SW Academy Open and Four Go Mad in Teignmouth

South West Academy Open

During the rest of this week you can catch the South West Academy Open exhibition at St Stephens in Exeter (opposite Urban Outfitters) . Exhibitors include old friends Anna Grayson & Des Maxwell Clark, and Maureen Fayle from Teignmouth, who received a well-deserved commendation for her picture of Hay Tor.

 

Four Go Mad in Teignmouth

While most of the 2014 Devon Open Studio exhibitions are now finished, the work at TAAG remains on show until Saturday. The artists are Angie Jenner, Julia Vella, Amy McCarthy and Michelle Greenwood Brown and the work includes mosaics, glasswork, and some innovatory illuminated painting.

Glass work by Amy McCarthy

Also on show at the TAAG gallery are some colourful abstracts by Paul Ansell, which are well worth a look. Both the Teignmouth and Exeter exhibitions finish on September 27th.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition is now underway until 17th August. Reviewers say it's worth going along to see the huge variety of painting - or perhaps just to view Cornelia Parker's black and white room. If you look carefully you may spot Anna Grayson's Arnolfini Wedding pastiche (shown in blog post here), which was selected this year from the 12,000 hopefuls submitted, and which has already sold, along with a growing number of prints.

Anna with her pastiche (in gold frame) at the RA private view

On Saturday I'm going along to the Matisse cut-outs exhibition at Tate Modern and, before that, to the Plymouth photography degree show tomorrow evening. So it should be a good weekend.

TAAG Open Exhibition Teignmouth Feb/March 2014

Haven't posted anything recently, as my college course has become more demanding - but I hope to catch up soon. Meanwhile, here's a heads-up about the upcoming Open Exhibition at TAAG in Teignmouth featuring work by 14 local artists including friends, Des Maxwell Clark and Anna Grayson.

Ceramics by Anna Grayson

Watercolour by Des Maxwell Clark (detail)

The exhibition starts on 22 February and runs until 14 March. Call in and take a look if you can.

TAAG in Teignmouth: Anna Grayson and Friends

It's a while since I've posted anything about TAAG in Teignmouth. Earlier this month, however, I saw the excellent exhibition Woman’s Voices – the Journey for Women in the Arts in the garage part of the gallery.

A tagine and other ceramics by Anna

The exhibition included a wide range of work, including some by Anna Grayson who, alongside me, has been attending the Access course in Art and Design at Exeter College over the past year.

Life painting by Anna

Next week Anna is putting on another show of her work and that of her friends, which should also be worth a look. The exhibition will include a number of names familiar to regular patrons of TAAG. I have reproduced below an article from the Teignmouth Post containing further details about Anna and the other contributors:

So if you are in Teignmouth next week - from Sunday July 28 - I recommend that you look into TAAG and check out what's on show.

Another of Anna's Tagines for Devon