Sunday 29th August - 5th September
David Dawkins
The Deformation of Hope
Open every day 10h - 17h
Deformation of Hope and other Thing
I studied ceramics and glass at Plymouth University College of Art and Design, and glass at
Farnham University College of Art and Design. I have been a practising artist for 26 years I first made colourful glass lamps, bowls, and abstract sculptures until I changed to ceramics in
2016
Two Sides of a Story
Each one of my ceramic sculptures has two sides to it, like a two-page book and each one has a true story behind them. Some of my ideas come from various people I have
known over the years, or something that has stuck in my mind that made me laugh.
My sculptures are mainly ceramic, but I also use acrylic, gold and silver leaf, liquid gold and silver, resin, paper, and jewellery. My ceramics sculptures have been described as philosophical quirky
Pop Art, which are mostly humorous. But some have a more serious theme, reflecting what I think of our spiralling out-of-control world. One of my sayings is; “The whole world is going mad but, nobody
realises it, because we are all going mad together.”
After losing my workshop, I have moved on to collage and paint.
The Deformation of Hope.
I have passed my phase of making humorous art, I have moved on to a more serious topic of politics. Because there’s something I can’t quite understand about our
democratic society: We vote for our MP’s who promise us the world, but all they do is lie to us just to get into power and earn more money. These liars, once in, are the ones who rule our country,
and most of them aren’t experiences in their new jobs. it mystifies me. Instead of making bombs we should be talking, our NHS should be fantastic, so should OAP care, and our schools, our
universities, our police force, OUR SOCIETY. And sadly, we just except it, and complain, I cannot see it ever changing.
Each piece of my art has a life span, after ten or fifteen years the UV paint will eventually start to fade, like the promises from our MP’s. It will still be a picture
but not the picture in its full glory like a new MP with lies up their sleeves.
My mixed media collages are made from acrylic paint, coloured fluorescent card, and paint which break down and deteriorates over time. These colours only show up under
an ultra- violet light.
When you buy a piece of my work it comes with a USB stick which has the image of thepicture on it, when under UV light for a print which will have 1/1 on it, accompanied by a signed certificate that
goes with the print when printed.
To cheer myself up, I sometimes steer away from politics as you will.
Monday 7th - 12th September
'OUTSIDE'
Sarah Hoskins
10:00 - 17:00pm Monday to
Friday
10:00 - 16:00pm Saturday
Private View - 16:00 to 18:00 Sunday 6th September
If the unreal places I create have a mood, atmosphere, or sense of something about to happen, it is a welcome unplanned byproduct of my process.
I notice trees, and even photograph them, especially in winter when there are no leaves.
I particularly notice pollarded trees tipped with their perfect circles.
I am also inspired by many other things which don’t appear literally in my paintings, but I take qualities from them quite directly. For example, traditional masks, found objects, and pattern.
The clarity of shape, clean edges and quality of light in the art of early renaissance artists, Giotto and Piero Della Francesca, are important to me at the moment.
Sunday 13th - 19th September
Ann Saward
'Heart of Nature'
Opening times: Sun 12.00pm - 4.30pm
Mon-Fri: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Sat: 10.00am - 4.00pm
http://www.annsawardart.co.uk
Enquiries: art@annsawardart.co.uk
“I love the detail and preciseness required to record a plant within a botanical watercolour painting.
Inspiration is around me on a daily basis, from hedgerow wildflowers and waste ground ‘weeds’ to plants in my steeply terraced garden and everything in between!
Architectural and unusual plants tend draw me in with their special challenges.
Every plant is different, every painting is a fresh ‘learning’ curve.
There is real joy in watching a plant gradually ‘grow’ and, hopefully, glow on the paper in front of me despite the many hours of painstaking work involved. Botanical painting has made me look much more closely at plants and theirpollinating insects than I ever did before. There is a constant sense of wonder at thebeauty, sheer diversity and ingenuity
of the nature that surrounds us.”
Original watercolours - Giclèe prints and cards for sale
Sunday 19th - 26th September
India and Bhutan through the Lens
Ski Harrison
10:00 - 17:00pm Monday to Friday
10:00 - 16:00pm Saturday
Private View Sunday 20th September 4pm - 6pm
Enquiries - antski1945@gmail.com
Since 1993, with my late husband, Anthony, an architect and painter, we have made many
visits to India and one to Bhutan.
Through a friend in this country, who gave us introductions to his Indian friends, it enabled us to photograph and draw in some fairly unknown places.
I exhibited my work, from an exhibition I had at Dartington, titled ‘Celebration of Age; Rural Life of the Elderly in Devon’ in the National Centre for Performing Arts in Bombay in 1996.
A few years later, after winning a competition, I had an assignment to photograph the work of Help Age India in Delhi and Calcutta.
Whilst in Calcutta we met Tim Grandage who started and still runs Future Hope and in 2002 we spent 3 months there working for this charity.
Because of the kindness and hospitality we have received from Indian friends, this is the
reason I chose these photographs for this exhibition.
Sunday 27th September - 3rd October
Josie Gould
"In the moment'
10am - 4pm Sunday
10am - 5pm Monday - Friday
Closing at 4pm Saturday
josiegould@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram: josiegouldartist
Facebook: Josie Gould artist
This exhibition is part of an ongoing project exploring a Buddhist mindful, meditative approach to not knowing; being in the moment and responding to place using painting and sketching.
In Buddhism, I understand the main purpose of mindful meditation to be to awaken to how the world is and to learn to live in harmony with it – a world of impermanence, interdependence and conditionality. This enquiry, using a slow, meditative listening, feeling and sensing approach, involves training your curiosity, accepting and letting go of interpretations and attachments until you are so completely okay with not knowing what is happening that you welcome it.
This quality of presence, simply being with whatever is emerging in the moment, reveals the land seen afresh; dark, intense and chaotic yet light, spacious, free flowing and spontaneous whilst also ultimately un-nameable and un-knowable. The middle path that wanders through it; full of wonder, awe and mystery.
England is part of an island of fertile land almost entirely composed of managed spaces, including those I am visiting here in Devon; Dartmoor, a local farm, community and home gardens and allotments. This is an enquiry into the mysterious and ephemeral forces; the pulse, flow, atmosphere and moods of the most mundane aspects of place.
Ian Millstone
Sunday 3rd - 10th October
Sunday 11th - 17th October
Stolen Childhood
Ann Chester King and Bev Knowlden
Open daily 10.00 -17.00 close at 16.00 on Saturday 17th.
Private View: Sunday 11th October 16.00hrs-18.00hrs.
Enquiries:
Ann Chester King annchesterking@gmail.com
Bev Knowlden bevsdecrum@hotmail.com
We explore the impact of institutional, societal and organisational decisions that have had, or have, profound consequences for children, in the name of budgetary, expediency and demand for profit. Childhoods become a dispensable commodity in the face of larger agendas.
The lives of Victorian children living in workhouses, WW2 evacuees, plus today’s exposure to social media, are the subject of our exploration in sculpture, paintings, photography, prints and installations.
Children’s lives have been saved. Children have flourished and been provided with opportunities for learning but at what cost to many childhoods?
Sunday 18th - 24th October
THE SILENT ROOM PROJECT
Ian McConaghy, Mary Georgina de Grey and Microdeform
10 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday
10am to 4pm Saturday
Private view 5 pm until 7 pm Sunday 18th October
Enquiries:
ian@thesilentroom.co.uk
marygeorginadg@gmail.com
microdeform@gmail.com
In 2012, an artist, a musician and a writer combined their creative energies to work under the banner of The Silent Room, to produce art, music and books.
The Silent Room Project charts their progress.
Ian McConaghy SWAc exhibits paintings, screenprints, collage and mixed media artwork inspired by music and storytelling.
www.ianmcconaghyartist.com
Microdeform will perform at the private view on Sunday 18th October
Mary Georgina de Grey will launch ‘Let the Music Play on’, a book set in Totnes, on Tuesday 20th October. 3 pm until 5 pm
Sunday 25th - 31st October
Warps Wefts Whispers - Meetings with Remarkable Weavings
Dominic Orr
in association with
Jenny Balfour Paul
In aid of Palestine Relief
10 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday
10am to 4pm Saturday
Enquiries:
dom@dominicorr.com
dominicorr.com
Insta: dominicorr.info
Sunday 1st - 7th November
Adriana Banari
Sunday 8th - 14th November
Caroline Barker
Sunday 15th - 21st November
Torbay Wood Turners
Sunday 22nd- 28th November
Creative South West
Sunday 29th November - 5th December
Wendy Newman and Terry Hopkins
Sunday 6th - 12th December
Devon Weavers Workshop
Sunday 13th - 23rd December
The Birdwood Buttoneers
Sunday 3rd - 9th January
The Iron Stove
Sunday 10th - 16th January
Tony Gee
Sunday 17th - 23rd January
Blaise Ashley
Sunday 24th - 30th January
Claudia Schmid
Sunday 31st January - 6th February
Gaynor Williams
Sunday 7th- 13th February
Peter Ursem
Sunday 14th- 20th February
Camphill Trust Devon
Sunday 21st- 27th February
Inside Sommerfeldt
Sunday 28th February- 6th March
Grove School
Sunday 7th- 13th March
Clark Nicol
Sunday 14th- 20th March
Ann Chester King and Bev Knowlden
Sunday 21st- 27th March
Connected By Threads
Sunday 28th- 3rd March
Ian Carr
Sunday 4th- 10th April
Julia Finzel
Sunday 11th- 17th April
Mike Boyer
Sunday 18th- 24th April
Katie Hickling
Sunday 25th April- 1st May
Dartington and Totnes Open Studio
Sunday 2nd - 8th May
Mike Nuth
Sunday 9th - 15th May
Cheryll Kinsley Potter
Sunday 16th - 22nd May
Belinda Reynell
Sunday 23rd - 29th May
Anne Blockley
Sunday 30th May- 5th June
Jane Ellis and Josie Gould
Sunday 6th - 19th June
Ken Gill
Sunday 20th - 26th June
Janey Hunt
Sunday 27th June - 3rd July
Linda Tudor and Helena Clews
Sunday 4th - 10th July
Ali Vermillo
Sunday 11th - 17th July
Totnes Fringe
Sunday 18th - 24th July
Take 3 Makers
Sunday 25th - 31st July
Helen Allen
Sunday 1st - 7th August
Fiona Almeleh
Sunday 8th - 14th August
Threads Textile Group
Sunday 15th - 21st August
Sapphire Blue Collective
Sunday 22nd - 28th August
In Dialogue with Dartmoor
Sunday 29th - 4th September
Barbara Nekola
Sunday 5th - 11th September
Paper,Cloth,Brush- Art in the Making
Sunday 12th - 18th September
Totnes Art Society
Sunday 19th - 25th September
South West Mosaics
Sunday 26th September- 2nd October
Julie Mullen
Sunday 3rd - 9th October
Maureen Trayhern
Sunday 10th - 16th October
Rachael Bennet
Sunday 17th - 23rd October
Jane Ellis Group
Sunday 24th - 30th October
Totnes Potters
Sunday 31st October - 6th November
Verity Newman and Nancy Pickard
Sunday 7th - 13th November
Cheryll Kinsley and Nicola Axe
Sunday 14th - 20th November
Holly Brown
Sunday 21st - 27th November
Peter Ursem
Sunday 28th November - 4th December
Caroline Barker
Sunday 5th - 11th December
Sue Ifould
Sunday 12th - 18th December
The Button Collective
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