A Busy Time For Sarah!!

Our resident artist Sarah Bayliss has not stopped!  All through 2011 Sarah has been staging her own exhibitions and attending shows littered all over the country! 

Things have taken off in a big way for Sarah and West Country Galleries are proud to announce that Sarah is now selling her range of printed cotton aprons and canvas bags and Jersey Pottery are printing her initial order of mugs. Sarah told us "My merchandise is proving very popular and I am so excited about my Christmas shows! We have changed the name of the business to "Sarah Bayliss Fine Art" as I don't have time to breath nowadays let alone design an interior room scheme!!!"

Sarah then went on to tell us "Benjamin, my son, has now left school and is working for me organising our Facebook site and Twittering (he doesn't know how to Tweet yet but I guess he'll learn)!

Sarah is now busy working on her lastest creation which will be called Simon...... a reindeer for her 2011 Christmas cards.  Sarah has promised us a peek at her Christmas range of cards and creations very soon!

Vincent Blackwell - An Artist To Watch Out For!

Since the recent sale of his artwork Lugubrious Pains our busy and popular resident artist Vincent Blackwell has two pieces under consideration from two separate parties; one in the UK and the other in the USA! The two pieces in question are Tempest of The Hornets and Creative Rage.  The first is a 50 x 40 inch canvas work painted using eco-friendly acrylic art paint. It is a complex, multi layered depiction of a quantum storm, a tempest relating to certain noetical science notions, utilising an abstract representation of hornets to express force and vigour present within this piece.  The second work, Creative Rage, is a surealistic self portrait utilising mixed media to present a notion of complexity, shade and colour, thus emphasising the intricate and elaborate designs that are paramount to his contemporary style.  Vincent recently finished a new piece using a range of different kinds of paint as well as ink. His latest endeavour is to start working on a new surealistic portrait, this time painted on canvas.

Vincent is currently exhibiting at the Grapevine Wine Bar in Exmouth, Devon.

Creative Rage by artist Vincent Blackwell

Tempest Of The Hornets  by artist Vincent Blackwell

`Out Of The Blue` Exhibition Begins October 2011

Our ever popular and renowned artist John Ashton will be staging an exhibition of his work in Harbour House Gallery, The Promenade, Kingsbridge from 4^th-16^th October 2011. Open every day from 10am to 5pm.  The exhibition will be featuring other well know artists such as:

Jeannine Allen

Henrietta Farleigh

Richard Glass

Ian Heard.

To view more of John Ashton’s beautiful paintings please log on to www.artashton.co.uk or visit  Gallery 5, Brewery Quay, Island Street, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8DP www.gallery5.org where you will receive a warm welcome! 

Ahrabella Heabe Lewis – “Art to Inspire”

One Day Creative Event: Saturday 8th October 2011 · 10:00am - 5:00pm

Unlock Your Creative Spirit, A one-day creativity workshop.

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” quotation by Mary Lou Cook

Do you ever feel that your innate creativity has become blocked or ignored? Do you yearn to create something of beauty and express your self more freely?

This one-day workshop will help you connect with your essential inner creativity and embrace life in a joyous fuller way.

Combining meditation, play, movement, stillness and using different mediums, Ahrabella Heabe helps you be inspired to free your creativity.

Held in Ahrabella Heabe’s home and studio, the workshop gives a mix of playfulness and reflection with supportive coaching for self-development.

A delicious vegetarian/ raw vegan lunch is included in the workshop.

Cost: £45

For further details, information, and booking please contact

Ahrabella Heabe Lewis – “Art to Inspire”

Telephone: 01453882939

Mobile: 07779 988 210

Email: art.ahrabellaheabelewis@gmail.com

Website: www.ahrabellaheabelewis.co.uk

Location:

Kelmscott, Church End,Hampton Green,Box , Stroud,GL6 9AD

Experienced and popular pastel artist - Favell Bevan-Arti

Our popular resident artist Favell Bevan-Arti has just sold two of her gorgeous giclee prints entitled Sidmouth Boats and Sidmouth. 

Sidmouth by artist Favell Bevan-Arti

Sidmouth Boats by artist Favell Bevan-Arti

Her views of the local coast and children at play on the beach inspire childhood and holiday memories in everyone that sees her wonder creations.

Born in Kenya, Favell has travelled and lived in a variety of places - Italy, where she gained  her Fine Arts Diploma at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Cyprus, Sweden, Finland, and the USA. She moved to England in 1998 from Northern Cyprus and now lives in Sidmouth, Devon.

Her medium is mainly pastel, as it is one of the most direct methods of catching the fast moving light in nature that she manages to incorporate into all her pictures.

Favell spent some years teaching art at Adult & Community Learning centres in East Devon specialising in drawing and working with pastels. Favell now concentrates solely on her painting, and although she also paints with acrylics she has recently returned to her much loved pastels and has once again been drawn back to the sea and coastal scenes that have always inspired her.

Kennaway House, Sidmouth - Devon 

Forthcoming Art Exhibition for 2011

Art exhibition: Favell Bevan Arti

Date: 9th December 2011 to 16th December 2011 

In the Hatton Wood Room.

Kennaway House

Sidmouth, Devon

EX10 8NG

Open daily 11am - 4pm.  Free entry.

Phone 01395 515551

mail@kennawayhouse.org.uk

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk

Contemporary Excellence of Renowned Artist Vincent Blackwell

In our recent blog West Country Galleries gave mention to our popular resident artist Vincent Blackwell. His recent show of work at the Exmouth Contemporary Exhibition 2011, at the East Devon Art Academy, Sidmouth, drew in many visitors and positive reviews of Vincent's work. A follow on exhibition at the Grapevine Wine Bar, Exmouth and his acceptance to the various exhibitions in Paris and New York is a testimony to his contemporary and sought after style of excellence.

We are proud to give mention of a promising future for Vincent and to announce the sale of one of his latest stunning creations which can be see in the picture below.  

`Lugubrious Pains`by artist Vincent Blackwell

ARTIST JEREMY ROSSITER - EXHIBITION IN TAUNTON.

Glen Coe by artist Jeremy Rossiter

West Country Galleries recently paid a visit to the CrescentGallery in Taunton which featured an exhibition by artist Jeremy Rossiter.  This was the first time that Jeremy brought his landscape paintings to Taunton for his Somerset exhibition.

Inspired by the natural beauty of the landscape, Jeremy travels the UK and Ireland, walking and mountain hiking, to look for subject material. He works out in the field and in his studio in Holford and this exhibition features some brand new pieces.

From epic, brooding landscapes to the chaotic radiance of wild flowers and meadows Jeremy is drawn to the drama of the natural landscape and the effect of changing light and weather. He is particularly fond of the relationship between the sky and the earth, where the two meet and when, through mist, haze or cloud, the two elements merge.

Don't miss this chance to catch his work which is available as original artworks and as high quality Giclee mounted prints.

Jeremy’s latest venue is at the A303 Open Exhibition 2011, during Somerset Art Weeks which runs from 17th September  to 2 October 2011.  Artists 303 has existed for over 40 years to promote and encourage practising artists in the South West.  It is a thriving group of contemporary painters, sculptors, printmakers and photographers.

The Art Pavilion at The Royal Bath & West Showground is well known to West Country artists and will be clearly signposted with Somerset Art Weeks signs.

Artists 303

3 Bloomfield Place

Tunley Road

Bath BA2 8BD

Contact: Anna Fraenkel

Tele: 07779 951691