Contemporary Passions 2016

Annual exhibition by members of the South Hams Arts Forum.
Opening View: Tuesday 6 September, 6 - 8 pm

Elen Claire Williams makes contemporary interpretations of the landscape through oil painting and printmaking, art inspired by walking, and by environmental concerns and spiritual poverty.
Nigel Grist leans towards the natural environment. He has walked extensively on Dartmoor and the coast and aims through photography and printmaking to capture something of the feel of a place: macro photography of insects and obscure plant groups alongside more conventional landscape views, while collagraphs explore the textures of the moorland and crisp linocuts appeal more to Nigel’s scientific interests as a biologist.
Mark Weston-Lewis makes hollow formed vessels, wooden bowls, candlesticks and vases. He has been woodturning for over 20 years, using locally sourced wood finished with vegetable oil or beeswax. Pippa Unwin shows stone carving and sculptures of animals and birds. She says, “I learnt the traditional skills from stonemasons, who treat stone with respect and honesty. My work is practical and non-sentimental. I mostly carve the natural form, but I am inspired by the art and architecture of different cultures, geometry and nature.”
Sally Tapsell Hall shows mixed media works, collage and hand-stitched textiles exploring landscape, architecture and abstract forms. Layered materials allow ideas and images to be both revealed and concealed. Jackie Richardson makes pastel paintings of the South Hams landscape, simplifying subjects into blocks of vibrant colour, while
Sally Wilkinson explores and experiments with the look, the feel and the suggestion of individual words in her hand-cut paper works.
Sue Farrow-Jones shows watercolour paintings and printmaking. The animal in the landscape is a strong theme. Ann Chester King also illustrates wild and domestic animal and bird life, with oil paintings on linen, while Val Morsman explores the south Devon coast and countryside through watercolour, mixed media works and oil painting.

For more information visit http://www.harbourhouse.org.uk/g16-shafcp.shtml