eARTh Midwinter Open Studio +Verity

I visited Francesca Owen & Pete Ward's new eARTh art gallery and studio space in Ilfracombe on Saturday 13th December. The space not only provided a relaxed and dynamic environment for visitors to view Francesca and Pete's art in but it also provided an engaging space to take part in a communal natural pigment workshop. There was a large variety of work ranging from a small mud ball sculpture to large oil paint and natural pigment paintings. It was fantastic to see the works of two artists with similar passions and concepts being able to place their work however they wish in their own space.








The room was a like a treasure trove of natural materials being used creatively, each piece seemed to pay homage the earth which linked all the work together so they harmonised well with each other. Although each piece was fantastic individually I thought the most powerful piece was the whole room, it was almost like an instillation - art in and of itself!






This above photographs are of a doodles the Youth Collective did with some natural pigments that were laid out along with a large sheet of paper at eARTh. Even though I have been exposed to our local natural pigments a lot in the last few months I still cannot get enough of their rich and bold colours.








We also visited Damien Hirst's Verity on the quay. It was the first time seeing the not-so-little dancer for the other Youth Collective members!




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