London Trip

 

 

London Trip Saturday 13th April 2013

Coach will depart 08:00 from the British Legion, Penlline Rd.,  Whitchurch.

There will be three drop off points.

Royal Academy, Trafalgar Sq., and Tate Modern,

pick up point will be at the Green Park Tube station, (next to The Ritz) at 6:00.

Coach Tickets only £23.00

Exhibitions to choose from on the day can include any of the following …….

Royal Academy       Manet.                                   Tate Modern           Roy Lichtenstein

Courtaulds Gallery  Becoming Picasso                  Mall Gallery           Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour

Portrait Gallery       Man Ray  prints.                    National Gallery     Frederick Church. U S Landscape painter.

Tate Britain             Curt Schwitters                      Wallace Collection  Marillo and the Spanish Golden Age

Reminder of Proposed London Visit , – Saturday, 20th October 2012

 

Tony  Batey is inviting members of SWAS to join him on a day trip to visit some of the  London Art Galleries. The cost of the coach trip will be £19-50p ,  and will leave from the British Legion (Earl Haigh memorial Club),  Penlline Road, Whitchurch CF14 2AA , at 8am on Saturday 20th October 2012. ( Cheques payable to S.W.A.S. and given to Tony, please)

There will be three drop off points in London at :-

Tate Britain ,                                 Trafalgar Square        and                   The  Royal Academy.

for access to the galleries but only one collection point,  for the journey back to Cardiff, at Green Park Tube Station, Piccadilly (next to The Ritz ) at 6pm.

The intention is to visit some of the following 5 venues ;-

Please click the links for further information.

The Royal Academy, —“The King’ s Artists, George 3rd’s Academy”

Tate Britain, — Victorian Sentimentalists,   “Pre Rafaelites – Victorian Avant Guard”

The National Portrait Gallery ,                   —”The Queen – Art and Image”

—“The Lost Prince – Life and Death of Henry Stuart”

Mall Galleries —“Royal Society of Marine artists and Miniatures Exhibitions”                                and

The Courtaulds Gallery                             —” Peter Lely – A Lyrical Vision”

Virtual visit to the Vatican – Sistine Chapel

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIRTUAL VIEW

If you’ve not been to view the Sistine Chapel or would like a reminder of what it looks like you can now take a virtual tour of all the paintings, ceiling and wall decorations and floor designs.

Here is an amazing bit of technology apparently produced by Villanova at the request of the Vatican. View the work of Michael Angelo close up as if you were the only person in the Chapel.

Use the keyboard arrows to move around the building ; the + or – symbols to focus in or out to see the detail.

Or click and drag your cursor in the direction you wish to see.

 

 

 

 

 

Wallsworth Hall report

The wet weather didn’t deter the small group of SWAS members that visited Wallsworth Hall,a fine Georgian mansion  in Gloucestershire. The stately home is now a museum totally dedicated  to and inspired by Nature .  Paintings and artefacts by several artists (see list below ) using oils, acrylics, ceramics & wood and stellar photography can be viewed in the house; while numerous large metal animals and insects can be seen at close quarters appearing through the meadow- type high grass in the grounds.  Also in residence was a wood-shaping artist, Philip Nelson, making life-size models of ducks.  We were shown the painstaking creation of individual feather shapes using electronic knives.

A very reasonable lunch and coffee shop catered for meals; and for those with small children there was a small playroom.

ARTISTS on display:–

David Owen – Modern marquetry

Jill Confavreux -  combining Painting and Collage

Robert Cox – Wooden Sculptures of Nature

Tim Craven – Painting exploring natural patterns and detail

Jun Takegoshi – Porcelain

” Orion Cavern”  -  Photography of Stellar dust cloud images in colour.

Metalwork :—-

Miranda Michels – Stainless Steel ( see Heron Image above)

David Howarth  -  Pond sculpture ( see Image below )

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Proposed London Visit , reminder- Saturday, 20th October 2012

 

Tony  is inviting members of SWAS to join him on a day trip to visit some of the  London Art Galleries. The cost of the coach trip will be £19-50p and will leave from the British Legion (Earl Haigh memorial Club),  Penlline Road, Whitchurch CF14 2AA , at 8am on Saturday 20th October 2012. Three drop off points in London are planned for access to the galleries but only one collection point,  for the journey back to Cardiff, at Green Park Tube Station, Piccadilly (next to The Ritz ) at 6pm.

For further information please ring Tony  on 02920 566 099

The intention is to visit some of the following 5 venues ;-

The Royal Academy, —“The King’ s Artists, George 3rd’s Academy”

Tate Britain, — Victorian Sentimentalists,   “Pre Rafaelites – Victorian Avant Guard”

The National Portrait Gallery ,                   —”The Queen – Art and Image”

—“The Lost Prince – Life and Death of Henry Stuart”

Mall Galleries —“Royal Society of Marine artists and Miniatures Exhibitions”                                and

The Courtaulds Gallery                             —” Peter Lely – A Lyrical Vision”