Southbank Bristol Arts

I studied Fine Art at the University of the West of England (UWE) and work in a variety of media. This series of paintings inspired on a single day in Leigh Woods marries an impressionistic take on the light glimpsed through photorealistic silhouettes of the forest.

Drawn into Leigh Woods on a summer day, not just by the cooler air, but also by the intensity of the light as it filters through the canopy and between the trunks. Sounds too are deadened by the forest that closes in all around.

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This image is a detail of a painting which was selected for the current RWA 'Open Paint' Exhibition.
Paintings, Monoprints and digital prints (known as giclee) will be showing at Howard Road. There's more information and images on my website - www.midgenaylor.co.uk.

Sarah V Penrose
'Gardens of Magic Realism'
Sarah V Penrose studied painting at Camberwell and Chelsea Art Schools. She has exhibited in Bristol, Bath, the West Indies and Italy.
The magic and theatricality of gardens have had an enduring fascination for her.
sarahvpenrose@tiscali.co.uk

'Colour to lift the soul' Contemporary and colourful canvases using Alce's unique three dimensional acrylic with great light reflecting qualities. From Bristol houses to florals , Alce has been a professional artist for over 20 years and an exhibitor at this event for 4years. Although now based in Somerset her work regularily takes her back to Bristol and she relishes the chance to meet so many art lovers at this event. She will have a range of canvases from 40x40" down to 6x6" (some with great 'sale' prices!), limited edition prints of Bristol and Bath and greetings cards.
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Growing up with views over Dartmoor ignited Sarah’s love of landscape and the interplay of light and colour. She began painting at an early age and went on to study textiles at the West Surrey Institute of Art and Design in Farnham. After a period working as a set decorator on feature films in the UK and abroad she has returned to the West Country and to painting.

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Known for her acrylics on canvass, Leanne Winter is inspired by colour and and South Bristol urban areas. She regularly exhibits at Bristol art events.

www.pilarcortes.co.uk

Pilar Cortés Dyer was born 1982 in Mexico City. Painting became a passion at a young age and she later went on to study Visual Arts at the National School of Arts, part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Considered one of the leading schools of art in Latin America, here she was educated by some of the most acclaimed figures of contemporary Mexican art artists.

Pilar has participated in more than 17 collective exhibitions and 2 solo exhibitions in Mexico, Colombia and the UK, including:
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I paint colourful, energetic pictures of trees. I also make slightly wonky stuffed toys.

http://loulahwood.blogspot.com/

loulahwood@yahoo.co.uk

'Where? '

We'll be showing landscape-themed oil paintings, prints and photographs of Bristol and the south-west. Call in to have a look and have a coffee in our garden - we'll be at the house with the bunting!

See also amazing geographical art created by GPS, and beautiful handcrafted silver jewellery by Ros Morgan.

Bad week? Escape into the hills with us through our pictures!

emmorgan42@yahoo.co.uk
http://ejmorganart.spaces.live.com/
http://twitter.com/emmorganart

j.c.purkiss@gmail.com
www.dths98.co.uk/james/

Studio Upstairs is a working arts community with studios in London and Bristol.

It is a place for people to express their interests, abilities and talents through the arts who, for reasons of mental health difficulties or emotional distress, choose not to participate in traditional arts institutions.

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