We have had a very busy day today-we went over to Wallsworth Hall, in Gloucester to meet Simon who runs it.They have exhibitions running all year round and also hold art workshops there too-which they are looking to increase, which is the main reason we were there.
I will be putting the dates of the workshops on my website as soon as we have agreed on the dates.
We had a lovely time-there are some beautiful paintings on display there including some by world famous David Shepard.His paintings of elephants are absolutely amazing.
We were amazed at the variety of work on display-a mixture of famous and not so famous artists there.
I will let everyone know when my work has been selected for exhibition--they run in themes of different subjects.
There were some amazing sculptures all around in the grounds, some made of car parts, some from horse shoes and scrap metal. At the centre was the beautiful golden eagle.
The wellentonion tree was amazing-you could punch it and not hurt yourself--the bark is sooo soft.It really was amazing, but Simon did say he thinks whoever planted it so close to the house didn't realise just how big they grow--its got another 30 feet to go yet!
They have an Artist In Residence, most weeks and we went along to meet the most recent one!--she does the most beautiful pencil drawings-they look completely real--Bills favorite was the beetroot-it was just perfect Her name is Ann Swan and her website is http://www.annswan.co.uk/
We had quite long chat about Wallsworth Hall and how things work there.It was very interesting!
We had a lovely lunch in the coffee shop there--can recommend the hot chocolate--the best Ive had for ages!
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