Victoria Gillow
I am a Cornish painter, based in Falmouth. My practice derives from a lifetime of looking and belonging. My Cornish heritage and love of the land and sea has informed a practice of landscape and coastal paintings, generating work mainly on site.
My work is about time spent, from childhood, on the shallow shores of the Carrick roads and its soft estuaries as well as the deep, rolling tides and immense skies of our North Atlantic Coast.
I love the transience of time and weather. Revisiting spaces time and time over, but never quite seeing the same, a unique response in paint to how I see and feel on the day, the uniqueness of this response and this always being different.
My work is also about a life lived by the sea and my deep affinity with the ocean, the Cornish Coast and its history. The work aims to celebrate a lifetime of looking and creating and the comfort of places one knows, the reverie of being free to drift and be completely immersed within a creative response to place.
What our students say
It was great to learn how to start a painting, from standing at your favourite spot and starting sketching. There were so many tips to guide the painter. I particularly loved how Victoria teaches to build the layers of colours and make it exciting, explaining how to use mediums and other tips to create texture etc. Victoria is a great and generous teacher and I would love to attend her course in person one day.
What a great tutor! Victoria’s passion for her environment and her work was contagious, everything she did in the webinar – and she did a lot – was done with such enthusiasm; and even when she was talking us through quite basic things like colour mixing and sketching, she was so enthusiastic and empowering that it all felt really fresh and exciting. As Victoria shared her process the webinar just flowed so naturally and spontaneously, and it was so skillful that she could talk directly, answer questions, and while doing so produce really lovely work.
An action packed lesson, I learnt so much, itching to get outside and get painting!
A really enjoyable experience. Victoria Gillow is an outstanding and inspiring teacher.
Courses with Victoria Gillow
Coastal Senses - St Ives Bay
Online Pre-recorded - Acrylic - Landscape
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Course ID: a00Nz00000LaFXg
Active Instance: a02Nz00000DwIGeIAN, 01-Sep-2026
Local artist, Victoria Gillow, shares new ways of working to inspire your creative process and help you paint the places you love. Discover techniques to create vibrant and expressive paintings.
| £45 | Book |
Expressive Landscape Painting
Art Courses - Acrylic - Landscape
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Course ID: a00Nz000002D1Jr
Active Instance: a02Nz000009BrrpIAC, 15-Sep-2025
Working both en plein air and in the studio create landscape paintings that are authentic, evocative and original, in the unique surrounds of the coast in St Ives.
| 15 - 17 Sep - 3 days - £425 | Last place | Book |
Painting the Cornish Coast
Online Pre-recorded - Painting - Landscape
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Course ID: a00Nz00000R46VW
Active Instance: a02Nz00000JQUcGIAX, 30-Aug-2026
Paint the stunning Cornish Coast with expert guidance from three of our professional artists. Learn how to capture the essence of place, both in the landscape and back in the studio.
| £125 | Book |
Still Life: Inspired by Matisse
Short Art Workshops - Acrylic - Still Life
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Course ID: a00Nz00000TNeDm
Active Instance: a02Nz00000LfyaVIAR, 18-May-2025
Have fun painting a vibrant and colourful still life inspired by Matisse and his beautiful French Riviera still lives. No experience necessary, just come along and have fun.
Still Life: Inspired by Matisse
Short Art Workshops - Acrylic - Still Life
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Course ID: a00Nz00000TNeDm
Active Instance: a02Nz00000LVYEIIA5, 18-May-2025
Have fun painting a vibrant and colourful still life inspired by Matisse and his beautiful French Riviera still lives. No experience necessary, just come along and have fun.
Well Grounded (rec)
Online Pre-recorded - Painting - Landscape
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Course ID: a00Nz0000064Utr
Active Instance: a02Nz000001yP1NIAU, 01-Sep-2026
Join practising artist, Victoria Gillow, in this playful exploration of building history and narratives into paintings, through the use of coloured grounds and under painting.
| £30 | Book |