Timmy Mallet, an accomplished artist whose work is sought after by collectors, will personally unveil some fabulous new paintings at Surridge Gallery, Princesshay on Saturday 11 April.
Timmy loves painting and will reach for 'Mallett's Palette' at the drop of a brush. “I paint every day” says Timmy “Inspiration is everywhere….” Working daily in his studio and on location, he is an accomplished artist in oils and acrylics who takes his inspiration from the ever-changing seasons and his many travels across the UK and the world.
Artist Nick Matson has teamed up with controversial television family The Fulfords to create a unique art holiday experience at their home near Exeter.
The Fulfords rose to fame with Channel 4’s The F***ing Fulfords and BBC3’s Life is Toff, which documented their unconventional way of living in their run-down stately home.
Art enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to inhabit the stunning period property at the Great Fulford Estate where they can soak up the grounds and landscape during a four night art holiday.
The Fulfords are opening their home for a limited...
The Exeter office of leading South West law firm WBW Solicitors, is showcasing the work of a talented Devon artist. Sarah Pressland, from Crediton, is exhibiting a large body of work within the Southernhay office of WBW, which has a commitment to promoting the visual arts in their prestigious Georgian building. “It’s fantastic to see my work being enjoyed by people, I am trying to bring the outside world in,” said Sarah whose work features the inland waterways of Great Britain. Sarah paints in a variety of different media but mainly uses oil paints and often uses photography as her source...
The Time to Change funded Double Elephant project based in Exeter has received support from acclaimed artist David Shrigley.
The mental health project aims to tackle the stigma that surrounds mental illness by engaging communities across Devon in print making whilst starting a conversation about mental health.
Artist Shrigley has generously allowed some examples of his drawings to be used by The Conversation Station which uses printmaking with thought provoking and humorous slogans to initiate conversations about mental health. Visitors to the Conversation Station will be...
Registration for the 2014 Devon Open Studios event has now opened; artists and craftspeople in the county are invited to get involved.
Devon Open Studios, sponsored by Helpful Holidays, is the largest annual art event in the county attracting more than 20,000 visits to artists’ studios each year. During Devon Open Studios 2013, over 16 days in September, 250 artists opened their studios in 140 locations across Devon. The event was a tremendous success with total sales and commissions last year reaching over £135,000.
This year’s event will take place on 6 – 21 September and...
Exeter Phoenix has announced that the Exeter Contemporary Open 2013 Audience Choice Award has been won by Max Cahn. The prestigious contemporary art exhibition, which opened on Friday 13 September, has seen hundreds of visitors vote for their favourite work. In the end Cahn’s work captured the imagination of the public in what was an incredibly close count. On hearing the news, Max Cahn, a Bristol based artist said: "I’m really pleased. It was fantastic to be selected for such a great exhibition in the first place, and to get this award is just the icing on the cake!" Cahn’s paintings tend...
Margaret Lovell is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning modernist sculptor. Her works are distinguishable by their complex simplicity; the abstracted forms are both powerful and graceful; visually arresting.
She has been valued by the serious collector since first showing with Marjorie Parr in London in the sixties. This current exhibition at The Art Room will focus on a unique collection of sculpture, drawings and prints from 1956 to date, many of which have not been seen before.
The Art Room is open Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday 11am-5pm.
Devon based artist Diane Bailey is proud to have received a BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 Award. She reached the finals with not one but two paintings, one of which went on to be voted overall winner in the category British Mammals. There were a record-breaking number of entries this year -1,407 - and very high standard, but eventually the first round judges reduced the original entries to just 122 paintings including two by Diane. “There was strong competition, and given the extremely high calibre of work from some very well-known artists, I was honoured to reach the finals, and...
AventHolidays, founded by Woodbury-based Jeremy Jackson, launched the first of their Italian painting breaks in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage City of Ferrara, Italy. Exeter artist Rebecca de Mendonca, tutored the pastel painting course to a seven-strong group, which included BBC Radio Devon presenter Judi Spiers and Exeter PR consultant Glen King.
Guests enjoyed wine and canapés at a special event held in their honour hosted by Brother and Sister Marco and Melia in the private courtyard of their home.
Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project is well under way. And for two local artists, the rivalry is personal.
Husband and wife artists Deborah Treliving and Malcolm Law are going head-to-head. Malcolm is creating Cool Ice Cream Bananas Gorilla for the Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter, while Deborah is painting Hippocampus Guttulatus Gorilla on behalf of Cavanna Homes.
The Great Gorillas Project is celebrating the 90th birthday of the region’s largest and best-known zoo, Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, which is a registered charity.
