Alfred Wallis's "St Ives Harbour" exemplifies the untrained artist's distinctive approach to depicting the Cornish fishing village, employing a flattened perspective and bold outlines characteristic of his naive or outsider art style. Painted on found materials such as cardboard scraps, the work captures the bustling maritime activity of the harbor with a directness and emotional immediacy that influenced modernist artists including Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood. Wallis's unconventional composition and vivid use of color create a work that prioritizes visual impact and personal vision over academic representation.