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Title: Art & Artists
Post by: hollins on May 26, 2011, 08:30:47 pm
I thought that someone might like to see this picture of Llandudno.
When I was 50 my birthday party was held in Llandudno and this was my favourite present.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Fester on May 27, 2011, 12:58:29 am
I LOVE IT !!!

Especially the very realistic perspective of the pier... and the way that lamp post is the centre-piece of the work.

Ingenius, H,.. who created this?
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on May 27, 2011, 07:05:40 am
Hi, Mr F!
It is an etching by Trevor Hodgkison which is still available here,

http://www.littlelondongallery.co.uk/Old/TrevorHodgkisonExample9.htm (http://www.littlelondongallery.co.uk/Old/TrevorHodgkisonExample9.htm)
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on May 27, 2011, 07:37:39 am
Wouldn't mind this one either!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13560209 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13560209)
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Blodyn on May 27, 2011, 09:57:59 am
What a lovely image of Llandudno, Hollins.  I particularly like the rather reluctant looking donkey. 
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on June 03, 2011, 09:31:33 am
Llandudno on a plate!
I saw this website this morning which has a plate and a mug for sale which feature Villa Marina, Llandudno designed by Harry Whedon. They are part of a range of ceramics based on 1930's modernist seaside villas.

http://www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk/ranges/1930s+Modernist+Seaside+Villas/ (http://www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk/ranges/1930s+Modernist+Seaside+Villas/)
Title: Re: Art
Post by: DaveR on June 03, 2011, 10:33:31 am
Those mugs are very nice, great design.  $good$
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on July 18, 2011, 08:39:35 pm
I went to see the Magritte exhibition at the Tate Liverpool today (thanks suepp for the tip).
Surrealism may not be everyone's cup of tea but he certainly had lots of imagination.
There were some of his hand written letters on display with doodles and sketches which were to become features in his paintings.
For me it brought back good memories of my student days!
Title: Re: Art
Post by: TheMedz on March 13, 2012, 11:08:37 am
My son spotted these A3 prints on a website. 

http://www.ianmitchell-art.com/index.php/print-gallery/wales (http://www.ianmitchell-art.com/index.php/print-gallery/wales)
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Ian on March 13, 2012, 11:15:02 am
Very much in the style of early computer graphics.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: DaveR on March 13, 2012, 11:22:49 am
My son spotted these A3 prints on a website. 

http://www.ianmitchell-art.com/index.php/print-gallery/wales (http://www.ianmitchell-art.com/index.php/print-gallery/wales)
I really like them.  $good$
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on March 13, 2012, 12:08:30 pm
I like them too, yet ironically we try and capture every last detail with our digital cameras!  ;D
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Blodyn on March 13, 2012, 10:34:44 pm
They're great!  I particularly like the West Shore view. 
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Post by: Fester on March 13, 2012, 11:53:55 pm
The Emperor's New Clothes once again springs to mind..... why not just have the picture as it is meant to look, rather than all the pretentious nonsense?

£60 each?  I wouldn't give them house-room.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on March 14, 2012, 07:07:22 am
The Emperor's New Clothes once again springs to mind....

Has someone sold you 'the Emperor's new clothes' ?? If so don't go out in them!  L0L
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Fester on March 14, 2012, 08:44:35 am
I have been sold them many times in my long life.... and its about time I learned my lesson!
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Nemesis on March 14, 2012, 10:55:31 am

£60 each?  I wouldn't give them house-room.

Snap
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on October 08, 2013, 06:31:50 pm
I was visiting some friends in Woodstock last weekend, they have this amazing work in glass, made in the Sixties by Whitefriars. it's on display in their shop.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on October 08, 2013, 07:17:46 pm
That is interesting ME. I dare not think what that might be worth when you think what a small 1960's glass vase by Whitefriars makes.
Is it a shop selling 60's items?
When we bought our 60's house I had a lovely time finding things to go with it from that era.
Here are a couple of plaques that I bought on ebay. The one with horses is ceramic and was made in West Germany. The other one is fused glass and I'm not sure which era it is from but I think it has "the look."
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on October 08, 2013, 07:29:51 pm
They both look great! The shop is  http://www.rwfco.com/ (http://www.rwfco.com/)  The Real Wood Furniture Company in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. We used to work several hours a week there. An amazing place to visit!
I collect Whitefriars when I can find it at the right price! See photo!
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on October 08, 2013, 07:46:03 pm
Do you find them at car boot sales? They look great grouped by colour and a few together like that.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on October 08, 2013, 07:54:33 pm
The small blue vase was from EBay and the rest at car boot sales, I rarely see them these days! The colours are so good when held to the light!
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on October 22, 2013, 12:38:42 pm
Take a look at this, amazing!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1187338/Off-wall-The-astonishing-3D-murals-painted-sides-buildings-trompe-loeil-artist.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1187338/Off-wall-The-astonishing-3D-murals-painted-sides-buildings-trompe-loeil-artist.html)
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Nemesis on October 22, 2013, 01:33:56 pm
What a talent !
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on October 22, 2013, 01:48:42 pm
They are amazing and don't the Daily Mail almost always have superb photos to accompany their articles?
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Yorkie on October 22, 2013, 04:21:42 pm
There are some good examples of this type of art at Plas Newydd on Anglesey, inside the building, of course! 
 :D
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on October 22, 2013, 05:01:45 pm
The Rex Whistler murals are wonderful to see at Plas Newydd but more remarkable for me were the drawings in the glass cases that he made when he was a child.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Yorkie on October 22, 2013, 07:03:03 pm
Not much else of great interest at Plas Newydd apart from the Dining Room but we still enjoy visiting and generally also patronise the Cafe which has always been very enjoyable.  :D
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on November 07, 2013, 04:39:57 pm
I've just got some more Whitefriars glass! A large 9" blue vase and 6 stem vases!
Title: Re: Art
Post by: hollins on November 08, 2013, 08:47:17 pm
Was that another of your lucky auction lots ME? You will have quite a collection soon.
Title: Re: Art
Post by: Merddin Emrys on November 08, 2013, 08:53:58 pm
The blue vase was from the auction last Tuesday, the smaller vases were my father's. a nice collection building up now!  D)
Title: Art and Artists
Post by: ogh47 on January 02, 2014, 12:30:52 pm
it would be nice to add this section to the site ,showing a collection of scenic paintings done locally in our area , some of which I have recently come across exhibiting a collection from  an artist who lived in the Deganwy area in his latter years   - Joshua Anderson Haigue - "Piles of Sheafs" seems to be located from Warren Drive facing the old village of Tywyn ....I shall add other's from this artist in due course , maybe you can help me where the artist had placed his easel for its subject and also add your own findings ....
Title: Re: Art and Artists
Post by: ogh47 on January 02, 2014, 12:58:24 pm
here's another one from Joshua Anderson Haigue - "A Fisherman's Cottage" a scene from behind the now " Vardre Ave" mountain path - looking westward ...
Title: Re: Art and Artists
Post by: ogh47 on January 02, 2014, 01:09:55 pm
another from the same area - more towards the quarry  ...this artist passed away in 1916 in Deganwy ...so all these paintings would be prior to this date ...In 1877 he moved to Tywyn near Conwy in North Wales. Here he founded, with Edward Norbury, at Plas Mawr, the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1881 and became its Vice President. In 1889 he moved to Deganwy where he spent the rest of his life.
Title: Re: Art and Artists
Post by: ogh47 on January 02, 2014, 01:43:22 pm
it would be nice to add this section to the site ,showing a collection of scenic paintings done locally in our area , some of which I have recently come across exhibiting a collection from  an artist who lived in the Deganwy area in his latter years   - Joshua Anderson Hague - "Piles of Sheafs" seems to be located from Warren Drive facing the old village of Tywyn ....I shall add other's from this artist in due course , maybe you can help me where the artist had placed his easel for its subject and also add your own findings ....
Title: Re: Art and Artists
Post by: ogh47 on January 02, 2014, 01:47:03 pm
artist surname should read Hague ..not Haigue !!
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: Yorkie on January 02, 2014, 06:52:00 pm
Are any of these for sale?   :D
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: suepp on January 02, 2014, 07:20:55 pm
just fabulous
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: Hugo on March 21, 2016, 08:22:04 pm
This bloke's talent is amazing!     3D drawings


https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TE8Z4Mu9DgY?rel=0&showinfo=0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0 (https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TE8Z4Mu9DgY?rel=0&showinfo=0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0)
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: Nemesis on March 21, 2016, 09:09:55 pm
Amazing !
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on June 17, 2018, 02:59:30 pm
I was saddened to read about the Glasgow School of Art's fire yesterday, I knew the building well, having worked nearby for many years, an iconic piece of Glasgow's history, todays news seems devastating, it will be a major restoration if not impossible.

 The Mackintosh building was completed in 1909 based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most-lauded designer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44509670 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44509670)
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: Merddin Emrys on June 17, 2018, 03:16:06 pm
It's terrible news, the latest fire was far worse than 4 years ago! I hope they can rebuild it, bit what is causing the fires?
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: Ian on June 17, 2018, 03:49:36 pm
The first one was started by a student's project that caught fire through being placed too close to a heater.  No idea abut this one, though.
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on June 28, 2018, 12:20:06 pm
Not unexpected, but extremely sad news.

Glasgow School of Art in danger of 'sudden collapse'

Parts of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building are to be dismantled after it was ravaged by fire earlier this month.
Glasgow City Council said surveys had revealed substantial movement in the building's walls and that a sudden collapse of parts of it was likely.
Work to partially dismantle sections of the building is expected to begin as a "matter of urgency".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44497880 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44497880)
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on October 03, 2019, 10:28:54 am
I likes these pieces of street art.
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on October 17, 2019, 10:46:03 am
I thought this was an epic piece ............

The Mustangs of Las Colinas
… is a breathtakingly realistic bronze sculpture of nine wild mustangs galloping across a granite stream, with fountains giving the effect of water splashed by the animals' hooves. Tourists from around the world come to view the impressive, larger-than-life depiction that serves as the centerpiece of Williams Square, a stark, pink granite plaza in the Las Colinas Urban Center.

Adjacent to the sculpture, in the East Tower of Williams Square Plaza, Irving, Texas, is the Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum, In the museum, visitors learn the story of the eight years of work African wildlife artist Robert Glen invested in creating the Mustangs. The museum also presents a short film which brings to life for the visitor the time and effort that went into designing, molding, and mounting this distinctive piece of public art. Other works of art by Robert Glen are also on display in the museum.

Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on January 25, 2022, 02:59:27 pm
I was saddened to read about the Glasgow School of Art's fire yesterday, I knew the building well, having worked nearby for many years, an iconic piece of Glasgow's history, todays news seems devastating, it will be a major restoration if not impossible.

 The Mackintosh building was completed in 1909 based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most-lauded designer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44509670 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44509670)

Today, Rabbie Burn's Day, it was a sad reminder, reading the BBC report on the devastating fire that destroyed The Glasgow School of Art's building.

Fire investigators have failed to find a cause for the fire that destroyed Glasgow School of Art's world-renowned Mackintosh building in 2018.

The blaze broke out on 15 June - four years after an earlier fire had caused major damage to the building.

But following an investigation lasting more than three years, the final report concluded that the cause of the second blaze remained "undetermined".
It said this was due to extensive damage and the destruction of evidence.

The art school said it "shared the regret" that the exact cause of the fire had not been identified and would take time to consider the report and its recommendations.

Investigators had to sift through hundreds of tonnes of fire-damaged debris
The fire investigation, which lasted until 30 September 2021, involved the excavation and physical examination of hundreds of tonnes of fire-damaged debris.

Full report   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60111191 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60111191)
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on August 13, 2022, 10:24:45 am
Mysterious seagull artwork appears across Welsh town
The images have popped up in several spots after being transferred onto walls across the town

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mysterious-seagull-artwork-appears-across-24747534
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on November 12, 2022, 10:19:03 am
Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia

Renowned graffiti-artist Banksy has unveiled his latest work on a building devastated by shelling in Ukraine.

Banksy posted a picture on Instagram of the artwork, a gymnast doing a handstand amid debris, in Borodyanka.

Murals spotted in and around Ukraine's capital Kyiv had led to speculation the anonymous artist was working in the war-torn country.

Another, not officially claimed, depicts a man resembling Vladimir Putin being defeated at Judo by a child.

photos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63606658
Title: Re: Art & Artists...Sneak peek at first solo exhibition at new Llandudno gallery
Post by: SteveH on February 10, 2024, 09:48:38 am
AN ART gallery in Llandudno has teased some pieces from its first solo exhibition, ahead of its opening next month.


Ffin y Parc Gallery, has made the move to Trinity Square, Llandudno after being based in Llanrwst for several years, with an opening slated for St David?s Day, March 1.

The gallery is owned by Ralph Sanders and Roland Powell, who established it in 2010 and have overseen its transformation into the biggest commercial art gallery in Wales.

Ahead of the opening, the gallery teased some pieces by Denbigh artist and Sarah Carvell, the gallery?s first solo exhibition in the town.

cont plus photos https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24110598.sneak-peek-first-solo-exhibition-new-llandudno-gallery/
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on March 12, 2024, 09:59:44 am
Update on above

Inside the stunning art gallery that has opened in Llandudno!

cont plus photos  https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24177137.inside-stunning-art-gallery-opened-llandudno/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on March 18, 2024, 10:13:49 am
New tree mural in London street prompts Banksy speculation

cont https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68592907
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on March 20, 2024, 10:14:11 am
Update on above

Banksy's urban tree artwork defaced with white paint

cont https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68612242
Title: Re: Art & Artists
Post by: SteveH on March 27, 2024, 10:32:40 am
Another update.........

Banksy: London tree mural covered in plastic and boards

The street artist claimed the Finsbury Park mural on his social media on 18 March.

The mural features swathes of green paint on a residential building behind a nearby tree to give the appearance of leaves.

Days later it had been strewn with white paint.

Previously, Islington Council said it was installing CCTV cameras and looking at other ways to protect the work.

The authority added it wanted the piece "to stay".

cont https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68672630