Lowry's Boats Traditional vessels associated with Mounts Bay, Cornwall
Wednesday 4 January, 2023Lowry's Boats
Paintings of Traditional Vessels
Associated with Mounts Bay,
Cornwall”
By Roger Lowry
Details
Publication Date Dec 5, 2022
Language: English
ISBN: 9781910499962
Category: Art & Photography
Price: £15.99
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LOWRY’S BOATS reviews
Roger Lowry a Penzance resident, boat owner and a painter. He puts both passions in this
book, his love of boats and his love of painting them. Roger ha s amassed numbers of boats
in his paintings that have come and gone. Roger has inadvertently captured and recorded a
body of work that is a national and local treasure, cataloguing the heritage of Penzance,
Penwith, Cornwall; through his painting and art style which are vibrant in colours and with
bold strokes. This is a gem for boat and history lovers.
Just got my copy of Lowry's Boats and can only recommend it. It's full of Roger's brightly
coloured paintings that breathe life into these wonderful boats of all types and sizes. From
Roger and Anne's own Fair Isle yoal, Sholgirse, to much bigger stuff such as the Waverley
and Tenacious, this is both a fun-packed frolic as much as a serious study of many fine craft
to bless the West Penwith shores. Glad to see my old Perseverance making two appearances..
Mike Smylie is a maritime historian concentrating on the fishing industry and working
vessels. He has writes widely on the subject for publications including Classic Boat, The
Boatman, Watercraft, Maritime Heritage , The Marine Quarterly , Maritime Life and
Traditions, Fishing News and the European Maritime Heritage newsletter.
He is the author of over 20 published books.
He is a member of the Society for Nautical Research , the South West Maritime History Society , the
Coble and Keelboat Society and the Anglesey Antiquarians. He is a co-founder of the 40+ Fishing
Boat Association which was founded in 1995 against the background of the scrappi ng of
decommissioned fishing vessels, and edits their thrice yearly magazine Fishing Boats.
Awesome received mine 2 days ago well worth the money full of detail paintings and a nice
bit of boat history
Neil Burman traditional boat owner
Press release
AT LAST!! You should have been publishing such a long time ago. Nice to have some
artistic talent recognised.
Pam Secker artist
Just received my copy of Lowry's Boats. Great work. Many Congratulations.
Roger Lowry's Facebook page is full of West Cornwall news, landscape, campaigns, pets,
outrage & best of all: his paintings which are a joyful tonic in these troubled times for our
planet & our country. At last, Roger has published many of his Mount's Bay maritime
paintings in Lowry's Boats, Paintings of Traditional Vessels, Associated with Mount's Bay,
Cornwall. It is full of Roger's lively naive paintings: Mount's Bay & its boats, set against
the background of the Mount, the Dock & St Mary's Church, Newlyn North Pier and the
Prom. Many of these c raft are familiar to locals, two Scillonians ancient and modern, the
Trinity House ships Stella & Satellite, Jim Richards' famous old Pioneer, beautifully
observed, and Les Rowe's Ocean Pride. St Piran rows his currach into Mount's Bay, HMS
Pickle brings news of Trafalgar and Mr Ellis sails the Truelove , built of floor boards and
boxes at the back of Camberwell Street in 1906. Several of the vessels are escorted by
dolphins, dragons & monster mackerel. The book is a warm, evocative, colourful & lively
reminder of Mount's Bay's story and boats
John McWilliams He is a volunteer at St Ives Archive & Penlee House Museum's
photograph research group. In 2007 published Breton Fishermen in Cornwall & Brittany A
CENTURY OF FRIENDSHIP, the result of several years' re search into the story of his
childhood friends. He has written many articles. In 2010 he was made a Bard of the Cornish
Gorseth for his work in Cornish Maritime History. He chose the Bardic name Jowan, Cornish
for John.
Fantastic Roger... Book looks great!
Judy Joel artist and secretary of ABNA
For Immediate Release
If you would like more information about Roger Lowry, or to schedule an interview, please
contact him via email: rogerlowryf13@gmail.com
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