A popular painter and potter are in town; ART and exhibitions.A PAINTER and studio potter have their work on show at the Jane Powell Jane Powell (born April 1, 1929) is an American singer, entertainer and actor. She was the petite blonde with an operatic singing voice in many MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. art studio in Kenilworth. Popular artist Rupert Cordeux, formerly Rupert Chicken, is from Stoke Park, Coventry. Rupert works mainly in watercolours, which he says allows him to visualise ideas instantly. He works directly from his subject, indoors or out, and his pictures reveal a love of colour and passion for good draughtsmanship Draughts´man`ship n. 1. The office, art, or work of a draughtsman. draughtsmanship, draftsmanship (US) n (= drawing) → dibujo lineal; (skill . He has held numerous one-man shows and his paintings are in many private collections in the UK and abroad. Potter Edward Bowen specialises in studio ceramics and works from Birmingham. . His work ranges from large high-fired stoneware stoneware, hard pottery made from siliceous paste, fired at high temperature to vitrify (make glassy) the body. Stoneware is heavier and more opaque than porcelain and differs from terra-cotta in being nonporous and nonabsorbent. garden lanterns and water fountains to low fired Raku ware Ra´ku ware` 1. A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color. . He trained as a silversmith before specialising in ceramics and his original training colours his work, which has oriental overtones. Edward Bowen gained a First Class honours degree Noun 1. honours degree - a university degree with honors honours academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa from Birmingham College of Art and now works from his garden studio and the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham. Rupert's work is on show until Nov 6 and Edward's until Nov 7. |
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