Thursday 18^th July to Saturday 27^th July  ~ 10am - 4pm daily including Sunday 21^st

Moments in time along the way

I have been interested in peoples ever longing for future holidays or destinations. I wanted to capture moments of time for me and hopefully reminiscent and evocative for others. I am still fascinated by water and the changing colours and mood created by weather, light, season and tide as well as drawing inspiration from landscapes and home.

I work in acrylics and collage and am based in the South hams.

Check out my work on instagram: Emmalouisewright97

Preview Sunday 28^th July ~ 4pm - 6pm then Monday 29^th July to Saturday 3^rd August  ~ 10am - 5pm daily

Everything in this show began life in another form and has developed/been refocused using things from the plethora of stuff I have accumulated and squirreled away over the years. These things have been kept for a variety of reasons and include memorabilia - a record of the what, how and when of particular times or significance events – or because they might come in useful again!

While their utility may not have stood the test of time, it seems an appropriate moment to give some of this stuff a new lease of life by creatively repurposing in less obvious ways.

My self-imposed criteria for this endeavour has excluded buying any specific artefacts and my only outlay has been on various adhesives and some antirust spray paint!

Monday 5^th August to Saturday 10^th August  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily

Looking into my studio I saw jumbles of canvases, boxes of paints, sketchpads and paper, old frames I will never use, and heaps of brushes that look kindling. All that and an air of abandonment, time passing, all powdered with dust.

Then one day I didn't close the door and wander into the garden, instead I cleared a space and primed a canvas. The process begins:  ' art is work ' I remember reading in an artist's biography so I set to work planning and painting three new works.

Not without struggle and resistance, and several months of doubt, out of the chaos of my studio, I present them with other works that had a similar genesis.

Mostly landscape where I wander, river and sea and moor and sky.

Most of my work is rendered in Acrylic on canvas with a few on board.

I look forward to seeing you at Birdwood House and hearing your reactions.

Monday 12^th August to Saturday 17^th August  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily

A mixed media exhibition of work affiliated to Rudolf Steiner’s indications of philosophy and life.

Monday 19^th August to Saturday 24^th August  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily

An exhibition of work by Adrian Baker & Andrew Woodward.

Sunday 25^th August to Saturday 31^st August  ~ 10am - 4pm daily

We are three locally-based artists who experiment with a wide range of print, stitch, collage and paint techniques.

We produce a wide variety of art works as well as 3D objects such as bowls and jewellery. 

With both fabric and paper as our starting points we come together to share ideas, which in turn enriches our individual professional practice.

Come and see what we have made and discover the processes which continue to inspire us.

And for more information contact:

Susan Andrew 07791 504 239

Pippa Palmer 07951 758 661

Anna Elizabeth 07974 261 733

Sunday 1^st September, 11am - 4pm; Monday 2^nd - Saturday 7^th 10am - 5pm daily

This is our third joint exhibition in Totnes although we have both worked and exhibited in South Devon for many years. 

We hope it is a lively and creative exploration of figurative and floral art beyond the simple representation of form, to disciplines that play with not only the visual but also the media used.

Clare Pumfrey I have been working on both canvas and paper with various materials including charcoal, ink, acrylic paint, gesso, oil sticks and graphite, developing a continuing interest in the human form and the visual quality of the finished surface. Layers build up gradually, obscuring images sometimes, which may be revealed at a later stage. Rollers, brushes, fingers, washing away marks, scratching, water spraying, scraping all contribute to the surface vocabulary.

@clarepumfreyartist

Veronica Moran I work in all forms of acrylic paint and ink on different surfaces, sometimes making marks quickly in an expressive way to capture a moment, gesture or lightness and sometimes laying down a far heavier mark.  I have been involved with figurative art for many years but also now work in still life, concentrating on surface texture and the fluid line of flowers.

veronicamoran.co.uk