triangleleft “The work I produce is mostly as a commission
artist,” Zoe says. “I’ll produce anything the
customer requires, ranging from their favourite
dog to their children. Anything, really.”
If you’d like to see more of Zoe’s work, she’ll
have a stall at Shropshire’s Nescliffe Shoot on 28th
September. The event takes place at Top Farm in
Kinton, near Nesscliffe and there’ll be shooting
competitions, archery and family activities to raise
funds for the British Liver Trust at the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
For more information bout the Nescliffe Shoot, tel:
01691 682741. Alternatively, if you miss Zoe there
Inns & Pubs of
and are thinking about having a piece commissioned,
you can contact her on 07977 499567 or visit
the Cotswolds –
www.celticdragonart.org.uk
Mark Turner
We, as a nation, are very fond of that great
institution, the British pub. And it’s no wonder.
Whether it’s a place to enjoy the company of
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friends, somewhere to sample good quality ales
Above right: Newton, German
and wines or simply a refuge when the stresses of
Wire Haired Pointer
modern life get too much, there’s nothing like it.
Right: Barn Owl in Flight
All acrylics on canvas Covering the counties of Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire,
this wonderful guide is organised alphabetically,
for ease of use, making it an ideal companion
on a leisurely pub crawl. The emphasis is on the
character of each one, but there’s plenty of
detail on other important factors such as ale
Art Diary
- October
selection and food. With descriptions of
2nd Oct:
Paint the
Garden
in October.
A
Until 12th
Oct: Modern
Contemporary unusual or quirky features, all manner of
unique
chance
to capture
the colour,
Creatives.
North-West
artists
Claire
establishments are included, from The Ragged
texture
& tranquility
of the
autumn
garden
McCarthy,
Elaine Preece
Stanley
and
Cot, a haunted 17th-Century stone-built inn in
when t
he garden
is closed
to visitors.
Jacqui
Chapman
display
innovative
works.
Minchinhampton, to The Greyhound in Stroud
Hidcote
Manor
Garden.
Includes
lunch
Open 12-5
Thurs-Sun.
ARTROOM,
Old
with its Grade II Listed Gentlemen’s toilets.
and wine.
10am-3pm.
£22. Hidcote
Manor
Post Office,
The Parade,
Parkgate,
Wirral,
Turner’s obvious interest in the Cotswolds
Garden,
Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01386
438333
Cheshire.
Free (All
works
for sale).
Tel:
and his infectious enthusiasm for public houses
0870 0
852 085
/
www.artroom.uk.com
3rd-4th
Oct: Magic
of Watercolour
make this a fascinating read and a potential
Weekend
held by
local professional
artist,
16th Sept
- 1st Nov:
70 years
of Penguin challenge for any who feel up to getting out
Tony Avery.
Full programme
of painting
by
Design.
Exhibition
of original
artwork and about and visiting them all!
the River
Wye, fuelled
by delicious
showing
how Penguin
responded
to, and RRP £14.99. ISBN 978 0 75244465 9. Tempus
homemade
food. Orl
es Barn,
Wilton,
Ross-
influenced,
changing
trends
in British Publishing, Gloucestershire. Tel: 01453 883300
on-Wye,
Herefordshire.
Tel 01989
562155
culture.
Mon-Fri
9.30am-5.30pm,
Sat
9.30-5pm.
Free. Worcester
City Art
10th-12th
Oct: Merelle
Autumn
Exhibition.
Wat’s Dyke Way
Gallery
& Museum,
Foregate
Street,
Original,
handcrafted
paintings
by Shropshire
Worcester,
Worcs.
Tel: 01905
25371
artist Kelina
Bryan. Modern,
fine art,
floral
Heritage Trail –
collection
& portrait
commissions
at
2nd-5th
Oct, 9th-12th
Oct: Helfa
Gelf
affordable
prices.
10am-5pm.
Free entry.
Pete Lewis
Art Trail.
Visit local
artists,
from
,
,
St Mary
s Church,
St Mary
s Street,
photograph
ers to
painters,
potters
to
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire.
Tel: 075102
49925
sculptors,
wood-carvers
to illustrators,
Not a lot of people knows this, but Offa doesn’t
or visit
www.merellegallery.co.
uk
in their
studios
throughout
Conwy, have the monopoly on dykes in the Borders, and
Denbigh
shire and
Flintshire.
10am-5pm.
Tel:
25th Oct:
'Autumn
Colour'
Watercolour this book proves it, via a journey through 18th-
01824 705274
or visit
www.helfagelf.org
Painting
Workshop.
Practical
advice,
Century farms, past Jacobean houses, along canal
demos
and guidance
on colour
selection,
towpaths and to intriguing historical sites in an
1st Oct-2nd
Nov: Exhibition.
ELynn K
ristin
colour
mixing,
composition
and specific
exciting new 61-mile walk through the Border
Clarke,
Jeweller.
Jill Hobbs,
Artist.
technique.
Suitable
for those
with some
country between England and north Wales.
David Hobbs,
Artist.
RedDog
Gallery
experience
of watercolour
painting.
£35.
Spanning the counties of Shropshire,
Shop and
Café, The
Parsonage,
Kemeys
Weston
Park, Weston-under-Lizard,
Nr
Wrexham and Flintshire, Wat’s Dyke is a major
Commander
(nr. Chain
Bridge),
Nr. Usk,
Shifnal,
Shropshire.
Tel: 01952
852104
earthwork that’s thought to date from the Dark
Monmouthshire.
Tel: 01873
880303
Ages, and Pete Lewis follows the original route
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