked very inspiring and when the council removed all the planting in 2016, close friend Jane and I saw our opportunity. We had always joked about wanting to guerilla garden it and give...

  • Panorama of beach, North Cornwall , evening seas

    Northcott Mouth Evening Light

    Around 8pm I decided to take off to Northcott Mouth, a favourite beach just a mile away. I needed to see the sea, maybe do some sketching, but mostly just be. It was a pretty ordinary sort of day and...