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Sat 23 Sep 2017 to Sat 21 Oct 2017

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Fri 22 Sep 2017, 6:30pm

Joint Exhibition

Valerie Barden and Robert Organ

Tues /Sat 10am - 5pm

Robert Organ and Valerie Barden have exhibited widely over many years although rarely together, despite having been married for almost 60 years. They moved from East to North Devon a few years ago and this is their first show locally.

R.O.     For me, the essential problems of painting remain, as I believe they always were: the reconciliation of the illusion of reality and the ordering of the flat surface.
V.B.      And for me, similarly, the problems of rendering the world around me into a designed pictorial form.
 
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Sat 02 Sep 2017 to Mon 02 Oct 2017

Hornet

Artists Wall Exhibition

Wildlife & Nature photography of North Devon

Wreford Leverton

Curious fox clubs, a cete of badgers or feeding kingfishers, are some of the subjects of wildlife and nature photographer Wreford Leverton who will be presenting his work for the first time and would like to invite you to share his discovery of nature.  Passionate about his hobby for over 20 years, his knowledge and understanding of the countryside has been the foundation for the stunning images he captures .  He says, “It’s not luck, it’s doing the ground work and staking out that is rewarded with the shot”.

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Sat 05 Aug 2017 to Sat 16 Sep 2017

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Fri 04 Aug 2017, 6:30pm

Open Exhibition of Flower Paintings, Photographs and Crafts

The Rev Keble Martin Project

Tues - Sat 10am - 5pm

From Saturday 5 August until Saturday 16 September the Plough and Torrington Museum will be holding an open exhibition of flower painting, photography and crafts as part of a celebration of the Rev Keble Martin's legacy. Not only was he the author and illustrator of the Concise British Flora in Colour but he was also the vicar of Great Torrington in the 30s and 40s. The museum will show two original Keble Martin paintings and one will be included in the show at the Plough gallery.

The exhibition includes photographs, oil paintings, watercolours and ceramics and is part of a wider... more

Mon 31 Jul 2017 to Fri 01 Sep 2017

One Person's Weed is Another's Wisdom

Pete Yeo

Artist's Wall Exhibition

As part of this exhibition, at 10 am on Sat 26th Pete Yeo will lead a free walk around the outskirts of Torrington which explores the key words found within the title of Keble Martin’s magnum opus - British and Flora - along with associated terms such as wildflower, native, alien, naturalised, invasive, etc.

What is the bigger picture behind these word/ideas and how useful are they?

In the process we may see  Keble Martin’s Flora as a  moment in time, inevitably transient, yet holding memories of the past - and clues to... more

Fri 07 Jul 2017 to Sat 29 Jul 2017

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Fri 07 Jul 2017, 6:00pm

The Edge of Landscape

Ashley Hanson and Sara Bor

Ashley Hanson, a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, obsessively paints the harbour-towns of Cornwall, with their ‘intoxicating mix of the natural and the man-made’. In his distinctive, intensively coloured canvases, working from drawings and memory, Ashley strives to... more

Tue 20 Jun 2017 to Sat 01 Jul 2017

Art @ GTS

‘Art is not what you see but what you make others see’ Degas

GTS invite you once again to enjoy the vibrant, inspiring and diverse art work produced by its extremely talented students. This exhibition shows interesting, imaginative and creative responses from a variety of starting points, using a wide range of materials from... more

Tue 30 May 2017 to Sat 01 Jul 2017

Artists Wall Exhibition

Art on Friday

The Art on Friday Group meets approx. twice a month in The Gallery at The Plough Arts Centre, 10.30am to 2.00pm. Are you looking to take up art, start again after a break or just carry on painting?  Why not join us?

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Thu 25 May 2017 to Sat 17 Jun 2017

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Wed 24 May 2017, 7:00pm

More Uptown and Further Down West

Paul Seed

Bideford born and now Torrington resident, two time BAFTA winning television drama director Paul Seed really doesn’t like London very much but loves North Devon….however, he does take huge pleasure in finding fascinating and often beautiful images in both places. The almost silent snap of a shutter, that unique instant in time which can hold within it an extraordinarily complex story, as wondrous a thing as a mosquito trapped in an amber bead.  For an insight to Paul's motivation take a look at this interview by documentary maker Martin Pailthorpe then come and see the exhibition. more

Tue 02 May 2017 to Sat 27 May 2017

Artists Wall Exhibition

Woodcut Prints

Julian Witts

I live beside the sea in the North Devon village of Lee. I have always drawn and painted, but it was the Printmaking course some years ago at The Plough that sparked a passion for woodcuts. I find inspiration in the natural world far and near, and the creatures we share it with.

I cut my design into the maple board with a knife and a few small gouges, making... more

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