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Painting:Two cute sheep lying down looking comical by mike_jory
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Christmas Print Show at Gloss Gallery in Exeter, Devon Friday 2nd December to Saturday 28th January

Christmas Print Show at Gloss Gallery in Exeter, Devon Friday 2nd December to Saturday 28th January




If you're in Exeter City Centre over the next few weeks why not take the 1 minute walk to the beautiful Gloss Gallery which exhibits a wide range of work by local and national artists alike. Whether you want to spend tens of thousands of pounds on an original painting or buy more affordable work by emerging artists then Gloss has got you covered.

One of their current shows is the Christmas Print Show which runs from Friday 2nd December to Saturday 28th January. There is a wide range of work and media including some of my hand-embellished giclee animal prints, glass ware by Will Shakspeare and work by Paula Youens, Simon Ripley, Cathy King, Simon Uden, Sally Hebeler, Emma Molony & Catherine Cartwright from the Double Elephant Print Workshop.

The Christmas Print Show is the perfect place to purchase a unique Christmas gift!

Above: Glassware by Will Shakspeare

Photos below: Prints from Artists from the Double Elephant Print Workshop currently showing at Gloss.

2012 Calendars featuring a range of cow, sheep, horse and landscape paintings now available

2012 Calendars featuring a range of cow, sheep, horse and landscape paintings are now available. The perfect gift for Christmas! :-)

Cow Sheep and Horse Paintings 2012 calendar by mike_jory
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Martin Bentham exhibition now showing at The Art Room in Topsham

Established oil painter Martin Bentham has a range of work on show at The Art Room in Topsham until 6th November. Animals, people, landscapes, trees, walls and plants are all depicted in his distinctive style of oil painting that almost carves form into the paint and then includes delicate details on top.

'Death and The Maiden' by Robert Lenkiewicz at Torre Abbey, Devon, UK

Above: one of the Lenkiewicz paintings currently showing at Torre Abbey

I went to the Robert Lenkiewicz exhibition at Torre Abbey a few weeks ago and with only a couple of weeks left (the exhibition ends on 2nd October 2011) I thought I would write a few lines about it.
First of all, if you like art, you should go! Plymouth-based artist Lenkiewicz was famous and infamous for his art, unusual life-style, major projects, book collection and headline-grabbing activities (perhaps the two most well-known being his faking his own death and the possession and preservation of  the corpse of his long-time friend and model "Diogenes" (whose embalmed corpse is on display at the exhibition)).
There are several examples of Lenkiewicz's exquisitely precise and vibrantly colored paintings on show, but even if his artistic endeavours are not your thing (I've heard his work described - I feel unfairly - by fellow artists as either "chocolate boxy" or "bloody awful") you should check out this exhibition for the insight into his working process that is provided by the less-often exhibited sketch books and watercolor paintings.
In addition, the Abbey has stunning paintings from many artists of different eras on permanent display that are well worth a look too.
You can find out more about Robert Lenkiewicz at theLenkiewicz Foundation Website

'Painting Landscapes & Animals with Interference Acrylics' New article on Squidoo

As a follow-up to one of my previous articles on interference acrylics, I've just published another lens, this time on 'Painting Landscapes & Animals with Interference Acrylics' which you can check out here. The article describes the step by step creation of 'Heather Bed' and some of the iridescent effects than can be achieved.

Finished Painting: "The Defenders"

Here's the finished painting "The Defenders". The main developments are increasing the size of the head on the right hand bull, adding details to all three of the herd and painting in some grass and flowers in the pasture foreground. The title comes from the both the stance of the herd, the tribal mask-like appearance of the left hand animal along with the inclusion of the blue on the right hand bull which I think looks a little like war paint.