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
Local artists Gill Jones and Helen Lee will be showing a selection of artworks using a comprehensive variety of techniques inspired by the beautiful land and seascapes of North Devon. They enjoy the challenge of working with different media to keep their creative juices flowing and which they hope will provide something interesting for all visitors.
This exhibition will therefore include works of... more
Bideford born, Torrington resident, two time Bafta winning television drama director Paul Seed hates London and loves North Devon……however, he does take huge pleasure in finding fascinating and often beautiful images in both places.more
The Devon based artist Marianne Edwards has captured the stunning scenery of South West landscapes and the coastline for more than half a century and is holding an exhibition of her latest paintings this July at The Plough Arts Centre alongside the work of ceramicist, Jan Lye.
Marianne focuses on countryside scenery in pastels, including tree-lined valleys, narrow lanes and rolling hills. 'I have always loved walking in the North Devon countryside and along the coastpath and this has inspired my work. Shifting patterns of light through trees and over water form patterns... more
The ‘Fantastic Fifth Art Show’ is a diverse and vibrant exhibition showcasing some of the amazing art work created at Great Torrington School. ‘Every child is an artist’ wrote Pablo Picasso, and the students here are actively and positively encouraged to experiment with a wide range of materials and starting points taking inspiration from other artists work and the whole world around them. Come and see a selection of our very talented artists and their creativity and you’ll see that every child is indeed an artist.more
Poetry, Painting, Performance, Ceramics, Film, Drawing, Monotype, Sculpture, Animation
An innovative and visionary group show exploring and celebrating the sacred feminine comes straight to The Plough Arts Centre from The Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall.
Curated by Kate Walters the show will explore and celebrate the hidden world of the feminine principle through paintings, poetry, drawings, sculpture, film, writing, talks, workshops and music.
The work shown will awaken and restore the lost feminine, the quiet voice within ourselves and... more
(Atavist; the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. An atavist is an individual embodying such a reversion.)
‘These bodies of work come through me like a mystic journey’
The work is elemental and the raw materials define the work; clay, wood, metal - air, water, fire and earth.
During 2015 as Paul worked on a series of clay sculptures called Elemental Shrines, filmmaker, Ian Atherton made a documentary ‘Paul Devon Young - Elemental’... more
‘I live locally and am a homeopath who loves to paint. I started with seascapes and have moved on to meadows and don’t seem to want to paint anything else now. The colours are so bright.’more
