St-Ives - by Terry Harrison1000 Piece Puzzles - 685mm x 490mm Box Dimensions - 305mm x 305mm x 50mm This harbor scene from the Gibsons jigsaw puzzle catalogue is a classic 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Terry Harrison. St.Ives is located in Cornwall along England's southern coastline. Small fishing boats sit awkwardly on the sandy beach while the tide is out. The boats are not the modern fishing factories that scoop up every living creature using enormous drag nets. The implication of these boats sitting high and dry is that perhaps had the fishing industry stayed within reasonable fishing limits by only using these smaller vessels then the world's fish stocks would not have been depleted to the extent they have been. Time (and tide) wait for no man and the little seaside village has found a new source of income and they can be seen walking along the harbour: tourists. Many fishing villages now cater to the tourism industry so it is important to maintain the quaint atmosphere that really belongs to a bygone era. St.Ives is full of traditional cobbled streets and fishermans' cottages and has art galleries and craft shops galore. Terry Harrison is a favourite jigsaw puzzle desinger of Gibsons with fourteen differents puzzle pictures in the Gibsons catalogue. His 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles vary widely in theme but his harbour scenes are hugely popular. Terry Harrison was born near Wendover into an RAF family and consequently spent his early years moving from base to base, eventually settling in Farnborough, Hampshire. After attending Farnham Art School, Terry became a graphic artist working in London before joining the Yellow Pages as an illustrator and later Thompson Directories in their Farnborough head office. During his leisure time, Terry pursued his true passion which was landscape painting and by 1984 the demand on his original work was so great that he decided to paint full time and has never looked back! A few years later, Terry began to publish his work as fine art prints and in 1996 was awarded the Best Up and Coming Published Artist of the Year by the Fine Art Trade Guild. The increasing popularity of Terry's work in both their original and printed formats (including cardboard jigsaw puzzles) is reflected in the ever increasing demand for his pictures both at home and abroad.His work can be found in collections around the world in Europe, Japan and the United STêtes.
