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The Topiarist’s Garden by Liz Butler RWS
PRESS RELEASE | LOCAL ARTIST
July Polytunnel, Wisley by Wendy Jacob VPRWS
Walled Garden, Wisley by Mark Raggett RWS
Cultivation & Creativity 5 – 16 November 2014 Private View: Thursday 6 November, 6 – 8pm Bankside Gallery is delighted to present Cultivation & Creativity which showcases works featuring the four Royal Horticultural Society gardens as seen by Royal Watercolour Society Artists. The RWS was founded in 1804, th
and like the RHS celebrates its 210 anniversary in 2014. The exhibition will show an exciting and diverse range of responses from the figurative to the abstract. Works will reflect the changing seasons and the life of the gardens. Every artist in this exhibition has a strong personal voice. They all work in many different water based media, and the range of methods and materials used will intrigue and surprise. Participating artists will include Richard Bawden son of war artist Edward Bawden, Mike Chaplin formerly resident artist on Channel 4’s Watercolour Challenge, Francis Bowyer renowned teacher at the Royal Academy Schools, recently returned from recording life th
at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, June Berry celebrated watercolourist now in her 90 year and Sophie Knight elected to the RWS at only 24 years of age, who is best known for her wet-on-wet watercolour paintings. In addition, RWS artists will be exhibiting their paintings at The Glasshouse Gallery at RHS Wisley from 19 – 30 November 2014 and will display a selection of their works in the RHS Great London Plant Fair on 14 – 15 April 2015 at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London.
LOCAL ARTIST | Francis Bowyer Francis Bowyer PPRWS Hon RE was born in London and studied at St. Martins School of Art and Chelsea School of Art. He has exhibited widely across the country, and has work held in the Royal Collection and HRH Prince Charles Collection. Francis' paintings of Walberswick, Suffolk; interiors of Parisian restaurants; and more recently studio interiors, create a lively vibrancy that has enchanted the public and buyers at each exhibition. “Light and colour play an important part in my paintings. The brief moment captured. A richness and enjoyment of colour is always at the heart of the subjects that I am attracted to.” It is this vision that Francis has brought to depicting RHS gardens.
The Dry Garden, Hyde Hall by Francis Bowyer PPRWS Hon RE
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