SHIRLEY FOOTE
Painter

Shirley studied at the West of England College of Art in Bristol and Bath and lives in Cornwall. Before starting to paint full time in 1998 she worked professionally in ceramics for 30 years concentrating on sculptural forms, including stoneware animals and boats. Inspiration comes from many sources; landscapes, rock strata, cracks in walls, rusty patches on old metal, but most of all from wild, isolated landscapes and marks of man on the land.

‘Painting for me is like going on a journey, you are not always sure where you are going, sometimes you don’t remember where you have been, but you instinctively know when you get there. I believe that there is a right time for everything…now is my time to paint’