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The abstract landscapes of Peter Lanyon upturn the rigours of perspective, exploiting the colour and texture of paint to burrow into the gritty layers of meaning present within his native Cornish homeland. Neither scenic nor picturesque nor figurative, Lanyon worked into the paint his emotive engagement with places he knew well, providing immediate portraits of their character that are both tightly lyrical and distinctly raw in their execution. In a talk he gave for the British Council in 1962 about Bojewyan Farms, Lanyon described the 'bucolic … rather earthy' scene in the ancient village of Bojewyan, just outside St Just in Cornwall. Lanyon was able to elaborate the complexity of place through the surface of the canvas, evoking something of its character through motifs, gestures and mood.