GROUND TRUTH
Paintings fixed to the earth. One metre at a time. Every painting in this collection begins with a location.
Not a view. Not a vista. A precise point on the earth, pinned to a one-metre square using #what3words coordinates. A place you can find, stand on, and know that this is exactly where Kate Grant stood when she made this work.
These are not paintings of Cornwall. They are paintings from it , drawn directly from the ancient geology of the Bude Formation, one of Britain's most dramatic and complex coastal rock sequences. Sandstone and shale, compressed and folded over 300 million years into chevron folds, turbidite structures and wave-cut platforms that tell the story of deep time in every layer.
Kate works on site, responding to the rock itself ,its colour, texture, rhythm and weight. The result is original mixed media work that carries the fingerprint of a specific place: its geology, its light, its moment.
Each painting comes with its what3words location reference , three words that will take you, and anyone who follows, directly to the ground where it was made. Buy the painting. Find the place. Stand there.
This is art with provenance written into the earth.
The Ground Truth collection is rooted in North Cornwall and the Bude Formation coastline - from Millook Haven to Sandy Mouth, Widemouth Bay and Compass Point. As the collection grows, so does the map. New locations. New geology. New ground truth.
For art collectors who want meaning. For geology devotees who want beauty. For those who believe the land has something to say.
Explore the collection. Find your place.
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Site specific art
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Geotagged artwork
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"Ground Truth - paintings fixed to the earth, one metre at a time."
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Cornwall landscape art
✳︎ #what3words Site specific art ✳︎ Geotagged artwork ✳︎ "Ground Truth - paintings fixed to the earth, one metre at a time." ✳︎ Cornwall landscape art
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Metamorphosis
There is a wall of shale just within the high tide line, a place where I find a favourite place to sit near the lifeboat station at Crooklets Beach.
Medium: Acrylic, cotton, wood
Size: 3 panels 81 × 40 inches
Year: 2025
📍 ///fury.fluffed.bonnet
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Shaped by the Sea
Shaped by the Sea is two panels and one truth - that everything on this coastline is in the process of becoming something else.
Medium: Acrylic, cotton, wood
Size: 2 panels 81 × 40 inches
Year: 2025
📍 ///fatigued.petal.awaited
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Light Touches the Cliffs
There’s a moment when light touches the cliffs just before the tide turns and everything glows gold. From the series Cornish Coastal paintings.
Medium: Acrylic cotton wood
Size: 81 × 40 inches
Year: 2025
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Back to the Wind
To rush onto the beach, to claim it for your own, sitting silently without being disturbed, your back to the wind buffeting you from behind - silent with your thoughts.
Medium: Acrylic, cotton, wood
Size: 81 × 40 inches
Year: 2026
📍 ///saying.dollars.factoring
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Seaweed Days
The last of the summer seaweed lingers on the beach. Clambering over wet rocks to find this place - a crevice near the beach huts , the reluctant October sun dipping towards the horizon.
Medium: Acrylic, cotton, wood
Size: 3 panels 50 × 20 inches
Year: 2025
📍 ///caves.irrigated.kitchens

