2024/2025 Programme
Colin Pethick
Talk
14 October 2024
Colin will talk on portrait painting developments from La Belle Epoch till the present day. He experiments in many mediums and image making techniques, investigating the human presence and how we react to each other and the landscape that surrounds us.
Visit: www.colinpethick.com
Katy Choroszweska
Talk on Paper Art and Practical
11 November 2024
Katy finds her inspiration in the plant forms and colours she sees around her. While her pictures are usually of plants, they are about colour, texture, mood and feeling.
In this session you will get the chance to have a go at some paper craft with Katy.
Visit: www.instagram.com/katychoroszewska
Christmas Social
Show and Tell
9 December 2024
This session is to share our own work and have the opportunity to discuss whilst enjoying a seasonal mulled wine and nibbles!
Please bring two items of work. For those of you who have cards of your work for sale this might be an opportunity for last minute Christmas sales.
John Dixon
Talk
13 January 2025
John creates thought provoking art from ocean plastic that gets washed up on on beaches across the South-West. He is interested in making order out of chaos, looking for patterns and relationships in otherwise dysfunctional items.
‘We are ruining our planet with our throwaway culture’.
Visit: pollutionart.com
Clare Rogers
Talk & Demonstration
10 February 2025
Clare creates handmade books, exploring emotional connections to nature, objects, people, events or places, complemented by her drawing, printmaking and photography.
Clare will be demonstrating her handmade artist books.
Visit: www.clarerogersprintmaker.co.uk
Stuart Law
Demo and Practical
10 March 2025
Stuart works in acrylic, watercolours, linocut to Gyotaku prints. He discovered his love of Japanese art on his degree which continues to influence his art.
‘My work has evolved to fuse what I see and love of the Cornish landscape and the style and formats of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints’.
A demonstration will be followed by a practical session.
Visit: www.agreatescapeart.net
Nuala Taylor
Talk
14 April 2025
Nuala loves to respond to the outside, exploring the emotional response to landscape, how important and fragile this is. She creates atmospheric landscapes in acrylics, oils and watercolour.
‘Light and space are the two qualities I most like to try and capture in my landscapes’.
Visit: www.instagram.com/taylornuala
Alli Eynon
Talk
12 May 2025
Alli has worked in the Film and Television industry for over 30 years as a costume fabricator. After moving to Devon she discovered her love for print making, now her main focus. Alli also works in ceramics and sculpture
‘I love experimenting with different techniques to create my images. Inspiration for my prints varies but they are often about relationships – abstract or figurative – real or imagined.
Visit: www.instagram.com/allieynonartist
Kathy Wray
Drawing masterclass and practical session
9 June 2025
Expert tutor Kathy Wray will incorporate the pushing of boundaries and possibilities through the process of creating art. By exploring and making discoveries with different qualities of marks in colour, light and tone using ink, collage, layering, etc. from a range of art materials provided. Bring along favourite materials and inspiration.
Visit: artisticfigure.co.uk
