Art Features

Billy Connolly Unveils Debut Art Collection: Born on a Rainy Day

Rating: 2

March 15th 2012

Billy Connolly is well known as a comedian, musician, presenter and actor. But now he has decided to turn his hand to something very different. 2012 sees the launch of his first art collection, Born on a Rainy Day.

Battle for the Winds Gloucestershire

Rating: 2

February 10th 2012

Gloucestershire Creative Olympics contest

Bluestone Gallery new Jewellery Scrabble Tiles and Sixpenny Earrings

Rating: 2

November 18th 2011

These pendants are made from Scrabble tiles, coated on one side in a variety of beautiful resin patterns, and presented on a silver chain in a matching tin. Jewellery gifts don’t get much more original or attractive. £31.50

The magical art of Ed Org

Rating: 3

August 8th 2011

Ed Org’s art explores the world of faeries, elves, witches and the unseen natural world. Candia McKormack visits him at his Cheltenham home and is enchanted by what she finds

Space shuttle painting supports Cotswold charity

Rating: 3

July 20th 2011

‘Out of this world’ opportunity to secure a piece of art history

New website for British based Designer-Makers that promotes British craftsmanship

Rating: 3

April 19th 2011

Miratis, a new website that promotes British based Designer-Makers is launched. Read more about the founder, Lisa Harrison and the benefits of having Designer-makers from across Britain, brought together in one place...

New website for British based Designer-Makers that promotes British craftsmanship

Rating: 3

April 19th 2011

Louis Parsons, Art with Soul

Rating: 3

October 21st 2010

Louis Parsons is an artist who captures something far beyond our external physiology, as Katie Jarvis discovers.

Cotswold Artists: Hilary J Baker

Rating: 2

October 21st 2010

Hilary J Baker has a fascination with the being, and the traces we leave behind us. Candia McKormack visits her studio to learn about her latest collection of work.

Capturing the Cotswolds in her art

Rating: 3

October 20th 2010

Just how do you capture the personality of the Cotswolds in two dimensions? Candia McKormack meets a young artist whose very distinctive style has an uncanny way of achieving just that

Alain Rouveure Galleries, Moreton-in-Marsh

Rating: 2

September 10th 2010

A hunting ground for the famous ( and the not so famous…) the Alain Rouveure Galleries are a great source for designers and collectors and a treasure house for anyone looking for unusual gifts.

Cotswold artist - Sam Charles

Rating: 2

May 24th 2010

There's no mistaking Sam Charles's artwork. His stylistic paintings capture the energy and personality of his subjects like no other. Candia McKormack visits this talented artist - and his pair of friendly greyhounds - at his Cotswold home

Rare breeds exhibition

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June 23rd 2009

Bath-based artist Joanne Cope has a new collection of paintings to view online or in situ at her central Bath studio.

Avant-garde art found in shed

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June 23rd 2009

A recent find by a Cotswold electrician who was renovating a house soon brought a smile to the finder's face when it was valued by Cotswold Auction Company Director Liz Poole.

To commission an artist

Rating: 2

June 23rd 2009

Davina Prudence Williams shares the agonies and ectasies of commissioning a very individual piece of artwork

Learn to draw and paint horses

Rating: 3

June 23rd 2009

A one-day course drawing and painting from life is to be held at the Riding for the Disabled Centre Southmoor, Abingdon (just off the A419 Oxford to Faringdon Road).

Then & Now

Rating: 3

June 11th 2009

Local freelance photographer, Mike Charity, has amassed an awe-inspiring portfolio of photographs throughout his career over the past 50 years.

Rupert Aker Exhibition - Cider with Rosie

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June 11th 2009

Taking inspiration from and celebrating 50 years since the publication of Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie, artist Rupert Aker has brought together a stunning collection of paintings.

A breath of fresh air

Rating: 2

June 11th 2009

Katie Jarvis meets Lucy Abel Smith, Quenington's queen of sculpture shows as she prepares for this year's exhibition.

Kate Lynch's art exhibition: Sheep, From Lamb to Loom

Rating: 2

May 10th 2009

Artist Kate Lynch's latest exhibition Sheep, From Lamb to Loom, documents five years she spent learning about all aspects of sheep. Indeed, it will form the centrepiece of Sheep, a celebration of this much-loved animal, involv...