Creates Magazine - Spring 2019

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COVER CREATIVE Beverley Bunn

SPRING 2019 COVER CREATIVE Beverley Bunn -Glass Artist Cover Image: ‘Memories of Barcelona’

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CONTENTS Beverley Bunn West Sussex Art Fair Emerging Artist Award Sue Ransley Liz French Neil Chard, Zaza Lewis, John Brooks Creates Gallery Roy’s People Art Fair Creates Gallery & Coffee Shop Miriam McClay Fresh: Art Fair

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4 COVER CREATIVE BEVERLEY BUNN

BEVERLEY BUNN - GLASS ART Eleven years ago, when Beverley Bunn turned her jewellery-making hobby into a glass-fusing business, she never considered the potential she was igniting. Although she’s a naturally creative person, Beverley didn’t study art, didn’t know anybody in the ‘art world’, and for a long time, she saw this as a disadvantage.

Beverley completed an engineering apprenticeship when she left school in 1984, and had kept her creativity for her free time, until she discovered the art of glass fusing in her forties. The first time she tried the art, she knew immediately that this was the perfect medium for her - an artistic process that is also inherently technical. Controlling the rate and degree to which glass is heated and cooled in a kiln, changing it from one form to another and using the myriad of techniques associated with it, is often a feat of engineering and may involve many firings, plus coldworking, to create a single piece of art.

In terms of glass history, fusing is the new kid on the block.

Many innovative fused glass artists across the world are still developing new techniques and pushing boundaries, supported by art-glass manufacturers like Bullseye Glass, who invest in education and innovation. Beverley likes to think she is doing her bit to evolve this new art form,

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with the means to invest in her gallery collections, which is where she gets to choose how she expresses her inner artist.

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in her home-based studio in Kent. Beverley creates a wide array of pieces, from dishes and vessels, to cast sculpture, light sconces and wall panels. She is a magpie for techniques and tools, liking nothing better than to learn something new. Beverley gets great satisfaction when she is able to create something beautiful using the range of skills she has developed, in order to satisfy a client’s request, or to satisfy her own curiosity and push her own boundaries. She feels that if you don’t keep striving to improve or stretch your creative practice, then you are going backwards.

Beverley considers her practice to be as much a small business as an artistic endeavour. She feels fortunate to have business skills from her time in industry, but there is still a lot that she continues to learn, to get her work noticed, to win commissions and make sales. Beverley has developed four main areas of work, which support each other both creatively and financially. Her giftware collection and the workshops she teaches at her studio, are not only her ‘bread and butter’, but keep her in touch with the outside world. They also provide her

Currently, she is exploring trees, skies and planets. It is her most creative work, yet it is the work that has the highest risk factor, because when she embarks on a project, with the seed of an idea, she doesn’t really know if anyone will exhibit it, buy it, or even like it! But in going through the process of creating a collection for exhibition, Beverley develops her ideas and reputation, giving her the kudos to attract clients for her bespoke interiors. When a piece is installed in a home or a workplace and a client can’t stop smiling, that’s what makes it all worth while.

Beverley’s next exhibition is on the 6th and 7th of April in Kent, at the Grierson Galleries Benenden Art Show.

To commission a piece from Beverley or to see more of her work, please contact her through Facebook & Instagram - @beverleybunnglassart, visit her website www.beverleybunn.com or phone – 07966461572.

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WEST SUSSEX ART FAIR 17 - 19 May 2019

In 2019, Sussex is hosting two new contemporary art fairs in the UK, brought to you by Fraser Renton, Oliver Norris and Leah Michelle of Sussex Art Fairs. West Sussex Art Fair will be held at Goodwood Racecourse from the17th to 19th of May 2019 and the East Sussex Art Fair will be at Brighton Racecourse from the 11th to 13th of October 2019.

The inaugural West Sussex Art Fair (WSAF) takes place at the world renowned Goodwood Racecourse in the heart of the picturesque Sussex Downs. There will be 100 exhibitors throughout the two main halls of The March Stand, with thousands of artworks from over 160 artists available for purchase. Visitors will arrive at the first hall to experience twenty carefully selected Gallery and Artist Collective Stands, followed by the second hall which will include eighty up and coming and established independent artists, local and national, all of whom you toilet facilities. The venue is wheelchair accessible and will be able to meet to make the experience that little bit small dogs are also welcome, which we ask to be carried more special. whilst inside the venue.

Taking place over 3 days, West Sussex Art Fair starts on Sussex Art Fairs will be collaborating with Sussex Wildlife the Friday evening at the ticketed Private View, where Trust, a conservation charity who are protecting the visitors will be able to browse their favourite artwork(s) wonderfully rich natural life that is found in our towns, with a glass of wine from our full bar, and be the first to countryside and coast. view exhibitors collections before the event is open to the Being the first of its kind within the Sussex Counties, general public over the weekend.

Sussex Art Fairs is the perfect place to begin your art Prices for art work start from as little as £50 for prints and collection, or indeed add to your collection if you are smaller works, to over £5,000, so there will be something to already a seasoned art enthusiast and for those who can’t suit every budget. Art buyers’ purchases will be wrapped decide on a purchase during the event, exhibitor details by our specialist wrapping team ‘artPAKK’, located at the will be available in the West Sussex Art Fair brochure at exit. our event and online.

Facilities include a coat check on arrival, a full café serving www.sussexartfairs.co.uk teas, coffees and snacks over the weekend and excellent

Loraine is a Suffolk based oil painter, who is inspired by her local landscape, woodlands and coastline. Her paintings are atmospheric and impressionistic, and she enjoys using colour, line and form as her creative language to express the seasons, spirit and rhythms of her subjects.

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Painter of land and sea, focusing on a fleeting moment, resonating deep within and embracing the freedom found in the wild. The paintings are not about an actual place and have an extraction of the ‘detritus’ to focus on a sense of peace and stillness within that moment.

The paintings are created using handmade oil glazes on linen or canvas with a muted palette.

Dawn Reader’s art has featured in the Sunday Times Style, Vogue, House and Garden and she has had work featured on Channel 4 television. dawn.reader@rocketmail.com FB: Dawn Reader Painter Instagram: dawn_reader

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Kate is endlessly fascinated by faces - human and animal - always aiming to capture the essence and intensity of the subject and the emotions that dart and glimmer behind the eyes.

She currently works in pastels, often experimenting with unusual grounds and surfaces such as wood, glass and metals.

Sometimes she incorporates 22 carat gold and silver leaf, which adds a different dimension and challenge of its own, thereby hopefully creating something more impactful and unexpected.

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Brush in hand, the journey of image transformation is an art form of its own. Colours and shapes are transformed again and again until the time when a solution emerges, sometimes with a tremendous eureka effect; almost orgasmic. The journey from photographic camera to canvas, his creative journey.

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Martín’s current interest is in the post capture creative process.

It is a search for colours and forms, that emanate from inside, often completely unrelated to the original subject.

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Angela is currently experimenting with capturing and distilling her designs as much in the negative space as the space they occupy. There is a reality of mood without overworking the narrative. angelambrittain@gmail.com FB: angelabrittainartist

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Julie’s work is a joyous celebration of life through a fearless use of vibrant colors, patterns and textures.

Deeper observation reveals imagery drawn from different cultures and time periods.

Layers of broken imagery are partially revealed, partially hidden, like a story unfolding. Julie’s creative roots come from a background of textiles and fine art; her passion from her love of painting.

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Angela is inspired by people, light, motion, natural shapes and reflections. She works by applying many layers of paint to the surface, building complex overlays and edges that work with figures in motion to create a composition where everything is transitory and fluid.

Matthew’s artwork is inspired

by Celtic history, art and culture. The compositions are a reflection of his understanding of the natural world. The guiding working principle of his artwork is to experience Zen and achieve balance. The end result is always a chaotic, yet balanced image that mirrors the visual complexity of the natural world. Matthew finds it rewarding that the images seem to share the “DNA” of Celtic art works from so long ago. The line work and colors he has discovered are like jewels wrapped in the fantastic, swirling aesthetic of traditional Celtic art. matt@mjfdesign.net www.matthewjfrock.com Instagram: matthewjfrockartstudio

Having suffered a traumatic event in 2016, David returned to art to help him cope with the ensuing depression. As a conservation volunteer in Epping Forest, trees became an inspiration for both his life and his work and as he experimented with different mediums to create his art, he found resin provided the desired opportunity to create his truly interesting and original pieces of 3D art that give both reflection and intrigue. david@davidvarneyart.co.uk www.davidvarneyart.co.uk FB: davidvarneyart Instagram: davidvarneyart

EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

CREATES GALLERY & EMERGING ARTIST AWARD On the 7th of February 2019, the winners of the Emerging Artist Award were announced at the Gallery Opening Night of the Award exhibition.

The exhibition runs until the 9th March, when the 3rd place winner will be announced - the winner of the People’s Choice award.

The first place winner was Sue Ransley, the second place winner was Liz French, and the three highly commended places went to Neil Chard, Zaza Lewis and John Brooks.

All of the work showing in the gallery is for sale, and in the following pages, we feature some of the finalists in the competition. The standard of entries was extremely high, and you can read more about the winners on pages 10-13.

Landscapes, abstracts and still life art, as well as ceramics, glass and jewellery in various styles are represented in this exhibition.

The Emerging Artist Award Exhibition is a mustsee while visiting Monmouth, and is only on show until the 9th March 2019. So be sure to come and visit.

From the 14th March to the 11th May, the Creates Gallery Spring Exhibition will feature international and local artists, and Creates Gallery is also thrilled to be exhibiting at this years Fresh: Art Fair in Cheltenham in April.

You can see a full list of the gallery’s opening times on the website www.createsgallery.com.

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SUE RANSLEY

SUE RANSLEY 1ST PLACE WINNER

The 1st place winner of the Emerging Artist Award 2019 is Sue Ransley. Based in West Sussex, her main medium is oil paints and depicting the people she sees on her travels.

Sue submitted three pieces to this year’s emerging artist award, exploring a variety of settings and themes. Sue’s pieces represent a strong theme throughout her body of work, creating a recognisable and distinctive presence.

“All the people I paint are everyday folk I’ve seen whilst out and about, camera and sketchbook in hand. I aim to capture our individuality and quirks, what makes us human, and create a sense of familiarity. You will hopefully recognise in my people someone you know, or perhaps, yourself!

These aren’t portraits, I’m only looking at the essence of the moment - what caught my eye, or made me smile - and look to capture that on canvas, often with humour, but always with warmth and affection! I ‘draw’ directly onto the canvas with paint - these lines forming part of the final image.”

Sue Ransley was a creative from a very young age, with her parents having met at art school, and encouraged her to explore her creativity throughout her childhood. But it wasn’t until her own children had grown up and left home, and she found herself unemployable due to a health issue, that Sue returned to her creative roots. She enrolled in an Adult Learning Course to learn how to paint and was very fortunate to have art teacher, Hoshi Jila, as her mentor, as he was the one who introduced her to oils, and, through his generosity of spirit, knowledge and enthusiasm, helped Sue find her voice.

Over the last twelve years, Sue has exhibited her work in fifteen exhibitions in the UK, and has been shortlisted for several awards. Despite her success, Sue still feels she is at the beginning of her journey and takes as many courses and classes as she can, always happy to learn new ideas and techniques to improve her craft.

The reason Sue loves to work with oils is because of the

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forgiving nature of them. They are not static once applied to the canvas, but are pliable and responsive. She believes that your medium is part of your artistic language, and that some mediums will speak to you more than others. She is currently experimenting with acrylics, as she has been asked to do demonstrations in public places and is afraid of the mess she would make with oils and spirits!

When it comes to subject matter, Sue chooses to focus on people. Partly because she loves to people watch, and partly because she is afraid of never ending landscapes. People

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have a beginning and an end, and Sue loves to capture their movement and energy and to tell their story.

Every year, Sue likes to set herself challenges, whether it’s entering a competition like the Emerging Artist Award, or trying a different technique. For example, part of her process now is to paint upside down. This way, you are painting the shapes and colours and shadows, not the eyes, nose, face, or body. Sue doesn’t sketch her images on the canvas first, she prefers to load the brush with paint and dive straight in, allowing the people to emerge from her brushstrokes.

Sue feels that too many artists suffer from imposter syndrome - feeling that they or their artwork is not good enough - and has felt that way many times herself. But the joy of creating her pieces overrides the fear of how others will react to them, and she encourages aspiring artists to stop second

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guessing themselves or putting themselves down, and to just go for it. Her mother talked of having a ‘100 paintings’ exhibition, yet never showed her work at all, usually painting over her pieces almost as soon as they were finished. Luckily for us, Sue has overcome any doubts around her work, and is happy to show them to the world.

Sue’s work is now on display at Creates Gallery in Monmouth, and more of her works will be shown there during 2019. If you would like to get in touch with her or see more of her work, you can visit her website or social media.

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LIZ FRENCH

LIZ FRENCH 2ND PLACE WINNER

Second prize was awarded to Liz French, who is based in the Highlands of Scotland. Liz is a glass artist and submitted one piece into this years’ Emerging Artist Award. The piece she submitted was tilted “Withstanding”, and inspired by her partner battling prostate cancer. It impressed the judges of the Emerging Artist Award by showing a unique approach to glass through using current themes (awareness of prostrate cancer) and fused glass practices.

“My work explores light, colour and form through fused glass panels and sculptural works. Upon firing I allow a certain amount of chance to create fluid and organic lines. The fluidity of the glass becoming almost painterly. Through precise cutting and experimental kiln firing, I aim to achieve a balance between structure and spontaneity, akin to forms found in nature.”

Liz has been creating glass art for many years, but it wasn’t until she was made redundant in 2010, that she became a full time artist. She took a few courses, but is mostly self taught, and her style is the result of much experimentation.

Her earlier glass works were literal representations of the wild Scottish landscape, and more recently she has been responding to architectural spaces, specifically the light through Paolozzi’s window at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Her winning entry, titled ‘Withstanding’ was the beginning of her applying her approach to making to a range of contexts, including the experience of living alongside her partner who was fighting prostate cancer. The piece represents the feelings and emotions of the experience. This piece was a departure from her usual colour palette, as she selected symbolic

colours and opaque glass that created strong silhouettes.

‘Withstanding’ was the culmination of many experiments to create a glass ‘painting’ that is symbolic rather than literal.

Layering a number of glass panels or elements is an essential feature of Liz’s work and allows her to explore sculptural forms. Liz creates spaces in amongst the coloured layers to allow for the light to move around and catch the reflective surfaces.

Because of her experiences with her partner’s health, Liz is very passionate about raising the awareness of prostate cancer, and hopes her work will inspire men to get a health check.

To view more of her work or to enquire about a commission , please visit her website www.lizfrenchglass.com

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NEIL CHARD, ZAZA LEWIS & JOHN BROOKS Three artists were awarded a Highly Commended Certificate, for their entries, and they were Neil Chard, for his entry ‘Mugshot’; Zaza Lewis for her entry ‘Paris in 1530’ and John Brooks for his entry ‘A Moment in Time.”

Zaza Lewis uses the skills of card cutting to illustrate images that inspire her. Zaza’s passion had always been with textiles, which resulted in creating a unique style marrying the card and fabric together.

Her images are full of contrasts and details and reflect her personality. Paris in 1530, is all cut by hand with hundreds of small pieces of fabric for colour.

Zaza Lewis is a freelance graphic designer and cartographer specialising in historical maps.

Zaza’s work is on display in Creates Gallery until the 9th March, and to explore more of her work, you can visit her website, www.artizaza.com

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Neil Chard is a painter whose work is characterised by an intense graphic vision of the world. He attempts to engage the viewer and for them to assimilate their own opinion of his hyper-realistic style. Neil is based in South Wales and he graduated from the University of Glamorgan with BA (Hons) in Art Practice. For further information or to commission a piece, contact neilchard@hotmail.co.uk.

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Paris in 1530 John Brooks’ work always reflects an emotional response to the subject matter. This is essential in the creation of any piece of art and without that it becomes merely a pictorial photograph.

Since 2011, he has explored new areas of image presentation through a constructivist approach involving re-imagined landscape. This is achieved by a multi-image capture of the subject and subsequently reconstructing it. johnbrooksphotography.co.uk

ARTISTS AT CREATES GALLERY

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PENNY GOLLEDGE

Golden Dawn Oil/Acrylic on Canvas 91cm x 71cm £1000

LUCIA DAVIES

Puzzlewood Roots Collagraph and water-colour 32cm x 42.5cm £225

The Fool Mixed Media 102cm x 76cm £2,000

JOHN BROOKS

A Moment in Time Archive print on cotton paper 60cm x 40cm £300

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ARTISTS AT CREATES GALLERY

ROWAN DAY

MONIQUE OLIVER

From Where I Stand Oil and 24ct Gold Leaf on Canvas 80cm x 80cm £710

Fading Oil on Canvas 72cm x 72cm £950

GIGI JONES

Catharsis Oil on canvas 60cm x 120cm £1200

DAVE SANDS

Filament Digital Print 135cm x 73.5cm £1000

ARTISTS AT CREATES GALLERY MICHELE VINCENT

Poppy Glass 9cm £170

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KIRSTEN TODD

Rise of the Divine Feminine - Surma Girl Acrylic on Canvas 76cm x 50cm £900

ROSIE WESLEY ISOBEL BARBER

Beaulieu’s Silver Birch Cast Bronze with Patina and Silver Leaf 42.5cm x 9cm £2700

Treasures from an Ocean Freshwater pearls and fine silver £185

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SUZANNE VICENZOTTI

Portal 1 Stoneware Ceramic W28cm x H32cm x D4cm £1440

Portal 2 Stoneware Ceramic W28cm x H28cm x D26cm £1440

Portal 3 Stoneware Ceramic W24cm x H24cm x D12cm £750

KATHRYN MARCHBANK

LISA BARTRIP

Heart Box 2 Birch Plywood H18cm x W10cm £900

Fascinating Ceramic 13cm £65

ARTISTS AT CREATES GALLERY

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NEIL CHARD ZAZA LEWIS

Anxiety Oil on Canvas 56cm x 40cm £2000

Buddleaia and butterflies Hand-cut card and fabrics 50cm x 100cm £975

HANNAH BILLINGHAM

LUCY BEXENDALE

Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Seventeen Ceramic 14 cm high, 15 cm wide, 12 cm deep £500

From his mouth Porcelain 12cm x 26cm x 14cm £2000

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ANNA TWAROG

Tianlong Glass paints on glass 50cm x 50cm £2300

ARTISTS AT CREATES GALLERY JACOB PICKEN

21 Savage Pencil Drawing 32cm x 52cm £300

Forest and Rivers Open Studios

“A R T I S W I L L G O M P E R T Z ” EXHIBITION

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farOpen gives you an unmissable opportunity to acquire affordable artworks direct from the makers.

But if you can’t wait until the summer, you can reach any artists right now, through the farOpen website.

Look out for hard copy farOpen brochures from May in shops, libraries, cafes and other public spaces throughout the area. Lavishly illustrated with images of the work of all participating artists, they give vital information together with maps and directions for your visits.

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Da n i e l i s a “ l at e t o t h e ta b l e ” a r t i s t d esc ri b i n g h is wo rk as “ec lecti c e x p r e s s i v e e x p e r i m e n ta l a b s t r a c t a r t ” .

T h i s “n ot to b e m i s s ed” e x h i b it i o n w i l l b e h e l d at T h e S e c r e t G a l l e ry , T h e S h a m b l e s , N e w e n t , G L1 8 1 P P from 2nd – 27th April 2019.

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ROY’S PEOPLE ART FAIR 4 - 7 APRIL 2019 Following the huge success of the 3rd Roy’s People Art Fair in November 2018, the revolutionary art fair is back by popular demand and on an even larger scale. This year’s Spring instalment promises to impress, and will be held at the award-winning landmark building, OXO Tower Wharf, London.

paint live each day, creating their for anyone to pick up a pen and add artwork as part of a large mural, to the walls. Welcoming all ages and displaying how different artists abilities to get involved. perceive the human form.

Fine art printmaking studio: There will be 85 carefully selected Hippo Screenprinters will be live artists personally showcasing their demonstrating the art of screen pieces to the public during this free printing with exclusive artwork releases four-day event. by a number of special guests.

The focus of this fair is primarily on developing a community led spirit initiated by artists, to connect directly Location: Bargehouse Oxo Tower with the public and promote both the Wharf, London SE1 artists’ and buyers’ interests first.

Private View: 4th April 2019 5-8:30pm Visit the GreatArt room on Level 2 Tickets via website.

Roy’s People Art Fair will introduce a new Live Installation ‘Perception of People’. This unique installation, featured in the entrance hall of the fair, will be created live for our visitors throughout the duration of the event, starting on the 4th April at the Private and get your creative juices flowing. For tickets and more information: View. Various selected artists have A unique chance to try out your skills www.royspeopleartfair.com been invited to bring their skills and as GreatArt will set up an entire room

www.poetryandcraft.com Luke_langthorne@hotmail.com Instagram: poetry_and_craft FB: poetryandcraft

With deteriorating physical conditions and rising safety and security concerns of an old community-Xiaowen Alley Area in Ningbo, China, most of the original owners have moved out in the past years and marketed the flats with significantly low rents. There is a growing trend for migrant workers living in there due to its affordability and convenience to work. This project aims to design an adaptable social housing to address a strong urban conflict between fixed housing structure and dynamic need. In the proposal, arrangements of the adaptable social housing can be flexible to change in response to people’s dynamic needs based on dynamic population, especially for migrant workers who have no relatively stable works. According to typology studies, the ‘L’ shape single unit is used as the basic module for further transformations and combinations, which are all based on the dynamic population. www.instagram.com/wbinhn

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Jessica Dunn is a British artist living and working in her studio in the Algarve, Portugal.

Her recent work has transitioned from the figurative to the abstract: textural impressions of land, sea and sky, inspired by the elements, the intense Southern sunlight and drama of the ever-changing landscape. Her paintings capture an impression of its transient nature, drawing the viewer into a world, reflective, and timeless.

Jessica has exhibited in Portugal, Italy and the UK. Her work is held in collections worldwide. www.jessicadunnart.com jessicadunnartist@gmail.com FB:JessicaDunnArt Instagram: jessicadunnartist

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Luke’s diverse brush strokes energise daily emotions and unexpected feelings. Following his love for poetry, he is learning to express his thought process through abstraction.

Tipperleyhill are two artists, Abi and Roz, who work together on every painting. Their passion is to create contemporary landscapes and vibrant florals. Often working on two canvases at the same time, they swap from one to the other building up the colour and texture.

The pairs’ mutual trust in each other shows how their collective energy creates something entirely new.

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A full spectrum of positive messages and celebration to a pendulum of negativity, anger and confusion. Luke wants to capture a snap shot of society. A study of his mind and his own journey.

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Luke’s expressive mark-making represents his personal journey of emotions, self awareness, passion and self development. An exploration of highs and lows, expressing this through a linear lifeline of ups and downs.

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Natalie feels every living thing is unique and moves through life at its own pace.

She is an ambidextrous fine artist; her art is based on interaction with the environment, observation of human activity, spontaneity, and is created on a variety of different media. Part of her practice includes live performance art.

Natalie strives to capture the essence of her subjects with economy of line. The image is revealed by the way a viewer’s brain perceives what is there and not there and fills in the gaps.

The two major elements of magic and emotion are the driving forces behind David’s photography.

The camera is a completely objective observer, simply recording everything the lens sees, rather than filtering it through our individual human perceptions. The use of alternative photo processes allows David to work with the more painterly aspects of photography - to portray what he sees in a more subjective way. The art for David, is to produce a photograph that engages our imagination. www.davidwinston-photography.com dpwinston1@gmail.com FB: davidwinstonphoto Instagram: david.winston.photography

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ART GALLERY

CREATES GALLERY & COFFEE SHOP

CREATES GALLERY & COFFEE SHOP After its very successful first year in Monmouth, Creates Gallery has expanded! Creates Gallery and Coffee Shop opened on the 1st December 2018, in the Forest of Dean. It is located at the Dean Heritage Centre, and Creates Gallery is proud to partner with such a great charity and organisation. The coffee shop serves delicious food and beverages, and customers can peruse the work of local artists and makers while they eat and socialise.

The gallery shows sculpture, fine art, jewellery, and ceramics all of which is available to purchase. The new Creates Gallery and Coffee Shop is the first of its kind in the Forest of Dean, and has become a hub for artists and makers, offering workshops, solo

exhibitions and there will be demos in the future too.

The latest exhibition opened on the 18th February and will run until 19th May, exploring Big Skies, Forest and City Landscapes, in various styles, as well as sculpture, ceramics and jewellery. Visitors to the gallery at the Dean Heritage Centre will find favourites such as Warren Day with his fascinating mixed-media landscapes, which continue to intrigue visitors and a selection of locally inspired sculptures.

A Dean Heritage Centre board member (Chair of Trustees of the DHC) commented ‘This is a wonderful tie in for the Dean Heritage Centre and fits perfectly

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with our ethos for locally produced items, artwork and set in our stunning woodland setting. We are really excited to be part of this new venture and are looking forward to being a hub for local makers and artists’.

You can find a diary of exhibitions on the Creates Gallery website, as well as our exhibiting artists across both galleries. Creates Gallery is proud to support artists and makers in the west of England and Wales.

Please join our mailing list to be invited to events and the opening of exhibitions throughout the year.

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MIRIAM MCCLAY

MIRIAM MCCLAY

Woven

Miriam trained at Falmouth School of Art and Design where she gained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. A year later, she achieved a Master’s Degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. A PGCE at Middlesex University led Miriam into a full-time teaching role for the last 24 years. She now works at Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre in the Forest of Dean, in the Art Department.

Despite her busy career as a teacher, Miriam has always kept up her own art practice. Her earlier artwork was a study of the local scenes, very much inspired by the woodland surrounding her, and a representation of what she saw everyday.

Fastening and Separation

Then, a year ago, her father passed away, and she found herself needing to express her feelings and emotions through more abstract art. She wanted to create pieces that reflected her journey through her grief, but that were also a celebration of her father’s life.

She held an exhibition of the pieces to celebrate her love for him.

The resulting artworks have a depth to them, and a playfulness, as Miriam experimented with new mark-making techniques, new mediums and released the need for them to be perfect or accurate, instead opting to have fun during the process of creation.

Miriam has found inspiration through the research she does for her teaching,

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and in teaching new techniques to her students, she is inspired to do new things in her own work.

She finds that her students are often very critical of their artwork, and find it difficult to accept their work and see it as being good enough. So Miriam makes a point of showing her work to them, and to show that she also makes mistakes or messes up, so they feel like they can experiment a bit more.

Working with children and being around colleagues who are also artists, gives her a lot of energy and inspiration that she can then channel into her work, and she feels that having their support is invaluable, as many artists can become too isolated, and lose

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confidence in their work.

Miriam also finds a lot of inspiration through social media, in seeing what other people are doing, and sees it as an endless source of material to inspire new works.

She feels that though an art education can be helpful in teaching technique and method, sometimes its most valuable role is in encouraging and enabling experimentation, as a way of finding an individual voice. This is the power of an art education and that’s why she loves her job and the arts.

In moving towards more abstract art, Miriam is rediscovering the art of play, of making marks on canvas that can be interpreted differently by every person who views it.

Abstract art forces the viewer to look more deeply into a piece of art, to see what they see, and feel, rather than just accepting it at face value.

Keep Listening to the Birds

If you would like to contact Miriam to commission a piece or find out more about her current work available, please contact her.

miriammcclay.com miriammcclay@hotmail.com Instagram: miriammcclay

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FRESH: ART FAIR

FRESH: ART FAIR 26 - 28 April 2019

FRESH …an easy way to buy art It takes time to visit enough galleries to find the art you love. At Fresh: Art Fair you’ll be able to visit 50 galleries in one place, see 5,000 works by 500 local, national and international artists, all in a couple of enjoyable hours with a glass of wine in your hand. Sound good so far? There’ll be original prints and paintings, sculpture, glass and ceramics from as little as £100 up to £30,000 but most of them well within most budgets. There’ll be everything from emerging talent to Royal Academicians; Blake, Hockney, Hirst, Emin, Sutherland, Piper, Frost and McLean will all be there.

And a good deal more.

Frames and framing At the Fair this April we’ll be exploring some of the mysteries of art. There’ll be talks and demonstrations by leading London picture framer and fine art fabricator Darbyshire.

Working with artists, galleries, collectors and museums, Darbyshire creates frames and display cases for many of our most famous names. Their talks will explain

how to choose frames and how framing is important in art conservation.

Art and interior design There will be two Talks on the Saturday of the Fair by Interior Designer and Instagram phenomenon Dee Campling. Dee is Cheltenham-based but reaches the whole world of interiors …she will talk about the role of art in interior design and take your questions.

Prints and print-making Perhaps the biggest mystery of all will be explained by painter and master printmaker Jim Starr while he shows you how it’s done. There are prints and there are original prints, the first is cheap and cheerful, the second a true work of art.

Original prints are produced in many ways but always with the direct involvement of the artist. They may be etchings, engravings, lithographs, screen prints, woodblocks or linocuts. They are often called impressions rather than prints and are always produced in numbered editions and signed by the

artist. Each colour in a print usually requires a separate stone, plate, block, or stencil, and any of these basic processes may be combined in the creation of a finished work. Jim will be working on a screen print throughout the Fair.

Art valuation International fine art auctioneers Bonhams will be with us again to give you advice on selling your old art (that stuff that was handed down to you years ago that you never look at). This year they will give some informal talks about the mysteries of art valuation.

Tickets are only £8 for two and £12 for the Private View where you can enjoy live jazz, free wine, first pick of the art and a huge buzz. You can buy tickets online at Freshartfair.net Fresh: Art Fair will be in the Centaur building at Cheltenham Racecourse from 26th to 28th April 2019 with a Private View on the evening of 25th.

Doug Eaton Prints now available at artgroup.com/artist/doug-eaton