Liz Cave
30 April - 13 May
After some years teaching art and ceramics Liz realised the clay dust was affecting her breathing. Setting out to explore other media, she joined a course in experimental printmaking tutored by the well known artist and printmaker Nicola Slattery at Marlborough College Summer School. Inspired, she came away determined that this new media was going to be her focus from then on, both in school and in her own work.
At that time, Liz was living at Inkpen, a few miles from Hungerford, in an area of outstanding natural beauty. She set up a studio in the grounds of Beacon House and bought a small printing press. The plants and immediate surroundings became the inspiration for her prints.
It wasn't long before Liz was also using dry point and monoprint techniques and embellishing the results with collage and pastels. You will see examples of these different methods in the exhibition.
For the past eight years Liz has been teaching printmaking at Marlborough Summer School in July/August, as well as exhibiting in her own Beacon Gallery and running a guest house.
Following a recent move to Minchinhampton, Liz has a small studio and hopes to run individual workshops and demonstrations to interested groups later in the year.
Liz is happy to talk about her work and the techniques involved.
Liz Cave, The Art Box, Lily Cottage, Tobacconist Road, Minchinhampton, Stroud GL6 9JJ
01453 883047
l.g.cave@btinternet.com
SAIL
15 - 27 May 2012
Wednesday - Sunday, 10-5
The range of works by 16 artists includes drawing, illustration, painting, photography, print and film that cover many varied sources of inspiration, styles and subjects to represent the decorative, the abstract, landscape, portrait, performance arts and more.
Most of the works will be for sale. Also for sale will be ‘A4-ordable’ works – pieces donated by contributing artists to help raise funds (towards installation of a toilet for disabled and exhibition costs) all A4 and under in size and priced between £5 and £20.
An exhibition by fine art society F.A.S.T in conjunction with deepspacestudios and associates, and part of a 2-fold exhibition also showing further works at deepspacegallery, behind ‘Sixways’ in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham from 12 – 26 May 2012.
Three Faces of Portraiture
Tuesday 29 May - Sunday 10 June
10am to 4pm every day
A group show by seven Cotswold based artists with a shared interest in explaining portraiture as a means of storytelling: all aiming to offer insights into the life and psychology of their sitters.
The main themes of the exhibition are 'Women with Nature', 'Perspectives of Erin' and 'People and their Familiars'. There will also be a selection of artwork to showcase other areas of interest to the participating artists:
Beverley Daly beverley.daly@gmail.com
Joan Lyons joanlyons1@hotmail.com
Jodie Simone Wiggins jodiesimone80@yahoo.com
Helen Davison www.brownhound.co.uk/blog
Vedanti Ramiall-Moodley vedanti9@aol.com
Sharon Ellis sharonrellis@hotmail.com
