Monday 19 September 2011

Artist Bella Gingell Has The West Country At Heart


I have been told being born and bred in the West Country (near Bath) shows through in my work. Like script, our personality can show in our hand so maybe this is true...... Bella Gingell


West Country Galleries are pleased to announce their new resident artist Bella Gingell. Having always loved art and living in Bradford-on-Avon and Bath, every piece created has part of the West Country woven into it; be it the wildlife, the garden or walks along the Limpley Stoke valley. Bella's work embraces different mediums which can be found in water colour, indian inks and oils. 



Bella's last exhibition was part of a local art group at the West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon.  With a preview evening, it ran for four days over the heritage weekend enjoying a heavy footfall due to fine weather and many visitors to the town.  Bella told us "I was glad to sell quite a few pictures; two of which were abstracts".  One was purchased by a new business for their new offices http://www.thefinecleaningcompany.co.uk/,  and another for a hospital waiting room in Bath.  The buyer wanted something calming and saw exactly what Bella had in mind when painting it. 


Bella also told us "It gives me great pleasure to meet the people who buy my pictures as I know where the picture have gone and what it was purchased for.  There is usually a story.  To know how much people get out of them constantly amazes me".

Bella currently has a space at the Pylle Emporium of Art and Antiques alongside other Somerset Art Weeks artists.  This is the first time Bella has exhibited at Pylle so she is waiting with interest to see how it goes!





Dandelion Green by artist Bella Gingell
Framed in black with mount ready to hand.


Bella told us "This is the second on a series of summer water colours and Indian Inks; a design take on the beautiful, yet often disliked dandelion.  They grow in the back field and put on a lovely show this year with the buttercups".

Breeze by artist Bella Gingell
Framed in black with mount ready to hang.

Bella told us that "This is the first in a series of dandelion water colour and Indian Ink compositions; which I class as one of my favourite pictures of 2011". 

December Sun by artist Bella Gingell
The December sun dipping orange as it leaves us to the frosty world
The painting has now SOLD 


Original water colour Moonlit Vase by artist Bella Gingell

Original oil on canvas How Life Is by artist Bella Gingell 





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