Peter Lanyon and me - and Jean

Treated myself to this book about Peter Lanyon... I am particularly taken with his drawings of the Cornish Landscape after he discovered the joy of gliding - how this aerial perspective opened up for him a new way of seeing the landscape and his experiments in presenting this world on a 2 dimensional surface.
A huge degree of 'abstracting' from what he saw was necessary - but he always began with drawings - used photographs unashamedly (unlike many artists who deny their use!)
He was successful in depicting many layered works that seem to summarise not just the landscape as it was then - but how it had arrived there, its history/geography/geology/sociology/psychology of a place - all in one work.... obviously as a result of much research and many many drawings.
We (edan) are making work this year about St. Mary's church and the site of the original Saxon village of Seaham and I suspect Lanyon's work will have a strong influence on what I turn out.
I am determined to get 'under the skin' of this landscape of mine and will enjoy seeing how Lanyon approached such a project.
I recently came across his work through BBC  programmes uploaded onto You Tube by a generous user who calls him/herself - 'Art Documentaries' There is a great wealth of stuff to be accessed.
Lanyon's work figures in a series called The Art of Cornwall.
Enjoy - I' m sure you will.
And what of the 'Jean' in the title?
I just wanted to share with you a lovely brooch she made from found objects on our beach here - which I can't help but see as a dolphin (in actuality a waste piece of aliminium)
That's it lying on the top tight hand corner of the book. Isn't she clever?