Skills Unearthed at the Musgrove Gallery
Now showing on the 1st Floor, Queens Building
19 March - 21 May 2013
Seeds to the Wind by Jon England
'Skills Unearthed at The Musgrove Gallery' features work from a selection of regional artists whose work celebrates the crafts and industries of Somerset, past and present. The exhibition combines traditional painting and drawing, including illustrations of rural life from the wartime in conjunction with more contemporary images inspired by the old World War II airfield at Smeatharpe and the current rural environment and traditions. It will provide an opportunity for patients and staff to celebrate their own locality, seen through the eyes of artists.
Much of this work was originally created for “Skills Unearthed”, a project facilitated by BHaam (Blackdown Hills Artists and Makers) and jointly funded by Making It Local and Arts Council England, to celebrate and explore the area of the Blackdown Hills.
The artists have used a wide range of methods and approaches to explore and understand their subject, including dowsing, personal memory, leaving canvas in the river for nature to consume and visiting livestock markets – all in a day’s work for an artist!
Skills Unearthed at the Musgrove Gallery
Now showing on the 1st Floor, Queens Building
19 March - 21 May 2013
Seeds to the Wind by Jon England
'Skills Unearthed at The Musgrove Gallery' features work from a selection of regional artists whose work celebrates the crafts and industries of Somerset, past and present. The exhibition combines traditional painting and drawing, including illustrations of rural life from the wartime in conjunction with more contemporary images inspired by the old World War II airfield at Smeatharpe and the current rural environment and traditions. It will provide an opportunity for patients and staff to celebrate their own locality, seen through the eyes of artists.
Much of this work was originally created for “Skills Unearthed”, a project facilitated by BHaam (Blackdown Hills Artists and Makers) and jointly funded by Making It Local and Arts Council England, to celebrate and explore the area of the Blackdown Hills.
The artists have used a wide range of methods and approaches to explore and understand their subject, including dowsing, personal memory, leaving canvas in the river for nature to consume and visiting livestock markets – all in a day’s work for an artist!