April 2012
10 posts
Diamond Dawn ~ Pheasants and Royal Fern
Diamond Dawn - by renowned artist Dick Twinney
Footbridge Field, below Tregaswith, St. Columb, Cornwall.
This Cornish landscape portrait of pheasants has been especially painted to mark our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (60 years) as she is the Patron of the Royal Agricultural Benevolant Institution one of the charities I am supporting this year through my art.
One of the things that has...
The Artist and the iPad - An illustrated talk by...
Image by resident artist: Hugh Dunford-Wood
Artists Hugh Dunford Wood and Ian Dicks will show how they use digital media in and outside the studio, and demonstrate its versatility to the artist.
They believe there is misunderstanding among many artists around this new medium, despite the much discussed iPad landscapes that Hockney has recently painted.
In five years time most artists will...
Little Films on Artists in Lyme Extra of The Third...
To be shown at on the big screen at Little Place, Silver Street, DT7 3HR At 7.00 for 7.30 on Wednesday 2 May 2012 This is pure indulgence. A night of celluloid Robyn Hitchcock, the great surrealist singer-songwriter first seen in Lyme Regis two years ago: ‘Awesomely mundane’ (The Independent) ‘Scandalously talented’ (Sunday Times) ‘Bleeding marvellous’ (NME) ‘Makes little sense’...
"Freedom Sensation" Exhibition - Liz Shewan
West Country Galleries are pleased to announce their popular talented artist Liz Shewan will be staging her stunning exhibition at The Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis in May 2012. Make a date in your diary! Expect to find beautifully created………
Wildlife; textured gold leaf swirly magical trees;
the breath of the wind moving in the skies and seas;
An expression of the sense...
Honiton Wine Festival 2012.
West Country Galleries are pleased to announce that their popular resident artist Favell Bevan-Arti will have some work at the Honiton Wine Festival in July 2012 as they will have an art space.
Allhallows Playing Field with St Cyres Hill in the background
The Honiton Wine Festival takes place on Allhallows Playing Fields, Honiton between 2pm and 9pm on Saturday 28th July.
There will be four...
WCG welcomes on board artist Pam Usher
St Edwards Church Cotswolds - by artist Pam Usher (available at WCG)
Pam Usher is an artist and writer living in the north west of England. Her prefered medium is painting in oils on the canvas which range from traditional to abstract. Many years of painting have given her skills that have now flourished into some stunning artwork. Over the last few years many of her paintings have been sold to...
WCG welcomes on board artist Georgina Crawford
Waiting For The Tide by renowned artist Georgina Crawford (available at WCG)
Georgina lives and works in Moretonhampstead. She specialises in pastel paintings and black and white ink drawings of land and seascapes. Her work is exhibited widely throughout the Southwest and she teaches pastel workshops every month in Moretonhampstead.
In addition, she has written two children’s books about...
WCG WELCOMES ON BOARD ARTIST DI SINGLETON
We are delighted to welcome aboard renowned artist Di Singleton.
With no formal art training or even art classes at school, Diana found decorative painting quite by chance and told us “It had never occurred to me that I could paint but armed with a brush, a pot of paint and a lot of paper, I had a go and was immediately hooked!”
Since finding her niche, Diana has written four books...
The Turning Year Exhibition - Featuring Works by...
Our popular resident artist Tom Henderson Smith has been very busy putting together works for the forthcoming exhibition entitled The Turning Year.
Tom contacted us to tell us what’s happening and the preparations put forward for this stunning event.
Take it away Tom ……..
I’ve been working towards this show since the summer of 2010, becoming increasingly aware of seasonal...
