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Tuesday 4 - Sunday 16 October 2011
10 am - 5 pm
John Ashton is well known for his oil paintings of native birds, hounds and horses. Passionate about the countryside and country life, John has been exhibiting his paintings in local galleries since 2006, following a more nomadic career as a lighting roadie for some of the world's major rock bands. Twice shortlisted for the David Shepherd Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year, John's work has now been seen as far afield as the Mall Galleries in London, the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art in the Wirral, and the Marwell International Wildlife Exhibition in Hampshire. Ian Heard presents a collection of oil paintings and watercolours of boats, yachts and water. Working from his Teign Valley Glass Studio at Bovey Tracey, Richard Glass says that his designs “feel a little retro, but have a contemporary twist”. Following a career as a production glassmaker at Dartington Crystal, Richard gained a Masters Degree in glass design at Sunderland University, before returning to the South West to set up his own studio. Jeannine Allen's semi-abstract oil paintings are inspired by the wild beauty of the coastlines and moorland landscapes near to her Plymouth home, often focusing on working boats with their multi-coloured reflections and battered paintwork, and harbours, with their sense of safety and permanence. She has always loved colourful places, and has been inspired by the light and brilliance of Provence and Morocco, where she lived for some time. An established professional photographer, Henryetta Farleigh shows her work for the first time in a public gallery. 'Painting pictures with light' is how she likes to describe what she does, and she has a preference for low light photography. She bought her first camera for 3d. at a village bazaar, the start of a lifelong love of the photographic medium, and now revels in the flexibility and immediacy of new digital technologies.
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