Belle Vue Arts Festival
Online Studio 2022
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Come right in and feel the experience of meeting local artists
See their work, hear them talk about it, share ideas and techniques.....and be inspired!
Liz McDougall makes woven wall hangings from natural materials, mainly hand-spun, hand-dyed wool and art yarn from small producers. Her pieces are inspired by the natural landscape, particularly the ebb and flow of the seasons and landscape. Liz trained at Coventry School of Art and Design and currently lives in Shrewsbury. Her current work reflects time spent in the Yorkshire Dales, the Severn Estuary, the Cumbrian coast and the Shropshire Hills.
Lee Lewis
During lockdown I started my "river walks" and the changing light and the trees really inspired me
Morgan Bird
After da Vinci: The Moaner, Lisa - 2021 - Oil on Canvas - A playful interpretation of da Vinci's famous work. One of three in a series of famous female figures in art
Morgan Bird
After James Abbott McNeill: The Whistler's Mother - 2021 - Oil on Canvas - A playful interpretation of Whistler's famous work. One of three in a series of famous female figures in art
Morgan Bird
After Magritte: Bobbing for Apples - 2020 - Oil on Canvas - A playful interpretation of Magritte's famous work. The start of a series that reinterprets great paintings from the history of art
Morgan Bird
Do they know it’s Socrates? No, because they keep saying it’s Santa! Bust of Socrates (or Santa) - 2020 - Oil on Canvas Paper - A traditional bust of Socrates in the artist's distinctive style. Potential for more famous faces as busts
Mat Brown
I'm currently based in Welshpool. I'm a sculptor, painter, pencil sketcher, and work in pastels as well
Fergus Reid
Fergus Reid's photographs are influenced by the modernist tradition. Some of his photographic heroes include great modernist photographers like Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Imogen Cunningham and Aaron Siskind. Like them he is attempting to create photographs which succeed in their own right without having to rely solely on the appearance of the subject matter. It feels more important for Reid to make an image which functions successfully in terms of its composition, colour and form than to literally describe the physical world around him. He strives to make photographs which are uncluttered, balanced and harmonious.
Many of the photographs are taken in Reid's native county, Shropshire. Some result from foreign travels. However, he does not feel location is important to his work as images should speak for themselves. "A photograph taken in the back yard can be just as good as one taken in the Himalayas. It’s a question of extracting the beauty and equilibrium in the things we see around us." Reid spent his working days lecturing about the work of the great photographers, which he believes has helped improve his ability to see the world in all its aesthetic splendour.
Julie Shaw
These are two glass mosaics that I completed this year. The first one "Blossom" is inspired by Van Gogh's Almond Blossom.
The second mosaic is based on David Hockney's Yorkshire landscapes "Tunnel of light".
Karen Sillar
I am a Shrewsbury based artist and printmaker inspired by the nature, colour and
light surrounding me. Encouraged to pick up a pencil again some years ago by a
wonderful local artist, I now enjoy working in a variety of different mediums.
My current linocut print work explores the use of many applications of thinly applied
ink which has been mixed with an ‘extender’ to produce paler and more translucent
layers. This produces some more subtle outcomes but also creates its own
challenges.
Birds remain a strong theme in my work as I am drawn to the distinct lines and
shapes of their form. I attempt to capture the essence of each species in my finished
pieces.
I am also working up a series of prints featuring Koi carp, adapting my printing
techniques in an attempt to capture the shapes, colour and flow seen in a Koi pool.
This has led me to explore monotype printing, a technique that allows for more
spontaneous and gestural mark making.
I am an active member of the Association of Animal Artists, currently serving as the
association’s treasurer.
Instagram @karensillarart
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Website www.karensillar.co.uk
Amelia Dance
Some images from one our young artists