About Demelza Roskilly

Demelza Roskilly is a contemporary Cornish artist based between Penzance, St Ives, and the north coast. She translates the ever-changing weather and shoreline structures into luminous abstraction, capturing the essence of the coastal environment.

Her work reflects a unique perspective where the coast is not merely scenery but a dynamic interplay of angles, refractions, and light. Cliff faces morph into facets, waves form bands, and the sky becomes a measured field of brightness, revealing her distinct artistic voice.

Demelza Roskilly reduces the Cornish coast to poised, overlapping planes of light, water, cliff, and sky, creating images that blend architectural and tidal elements. Her crisp, geometric style is softened by translucent color, making each composition glow like sea-glass held to the sun.

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