TOBIT Roche returns to the Art Stable at Gold Hill Organic Farm, Child Okeford, for his sixth solo exhibition of paintings, continuing to 18th November. As always, his paintings are characterised by subtle layers of colour and a passion for nature and natural beauty. The themes of this exhibition are “magic mountains” in India, where…
WHEN artist Alexander Hollweg and his family moved from London to Exmoor 40 years ago, he said they “sold a house and bought a way of life”. A new exhibition at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton celebrates his Journey in Art, with paintings and sculptures from throughout the six decades of his career. The…
PUPILS from Downland Community School, based in the middle of Blandford Camp, will get the chance to take part in an arts project and enjoy an exhibition by favourite illustrator Quentin Blake, thanks to Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre,. The project is part of an Arts Award initiative, which aims to help young people who may…
IT’s not easy being the son or daughter of a famous artist – whether it is painting or sculpture, music or acting, there is an expectation that cannot always be met, particularly if the offspring’s work is very different from the parent’s. People either expect you to do whatever your famous parent did – but…
DUTCH-born artist Peter Ursem is exhibiting recent paintings and prints in a joint exhibition with Ruth Oaks from Poole at Shaftesbury Arts Centre until 24th October. Peter, with his wife musician and singer Helen Porter, lived in Dorset for more than 12 years. He and Helen moved to Cornwall, to the Tamar Valley, where they…
A RARE early medieval brooch has gone on display at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. This exceptionally well-preserved and beautiful piece, which is more than a thousand years old, is one of the most important objects found in Somerset. It comes from a time when the survival of Saxon Wessex was in doubt and…
THE Old Schoolhouse at Tincleton near Dorchester hosts a mixed exhibition of paintings, sculptures and prints by gallery regulars for autumn, plus work by four guest artists. The show at the Tincleton Gallery runs to 5th January 2024. The range of subjects and media is wide – there are landscape etchings by Devon artist Mary…
MOTHER and daughter sculptor and collage artist Marzia Colonna and sculptor Fiamma Colonna Montagu are exhibiting together in a show called Many Moons,at Sladers Yard, West Bay, until 11th November. Italian-born Marzia Colonna, one of this country’s leading sculptors, with an international reputation, is also a renowned collage artist and the exhibition features recent work….
LANDSCAPES are the theme of the two exhibitions that open the autumn programme at The Art Stable at Gold Hill Organic Farm, Child Okeford – Spanish Landscapes by husband and wife Robert and Dorothy Bradbury, and Wessex Trails by Teresa Lawton, both running to 30th September. This is the gallery’s third exhibition of work by…
THE 700-year old Tisbury tithe barn, with its massive thatched roof and oak beams, a working farm building until its restoration and reinvention as home to Messums’ Wiltshire gallery, hosts an ethereal exhibition by the Japanese textile artist, Kaori Kato, who is artist-in-residence at the venue this summer. Unfolding, Unfurling, on until 18th September, is…