Up and running....

My Exhibition at the National Wetland Centre Wales runs for two weeks from today. I have mainly put up a mix of watercolour paintings and photography, with a couple of drawings as well.

The Exhibition is in the immediate internal reception area, and therefore please note that the normal admission charges to the Wetlands centre would apply.
Please contact me if you would like any more details regarding the work on sale.

I will be displaying a few prints of my original watercolours in November, some of which are available to order. They are digital prints on high-quality photographic paper (this one of a Great Crested Grebe at 20x16 without a mount), and come in basic frame.

Thanks to all those who have kindly agreed to distribute or display the flyer adverts.

I have just also mapped-out the beginning of my next watercolour that I hope to make a start to soon. Progress pics will be on the blog as and when.

With over 1,700 entries to the Nikon WWT competition I knew my chances were going to be slim, but one of my prints of a Blue Damsel is displayed at the centre at Penclacwydd

I am now really in need of a quiet bit of space around Llanelli (free) to paint and draw on a Wednesday evening. Please contact me if anyone can help with that.

exhibition posters

Two alternative small flyer `posters` for download:

Please feel free to download and forward on the flyers attached (click on the thumbnails to open)

If you wish to view the proposed Exhibition list, click HERE

(please note that all images are copyright of russ myners)

Autumn happenings

Sat 10th October 2009:

Took advantage of some lovely autumn weather today, and although my main intention was to try to get some decent shots of Kingfisher, there were other things to photograph away from the hide. There was always the chance of trying to spot the juvenile Goshawk that`s in the area, but the odds of that happening were obviously extremely slim at best.

Starting the morning off earlier was a female Stonechat bathed in the low sun, and thereafter there was a wide variety of autumnal sights and sounds to keep me interested. The winter birds will be turning up soon once the weather systems are right.

I`ve now decided that the next watercolour i`ll be doing might well be based on a photo I took a couple of weeks ago of a Grey Heron. Let`s hope I find the time to crack on with it. Most nights i`m as busy as ever doing other things, normally bits and pieces for work, but once the painting is mapped out it gives me the drive to knuckle down when I eventually find the time.

The proposed Exhibition is still on for November all being well. In the meantime I have framed 20 x 16 inch photos of the Red Admiral, Bee on Fuschia and the Drone hovering for sale. Please contact me for details.

.... it all went horribly wrong

After a protracted period away from the Hall I hire, and in doing much art generally, I was looking forward to starting a fresh watercolour to be staggered over the next few weeks.

With a rough drawing mapping out the subject, the simple task of masking a couple of areas with the ever-fishy smelling masking fluid turned into disaster when the bottle was spilt over about a third of the area to be painted. With kitchen-roll absorbing the flow, the paper was instantly ruined, and what with being back away from home to paint for the first time in months there was no secondary plan for the evening. The night - and the `painting` - was wasted, and i`m again put back to square one for another week!

Drat and double-drat! (as Dick Dastardly would say)

Exhibition dates

5th September 2009:

It is proposed that I will be running a further Exhibition at the National Wetland Centre for Wales, Penclacwydd, from Sunday 15th November to Saturday 28th November 2009. As before, this will focus mainly on watercolour painting and photography,

More details to follow.

end of hols

With a change to the original plans for Saturday, we headed off to Tenby for the day as it`s been a few years since we last wandered around there.
Much photographed, I still find it a very atmospheric place to amble around, and it finished the week off quite nicely.

This afternoon (Sunday) I did my usual `volunteering` at Penclacwydd in work tomorrow.