Monday 10 January 2011

On entering the Washington Gallery in July 2009














Facing you, as you entered the gallery, was the ceramic figure by Paul Baker, and on the right, the studies and final painting by Eileen Allan of a church in Barry undergoing restoration. (All gallery photos by Shirley Anne Owen)

At the top of the stairs
















At the top of the stairs, on the landing, the preparatory studies and a linocut, by Bernard van Lierop, and on the right, a ceramic sculpture by Mel Forse

On the right side of the Gallery




















(top left) At the near end of the gallery was a display of preparatory studies used in both the sculptures and paintings of the female form by Sue Roberts, followed (top right) by the plant studies and collagraphic prints by Susan Edwards.

In the far right-hand corner of the gallery were the studies of figures and a large painting of figures in the cityscape.

On the left side of the Gallery
















To the left were a series of linocuts and studied by Ann Townson. To the right, paintings of the sea at Penarth, with preparatory studies by Pauline Williams.

At the far left of the Gallery



To the left, studies and a painting by Shirley Ann Owen, and to the right, a ceramic sculpture and studies by Mel Forse.

At the end of the Gallery















On the far wall, on the left, between two windows was the painting by Eve Hart with her preparatory notes underneath. To the right was the linocut self portait by Jean Francis, with her preparatory drawings underneath.