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Opening Thursday 10th May 2012 at  'Off The Wall Gallery' The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2DQ

The show runs until 6th June and limited edition prints are now available!

Original Paintings in this series are all oil on canvas, however some of the works will be reproduced and available as good quality limited edition prints.

Prints are made professionally, using archival colourfast inks on 100% cotton, acid free, heavy wieght (320gsm), fine art paper. They are signed numbered editions of 100, mounted and wrapped, with certificate of authenticity. Overall sizes (including mount) are 16"x16" or 16" x 20".

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Following the great success of the first workshop here in March Nick Jenkins of Freespirit Images is offering a second workshop along the fantastic coastline of Northumberland next October 2012. The dates are from Monday 8th October (starting around 5pm) to Friday 12th October (ending around 10am). You will be staying at the Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel in Embleton right on the coast. Take a look at: www.dunstanburghcastlehotel.co.uk. The cost of the break will be £520 which includes dinner, bed and breakfast and a packed lunch on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The group will also be able to have a lounge to themselves in the evenings to review and chat about what they have done that day.

Those of you who have been with Nick before will know he dedicate a lot of time to helping you with your photography and this area is so rich in excellent locations you will be pretty busy!! The group will be visiting Embleton Bay itself, Alnmouth, Lindisfarne, Craster, Howick Bay, Dunstanburgh Castle and Bamburgh Castle to name but a few. To secure a booking a deposit of £50 is required - which Nick will then receipt you for, and enter you on the hotel bookings list. Payment can be by cheque or online (preferred). Nick will mail his bank details on receipt of your reply.

Read more: Freespirit Images Photo Break Location - Northumberland Coast

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Sensuous enchantment, vibrance, colours, textures, depth and decoration. I am intrigued and excited by stories, places, my imagination,dreams, music and journeys. Whichever I choose can develop and distill, juxtaposing the layers, colours and embellishments, always striving for my own unique space.

Jan Gardner was born and brought up in North Wales and spent much of her early years wandering the lanes and hills around her home. It was here that the light, space and colours that inhabit her work first became an influence. Drawing on these memories and experiences of special places and her later travels in Europe, Morocco and the U.S.A.; she crafts vivid and atmospheric works. Colours that fly in from emotion and passion, relaying a deep connection with the varied, differing landscapes from which they evolve.

Read more: Jan Gardner - Artist statement

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9th - 12th July
This 4 day workshop introduces a variety of drawing materials and ways of drawing in colour, using representational observation and drawing with a range of tools, e.g pencil, pastel, dip pen, brush, stick sponge, spray. We will also look at some colour theory and explore colour mixing, mark making and experimenting with water- colour. This 'Land of colour' experience is for people with no previous experience who would like to explore the magical world of colour.

The 4 days will enable participants to be inspired by natural forms and the landscape. Those taking part will be encouraged to use colour and mark making with a range of media (acrylics, inks, pastel and collage) to gain insight into their own responses. Jan encourages you to have the confidence to explore your own unique way of working through drawing and painting. With the stunning backdrop of Dolwyddelan and seasonal range of colours and views of the area we will explore ways of working in sketchbooks and a range of pieces on water-colour paper. This workshop is especially for those who would like to explore mixed media for the first time as well as those with some experience.

www.jangardner.com

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Glorious autumn photography in the mid Wales hills with Nick Jenkins of Freespirit Images. This is such a special and relatively unexplored part of the UK which offers some truly
spectacular landscape opportunities seldom available to others. Included are woodlands, rolling hills, visit to a kite feeding centre (cost included), remote chapels and farms, high reservoirs and so much more. The beautiful Upper Tywi Valley is a treat offering a feast of photo opportunities, especially in Autumn, as is the Elan Valley' also included, with its famous dressed stone
dams and oak woods.The base is very comfortable and friendly with EXCELLENT hospitality home cooking - a treat in itself!

Nick has run this trip for the last six years and have filled each one - so if you want to experience beautiful autumn tints in the Mid Wales hills get in touch soon! Freespirit Images ask for a non-refundable deposit of £50.00 per person to secure a booking.

Nick will be putting this break on the website soon so if you would like to join him please let him know - at this stage an expression of interest will suffice. For those of you who have not been here before (or just visited in Spring) this is a very special, and, at the moment, relatively unknown area so it really is a photographer's paradise!

Read more: Mid Wales Autumn Photography Break/Workshop 29th October to 2nd November 2012

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Cynth Weyman Returns to Cloisters Gallery
St Davids Cathedral
'Diary of an Artist' textile reliefs and paintings
16th-28th May 2012

Cynth Weyman's conversation pieces 'Diary of an Artist'
textile relief art quilts and panels will be shown from 16th-28th May at
Cloisters Gallery, St David's Cathedral. Images are transformed from ink or paint
into Indian silks, cotton and woollen suiting gathered on her travels.

Recent invitations have involved Cynth in creating a banner with
Weiden & Kennedy international design agency for the Welsh Tourist Board's
Piers Bramhall campaign; running Intaglio Strati workshops in Kingston Canada; being
involved in an EEC textile technology project towards further creative
developments; talking to local U3A, Arts Societies and Embroidery Guilds in the
UK; creating private commissions and being interviewed on S4C TV programmes. Cynth's
smallest piece in a CD case was shown in Kyoto
too. Her book of artworks and how to create one's own using her pioneered
textile relief technique, 'Intaglio Strati', is also getting nearer to publication.

Cynth will be available daily to talk to visitors. Textile
relief artworks, paintings, prints and cards are for sale. Commissions are also
welcome.

visit: cynthweyman-artist.co.uk or call 01348 811128

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Would you like to learn how to REALLY photograph waterfalls?? Nick Jenkins of Freespirit Images is putting on a one day workshop on Saturday 21st April in the superb Vale of Neath, south Wales. Cost will be £75 for the day, which includes tuition for the day, photographing one of Nick’s favourite subjects, a set of guidance notes and..... a Freespirit Images key fob. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   for further info or if you would like to join in. Visit: www.freespiritimages.com for more information.

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Capel Iwan based artist Philippa Sibert is showcasing her work in an exhibition entitled ‘Where There Are Birds’.  Held in the School of Creative Arts at Coleg Sir Gar, Carmarthen, it takes place between 16th April and 11th May, with a private viewing on April 15th. The exhibition will showcase ideas and themes about the garden space and Philippa will be showing a collection of paintings, drawings, wall mounted assemblages and a collection of inspiration pieces.

Her working methods are very 'hands on' scratching and scraping the surface allows previous sections to be revealed and then choosing to keep certain areas and obliterate others. This approach to her paintings means that many canvases and boards are worked on over long periods of time. Some are put away only to resurface at a later stage when she can see afresh some potential and start working on it all over again.
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The Cloisters Gallery, St. Davids Cathedral, is showcasing work by textile and fine artist, Eileen Harrisson, between 20th March and 2nd April, 2012.  Currently completing her MA in Art and Art History at Aberystwyth University, where she obtained her Joint Honours BA in Art and Italian, the installation titled, The Invitation, is based around dramatic abstract interpretations of Christ and the Twelve Apostles in a Last Supper setting, accompanied by representations of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.  Responding to the quality of light moving over the Snowdonian mountains where she lives and spirituality of the Welsh landscape and people, The Invitation displays what Professor John Harvey terms her deft use of colour and stitched layers’ “rich impasto”, work in which, “The spiritual allusions proliferate”.  

To further enhance the artwork’s contemplative ambience, the artist composed a cadence in G minor for voice and double bass which, recorded in her “embroidered sound”, plays alongside the visual components.  Exhibiting regularly in Wales and beyond, including the Mall Galleries, London, with exhibiting group, PRISM, and delighted to be showing her work in the beautiful location of St Davids, Eileen looks forward to reaching out to an ever-growing audience through her enduring love of colour, stitch and spirit.

For more information visit www.eileenharrisson.com