be still .......

(Little Egret - Dec 2009)
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful 2010.

end of year

Looking back over 2009 it has been a mixed bag of highs and lows, with very little Art completed as compared to other years. There have been some good photographic opportunities in the local area though, with (the nice bit) some positive feedback.
With the two exhibitions going down well in April and November, but hospitalisation with a further operation restricting what I would like to have done, it`s been a jumble of chances both taken and missed. Hopefully things will improve next year, with another New Year`s resolution to make some time and space!

I am sincerely grateful to those who have been supportive and appreciative, and look forward to what might come along next year. Thank you

exhibition update

With the exhibition concluding this weekend, the STAG IN MIST watercolour is no longer for sale as it has been reserved for purchase.
Thank you to everyone that has taken the trouble to visit.

Russ

stormy week

Autumn has well and truly hit the UK this week, with heavy rain and gales particularly affecting the North of England and Scotland. This is the time though for just about anything to be blown around the country or in off the sea, so it could well be more unusual things will turn up at WWT Penclacwydd whilst my exhibition is on.

The Spoonbill was still hanging around on the saltmarsh last week, so always worth bringing binoculars.

Comments remain favourable with the general display, and thanks to those who took adverts.

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.
Last weekend I joined Dr.Phil Jones on his`fungi`walk, a good eye-opener to the things that you often walk past, and also saw my first Firecrest (possibly two) in Wales. The last one I saw was in Yelverton, Devon many years ago. With a male Blackcap on the nut feeder in the garden this morning and the Exhibition kicking off it`s been good couple of weekends either side of an extremely hectic week.

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)