Women And The Valleys In Lockdown
Women And The Valleys in Lockdown has been curated by Karin Mear to mark International Women’s Day 2021. The exhibition comprises twenty five pieces of work by artists who live in or have strong connections with the Cynon Valley and other Welsh Valleys.
“The ethos behind the exhibition was to present a collection of work that demonstrates the talent and creativity of Valleys Women, many of whom are professional artists but also some who have never shown their work and are still discovering their artistic voice.
Making art can be a means of expression, or a distraction from personal difficulties or worries and the Coronavirus Pandemic and Lockdowns have led to an increase in people seeking out new creative pursuits. Some of the works in Women And The Valleys in Lockdown are actually about Lockdown and its effect on the artist while other works were produced out of a need to create.”
Jacqueline Janine Jones
‘Mother of all Mothers’
Oil
£1450
61 x 61cm
Judith Beecher
‘Self portrait’
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 cm
NFS
Nicky Bickerton
‘Lockdown’
Photographic Paper (Mounted and Framed)
£150
Rebecca Buck, Osprey Studios
‘The Call II’
Layered high-fired clays
32cm H x 32cm W x 20cm D
£1950
Joanne Headington
‘Wild Landscape 21/12/21’
Handmade botanical inks; coreopsis, marigold, elderberry, bramble and copper and iron oxides on Fabriano watercolour paper with three deckled edges
19cm x 12.5cm
£150
Dawn Matthews
‘The Pontypridd Front Row’
Acrylic and oil on canvas
10 x 8 inches
£100
Barbara Castle
‘Same Old, Same Old’
Acrylic, ink, cloth, wood and string
120cm x 30cm
£200
Veronica Gibson
‘Care in the community’
Collage
£170
Bronwen Davies
‘Weeping Rainbow’
Acrylic on canvas
NFS
Patricia Clifford
‘Music Soothes The Soul’
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 40 cm
£225
Cara Tedstone
‘CONNECTIONS’
Mixed media textile
83 x113cm
£190
Ellie Zalar
‘An Empowered Woman’
Acrylic paint on canvas
29.7 x 42.0 cm
NFS
Karin Mear
‘Mae fy Uffern i (work in progress)’
Pie funnels, polymer clay, acrylic paint
NFS
Kath Evans
‘Renewal’
Oil on canvas
12 x 12 in
£90
Amanda Webber
‘The Autumnal Queen Mosaic’
Crochet. Sirdar Jewelspun and Stylecraft Special Aran
NFS
Annabelle May Hampton
‘Autumn in Lockdown’
Oil on canvas
£300
Maria Gooch
‘Fruit Of The Cherry Wood’
£145
Emily Morris
‘Birds in Aberdare’
POA for individual photos
Sharon Magill
‘Seeking Places New’
Watercolour on paper
47 x 22 cm (unframed)
£125
Barbara Williams
‘St Mary Magdalene Church, Cwmbach’
Watercolour
NFS
Kate Meyrick
Bloody Chamber 1, 2 & 3
NFS
Karin Mear
‘Women on Zoom’
Live sketch
NFS
Jacqueline Jones
‘Boy on Horse’
Oil
61 x 61cm
£1450
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