Claerwen Holland, Inside Out

Claerwen Holland

Inside out

Radishes ink & pastel on paper 23 x 37cm

CLAERWEN HOLLAND Inside Out

10 – 27 September 2019

Private View

Tuesday 10 September 2019 6pm – 8pm The Artist will be present

The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com The exhibition continues until 1pm on 27 September 2019 All work is available to view and purchase as of now

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WELSH SETTING FOUR SEASONS by Jennifer Holland

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Imagine a walled garden Waking at the first vein - touch Of a south wind; Growing things transported inwards, Vases of pussy willow; Heady – scented hyacinths, Jonquils and primroses.

Fast-forward to yet warmer days And an angled beach Circled by ice cream-coloured houses, Guarded by boulders against apocalyptic waves, And approached by forbidding shingle.

Gulls shriek and croak, And children and dogs tangle In ecstatic freedom…

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Another season’s turning: Fruit cooking, spluttering out autumnal aromas Of blackberry and plum, And the air sharpening to the Pungent certainty of soup, Preceding them, upon the Aga: Followed by the dreamy – painful Warmth of the kneading of a sleeping cat.

December time: elbows on the table With its checked cloth, As mulled wine waits for the rough, youthful voices Of the carol singers; While the prickled splendour of a jug of holly Waits in the hallway For joy to the world..

Books & Desk ink & pastel on paper 61 x 71cm 5

Last Dahlias ink & pastel on paper 48 x 68cm 6

Iris & Grape Hyacinths ink & pastel on paper 49 x 70cm 7

Kitchen with Summer Fruits ink & pastel on paper 40 x 46cm 8

Quinces ink & pastel on paper 47 x 68cm 9

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Flowers by the Window ink & pastel on paper 60 x 80cm 11

Aga with Tea Towels ink & pastel on paper 47 x 62cm 12

Asparagus & Sloe Gin mixed media on paper 47 x 68cm 13

Geranium Leaves & Agapanthus ink & pastel on paper 60 x 80cm 14

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Camassia & Bee ink & pastel on paper 26 x 26cm 16

Cherries & Books ink & pastel on paper 25 x 25cm 17

Tiger & Iris ink & pastel on paper 36 x 51cm 18

Catkins & Hyacinths ink & pastel on paper 50 x 69cm 19

Borth Houses, South II ink & pastel on paper 14 x 21cm 20

Borth Ceredigion mixed media on paper 47 x 67cm 21

Garden Table ink & pastel on paper 25 x 25cm 22

Cherries & Strawberry ink & pastel on paper 25 x 25cm 23

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Geranium Leaves ink & pastel on paper 60 x 80cm 25

Grape Hyacinth & Tulips ink & pastel on paper 26 x 26cm 26

Parrot Tulip ink & pastel on paper 26 x 26cm 27

Flowers from the market Llanidloes ink & pastel on paper 51 x 69cm 28

Ewe & Lamb ink & pastel on paper 23 x 30cm 29

Wallflowers & Blossom upstairs ink & pastel on paper 48 x 50cm 30

Little Italian Pears ink & pastel on paper 20 x 15cm 31

Herbs & Bumblebees ink & pastel on paper 36 x 51cm 32

Studio Table ink & pastel on paper 36 x 51cm 33

Borth Houses, South I ink & pastel on paper 17 x 17cm 34

Crocus Shadows ink & pastel on paper 48 x 50cm 35

Kohlrabi ink & pastel on paper 45 x 60cm 36

Peas ink & pastel on paper 20 x 21cm 37

BIOGRAPHY Claerwen Holland was born in Radnorshire, Wales. She studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, under the direction of Maurice de Sausmarez, who awarded her the Principal’s prize for landscapes in oils. She completed the National Diploma for Fine Arts and won The David Murray studentship in landscape painting, awarded by the Royal Academy, London.

Claerwen continues to live and work in both London and Wales.

She is primarily a painter of domestic still lifes and landscapes; the kitchen gardens of Wales or sandy beaches of the British coast. She is inspired by the objects which surround her at home in Wales; freshly picked flowers from her garden, china ornaments, old toys and secret boxes. More recently, Claerwen has found inspiration in and around Aberystwyth, capturing the comings and goings of people and everyday life, in a touching and beautifully observed way.

Claerwen has exhibited in many mixed shows, including the Royal Academy Exhibition and the New English Arts Club, and has had solo exhibitions in England & Wales.

Claerwen Holland has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1996.

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FRONT COVER Cherries & Books ink & pastel on paper 25 x 25cm BACK COVER Wallflowers & Blossom upstairs ink & pastel on paper 48 x 50cm

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