Renwick Coals Print by Suzanne Cooper

Trips to Torquay were part Suzanne Cooper’s childhood and her paintings of the 1930s seem to capture things seen in the present and evoke memories from the past.

This painting casts the fashionable attractions of Torquay Pavilion and the Church of St John the Apostle into the distance, drawing the eye to the business end of a working port. The harbour, on Torbay’s north shore, is enclosed by two piers and adamantine walls. In the foreground two fishermen check their nets for damage while discussing the morning’s catch.