AZURE SEA AND SKY : MARTYN PERRYMAN and JENNY HIRST: Two-person show of St Ives Bay paintings
2 August - 8 September 2025
Overview
AZURE SEA AND SKY : MARTYN PERRYMAN and JENNY HIRST, Two-person show of St Ives Bay paintings
"O azure realm! O realm of azure, light, youth, and happiness! I have beheld thee…in my dreams."

From 'The Azure Realm' by Ivan Turgenev. Translated from the Russian by Isabel Hapgood.

Porthminster Gallery presents ‘Azure Sea and Sky’, an exhibition of new paintings by Martyn Perryman and Jenny Hirst.

Works
Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, is delighted to present 'Azure Sea and Sky', a joint exhibition of new St Ives Bay paintings by acclaimed artists Martyn Perryman and Jenny Hirst. The exhibition captures the luminous spirit, ever-shifting weather, and dramatic horizons of the Cornish coastline – a fitting tribute to St Ives’ artistic heritage and its magnetic pull for landscape painters.
  • Eternal Ocean, the Bay, St Ives
    Martyn Perryman
    Eternal Ocean, the Bay, St Ives, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 60 x 60 cm.
    Frame: 75 x 75 cm.
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  • Looking Across
    Jenny Hirst
    Looking Across, 2025
    Acrylic on board.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Board: h 40 x w 50 cm.
    Frame: h 60 x w 70 cm.
  • Infinite Skies, St Ives
    Martyn Perryman
    Infinite Skies, St Ives, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 60 x 60 cm
    Frame: 75 x 75 cm.
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  • Crystal Water
    Jenny Hirst
    Crystal Water, 2025
    Acrylic on board.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Board: h 50 x w 50 cm.
    Frame: h 65 x w 65 cm.
  • Restful Sea, St Ives
    Martyn Perryman
    Restful Sea, St Ives, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 60 x 60 cm.
    Frame: 75 x 75 cm.
  • Porthmeor Rocks
    Jenny Hirst
    Porthmeor Rocks, 2025
    Acrylic on panel.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Board: h 40 x w 40 cm.
    Frame: h 54 x w 54 cm.
  • Tranquility, St Ives
    Martyn Perryman
    Tranquility, St Ives, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 80 x w. 80 cm.
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  • Tide-washed Sands
    Jenny Hirst
    Tide-washed Sands, 2025
    Acrylic on board.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Board: h 39 x w 59 cm.
    Frame: h 54 x w 74 cm.
  • Morning Haze, St Ives Bay
    Martyn Perryman
    Morning Haze, St Ives Bay, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 80 x 80 cm.
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  • End of a Hot Day
    Jenny Hirst
    End of a Hot Day, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Canvas: h 70 x w 70 cm.
    Frame: h 74 x w 74 cm.
    £ 1,250.00
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  • Morning Glow St Ives
    Martyn Perryman
    Morning Glow St Ives , 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas:. 100 x 100 cm.
    Frame: 104 x 104 cm.
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  • Evening Calm
    Jenny Hirst
    Evening Calm, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Canvas: h 55 x w 85 cm.
    Frame: h 60 x w 90 cm.
  • St Ives Bay
    Martyn Perryman
    St Ives Bay, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed verso.
    Canvas:. 100 x 100 cm.
    Frame: 104 x 104 cm.
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  • Azure Sea
    Jenny Hirst
    Azure Sea, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Canvas: h 75 x w 75 cm.
  • St Ives Blue II
    Martyn Perryman
    St Ives Blue II, 2025
    Oil on canvas.
    Signed and titled verso.
    Canvas: 100 x 100 cm.
    Frame: 104 x 104 cm.
    £ 1,750.00
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  • Solitude
    Jenny Hirst
    Solitude, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas.
    Signed recto, titled, and dated verso.
    Canvas: h 60 x w 90 cm.
    Frame: h 65 x w 95 cm.
    £ 1,300.00
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