December GALLERIES
1 - 30 December
Kit Glaisyer: Cinematic Landscape Paintings an evolving exhibition of West Country landscapes with a range of works on show in gallery and studio. Open Weds & Sat 10-4pm. Bridport Contemporary Gallery, 11 Downes Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JR. 07983 465789 www.bridportcontemporary.com @ bridportcontemporary.
1 - 31 December
John Ombler a well known and respected artist from Uplyme will be exhibiting his artwork. John works mainly in acrylics and has painted many scenes of Lyme, one of his most popular being The Wobbly Cobb. His subjects include representational seascapes, landscapes and boats. Open daily for viewing from 8.30 - 4pm at Unique Framecraft, 4 -5 Millwey Rise Workshops, Second Avenue, Axminster. EX13 5HH. Tel 01297 631614 or 07801 260259 for more details. Follow us for daily art postings on Instagram @ uniqueframecraft.
Until 5 December
Elements A contemporary art and craft exhibition. Features works by Jonathan Mulvaney & Hazel Dormer (Painting), Robin Shelton (Ancient photography), Daniel Richardson & Charlie Salaman (Ceramics), and Alison Shelton Brown (Jewellery, Video art, Ceramics). Jonathan Mulvaney, a participant in Sky Arts’ ‘Landscape Artist of the Year 2020’ gets up with the birds to patiently record the ebb and flow of early mornings by the harbour at Lyme Regis. Impressionist artists such as Monet and Whistler, inspire animal-lover Hazel Dormer. A pinprick of time is captured by Robin Shelton using a pinhole camera created from a matchbox. Daniel Richardson, who worked with the late master potter, Robin Welch has thrown a new body of work for this show. Charlie Salaman met the curator while studying for a Masters degree at Bath School of Art, since then he has developed glaze and textures to create simple vessels featuring layered surfaces with complex colours. Alison Shelton Brown scours the foreshore for
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materials to use in her environmental ceramic sculpture, jewellery and videos. Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill Courtyard, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. Where the Mist Rises Based on satellite photographs and historic maps of the Dorset coastline, Annie Ward’s abstract paintings explore those mutable spaces where the land meets the sea. Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Adult £5.95 01297 443370 www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk
7 December - 26 June
Ray Balkwill’s The River’s Voice is a celebratory exhibition of painting the Exe Estuary for over four decades. Ray Balkwill was born in Exeter and graduated from Exeter College of Art in the late 60s. He returned to Exeter in the late 70s to work in advertising giving up his job as an Art Director to paint professionally in 1990. Since then he has lived and worked in Exmouth for over forty years, mainly capturing the many moods of the river. The exhibition will also feature some of his Mixed Media Assemblages from material washed up on its foreshore. The Cafe at RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3RX. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm. Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays. Admission free and all work is for sale. rammuseum.org. uk. raybalkwill.co.uk.
8 December - 16 January
Big Skies, Distant Views Lyme Bay Artist Steve Manning works predominantly with lino, employing a combination of multi-block and reduction printing to produce spacious landscapes inspired by the landscapes of Devon and Dorset. Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Adult £5.95 01297 443370 www. lymeregismuseum.co.uk
Until 12 December
Kate Wyatt one of the UK’s foremost wildlife artists returns to
