Ludlow Exhibition
‘The Landscape’ – Mixed exhibition
16th October – 13th November 2021
Above: ‘The Sweep of the Land’ detail. Mixed media on wood panel. 30 x 60cm
Zoë Taylor
‘Stonewall’ Cheryl Culver
We all have a personal interpretation of ‘landscape’. It is invariably green, a landscape of pasture land, lined with trees and hedgerows, sheep or cattle grazing. For some of us that describes the countryside that we love and inhabit.
This is the landscape that has meaning for figurative artists Cheryl Culver and Annie Ovenden, the places they study are where they feel most at ease and most familiar. They know each tree, each rock and boulder as they know themselves.
For Zoë Taylor it’s the bleakness of the Brecon Beacons, the bones of a place and the feelings it evokes. A baring of the soul. Ross Loveday too, is in this camp, for him painting becomes a physical expression of emotion.
Sharon Griffin reminds us that the landscape we see is not just about geology but also about human occupation. Her ceramic sculptures, ‘Self ’, are made with inclusions and engobes often using local materials from the woods around The Ercall and The Wrekin.
Mary Elliott October 2021
Cheryl Culver PPPS RBA
This painting is the Honister Pass in the Lake District . But does that really matter?
I don’t think it matters at all. If the image triggers a memory response for a viewer then that is good enough. The title ‘A Sense of Place’ could be applied to any of my works (all of which are taken from actual sketches done on the spot) but this painting has special memories for me and the big rock in the centre is still there!
Cheryl Culver
‘A Sense of Place’ Pastel on board. 91 x 50cm
Annie Ovenden
‘Black Sun – A Bird Ballet’ Oil on board. 54 x 69cm Annie Ovenden
Zoë Taylor
‘Awaiting Westerlies’ Mixed media on wood panel. 70 x 70 x 3.5cm
“My inspiration is experience of landscape, an individual response to time and space. I am often reflective, finding solitary places emotional and providing me with time for thought. Nine times out of ten, in this country, our hills await winds from the West. Taken from a sketch at Clee Hill”
Zoë Taylor
Ross Loveday
Ross Loveday was born and grew up in Wales. He is an award winning printmaker and artist and his work is in the private collection of the Prince of Wales. Ross works from his studio in Essex.
‘Low Light’ Acrylic on board. 54.5 x 48cm
Sharon Griffin
‘Self’ No. 2. 41cm high. Porcelain with inclusions and engobes.
Sharon Griffin completed an MA Ceramics at the University of Wolverhampton. She works from her pottery workshop in Wellington. Sharon’s work is in demand from national galleries and ceramic art fairs.
“The solid lump of cold wet clay emerges over time to reveal my inner thoughts and feelings. I use clay as an extended voice. An internal and external dialogue, drawing inspiration from the Shropshire woodlands, folklore and my own imaginings.”
Sharon Griffin
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