by Edwina Baines edwina@theblackmorevale.co.uk
ART
Notes From My DAW Diary
“It is only possible to provide a taster of my recent forays into the wealth of artistic talent in our county - but I urge you to spend a lovely weekend absorbing as much as possible in the final days of Dorst Art Weeks. Edwina” 152 - DAVID NORTON, SHEELAGH SCOBLE AND JUDY BAKER Traveller’s Rest Farm, Durweston
Judy re-creates and re-imagines fragments of ceramics, natural stone, and Lyme Regis sea glass into mosaics. She has always loved drawing and as she said: “You need real vision, for mosaics are only as good as the initial drawing.” Starting with pottery classes, a love of jigsaws and a passion for taking things apart, it was a visit to the mosaics of the Basilicas in the Italian city of Ravenna which inspired her. “Everything has a story, a narrative!” so each of her charming, quirky mosaics has a tale to tell. David, a musician, took up painting in his retirement and now paints daily in his farmyard studio at Traveller’s Rest. However, some of his time is spent in France and a new phrase has entered his vocabulary “une lumière éblouissante” – a dazzling light. Hedgerows sparkle with May blossom – a nod towards Hockney and French garden landscapes in oil re-create this luminosity. Also included are local scenes of Hambledon Hill and still lifes of vegetables (including some freshly
Adam Binder’s ‘Boris’ greets visitor to the ‘FORM’ exhibition at Sculpture by the Lakes Image - Edwina Judy with her mosaics in the stables at Travellers Rest Baines
dug Maris Piper potatoes!), fruit and flowers. His first painting in lockdown incorporated a more modern feel but is contrasted with an ornate gold frame - donated by Sheelagh. Sheelagh studied Fine Art at Bournemouth College of Art and exhibited in the very first Dorset Art Week in 1992. Her flamboyant still lifes, vivid patterns and life drawings come entirely from her imagination. “Anything with colour,” she says. Currently she has moved from oils into collage and watercolours, posted each week on Instagram.
David in the stables with his lockdown painting. Image: Edwina Baines
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