The Gallery – sponsored by a forward thinking local business - opened its doors on Friday 10th June and was inaugurated by John Penrose MP. This is a unique opportunity for artists from the area and beyond. The Gallery – managed by a committed group of artists - will be the largest in North Somerset and will provide a spacious area for artists and makers to display their work in a wonderful and spacious environment right in the centre of Weston-s-Mare.
The first exhibition is showing the inspiring and unique work of 22 local artists – paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures – and will last until 6th August. It is open everyday from 11 – 5pm except Sundays. The Gallery is situated above Digital Photo Studio, 3 Locking Rd Weston-s-Mare BS23 3BY (opposite Tesco). For more information about the Gallery contact Kirsten Hemingway
Email: khemingway@hemingwaycorp.com or telephone 01934 626616
Digital Photo Studio can scan your favourite photographs and put them on to a disk for you ready for use on line or in any digital media
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For those of you interested in a bit of history the building was originally Locking Road Methodist Church
With thanks to Cllr John Crockford-Hawley for the image above.
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Artist Profile
MICHAEL RUMMINGS
Currently showing at The Gallery in Weston-s-Mare
3 Locking Rd, BS23 3BY
Open daily 11–5pm except Sundays
T: 01934 627809
M: 07866621338
E: gillrummings@talktalk.net
“My favourite thing is sketching in situ, portraying townscape or landscape, usually in penline and water colour. Sometimes I turn to oil or acrylic and then there is the occasional lurch into the abstract.”
Artist, illustrator and graphic designer, Michael was born in, and has mostly lived in and around Bristol, moving to Clevedon in 1981, then to Weston-s-Mare in 2006.
Educated at Bristol Technical School, he studied at West of England College of Art while apprenticed in the graphics studio of a major printing company, producing designs for chocolate cigar, cigarette, and other product packaging.
In 1985 he set up his own freelance business and latterly specialized in novelty tin printing designs for such as Harrods, the Savoy and Barclays Bank. This coincided with architectural illustration for clients like Wimpey, Barratts & Lovell Homes.
Michael has always painted in his ‘spare time’ and is an artist member of Bristol Savages.
Some of his linework is shown in “The Painter and The Poet”, which is on display at the Gallery and in which subjects and places local to Weston are depicted.
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