hugh’s bit OKE up this morning... ” No, not another 12 bar blues! – I’m half-woken by a phone ringing in my dream. Do you get that, phones ringing in your dreams?

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Somebody is calling to ask if I could use some birch bark... 4 tons of it…. Wha? I struggle for the name of someone up near Welshpool who deals in niche forestry products. But before I can supply his name the dream caller has hung up. I’m in a welter of anxiety now. Then a postman knocks with a package containing a block of wood which I have to sign for. I flounder up to the surface world again, I shake my head and scrape the hair out of my eyes. Water gurgles in my ears. Am I now awake? What does all this mean? Since I’m having the usual trouble with the blank white page maybe the lump of wood is a writer’s block? Should I therefore start a log book? .... take leaves out of someone else’s book, borrowed from a branch library? Dreams can be based on sad puns; and then I remember an article I was reading the night before about native Americans writing on birch bark, and children too before digital media stole their birthright, and paper is after all made of wood, including these pages. Those jumbled thoughts probably started this dawn chaos, but then more coherent thoughts arrived..... about introverted indoor art sampling the great outdoors, open air music, Magritte and the difference between words and the thing itself.

If someone wrote poetry on the white trunks of a local birch grove, how would that be? My partner says this is an insult to the tree or at least an insult to the way we think about trees, to our lying Arcadian mind-set. It would snap me out of my idyll, my wilderness dream. Could anyone ever come up with anything good enough to justify dislocating the non-verbal experience of walking through a wood?

Perhaps if you found The Wandering Spectre’s song, by anon, a whispering immortal voice articulated by the breeze, incised unadvertised on the trunk of a tree, how would that be?

“Wae’s me! wae’s me! The acorn’s not yet Fallen from the tree, That’s to grow the wood, That’s to make the cradle, That’s to rock the bairn, That’s to grow the man That’s to speak the words That’s to lay me”

It would have to be that good.

Or it might be the words of Simon Armitage carved for all time or at least a woefully long posterity into the granite rocks by the side of the Pennine Way. How arrogant is that? You’ve climbed all the way up there to have a fresh-air, unmade, wordless, wilderness experience

Simon Armitage poem

How about a roadside farm sign with “BewAre the JaBBerWock, mY zOn!” daubed on a piece of battered plywood in dripping bituminous paint or as I have seen somewhere truly forgettable, twee little aphorettes on laminated cards on low-hanging branches in a woodland glade: “Less is more” “Save the unicorns” “Believe in your Selfie”. How about something more meaty? “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it.” (Thomas Jefferson).

- nothing but the sky and the hills - and there’s this urban dilettante wittering on. A blot on the mental landscape as large as a satanic mill. His selfie with God? He’s definitely not the person to speak the words to lay my ghost. There are lines by “local author” Henry Vaughan on hinged planks hidden in signposts near where I live, but that is discrete and you don’t have to see, let alone read the words. As usual Shakespeare was ahead of us. In As you like it Orlando decks the trees with stuttering poems to his beloved Rosalind. Touchstone says “Truly, the tree yields bad fruit”. Jaques: “I pray you, mar no more trees with writing love-songs in their barks”.If it was a secret which you might just stumble upon while walking the dog, or you had a tip-off from a child, or you came across a poem in a bottle, a gargoyle carved into the bole of a tree, site-specific, no catalogue number, off the beaten track, would that be acceptable?

I bet you’d hate to hear canned music broadcast through the woods - but how about an oboe, the metamorphosed voice of Syrinx, Ovid’s willowy Arcadian nymphet, wailing in the wind, transcribed by Britten, she who, scantily clad and cornered at the river’s edge turned herself into a reed rather than be raped by Pan. Drastic solution! Now she cries her plaintive song from the river’s edge, and in the impenetrable and bosky grove. She lights the touch-paper of lust and calls the unwary to be mired in the reed-beds, to flounder and drown in the madness of desire, would that be OK, to hear those Arcadian Blues? That spectral voice in the wind?

Compare these possibilities with the sculptures exiled from their air-conditioned, linen-suited galleries to pose and shiver outdoors in sculpture parks, diminished in scale, in the dark and the rain, competing vainly with the effortless grandeur of the trees, the lakes and the limitless skies? Culture? Nature?

G.K.Chesterton: “The Greeks couldn’t see the trees for the Dryads”. A Dryad is a tree spirit and the Greeks deployed an assortment of nearly naked nymphs and lusty pantheistic imagery to animate the world while we now spout listless scientific explanations, and evoke the neutered spirits of electricity, genetics and evolution. Is it any more useful to veil or explain nature with Quarks than the equally invisible Dryads?

The Aborigine can’t see the landscape for the dreamtime. Kapitalists can’t see the landscape for the mineral riches. Words and ideas, Classical imagery, Romanticism, nostalgia, and Darwinian theory mist over the slow, fine detail of immediate sensory experience and most of the land is covered in human marks anyway, but for that very reason I don’t want high art ideas and selfies in my face when I’m here and now in a wild place, which at least reminds me of where my being evolved and is where I can best attempt to recalibrate my cultured self to that opposite half of me: my original birthright, my natural mind.

Originally written in lawyers wig deliquescent ink on plantable Himalayan pink onion and wildflower seed torn-edge hand-made paper. Turns into a meadow in spring. £20 a sheet.

© Hugh Colvin 23/03/23

Art

Powys

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL 01544 260149

Until 30 Sept ‘Sidney Nolan Revealed’. A series of new displays reveal the concept of process as central to Nolan’s artwork and expose new artworks and artefacts from the Trust’s collection and archive.

Until 30 Sept ‘The Buzzer’. RICK GRESWELL - sculpture (outdoors).

Until 30 Sept ‘Inside Out’. KATE HARVEY - sculpture (outdoors).

Until 30 Sept ‘Dead Standing’. JONY EASTERBY - sculpture (outdoors).

Until 30 Sept ‘Earth Photo 2023’. Exploring images and short films that focus on the pressing issues affecting our planet to stimulate conversations about our environment and impact of climate change.

3 Aug - 30 Sept ‘Plant Communitas’

Curated by Patricia Brien, this exhibition features a community of artists from diverse practices, places and different times. Together the artworks hightlight the aliveness and presence of the plant kingdom.

Open Thurs-Sat 11am-4pm.

Open Studios & Exhibitions, Presteigne

26 - 28 Aug Participants include:

SARAH BAMFORD & TANIA MOSSEsculpture. ANNE BELGRAVE - maker of things. FLORENCE BOYD - artist & illustrator. LUCY BOYD, JUNE

COVENEY, DAISY DIXON, ALICE PERCEVAL & SOPHIE TUTE - artists.

BLIM BURTON & DAVID COLWELLfurniture makers. DENIYAL DAVIES - jewellery. ANNETTE GURRmosaics. BERNIE GURR,

CHARLOTTE HEPBURNprintmakers. PENNY HUGHES, RUTH

KIRKBY, DANIEL MacCARTHYpaintings. SOPHIE JELINEK - plaster work. PETE MacKENZIE - pictures.

DEBBIE MASON - textile artist.

ARABELLA MILLS, MARY SMITH & GILL TENNANT-EYLES - ceramics.

CLAIR MURPHY - rush baskets.

KITTY PERCEVAL - drawings, prints and ceramics. ALEX RAMSEYphotographs. PETE SMITHblacksmith. RICHARD STUDERdesigner & printmaker. MALCOLM TURNER - pottery. JESS WATKINS - artist and printmaker. HUGH POPE. Plus Signey Nolan Trust Youth Arts Programmes.

Open 11am-5pm. Brochure and map available throughout the town.

Studer Fine Art - The Gallery, 4 High Street, Presteigne. www.studerfineart.com

24 - 28 Aug The gallery is open throughout the Presteigne Festival. Aug ‘Sumer is icumen in!’ New work by JOSH PARTRIDGE, new sculptures by TANIA MOSSE alongside regular artists, ceramicists and printmakers: ANGELA HARDING, MARK HEARLD, JOHN BROADLY, ED KLUZ, CLIVE HICKS-JENKINS, TONY HALL, SIMON HULBERT, JOE FINCH, JASON BRAHAM, NICK MEMBERY, GILL TENNANT EYLES and many more. Plus a wide selection of cards and small gifts from Art.Angels press. Open Thurs-Sat, 10.30am-4pm, or by appointment.

Chatwood, Celf gan Osian Gwent ((Art by osian Gwent), No. 6 Long Bridge Street, Llanidloes SY18 6EE 0800 999 1953 www.osiangwent.com

Exclusive and original paintings by Welsh contemporary artist OSIAN GWENT. Luxury works of fine art, paintings and limited edition fine art giclee prints. Open Wed 10am-2pm, Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri & Sat 11am-3pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High Street, Knighton LD7 1AT 01547 529530

Gallery, shop, cafe. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Open Studios, Far Hall, Dolau, near Llandrindod Wells LD1 5TW 01597 851181

2 - 10 Sept h.Art, Venue 97.

JULIENNE BRAHAM, JASON BRAHAM, SIMON HULBERTpaintings and pottery. Refreshments with donations to Water Aid. Open 10am-5pm.

Hay Castle, Oxford Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5DG 01497 820079

Until 3 Sept ‘Architecture and Poetry’. Curated by MICA Architects. Open 10am-5pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041

Until 31 Aug PETER ARSCOTTpaintings and ceramics.

Until 20 Sept ‘Artist Blacksmithing: The 150mm Challenge’.

Until 21 Sept ‘Oriel Watching’. ELLEN BELL will be working in the galleries making live drawings of visitors.

Until 3 Oct ‘We All Share the Same Sky’. HELEN BOOTH.

Open Tues-Sun 11am-4pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DL 01597 824513

Geology, Archaeology, Natrual History, Social History and Fine Art. The museum houses an art gallery with a programme of varied and exciting exhibitions and events.

Open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm.

Wyeside Theatre, Builth Wells 01982 552555

Until 24 Sept ‘Wild Wales - Nature in Art’. DAVID WETTNER & MANDI BAYKAA-MURRAY.

Open theatre times.

The Table & The Chair, 43 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye 01497 822802 www.thetablehay.com

5 - 26 Aug HARRY RICH & ROSS LOVEDAY.

2 - 23 Sept EMMA SCOTT.

Open Thurs-Sat 10am-3pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556

Until 10 Sept POLLY DIXON, XUELLA ARNOLD, PAUL YOUNG, CLAUDIA PETLEY & PAUL SHEPHERD.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 413467

Until 5 Aug ‘Retrospective’. ANNIE BIELECKA JONES. Quilt Association summer exhibition.

12 - 29 Aug ‘Lie of the Land’. Exhibition by Visual Arts Collective, Llanidloes. Plus quilts from the Quilt Association collection.

2 Sept World Textile Day Wales.

11am Main talk - Janice Gunner : One Simple Stitch: tracing the running stitch from Japan to India to Africa, £5. 2pm - Short talk - Gaynor Williams: plus World Tetiles Show & Tell, followed by World Textiles Show & Tell, your chance to show us your favourite world textile, £3. Free entry, 10am-4pm.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, Sun 11am-3pm.

Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farm, Llantillio Pertholey, Abergavenny NP7 8AU 01873 852011

ROSIE FAREY & MANDY COATS - baskets. SUSAN GALLAGHERpaintings. Open 11am-4pm.

Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822900 Showcasing some of the very best artists from Wales and the Borders. Open 10.30am-5pm daily except Tues, Sun 11.30am-4pm.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Near Newtown 01686 688369

Until 3 Sept ‘How Green is My Art?’ Welsh Group exhibition. Open Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm.

Courtyard Antiques, London House, High Street, Presteigne LD8 2BA 07974 356128 outside normal hours.

Antique pottery, country furniture and art. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Found Gallery, 1 Bulwark, Brecon LD3 7LB 07736 062849 www.foundgallery.co.uk

Until 5 Aug ‘A Celebration of our Landscape & Woodlands’. KATHRYN

MOORE - artist. LEWIS PHILLIPSphotographs. SHARIF ADAMS, YOAV

ELKAYAM, ROSIE FAREY, ANDREEA

GRAD, LEE JOHN PHILLIPS, ROSA

HARRADINE, LYDIA LATHAM, AMY

LEAKE, JOHN MULLANEY, DOMINIC PEARCE, DEBORAH SCHNEEBELI

MORRELL, DAVID WHITE & MATT

WHITTAKER - woodland makers.

8 Aug - 9 Sept Summer exhibition with live music over Brecon Jazz Festival weekend. MAGGY ROBERTS & NICK

JOHN REES - artists. RICHARD

GREATREX - photographs. ELAINE

BARNETT - sculpture. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 www.knightonfineart.co.uk knightonfineart@btinternet.com

Aug ‘Holiday Ideas’. From JULIENNE BRAHAM (Italy); PETER DAVIES (Scilly Isles); EDGAR HOLLOWAY (France); LOIS HOPWOOD (Isla); JOHN ORMSBY (Scotland); DAVID SMITH (Antarctica & Brazil); FELIKS TOPOLSKI (London). Plus pottery, ceramics, woodwork, driftwood, tin sculptures and greeting cards. Open Wed-Fri 1am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864

Rare antique carpets and kilims. Plus locally made pottery, art materials, textiles, haberdashery, jewellery, cards and gifts. Cafe. Open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm.

Cheese & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 07866 843538

Every Fri & Sat Flea & Vintage Market. Vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques and jewellery. Open 9am-5pm.

The Art Shop, Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH 01873 852690

Until 19 Aug ‘Letters from Meduseld’. ASTER MURO.

Until 19 Aug Mixed Summer Show with paintings, drawings, printmaking, mixed media, ceramics and jewellery. Open Tues-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ 01654 703355 info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk

Until 6 Sept ‘The Land We Live In’. The Tabernacle Collection.

Until 6 Sept ‘For the Love of Laura Ashely’. Preserving the legacy of Laura Ashley.

Until 6 Sept ELERI MILLS.

Until 6 Sept The Tabernacle Art Competition 2023.

Until 23 Sept KIM DEWSBURY. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Upper House, Knucklas, near Knighton

2 - 10 Sept h.Art, Venue 92. LOTTIE O’LEARY - stone carving and lettering workshop. Open 11am-5pm. Knucklas, near Knighton

2 - 10 Sept h.Art. Venue 94, STUART ROPER - paintings. Venue 93, CELIA DE SERRA - artist. Venue 95, MAGGIE JONESpaintings. Venue 96, TONY HALLpottery. Open 11am-5pm.

The Old School, Whitton, near Knighton 01547 560936

Museum of Welsh Textiles. A fine collection of Welsh costume, textiles. With a selection of antique textiles and blankets for sale, alongside changing exhibitions of art and antiques. Open by appointment, please phone to book. Knighton Museum, 1 Broad Street, Knighton Run by volunteers and reflects social history of the area. The majority of the exhibits have been either donated or lent by local people and reflect the varied history of this border town from the drovers to the flannel weavers; from trade to agriculture. Wed-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Celf O Gwmpas, Centre Celf, Tremont Road, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EB 01597 822777

Until 7 Sept Annual exhibition by Celf o Gwmpas Artist Network. Open TuesThurs 10am-4pm, Sat 9.30am-12pm. Rhayader Museum & Gallery, CARAD, East Street, Rhayader LD6 5ER 01597 810561 www.carad.org.uk Aug ‘Hearth and Home’. Activities also available. Bookable tours. Please email all@carad.org.uk for details. Look out for new activities and sign up for the free information newsletter online. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-12pm.

Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EY 01597 258118 www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk

26 Aug Artisan Market. Over 20 stalls featuring arts, crafts, homemade, handmade local produce. 10am-3pm.

Herefordshire

Kingswood Village Hall, Kingswood Rd, Kington HR5 3HE 07587 484436 or 01544 239124

2 & 3 Sept KINGTON ART

SOCIETY annual art exhibition featuring paintings, crafts and cards made by members. Free refreshments available during the day. Parking and easy access for disabled. Open 10am4pm. If you wish to become a member at the Thursday afternoon painting group, please contact above tel. no. Leominster Library Foyer, 8 The Buttercross, Leominster, HR6 8BN

15 Sept HEREFORDSHIRE GUILD OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS & DYERS. 40th anniversary exhibition. 10am-4pm. Ross Labels Foyer, Ross Park, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7US

22 Sept HEREFORDSHIRE GUILD OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS & DYERS. 40th anniversary exhibition. 10am-4pm. Lion Ballroom, 17 Broad St, Leominster 01568 612277 ext. 4

2 - 10 Sept h.Art, venue 128. SUSIE CAWLEY, JEANETTE KINSEY, SILVIA PASTORE, MAGGIE DAVIS, GLYN WHITING, MARK ANTONY & PAULA JOBSON - paintings. KIM DAVIS - wood turnings. REBECCA FORD - embroidery. SUE LEAVETTprints. ANDREW WILLIAMS - photographs. KATIE TETLEY - miniatures. KARLIN RUSHBROOK - sculpture. Open daily 10am-5pm.

Hintons Country & Garden, Worcester Rd, Leominster HR6 8TN 01568 612277 ext. 4

2 - 10 Sept H.Art, venue 139. DENICE CULLIMORE - animal portraits. KATE SKELTON - botanical artwork.. JON TETLEY - wood carved bowls/plates. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8.30am-1pm. Paul’s Metal Crafting, Brynithel, Kingstone HR2 9HJ (opposite Kingstone High School) 0777803 9934 paulrg62@gmail.com

2 - 10 Sept h.Art. PAUL THOMAS - sculptures in recycled metal. ROY MARTIN - garden ornaments in rustic stone and wood. BARBARA SHAWhandstitched textile collages. LINDA THOMAS - photographs of the natural world. Open daily 10am-5pm. (Venue 137).

The Chapel Gallery, 2 Forbury Chase, Sherford St, Bromyard, HR7 4DL www.chapelgallerybromyard.com

19 & 20, 24 - 28 Aug ‘Seeing Us’. An exhibition of portraits by local artists in a range of styles and media. Pop-up cafe. Open 11am-5pm.

No. 1 Station Approach, Hereford

Until 30 April 2024 MATTHEW CORNFORD & JOHN BECK. Marking the 170th anniversary of Hereford College of Arts, a Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts commission.

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells WR15 8EA 01584 810085 www.georginafranklin.co.uk

GEORGINA FRANKLIN - jewellery. Individual contemporary design. Commissions undertaken.

Walenty Pytel Gallery & Studio Tour 01531 634102 walentypytelgallery@ gmail.com www.walentypytel.com

You will receive a printed guide to all of Walenty’s outdoor sculptures in Herefordshire to visit at your leisure. Bronze and original steel sculptures can be purchased in the gallery as well as signed limited edition prints, cards and his book Walenty Pytel Life/ Art/Sculpture. By appointment only. Groups welcome.

Old Stable Gallery, Leominster Tourist Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster 01568 616460

Aug Watercolour plant life.

Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Wobage Makers Gallery Upton

Bishop, Ross-on-Wye HR9 7QP 01989 720495 www.wobage.co.uk

Handmade at Wobage workshops. BEN CASSON - furniture and kitchenwood. LYNN HODGSONwood carving and kitchenwood. PATIA

DAVIS - slip decorated earthenware and porcelain. JEREMY STEWARD - wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain. PETRA STEWARDwood-fired salt-glazed stoneware and collagraph prints. CLYDE

JEFFERSON - willow basketry. CLAIR HODGSON - gold, silver and semi-precious stone earrings. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

Oxenham Art, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT 01568 611898 Aug STEPHANIE STUMP - stained glass art. SARAH BILLINGHAMpottery. WENDY KIRK - textiles. KEN BRIDGES - original paintings. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm.

Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral 01432 374200

Until 30 Sept ‘Cathedral: City: County’. This exhibition uses items from across the archive collections to show the many and varied links that the cathedral has had with those who lived and worked both within and beyond its walls. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Normal admission charges apply.

South Chapel, All Saints Church, Hereford 01432 370414

7 - 12 Aug REBECCA ABREY.

14 - 19 Aug CHRISTINE WHEELERcraft sale.

21 - 26 Aug GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY.

19 - 31 Aug Exhibition and sale of Indian silks and saris with Jan Bishop.

4 - 6 Sept Exhibition and sale of Indian silks and saris with Jan Bishop.

8 & 9 Sept HEREFORDSHIRE GUILD OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS & DYERS. 40th anniversary exhibition. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church Street, Kington HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 www.madeinthemarches.com

Aug An exhibition of creations from ROSAMUND BLACK - jewellery. ANNE GARDNER - ceramics. ROWAN McONEGAL - woodblock printmaker, SUAN MULCOCK - wetfelt landscapes. Alongside cooperative members NICKI CORNISH, REBECCA FINNEY, JO FLETCHER, NANCY FROST, FREYA GAMBLE-MAPES, TESSA GAVIN, JANE KEAY, CELIA KIBBLEWHITE, SUE LEAVETT, CLARE LESTER, CLAIR MURPHY & HELEN SMITH. Work from local artists and makers including ceramics, paintings, prints, clothing and jewellery, sculpture, stone, wood, ironwork and basketry, cards and gifts. Commissions and vouchers available.Open Tues-Sat 11am-4pm.

Made In Ross, The Upstairs Gallery, Market House, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5NX 01989 769398 www.madeinross.co.uk

Made in Ross. A co-operative of local art and craft makers who produce a wide range of beautiful work, for all tastes and budgets. Open 10am-4pm.

Canwood Gallery, Checkley HR1 4NF 01568 760242 www.canwoodgallery.com

3 - 27 Aug New work by ANDREW PEARSON - wood carvings.

3 - 27 Aug The Empresses by DAMIEN HIRST - laminated Giclee prints on aluminium.

31 Aug - 17 Sept ‘Habitus’. BRENDA BOYLE, CONRAD JUDGE, JOHANNA OKON-WATKINS present a range of contemporary artwork including textured monochrome paintings focusing on the sublime art, collage and print with a political edge, and sculpture examining the notion of home, place and space. The gallery also features work by local and international artists including CARL ANDRE, NOCOLE FARHI, TRACEY EMIN AND DAMIEN HIRST, together with a sculpture trail set in 10 acres. Cafe. Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm.

The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford 01432 340555

9 Sept - 1 Oct The Courtyard’s 25th Anniversary exhibition. Open theatre times.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford HR1 2UA 01432 263937 www.applestoregallery.com

Until 12 Aug ‘Wilder Hereford: Art & Poetry’. Local artists and poets explore the nature reserves around Hereford and the restoration of the Yazor Brook. In partnership with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and Richard Bavin.

16 Aug - 16 Sept h.Art. Open Wed-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Gallery 54, 54 High Street, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917

Aug New work from STEPHEN RIPPINGTON plus gallery artists will be exhibiting throughout the summer. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, East Street, Pembridge HR6 9HB 01544 388842 ww.oldchapelgallery.co.uk

Until 31 Aug ‘Glory in the Garden’. MARY GRIFFIN - soft pastels.

JEMIMA JAMESON - painted wood. RACHEL BAILEY - jewellery. JO VERITY - decoupage, and more. Throughout the year ‘Splendour in the Grass’. A changing collection of unique sculptures for your outdoor space in a variety of media including forged iron, carved stone, stone resin, iron resin, bronze resin, glass and ceramics. Open Wed-Sat 11am-4.30pm, Sun 12-4pm. Mon/Tues by appointment.