I work in a variety of mediums experimenting with colour and texture using collage to get the effect that is pleasing to me. Light and shadows inspire me to capture a vision I have in my mind. I find the art of putting together a painting exciting and emotional.Painting is all about emotion to me.more
Inspired by the January exhibition ‘Leaving Home, Finding Home?’ an exhibition of paintings by Henrietta Job based on her experience of working in refugee camps in France and Greece , local primary schools provide an exhibition of work inspired by the current plight of refugees alongside a selection of other project work. This annual exhibition has become a firm favourite in the exhibition calendar and is always a delightful and inspiring glimpse into the fantastic work that goes on in our local schools.
Edukid are a locally based UK charity that supports children who live in poverty or conflict in Cambodia, Uganda and Palestine.
We enable around 2,000 children to have an education and have been running trips out for supporters to meet the children for the last 13 years.
This exhibition aims to show an insight into the lives of the children in our projects, and the joy of helping them.
We hope that when people see these photos and read the stories behind them, they also might be inspired to become involved.more
Henrietta Job's vibrant, moving and thought provoking acrylic paintings, and Freddie Job's masterful documentary photography capture the journey of refugees as they search for a new home.
Mother and son are collaborating for the first time to raise awareness of the millions of people globally who are fleeing war. The number of people currently displaced in this way is unprecedented in our time.
Grief, strength, vulnerability and hope figure strongly in both of their work.more
Curated by textile artist, Jill Denton this exhibition is a celebration of hand hooked rugs created by rughookers from Devon & Cornwall. This craft is becoming increasingly popular as many makers are adopting the centuries-old techniques to create beautiful, colourful rugs, thus elevating the craft to a contemporary art form.
On Saturday 12 November there will be an Open Day and “Hook In” from 11am -3pm, to which any rughookers, would-be rughookers or anyone interested in art, craft, textiles and colour is invited. Don’t miss this opportunity... more
Elisabeth Medley-Smith has returned to Torrington from France after a forty five year absence, since her return she has digressed from painting the French landscape and her exhibition here is still life, with the inspiration from oranges, and the colour pigment of Cadmium orange. www.pottypainter.co.uk. more
Open to artists across the South West
£500 First Prize; £100 Second Prize & £50 Third Prize
Sponsored by Torrington Framing
The exhibition of shortlisted artists for this year’s Open Drawing Competition, provides an exciting showcase of work from a wide mix of artists from across the region, and a fascinating chance to explore the various approaches and techniques different artists bring to the discipline of drawing.
Winners to be announced by our judges, Benedict Rubbra and Merlyn Chesterman... more
This year Barbara Fryer Photography will be mixing up local images with those from far flung places & will also be showing some on MDF with a polymer coating which really brings out the images.more
Richard Meyer has exhibited his vibrant and sometimes provocative oil paintings at The Plough twice before. Unquiet Life focuses on 'Still lifes' which are actually anything but 'still'; his paintings are often richly impastoed and as much about the plasticity of oil paint as subject matter.
Eilean Eland’s ceramic sculpture is energetic and very personal, inspired by fecundity in the female form and in nature. The pieces are semi-abstract and refer to growth and re-growth as a metaphor for the reshaping of identity, with a strong assertion... more
Tanya Kevern lives and works locally, she teaches art at Great Torrington School. She finds her job really rewarding .’My students are a constant inspiration to me’. Her passion and hobby is painting particularly in oils. Completely captivated by people, she aspires to capture the real spirit and soul of a person.more
