Tag Archives: Rose Davies

One, Two, Three ……

The show is in Orchard Street Gallery which is part of HQ Urban Kitchen on Swansea’s Orchard Street and runs through to the end of January. The other venues showing my work are Cinema&Co.ffee and GS Artists.

Having A Bit Of Fun.

Art is often seen as highbrow and serious but art is also fun and Husb and I had a great time this evening at GS Artist’s opening event for this year’s 9to90 Creative Community Annual Show – and collage session. Swansea artist Rachael Barry provided the inspiration to chill out and have a good timeContinue reading “Having A Bit Of Fun.”

Man In A Stripey Shirt.

I was at a meeting this evening, The Friends Of The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery’s Annual General Meeting, and I spotted this chap in a stripey shirt. Of course I had to have a scribble, in Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens into a smooth, cloth-bound A5 sketchbook.

Saving Cilfai.

Here’s a little scribble I did this evening at a public meeting in the Saint Thomas area of Swansea to look at objections to the proposed Skyline development on Swansea’s Eastside. If you want to take a look at the Planning Application Comments section, please click here.

Beginning The Process.

I’m starting to develop a new linocut a part of a new group project by Swansea Print Workshop (more to come on this). The subject I have chosen is the South Wales Miners’ Wives during the strike in the 1980s. I knew one of the wives, she was featured in the film Pride, those womenContinue reading “Beginning The Process.”

#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.

dinahvagina is a multi media artist living and working in Wales. Her work in this new #NoExcuse exhibition is about the horrifying death of Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta. She was pushed from / fell from/ jumped from the 34th floor of her apartment block. Her husband was charged with her murder but was eventuallyContinue reading “#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.”

#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.

This mixed media piece, “Missing Women” is by The RAD Collective, a newly formed group of working-class creatives in South Wales that includes visual artists and writers who choose to work anonymously, “The first rule of the RAD Collective is you do not talk about the RAD Collective!”. Members of the Collective share ideas, resources,Continue reading “#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.”

#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION

A group show and beyond by Welsh artists dinahvagina, Rosie Scribblah, and the RAD Collective. November 25th 2023 to February 2nd 2024 Wednesdays to Sundays, noon til late Cinema & Co.ffee, 17 Castle Street, Swansea SA1 1JF, 07305 908260 #NOEXCUSE is a creative response to the topic of misogyny and the United Nations campaign againstContinue reading “#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION”

Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.

I taught an adult education class this afternoon with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at the excellent GS Artists on Swansea’s High Street. The theme was to paint a portrait of the Divine Diva, Dame Shirley Bassey. In TWO hours! A bit challenging 😀 But we did it. The results will be in the venue’s nextContinue reading “Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.”