Maggie LaPorte Banks

Smells like roses to me. Oil paint on canvas , with carborundum. This work was Inspired by still life objects , a small red boat, and a box of rose scented Buckingham palace soap . ...

The Island St. Ives , sits between Porthmeor and Porthwidden beach and is the inspiration behind this work. The fourth part of the pirates of the Caribbean was filmed here. In winter...

The inspiration for this work is a recent trip I made to the fiordes on Norways north west coast . Beautiful houses in white and red line the waters edge . This restricted palette of...

Olive groves is a contemporary piece based on olive groves by the sea in Corfu. Sketches were made on-site and the canvas painted in my Devon studio . Additional Information: Acryl...

Olive groves is a contemporary piece based on olive groves by the sea in Corfu. Sketches were made on-site and the canvas painted in my Devon studio . Additional Information: Acryl...

Rape seed and flax fields was painted in my Herefordshire studio on a beautiful sunny day. The citrus yellow of the rape seed is the complimentary colour of the purple flax seed, tru...

Avalon Island, Maggie LaPorte Banks, acrylic and collage, silver and gold leaf & iron filings on unframed canvas. Inspired by the legendary island Avalon, home of King Arthur, where ...

After spending many days studying and sketching the houses in St. Ives, near the home of the artist Alfred Wallis , I put aside my sketchbook and from memory and imagination I work. ...