24-02-2025
Police hunt for paintings worth £12k stolen in Penzance
Police are appealing for information after the theft of two high-value paintings from a house in 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 oil paintings, titled Sunday Walkers, Hayle, and Autumn Days, Penlee Park, were worth £6,000 each, the force said. Both canvases are sized around 70cm by 50cm (27 ins by 19ins).
Watkiss lived on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula for many official website said the weather was "an ever-constant pervading presence" in her died in 2024, aged with any information about the paintings should call police on 101.
