Police hunt for stolen paintings worth £12k
Paintings the police want to find include Sunday Walkers, Hayle
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Police are appealing for information after the theft of two high-value paintings from a house in Penzance.
The paintings by west Cornwall artist Gill Watkiss were taken from an "empty but secure" home in Morrab Road between 1 February and 13 February, according to Devon and Cornwall Police.
The oil paintings, titled Sunday Walkers, Hayle, and Autumn Days, Penlee Park, were worth £6,000 each, the force said.
Both canvases are sized about 70cm by 50cm (27 ins by 19ins).
Autumn Days, Penlee Park by Gill Watkiss has gone missing from Penzance
Watkiss lived on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula for many years.
Her official website said the weather was "an ever-constant pervading presence" in her work.
She died in 2024, aged 85.
Anybody with any information about the paintings should call police on 101.
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