Art Features
Billy Connolly Unveils Debut Art Collection: Born on a Rainy Day
March 15th 2012
Billy Connolly is well known as a comedian, musician, presenter and actor. But now he has decided to turn his hand to something very different. 2012 sees the launch of his first art collection, Born on a Rainy Day.
From Polar Bear to Penguin - An Artistic Antarctic Adventure
August 19th 2011
Sculptor Mark Coreth and artist Andrew Stock share a fascination with wildlife and between them have produced two very distinct bodies of work...
Magical Sculptures
July 20th 2011
Jeremy Miles discovers how bucket and spade pleasures have become an art form at Weymouth’s Sandworld
Inspired by Purbeck
July 20th 2011
Andrew Thomas, one of the founders of the Purbeck Sculptors group, reveals the inspiration behind their inaugural exhibition
Life as a third generation Leach potter
May 27th 2011
There was never any doubt which career Somerset potter John Leach would follow. Eldest grandson of the renowned Bernard Leach and son of acclaimed potter David Leach, John grew up using handmade pots every day and throwing pots for a Sunday treat.
Sculpture by the Lake Simon Gudgeon
May 23rd 2011
Kate Hall meets sculptor Simon Gudgeon who is inspired by the cycle of life and our place in the universe
The Enchanted World of Eric Kincaid
April 30th 2011
Artist Eric Kincaid cut his teeth on The Eagle and Goofy and illustrated classics like Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. Helen Stiles enters his storybook world
New website for British based Designer-Makers that promotes British craftsmanship
April 19th 2011
Miratis, a new website that promotes British based Designer-Makers is launched. Read more about the founder, Lisa Harrison and the benefits of having Designer-makers from across Britain, brought together in one place...
New website for British based Designer-Makers that promotes British craftsmanship
April 19th 2011
Miratis, a new website that promotes British based Designer-Makers is launched. Read more about the founder, Lisa Harrison and the benefits of having Designer-makers from across Britain, brought together in one place...
A Barman at the Chine Hotel in Boscombe reveals Artistic Talent with his first exhibition
April 15th 2011
Hans Heaton is a barman at the Chine Hotel in Boscombe. His colleagues recently discovered that he is also fantastic artist and has since been locally recognized by several professionals as a young man with a natural talent....
Bluestone Gallery Devizes Wiltshire Jewellery collection now on display
November 18th 2010
The Bluestone Gallery has always featured an extremely wide range of art and craft. It is packed with original paintings, studio ceramics, beautiful glass, hand turned wood and a mix of quirky and original work.
Dorset FAS Choreographics dance into Art
June 24th 2010
Paul Watts tells the story of Alan Carter, a man of prodigious talent who worked with some of the greatest dancers in the world and transformed his passion for dance into art
Jurassic Coast artist - Meet Dorset's stone balancing wizard
February 19th 2010
Dorset artist Adrian Gray has become something of a celebrity with his amazing stone balancing sculptures which he creates on the Jurassic coastline near his home in Lyme Regis.
Portland Arts Centre in Dorset
January 22nd 2010
David Murdoch meets two dynamic young artists Samantha Polley and Katherine Bryan-Merret whose dream of creating an arts centre for the island has finally been realised.
Dorset Artist Vanessa Bowman
January 22nd 2010
Coffee pots, Dorset hedgerows and jugs of pretty flowers: Stephen Swann meets Vanessa Bowman a Dorset artist who makes the ordinary beautiful
Sven Berlin: The Dark Monarch, Dorset
January 4th 2010
Jeremy Miles explores the colourful life of one of the last of the great British bohemians
Colin Willey: being there
July 23rd 2009
Stephen Swann talks to a landscape painter who draws his inspiration not just from the Dorset landscape but from our ever-changing weather
Simon Gudgeon: wildlife sculptor
June 22nd 2009
Stephen Swann is bewitched by the work of a man whose ability to capture the essence of wild animals in bronze has resulted in worldwide acclaim
Peter Joyce:Immersed in the landscape
May 26th 2009
Stephen Swann looks at the work of a painter at the very top of his game
Wild about Flowers
April 27th 2009
Poole-based Christina Hart-Davies, one of the country's leading botanical illustrators, has just finished working on a wild-flower guide that is destined to set the benchmark for such guides for decades to come. Words: Stephen Swann
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