Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

Meet Tony Plant. An underground artist whose work varies from metallic installations in places you wouldn't expect to find art, to paintings, to photography, to coloured water pools.   You may inadvertently see his work whilst out for a walk, but if the tide has risen and fallen again, you may equally not.  Tony Plant The rock pool creations are ephemeral, fleeting, often gone before he can pick up a camera to record them.  A blink, a passing wave, and you'd never know that something had happened here just moments ago. Colour pool Despite the questionable practice of tipping paint into the ocean, these creations are obviously all unique. And does the impossibility of selling this artwork make it more valid as art?  Driven by passion rather than the need for financial gain? Red A true artist, most likely to exhibit in places you're very unlikely to go, you can catch a little bit of his work here: Tony Plant Return to ...

Ocean Image is on the shelves! This month's edition of Cornish World magazine (sold all over Cornwall as well as Cornish communities all over the world) is sporting a rather fine image from the Ocean-Image.com back catalogue. With a nifty piece of clever designeryness, they've also included a postcard on the front, which is a cut-out from the main photo. Get out and buy one, and post the card to a friend. Check out the full image here Cover picture Also in the news is another Ocean-Image photographer, Adam Cornick, who's cracking shot of surfers walking down the beach is now gracing the current cover of Coast magazine . Congrats to Adam, who has only recently started uploading his photos to the site. Check out his folio here : Adam Cornick . Keep checking the site for more summery images, some have just been uploaded from Rock , in North Cornwall. Return to Ocean-Image.com