Painting in oils on blustery Cornish cliffs, during a year of ferocious storms, was certainly a challenge for one of Britain’s most talented up-and-coming artists. “Because of the horrendous weather, I had to invent totally new ways of working,” says Emily Faludy, 37, who was born in Portsmouth.

The award-winning young artist made five immersive painting trips to Cornwall’s South West Coastal Path, in a year of unusually…