Artist Events
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Doulla Aebli
Exhibition
Inspired by my surroundings and love of animals I make ceramic sculptures of British wildlife which are suitable for the house and garden. Each sculpture is entirely handbuilt and therefore unique.
Ceramics/Glass, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Stawley
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Catherine Ashworth
Exhibition
Catherine was born and brought up in Kenya. Because of the sun, colours are so bright and vivid. She decided to use her vivid imagination and apply those wonderful colours onto silk. Colour brings life to our being. Pictures, cards and wall hangings for sale.
Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Louise Baker
Exhibition
Artist Books: one off and small editions. Mixed media constructions.
Mixed Media, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Mandy Bool
Greeting Card Home Workroom
Mandy loves to produce very personalised cards for occasions including personal hobbies and often photographs of the recipient. Many different techniques are used - decoupage, lace, paper pricking, vellum, parchment, and stamping are among the many skills used. Many cards will be on show and for sale.
Books/Paper/Calligraphy, Mixed Media, Open Studio
Fitzhead
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Eugenia Bowery
Exhibition
In 2008, Eugenia designed a card and entered it in the International Women's Day Competition - run by The Women's Resource Centre in London (a charity supporting women's organisations to be more effective and sustainable). The Picasso-style design she submitted was the winner and subsequently was distributed internationally.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Sarah Cannon
Exhibition
Having specialised in ceramics for her degree finals in 3D design, Sarah now combines her work as a Designer for London architects, along with marketing her own individualistic ceramics from her home studio. Previously exhibited in London, Birmingham, Exeter, St Ives and Wiveliscombe.
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition
Stawley
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Jason Caplan
Exhibition
Jason began painting in New York, and attended Boston Museum School. He now lives in Taunton.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Annie Collins
Exhibition
Annie has been making jewellery for six years now, collects her beads from all over the world. A lot have a tale to tell. They are all unique pieces, which is nice to think that nobody else will have the same as yours.
Jewellery, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Gill Darbyshire
Exhibition
Gill Darbyshire has returned to painting and drawing after many years of doing other craft disciplines. She is enjoying experimenting with various media including watercolour, charcoal, pastels and drawing/design work.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Milverton
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Melanie Deegan
Jesmonite Sculptures
Most of the sculptures that Melanie creates try to capture movement and the medium lends itself particularly well to this. Each piece starts as an idea that is outlined in wire to develop the design, then built up using layers of Jesmonite resin mixed with fibres to provide the texture.
Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Graham Dexter
Exhibition
Graham trained at Glasgow School of Art and various other centres. Work includes paintings, pastels and pen & wash/colour drawings.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Jo Dove
Fragments of Colour
Jo Dove has been making and teaching ceramics for 23 years. Her work is hand thrown porcelain. She is influenced by the clay's softness and fluidity. Her mosaic pieces use fragments of handmade ceramic tiles. Natural pigments in glazes emphasise the texture applied to the clay.
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Andrea Duncan
Exhibition
Taking on board the classical training, yet moving more towards the abstract is what Andrea tries to achieve with her portraits. The nature forms the canvas and the human is fading in to make it as a whole.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Milverton
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Clare DuVergier
Exhibition
Clare DuVergier is a local painter. Her atmospheric painting include representational landscapes of raised banks and shadowed lanes on Exmoor, bracken and heather lined tracks on the Quantocks and provoking abstract work. Oils, watercolours and mixed media. Prints and cards.
Mixed Media, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition, Open Studio
Wiveliscombe
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Jim Dymond
Perceptive Eye
My work uses primarily photography and drawing but any other medium might be appropriate at the time to record what my perception reveals to me. I can never plan when that will occur but I do try to be prepared to respond to whatever may be offered to me. To follow such a practice helps to keep the perceptive eye agile.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Milverton
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Sara Fairfax
Fragments of Colour
New paintings, collages and felt jewellery. Experience the joy of colour abstraction.
Jewellery, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Angela Fine
Exhibition
Hand painted steam set silk designs in vibrant colours. A mix of scarves, paintings and cards. Angela has been painting on silk for many years. She mixes various techniques to produce interesting and individual pieces of work.
Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Marion Garrett
Exhibition
Marion Garrett trained in Durban in the 80's and this year will exhibit 'Images of Landscape' using the expressive quality of light, shade and colour to describe the structure of landscape.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Fitzhead
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Angela Gibbs
Exhibition
After studying life drawing at the Heatherley School of Art, Angie expanded her disciplines to include water colour landscapes, floral studies and hand painted silks. Previous exhibitions in London, Bradford on Avon, Wiveliscombe and Taunton.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Printmaking, Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Stawley
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Pamela Gilbert
Exhibition
Handmade beaded jewellery, many pieces with Swarovski crystals
Jewellery, Exhibition
Stawley
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Geoffrey Godbert & Richard McKane
Poetry Reading
A collection of poetry.
Poetry/Fiction, Exhibition
Milverton
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Maxwell Green
Exhibition
Max Green was born and raised in Wiveliscombe and has always lived there. He is a self-taught watercolour artist who gets his inspiration from the local views and scenery.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Rachel Gundry
Exhibition
Working with different materials - painting on paper, modelling in clay and carving in stone - Rachel makes commissioned pieces of lettering. These may be purely contemplative, or to commemorate a special event, person or place. Come and see!
Ceramics/Glass, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition, Open Studio
Milverton
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Alison Gunner
Exhibition
Alison has been painting since art college. Interior room settings and landscape in collage, watercolour and gouache make up this exhibition in which kitchens are seen as a major cause of discontent and not the status symbol portrayed in glossy magazines. The landscapes are painted from life so as to connect back to the life sustaining forces.
Mixed Media, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Claire Hall
Fused and Lampworked Glass Jewellery
Claire Hall designs and makes individual fused and lampworked glass jewellery from her studio in North Somerset. Each piece reflects her fascination with colour and draws inspiration from the landscape and natural world. Claire has an Honours Degree in Fine Art and PGCE in Art, Design and Technology.
Ceramics/Glass, Jewellery, Exhibition
Stawley
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Beatrice Hammond
Bestiary: a Cabinet of Curiousities
Beatrice's work is a celebration of the strange and the macabre. Inspired by folklore, mythology, organic forms and natural beauty, her work explores fragile borderlands between waking and dreaming and the infinity of possibilities that lies therein.
Model Making, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition, Open Studio
Milverton
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Joan Hardie
Exhibition
Joan is a self-taught artist using graphite, carbon and charcoal which gives her drawings depth and texture. Her subjects are still life and portraits of both humans and dogs. Commissions are undertaken and worked from good clear photographs.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Jocelyn Harral
Exhibition
As a family we produce painted wooden boxes and frames, depicting wildlife, insects and flowers. Felted garments, made from local wools and Merino mix, and metal sculptures for the garden (planters and climbers) from waste metals using organic shapes.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture/Carving, Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Sue Heys
Exhibition
Sue makes many different items out of stained glass including lampshades and mirrors with decorative overlays. She also makes suncatchers, clocks, Christmas decorations and a host of other pieces mainly influenced by the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods.
Ceramics/Glass, Jewellery, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Jos Holloway
Exhibition
Hand built ceramics for house and garden. Stoneware birds and animals, and large colourful bowls and dishes made in the Brendon Hills.
Ceramics/Glass, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Chris Howe
Exhibition
Chris works mainly in watercolours, but also enjoys working in pen and ink. He uses bold brush strokes and a limited palette to produce paintings which appear fresh and clean. His main inspiration comes from the countryside around his home and the south west moors.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Va Jones-Watt
Exhibition
Va paints mainly in oils, as she loves the richness and colour they provide for her dramatic landscapes and colourful abstract paintings
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Fitzhead
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Susie Kenward
Exhibition
Susie works in watercolour and coloured pencil producing detailed botanical studies of flowers, fruit and vegetables, inspired by the plants in her garden. She sells mounted and framed prints and cards from her original paintings. During 2007 and 2008 she exhibited at Killerton House in Devon.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Stawley
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Didi Lautrec
Exhibition
Didi is an oil painter - subjects are animals in motion, portraits of people and landscapes/skyscapes. Powerful and dramatic!
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Lucy Lean
Exhibition
Through the medium of stitched canvas and mixed media, Lucy tries to reflect the intricacies of pattern and form in the natural world. She is currently in her third year studying fine art on a Plymouth University degree programme.
Mixed Media, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Henrietta Lindsay
Exhibition
Henrietta is a fine art student at Somerset College, and has always painted. She finds it stimulating and exciting to be doing a degree course. She works in oils, acrylics, printing and mixed media.
Mixed Media, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Printmaking, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Fitzhead
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Penny Mackreth
Exhibition
Penny makes two dimensional work in mixed media. Also silver jewellery with gold accents incorporating handmade beads, found objects and semi-precious stones. She particularly loves using amber and boulder opal. Commissions undertaken.
Jewellery, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Stawley
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David Manners
Exhibition
David is an experienced photographer creating images with an artists eye. Pattern, light and texture feature strongly in subjects drawn from the natural world. He is an associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Milverton
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Rupert Mardon
Phototropism
Rupert Mardon is a professional photographer living in Langley Marsh and this exhibition explores the landscape and life on Exmoor, on both a small and a large scale
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Steve Marshall
Woodturnings
UNIQUE hand turned woodcraft products are a speciality by Steve Marshall. All items are made from hardwoods, which are all sourced locally. The wood used is from sustainable resources, as most items are made from storm damaged local trees. Some platters have been hand painted and decorated. Wooden bowls, candlesticks, platters and cheeseboards.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Stawley
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Caroline McMillan-Davey
Recent Paintings of the South West
Caroline is a professional artist selling work through several high profile galleries. Her ongoing fascination with the west country has led to this annual exhibition at home. For more information, see the website.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Milverton
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Sally Mears
Pottery
Sally is an earthenware potter making pots for every day. She uses an electric wheel and kiln. The pots are decorated with softly coloured slips and clear glaze. Mostly mugs, jugs and bowls. Come and see!
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition, Open Studio
Milverton
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Jane Mowat
Exhibition
Jane is inspired by the natural world and will be exhibiting wood cut prints, including a new series that she will be working on in the summer, and woodcarvings. She will also run small day-long workshops that must be pre-booked.
Printmaking, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition, Open Studio
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Jim Munnion
Exhibition
Jim Munnion is a professional painter/printmaker working from his studio near Wiveliscombe. This extensive exhibition includes oil paintings, pastel drawings, screen prints and wood relief prints, much of the subject matter drawn from the Exmoor landscape.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Printmaking, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Raamy Nadim
Exhibition
Raamy grew up in Cairo, Egypt and his work is heavily influenced by both ancient and modern Egyptian ceramics. He works with two types of stoneware clay, a white firing clay and a crank clay. He designs and makes attractive oven to tableware, and larger decorative pots.
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition
Stawley
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Amber Packer-Hughes
Colour and Light
This exhibition consists of my latest collection of abstract photography. I have been exploring the effects of light and motion, combined with intense colours, to create imaginary landscapes and emotive compositions.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Fitzhead
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Patricia Perrin
Exhibition
Well known textile artist, Patricia Perrin has expanded her range of hand worked fabrics which now include her best-selling "Wild Women" accessories, and exquisitely crafted hangings and artwork.
Jewellery, Mixed Media, Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Penny Price
Exhibition
Penny's obsession is with form and structure. The forms that she creates are inspired by landscape, nature, architecture and life drawing. The challenge is to translate those ideas into wearable pieces whose qualities reflect the individuality of the wearer.
Jewellery, Exhibition, Open Studio
Milverton
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Annette Rawdon
Exhibition
Annette Rawdon has lived for much of her life in South Africa, where she developed the love of all things wild; animals and nature. She is self-taught and paints in watercolour.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Rosey Reed
Tideline Driftwood Art
Rosey is a Somerset Based artist working from my home on a dairy farm. She enjoys roaming the countryside and local beaches of Somerset, Devon and Dorset collecting a range of materials which she uses to create rustic and organic pieces of decorative art.
Jewellery, Mixed Media, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition
Milverton
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Claire Rice
Exhibition
West Somerset based artist Claire Rice will be showing a selection of local and wider views seen from a fresh perspective - 'The Carnival Collection' and cards, prints, homeware farm animals and portraits.
Mixed Media, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Nicky Saunter
Inside Out - Playing with Indoors and Outdoors
Photography, print-making and outside sculpture from wood and recycled materials, taking our normal inside world out into a wooded glade.
Installation/Conceptual, Photography/Film/New Media, Printmaking, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Milverton
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Geoff Sellick
Fragments of Colour
Geoff Sellick is a designer working in many fields. His ceramics are beautiful, simple and minimal. Matt glazes are added to stoneware forms, and textured to formulate abstract images often inspired by the local coastlines.
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Ann Sharman
Following the Thread
An exploration of the Somerset landscape using a fusion of paint and thread. Visitors will be able to observe the artist at work. Original works and cards for sale and commissions undertaken.
Textiles/Fashion, Exhibition, Open Studio
Milverton
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Avril Silk
Rainbow Glass
Avril has been making leaded glass panels for nearly thirty years, with a particular emphasis on interpreting the work of local school children.
Ceramics/Glass, Exhibition, Open Studio
Ashbrittle
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Ben Simmonds
Wildlife Photography
Ben's view of the world swung into focus when he first tarted to take photography seriously and he is now a full-time wedding photographer. Ben also devotes a great deal of time to British wildlife photography which he loves.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Creina Stanton
Exhibition
Creina has been awarded a licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society and her subjects include wildlife, people and places. A wedding and restoration of old family portraits were recent commissions. Sale of prints, mounted and framed, canvas prints and cards.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Fitzhead
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Christina Thurley
Exhibition
Christina takes inspiration for her watercolour studies from her love of flowers and gardening.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Chris Tipping
Exhibition
Chris' most recent work has been inspired by trips to Morocco. The vitality he found there gave him a new direction and energy. His paintings are executed using inks, acrylics and watercolours.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Jan Tricker
Exhibition
A collection of landscape, still life and abstract paintings primarily inspired by the local countryside. Jan uses a variety of media and unorthodox materials to produce her unique and individual style.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Simon Vincer
Cutting It Fine
A small exhibition of monochrome photographs based on local industry. Prints and cards for sale.
Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Milverton
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Louise Waugh
Exhibition
An established painter and printmaker, Louise has exhibited her work for the past thirty years in solo and group shows in the UK, Spain and USA. Her subjects are of landscapes both here and abroad.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Printmaking, Exhibition
Chipstable with Waterrow
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Tom Waugh
Exhibition
Tom is a sculptor and stone carver who creates architectural carving, public sculpture, memorials and commissioned art work. Recent work includes a new grotesque for St Georges Chapel, Windsor. Tom is currently creating a life size figure in Kilkenny lime stone for St Deiniols' Library in Hawarden.
Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Milverton
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Wendelinn Wilkins
The Whirling Gift
British Colombia rainforest, California blue skies and Somerset pastures provide colours for the backgrounds of the figures which move through Wendelinn's watercolour paintings, poems and colour drenched photographs.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Poetry/Fiction, Exhibition
Wiveliscombe
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Richard Willis
Mainly Marine I
An exhibition of mainly marine paintings, with some landscapes.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Stawley
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Richard Willis
Mainly Marine II
Landscape and marine subjects
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Stawley
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Tilly Willis
Exhibition
An exhibition of portraits, local landscapes, still life and Africa pictures. Prints, calendars, cards and African fabrics for sale. Commissions taken.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition, Open Studio
Bathealton
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Judy Willoughby
Transformation
Judy Willoughby's work is colourful and imaginative. Through the creative process of printing and painting she transforms her subject into something more personal. A range of paintings, prints and books are for sale.
Books/Paper/Calligraphy, Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Printmaking, Exhibition
Milverton
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David Wood
Exhibition
David Wood, who has recently taken up oil painting, paints vibrant and exciting land and seascapes.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Isobel Wood
Exhibition
Watercolours of landscapes and flowers. Photography.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Photography/Film/New Media, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Tom Wood
Exhibition
Interior and Exterior sculptures - mixed media
Mixed Media, Sculpture/Carving, Exhibition
Huish Champflower
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Veronica Worthington
Exhibition
Veronica loves travel, cooking and gardening and her work reflects these hobbies and their vibrant colours.
Painting/Drawing/Illustration, Exhibition, Open Studio
Wiveliscombe