Mount Batten Art Exhibition
Worth a visit…just to get away from it all
Thanks to all those who have bought paintings. I have left the details of the exhibition below. The above painting is available as a limited edition print (run of 100.)
Now available at the following galleries below
Plymouth Dome, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. UK Tel:+44 01752 600608
Saltash Galleries, Fore St., Saltash Cornwall. UK Tel: +44 01752 846415
Picture This Gallery, Underwood Road, Plympton, Plymouth. UK Tel: +44 01752 347744
-THE EXHIBITION-
Original paintings for sale by
Local Plymouth artist Neil Mawdsley
From £75 to £250
At the Mount Batten Centre
Next Exhibition now is March 2004
Nice bar meals, coffee, views, walks, at
the Mount Batten Centre 01752 404567
(The Centre can be reached through Plymstock, signposted, or on the Barbican water taxi £1)
‘The View from Here’
March 5th –28th
Plymouth
artist Neil Mawdsley is holding a solo exhibition of his work during March at
the Mount Batten Centre.(The old RAF base, near Turnchapel, by the tower)
How
to get there:
Water
Taxi from The Barbican on the half-hour £1, or travel by car through Plymstock
and Hooe
Producing
quality paintings seems to be quite fickle at times.
I
have to admit that I have been struggling to do just that, over the past five
years or so, due to nagging back pains and as many people know, it just about
affects everything.
This
year, after a long wait to see a
specialist at the Pain Clinic, I am much better, and lo and behold, my
painting results have seen an improvement.
Well, I think so anyway.
The new works include landscapes, seascapes, boats, moorland, harbour scenes as well as a few far away places such as Ibiza and Formentera and Majorca
Also,
I have switched back to producing pastel paintings again, as well as my usual
watercolours. The trouble is, I am now
more reluctant to see my originals sold, so I have started to get into Giceé
prints, the newest, top quality printing method. My ‘Tamar Bridges
Sunset’ is such a print.‘ I am also creating other limited edition prints
from several other paintings at the exhibition. My nudist beach painting has
already sold, but it will also be
printed. Most of the originals will be on display, and also for sale.
Prices
range from £75 -£250
Low resolution of some paintings from the exhibition
A good place for a walk
The old Mount Batten fortress overlooks Plymouth Sound and must have been an important landmark for shipping. Research into my shipwreck poster lead me to believe that many early ships grounded here on the rocks ,after being swept around the Sound in heavy weather. The creation of the Plymouth Breakwater in the early 19th century changed all this.
‘Painting pictures for me is experimenting with new techniques, not getting tied down by one type of subject, one ever recurring obsession. Art is mainly about originality, trying new things out and always on the lookout to learn from others’