Monday 15^th April to Saturday 20^th April  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily

 Anne and Barbara both live in Devon and although they work independently of each other, they each create art that is very much from the heart.

 Whether their inspiration comes from the landscape and nature, or people and poetry, they both strip away realism revealing their individual response to the world around them, as seen through their eyes as artists

 Barbara Nekola

 As an artist, I am definitely not a slave to following my own style; instead I embrace creating art as a response to what I see and what I feel. 

 Painting intuitively (some might say taking a ‘Gung ho’ approach!) I take on each canvas as a new journey, discovering shapes, colour and narratives as I go.   Finding  inspiration in life and people around me, I abstract, distort and create images that say something to me and hopefully provoke thought and opinion in others.

 Anne Doggett

 If  had to sum up my artistic approach, I would say I am a reluctant introverted artist... which is hilarious when you meet me. I have tried to resist the urge to paint and question all the time what is the point of art and why do we need it in our lives? I have given up overthinking this and now realise its just an overwhelming desire to describe the world I live in through paint or any other medium I can lay my hands. No rhyme or reason, just a need to enjoy the process of painting.

Sunday 21^st April to Saturday 27^th April

Sunday 21^st 1pm - 4pm

Monday 23^rd to Friday 26^th 10am - 4.45pm

Saturday 27^th 10am - 4pm

Beyond the Visible is an exhibition of figurative paintings by award-winning artist Jane Pine. Her contemporary paintings empathetically depict the naked male figure. Inspired by personal experience, family relationships and historical stories, Jane interconnects narratives using precious artefacts, heartfelt letters and photographs. This serves as the inspiration for her work, bridging the past with the present through a profound journey of self- reflection and analysis. By exploring the experiences of three generations of male relatives, Jane has developed a personal understanding of the challenges surrounding men's mental health. Across different eras, she has observed the difficulties some men face in expressing their emotions and anxieties.

Using oil paint on canvas and board, her paintings sensitively depict emotional and psychological states through body language. The figures are detached, contained, and isolated within empty or abstract spaces. Naked, with only a piece of draped fabric offering solace, they convey a profound sense of men's intricate nature, balancing strength with internal vulnerability and fragility. Ultimately, her figurative paintings are intended to evoke an emotional response from the viewer to foster a sense of connection and empathy.

Jane exhibits widely in the South West, Manchester and London.

Awards:

2021 Society of Women Artists Rosemary & Co Award

2017 Devon Artist Network Emerging Artist Award

Website janepine.com

Instagram @jane_pine_artist

Facebook @janepineart

Monday 29^th April to Saturday 4^th May  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily

Sarah Strachan studied Fine Art Sculpture at Central St Martins in London, Exeter College and Dublin's National College of Art and Design before a freelance career in puppet-making for film, TV and theatre. She now paints from her studio in Devon, UK.

Sarah Strachan creates intuitive abstract images derived from a practice of regular drawing. A multitude of minute decisions, dismissing that line, developing further images from that line, seeking the balance of space and form that feels right.

The paintings are informed by the drawing, never trying to replicate the drawings but rather calling on the muscle memory of the hours spent with a sketchbook.

The work is instinctive, simple, conscious of not being overworked or laboured with a distinct bold colour palette.

Sunday 5^th May to Saturday 11^th May  ~ 10am - 5pm (Sunday 12pm - 5pm)

Totnes & Dartington Open Studios group are delighted to be back at Birdwood Gallery. This group of artists was formed 24 years ago, starting as a small group of 20, and has grown from strength to strength.

37 local artists will be showcasing their work, as a taster for this year's Open Studios Event, which will take place at the end of May, Friday 24th – Monday 27th.

During Open Studios, the artists open their studios and workshops to the public, giving access to their creative worlds not normally seen by the public.

This exhibition at Birdwood Gallery will have an exciting collection of wide ranging work, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, prints, illustration, textiles and collage.

Sunday 12^th May to Saturday 18^th May  Sunday evening 5pm – 7pm then 10am - 4.45pm daily

I’m very pleased to be returning to Birdwood Gallery this coming May. My solo show, X-Axis, will be featuring work from the last 12 months, including photography, photo-montage, collage and audio compositions informed by the featured work which will be available for listening/download.

The following is a list of interests, influences and preoccupations:

Walls; empty shops; carparks; charity shop window displays; ambient/drone music; The Beats; clouds; bus-stop advertising; Baudelaire; looking after the elderly; Dada; The Fall; Roots Reggae; Rauschenberg; Joe Strummer; teaching; Malevich; Provoke Era Japanese photography; Jean-Michel Basquiat; Angela Carter; Fernando Pessoa; The New Topographics; The Doors; the freedom of anonymity; walking in a crowd; rail travel; Wim Wenders; Delta Blues; Les Raillizes Denudes; J G Ballard; my piano; Edward Hopper; William Eggleston; misspent youth; German Pilsner; Punk Rock; The Guggenheim, Venice; the future…

Sunday 19^th May to Saturday 25^th May  ~ 10am - 4.45pm daily Except Sunday 10am – 3pm Saturday 10am – 4.30pm

Art House is a community arts space in South Brent. It hosts classes in a range of creative subjects including ceramics.

This exhibition is of work by 14 potters who all come and use the facilities at Art House. Some of the makers have many years experience under their potters aprons, while others have discovered clay more recently.  What they all have in common is that they take creative risks and make for pleasure and personal discovery rather than for functionality, fame or fortune. 

Some works will be for sale and commissions can be taken.

For the duration of the exhibition we will have a makers demonstration so if you have questions about clay then bring them with you.