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ART DIFFERENTLY

Based in St Ives, Cornwall, we are a leading art gallery and online store. Our contemporary art gallery hosts artist led seasonal exhibitions with some of the UK’s most well regarded artists and craftsmen.

Alongside this the studio also offers art and curation consultancy, with installation and advisory services for commercial and private clients. Art and craftsmanship at the centre of all our projects, we can help to create timeless interiors that speak of their history and architecture, and our clients own personalities.

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Milieu was set up in 2023 by artist Caroline Robinson. Caroline is a painter and artist in her own right and a resident in St Ives, Cornwall for nearly twenty years. With extensive hospitality experience after previously founding a highly successful Michelin star awarded smallholding and restaurant with her husband and young family. In 2023 Caroline decided to focus on her artistic connections and insatiable ardor of art and design. Launching Milieu Studios in order to create a space for showcasing a variety of different practises and artistic approaches. Not just to visit here in Cornwall, but also to provide a platform for conversation surrounding art, bringing the voices and unique stories behind each piece and practise to the fore front.

Milieu has gained much momentum over its first year since opening and now sells work Internationally, representing some of the UK’s most well regarded contemporary artists.

Caroline practises her own painting career, alongside mentoring other artists, you can find her work with limited availability through some well respected galleries within the UK and through Milieu directly.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Ollie Marr

Ollie (he/they) grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, between the Atlantic Ocean and the foothills of Table Mountain. The dissonance of being in a city and immersed in nature led Ollie to a career exploring the connections between human society and natural systems, a subject they continue to examine in their practice.

Drawn to how light falls on natural and manufactured objects in the landscape, Ollie works initially en plein air, finding harmony in the shapes and structures of the land and untangling old memories by exploring new spaces. Each piece then evolves through drawing, printmaking, weaving, and painting from memory. This body of work explores landscapes in and around the UK, including Cornwall, London, and Scotland.

Ollie works from their studio in East London.

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Tom Morris – Jug of Roses 2025 Acrylic on board in stained ash tray frame 90 x 70 x 3.5 cm £2,500 ——— The perfect piece to share as we celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day. Tom’s witty paintings ha
Ollie Marr — So Dark, So Bright 2026 Oil on linen 95 x 140 cm A large-scale, surrealist adaptation of a scene of Victoria Park in Hackney, often painted and frequented by Ollie. This time, set at night in winter, illuminated by lights and low
A fabulous new series of works from Eska Marsh, framed in her signature dark-stained bespoke frames with art glass. Everyday household items are brought to life and depicted with her witty personality, scrawled text and poetic titles adding a layer