{"id":2,"date":"2020-05-11T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:25:54","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to my online gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce86aac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce86aac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13b52de\" data-id=\"13b52de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8003f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8003f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Banner-TheArtist.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-33\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Banner-TheArtist.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Banner-TheArtist-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Banner-TheArtist-55x8.jpg 55w, https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Banner-TheArtist-500x75.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50a70cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50a70cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-649329a\" data-id=\"649329a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2faf33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2faf33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to my online gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05422c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05422c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e47f594\" data-id=\"e47f594\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a638c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91a638c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a self taught artist and aim to capture atmosphere and realism in my paintings.<\/p><p>I began painting when I was ten years old and on leaving school I was offered a three year art course but could not take it up through financial circumstances. I continued painting part time along side my full time employment as an engineer.<\/p><p>In 1980 nine of my paintings were used in the film &#8216;Raise the Titanic&#8217; which was partly filmed in St Ives and starred Sir Alec Guinness.<\/p><p>During 1988 I finally made the jump, I gave up engineering and became a full time artist, opening the Digey Gallery in St Ives to display my paintings and also offering a picture framing service to help supplement the painting sales throughout the year.<\/p><p>In 2011 after 23 years and at the age of 76, I decided to retire from the gallery lifestyle that is, it was time to slow down a little.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-05f1723 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05f1723\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e665f7\" data-id=\"7e665f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6be511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6be511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I still paint, but now from home as a hobby. All my paintings are available for sale and can be viewed from various locations around West Cornwall.<\/p><p>So if you&#8217;re sat in a cafe or restaurant have a look at the paintings, you could be looking at one of mine in the flesh.<\/p><p>If you like my style and have a picture in mind, please feel free to contact me and discuss commissioning your own painting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59d1d35\" data-id=\"59d1d35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ceca14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ceca14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Hand-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-47\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Hand-1.jpg 430w, https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Hand-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sidcann.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Hand-1-55x30.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b543de4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b543de4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48195e6\" data-id=\"48195e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-023e67b\" data-id=\"023e67b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45386c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45386c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2025 UPDATE<\/p><p>After Sid&#8217;s wife, Shirley, died in 2016 Sid only painted two more pictures.<\/p><p>His attention went back to his music and playing the drums. From 2018 to October 2023 you could always find him at a Jam Night in a pub from Truro to Penzance.<\/p><p>In October 2023, Sid suffered a bad stoke. He spent five weeks in hospital before he was able to return home. Then in April 2024 when was admitted back into hospital, where his health rapidly declined. Sid passed away in early May 2024 with his family by his bedside.<\/p><p>RIP Sid&#8230;. you LEGEND<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my online gallery I am a self taught artist and aim to capture atmosphere and realism in my paintings. I began painting when I was ten years old and on leaving school I was offered a three year art course but could not take it up through financial circumstances. 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