Dear Visitor, Welcome to Bridport & West Dorset Open Studios 2012, our annual open art event that celebrates the remarkable artistic talent to be found in this beautiful part of the West Country. Huge thanks go to our Main Sponsor this year - art and collectables insurance broker, Philippa Levy & Associates, whose generosity has been greatly appreciated. Everyone is welcome to attend the launch party for the Open Studios, which will take place at the Bull Hotel, East Street, Bridport, on Thursday 9th August from 6.30pm to 9.00pm, and features “Six by Nine” - an exhibition of small works by participating artists. There will also be a short presentation by our Launch Sponsors, Artolo - an exciting new online Art service that offers “the visual art world reinvented, rebooted and made accessible to all”. This year our open studios are one of the headline events of the Spirit of Bridport’s first Festival of Culture, which runs from 11 to 27 August 2012. Our opening times have therefore been extended from the usual 3 days over the August Bank Holiday weekend, to a full 7 days over all three weekends of the Festival of Culture. This will give visitors plenty of time to explore the many diverse studios taking part in the towns, villages and hamlets across West Dorset. We hope this longer event will give visitors more time to explore the rich artistic culture that we are lucky to have here in Bridport and its surrounding areas. You’ll find a wide variety of art on display, from well-known names to emerging artists and keen new-comers. Works are on show in studios, galleries and even in the artist’s homes. So don’t be shy! Open Studio events are designed to bring the public into the artists’ workplace, to help you to experience the creative process first hand and maybe even give you a glimpse into the mind of the artist. So whatever your taste in art, we’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy. Many thanks go to all those involved behind the scenes for making this event possible. Special thanks to Fergus Byrne at the Marshwood Vale Magazine for his most valued contribution, to the Bull Hotel for hosting our launch event, as well as to all our supporters and to all the artists who have volunteered their time to help in other ways. And of course, thanks to you, our visitors, for helping to support this event and our remarkable art community. We look forward to showing you what we’ve been up to! For more information visit www.bridportopenstudios.co.uk Have fun! Charlie Francis-Pape & Kit Glaisyer Co-Directors, Bridport & West Dorset Open Studios 2012 Bridport - St Michael’s Studios Bridport - St Michael’s Studios 01 Kit Glaisyer 02 Andrew Leppard 03 Paul Blow 04 David Brooke and Caroline Ireland Oil on canvas Oil on canvas, Monoprints Illustration Painting, Drawing Glaisyer paints in oil on linen, using multiple glazes over several months to Bold, gestural and sensuous figurative Paul Blow’s favourite colour is accountant blue, he can be found staring David – imaginative acrylic paintings, coloured pencil and pen and ink drawings. create powerful evocations of light, place and mood. These paintings draw work leaning towards abstraction with at blank paper with bleeding eyes. His most treasured possession are his Powerfully composed narrative pictures that invoke the feeling of Myths. from the artist’s Dorset childhood, and reinvigorate a romantic landscape a destinctive tropical palette. Classical glasses - they are with him at all times. Words he lives by - BLOOD, SWEAT Caroline – imaginative paintings and drawings, still lifes and flower studies in tradition from the Dutch 17th Century to Friedrich, Turner, Constable and the figure studies, mythological imagary, AND TEARS. watercolour, pastel and charcoal. Bright, colourful and joyful. Cards and Prints American Hudson River School. organic compositions and pastoral available. landscapes. Broken fields of colour are scraped and blended producing an ambiguous dynamic to spur the imagination. Previously worked and exhibited in London, Edinbugh, USA, The ‘Art and Vintage Quar- The Caribbean, Brazil and Indonesia. ter’, as this area has now become known, is set in an old, red-brick trading estate, in buildings that used to be the heart of Bridport’s rope making industry. It is now a rabbit warren of artist’s studios, vintage shops, artisans and crafts people all surrounding the glorious Red Brick Café, a bohemian delight and a must see for anyone exploring the beauty of Bridport. As well as St Michael’s Studios, St Michael’s Trading Estate, Bridport DT6 3RR the main studio block (1-9), Follow directions to St Michael’s Studios. Through door next to ‘Vintage at St Michael’s Studios, Art & Vintage Quarter, Cornucopia’, stairs to first floor. Turn right at top and right again. Parking there is also Studio in the Attic St Michael’s Trading Estate, Bridport DT6 3RR Studio 5, 2nd floor, St. Michael’s Studios, St. Michael’s Trading Estate, Bridport DT6 3RR nearby on Trading Estate, bus station or Waitrose Carpark. at the far end of the building Tel: 01308424582 07983465789 St Michael’s Studios, Tel: 01308 456820 Tel: David – 07791 205693. Caroline – 07792 071721. (10-11), and around the other [email protected] Bridport DT6 3RR [email protected] [email protected]. side of the building, Skylight www.kitglaisyer.com [email protected] www.paulblow.com [email protected] Studios (13-15) plus other art Open days & times: 10am – 5pm Open days & times: 11am – 5pm Open days & times: 10am – 5pm Open days & times: 10am – 5pm studios (12&16). 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc 25 26 27 wc 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc Bridport - St Michael’s Studios 05 Marion Taylor 06 Charles Hallsworth 07 Jan Zajac 08 Lisa Clement Painting Painting, Drawings Painting Painting and Photography Marion’s work exudes joyfulness and Artist Statement: I am drawn to water My oil paintings, prints and cards Specialising in animal and pet colour, paintings on wood panel and and light, I experiment with styles depict surfers, seascapes and fa- portraits. I enjoy producing pieces canvas. Images depicting Dorset’s and materials to reproduce per- miliar Dorset landscapes with a vivid that represent the characteristics of beautiful landscape alongside still sonal responses - my feelings and intensity and dynamism. the animals, and the beauty of the lifes and butterflies. Marion’s back- emotions are within the processes countryside around me. I work mainly ground in textile design can readily of painting and like some of the in acrylics, pastels, and photogra- be seen in her use of colour and concepts behind my work are not phy. Prints, cards, photos and more pattern. New work, prints and cards obvious from a casual glance. available. Commissions accepted. available. Studio 6, St. Michael’s Studios Bridport DT6 3RR Directions: From South Street go to Studio 6, St Michael’s Studios the end of Gundry Lane, turn right Bridport DT6 3RR and then first left into St. Michael’s 2nd Floor, St Michael’s Studios Directions: Same as venue 6.Parking Trading Estate and parking immedi- Bridport DT6 3RR St Michael’s Studios at nearby Waitrose. ately on right. Entrance next to Cornucopia. Bridport DT6 3RR Tel: 07881 805510 Tel: 07768 476603 Free car parking available. Tel: 07583 841529 [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 01308 485468 www.lisaclement.co.uk www.dorsetpaintings.co.uk www.hallsworth.org [email protected] [email protected] Open days & times: 11am – 5pm Open days & times: 10am – 4.30pm Open days & times: 10am – 5pm Open days & times: 10am – 4pm 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc 11 12 18 19 25 26 27 wc BridportBridport, - StSt Michael’sMichael’s StudiosStudios Bridport - St Michael’s Studios 09 Caroline Moore 10 Sally Davies 11 Leonard Hollands 12 Isla Chaney 13 Fiona Neylan 14 Mole Browne 15 Mary Sutton Art and Photography Photography and Painting Painting and Publishing Sculpture, Ceramics Hat Designer; Drawings and Prints Verre églomisé. Mirrors, pictures, Fine art Textile Pictures Caroline’s work is eclectic, ranging Sally captures the splendor of nature Striking paintings inspired by Creation Royal College of Art graduate. Intrigu- I design and make a variety of hats in table mats and cards Fine art training as a painter enables me to use layered fabrics, recycled from minimalistic portrait paintings to in her photoart. Her dramatic visual and the artist’s love of Nature. Stunning ing Contemporary Ceramic Structures. a range of straws and fur felt, wool felt Mole uses silver and gold leaf, gilding plastics, and free machine embroidery to create unique images with texture digitally manipulated photography. compositions combine her camera wildlife paintings - some have been Created using a mix of innovative and cashmere. Each hat is uniquely and painting onto the reverse side of and depth. My passion is to create images that capture the colours and light Media is varied; thick acrylic applied skills, artistic ability and her use used for RSPB cards, vibrant abstracts, and traditional methods. Pieces vary decorated with velvet, felt, silk, beads glass to make unusual decorative mir- of Dorset’s landscapes and wildlife. Open at other times by appointment. with palette knives, simple pen draw- of modern computer technology. bold landscapes, and more, provide in scale from intimate to monumen- and more. I use traditional hat-blocking rors, pictures and table mats. Recently ings and stylized photographs. Post- Signed fine art prints mounted onto a rich and varied exhibition.