Gallery and Artist News Blog

National Trust Feature John Dyer

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:10:35 +0100

The National Trust have again chosen to feature Glendurgan Garden in their “Enjoy a great day out in Cornwall” leaflet by featuring a painting by Artist John Dyer rather than a traditional photograph.

The forward thinking management of Glendurgan Garden acquired the original painting “Amazing Mayhem in the Maze in May” by John Dyer and it is now proudly hung at the entrance to the gardens and is used by the Trust as the contemporary image of Glendurgan.

An artist guaranteed to appreciate over time

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:38 +0100

The Visit Cornwall web site run by the Cornish Tourist Board has a web page dedicated to Cornish art with two of the counties best known artists mentioned; Kurt Jackson and John Dyer. 
“You can still pick up a piece by an artist guaranteed to appreciate over time like Kurt Jackson, for example, or John Dyer.”

The John Dyer gallery is also linked to from two other new sites this month.

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall and the Falmouth Tall Ships web sites are both linking from their front pages to The John Dyer Gallery during the Tall Ships Regatta to promote the work that the gallery and artist John Dyer are doing during this historic event.

Visit the web sites on these links:

http://www.falmouthtallships.co.uk/

http://www.nmmc.co.uk/

http://www.visitcornwall.com/site/tourist-attractions/galleries

Falmouth Art Gallery Permanent Collection

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:27 +0100

The Origins of the Collection
Falmouth Art Gallery has one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British Impressionists, leading maritime artists and contemporary painters and printmakers.

The painting by John Dyer in the permanent collectionof Falmouth Art Gallery was commissioned with funding from Brunel 200, an initiative of Bristol Cultural Development Partnership - Arts Council England South West, Heritage Lottery Fund, Bristol City Council and Business West.

The painting can now be viewed online on this link:
http://fag.looksystems.net/Collection/2006.5

The painting is included in exhibitions at the Falmouth Art Gallery and when it is not on display visitors to the gallery my request to see the painting in the gallery vault.

For more information please contact Falmouth Art Gallery.
http://www.falmouthartgallery.com/index.html

Toyah’s Art’s in the Sun

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:20:02 +0100

In the September 2008 issue of A Place in the Sun Magazine you can find an article on Toyah Willcox and her home in Menton in France.

The article talks about Menton and also features paintings from Galerie Monaco by artists John Dyer and Joanne Short.

Toyah is the latest in a line of celebrity collectors who own the artists’ work. Two of the paintings she owns are on display in her apartment in Menton, France.

View Galerie Monaco to see the paintings. www.galeriemonaco.com

If you would like to stay in Toyah’s apartment please contact A+ Properties on www.aplusproperties.co.uk

Children’s Tall Ships Art Competition Launched

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:57:47 +0100

Falmouth Tall Ships, The National Maritime Museum Cornwall and The John Dyer Gallery are pleased to announce the launch of one of Cornwall’s biggest ever children’s art competitions.
Children across the UK up to and including the age of 16 are invited to paint or use mixed media to create a stunning picture on the subject of “Tall Ships and Small Ships”.
The pictures should be emailed into the competition and they will all be displayed on our amazing interactive gallery.
The winners will be invited to a VIP reception at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth on Friday 12th September 2008.
Prizes and Judges to be announced soon.
For full details and to enter please click here.

New John Dyer Tall Ships painting features on Official Event Programme

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:58:51 +0100

An exciting new painting commissioned by Falmouth Tall Ships by artist John Dyer features on the cover of the official programme for the Funchal 500 Tall Ships’ Regatta Falmouth.

The Programme will be available from late August from Falmouth Tourist Information and is priced at £2 Call 01326 312300 for further information.

Limited Edition Prints of the painting will also be made available soon.  The original painting, 33 x 40 inches in size, will be released for sale as part of a new exhibition of work that will be exhibited during the event on Friday 12th September 2008.

Further details

John Dyer Painting used on French Poster

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:24:00 +0100

 The Conservatoire de musique,danse et théâtre de Menton on the Côte d’Azur have used John Dyer’s “Bienvenue au Conservatoire” painting for the poster to advertise the new academic year.

The large poster is currently on display around the town of Menton in France.

Inspired by the art of John Dyer

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:57:44 +0100

Children and staff at Devoran Primary School celebrated the first year in their exciting new building by taking part in a week long arts project.
Lead teacher Lucie Fitton and local potter and parent Jacqueline Clark had the initial idea to design and make a ceramic mural that each pupil in the school could contribute to. The finished design for the mural was inspired by the work of artist John Dyer and incorporates themes of the local environment as well as the many circular architectural features found around the new school building.
The week started with a visit and painting workshop from John Dyer who inspired the children with his lively approach to colour and composition. Every child then produced a Cornish landscape of their own which will be displayed at the official opening of the school in September.
Devoran headteacher Carol Breakwell said: “We feel so privileged to have been able to spend a day working with John Dyer and then through the week with Jacqueline. It has made an enormous difference to the children’s creativity and motivation to work with such inspiring artists.”
The whole mural was then pieced together like a giant jigsaw puzzle and will be extremely effective once it is on the wall. On completion the two metre diameter mural made from Cornish clay will be positioned in pride of place by the school entrance.
The school will be officially opened by John Dyer in September 2008

French children paint with British artists

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:02:01 +0100

Artists Joanne Short and John Dyer were asked by a main primary school in Menton, France to join the children and teachers on the Îles de Lérins, an island off the coast of Cannes, to inspire the children to paint and participate in a large collaborative major canvas.

“This was a real challenge for us as the workshop had to be run in French, but we found that our visual language was quickly picked up by the children who produced over thirty paintings and the large final canvas.”

The final painting will be presented to the school and hung on permanent display for the children to enjoy.

(A big thank you to Damien and Maree for the baby-sitting !)

Ballet and Art combine on Côte d’Azur

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:18:33 +0100

The Conservatoire of Dance and Music in Menton, South of France, asked Galerie Monaco and artist John Dyer if they would allow some of the paintings from the “Singing and Zinging” exhibition to be used for the Ballet Spectacular in the Palais de l’Europe theatre.

The Ballet “Petrouchka” was directed by Jérôme Chrétien, the professor of Ballet at the Conservatoire. The artist worked with the director to select the paintings and set the stage with the lights to create a ‘live’ painting that the dancers appeared to be part of.

“This is a very exciting project which we are planning to develop further during 2009. The audience loved the combination of art and dance and as an artist I can see many possibilities of combining these two great mediums. It really was a very exciting event” John Dyer.

New John Dyer Organic Cotton Bag

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:35:11 +0100

King Charles School commission John Dyer to design eco-bag 
“Cornish fresh air, Plant diversity and Seaside fun in the environment”

The ‘KC Green’ Team of Children and staff at King Charles Primary School in Falmouth, Cornwall have asked artist John Dyer if he would produce a design for them for their new eco-bag.

“John has long been a great friend to the school. Even though he and his wife Joanne Short are currently resident artists at The Hanbury Gardens in the South of France he still responded positively to a request to support the school’s GREEN CAMPAIGN. Long time supporter of the environment, John was only too pleased to submit a beautiful design for our organic cotton bags. The bags symbolise our commitment to becoming a sustainable school, whilst providing a useful means of raising awareness of global issues in the local community.”  King Charles School.

“This has been a great project to be involved in, the school is really trying to engage the children with the environment - they even have their own acre of rainforest ! I exchanged emails about the design and also the benefits of organic cotton before I submitted my ideas to the children. For me the bag needed to have the essence of Cornish fresh air, Plant diversity and Seaside fun in the environment and the result looks great !” John Dyer

The bags are on sale now from the school
http://web.mac.com/kingcharles1/kingcharles1/Home.html

Galerie Monaco Launched

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:04:29 +0100

Artists Joanne Short and John Dyer held a ‘Vernissage’ private view event in central Monaco to launch their latest exhibition of paintings and the new online gallery ‘Galerie Monaco’.

The location for the launch event was the spectacular Belle Epoque Hôtel Hermitage at Casino Square Monaco.

The Flute Orchestra from the Conservatoire of Music from Menton played a concert at the venue to celebrate the event which was well attended by many people from France, Monaco and the UK.

Some of the guests flew in from the UK especially to catch the event. Guests were greeted with chilled rose wine and perrier at the famous Salon Jardin d’Hiver within the Hôtel.

www.galeriemonaco.com will run in conjunction with www.johndyergallery.co.uk and the new gallery is already making waves in the area with several significant commissions and sales secured at the opening event.

Toyah Willcox, who owns property on the Côte d’Azur, is one of the new collectors of the artists work who has been attracted by the online gallery and event.

“Your fantastic paintings not only brought the apartment to life, but also put the energy of the Riviera indoors!” Toyah Willcox 2008

View the podcast of the opening

John Dyer "Official Artist” for Tall Ships ‘08

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:37:14 +0100

BREAKING NEWS Artist John Dyer has been asked to be "Official Artist for the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta Falmouth 08"

Ten years since the last Tall Ships event when John Dyer was the official artist for the Tall Ships he has been asked by Carrick Council to be the Official Artist for the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta in Falmouth 2008.

“I am delighted to be involved in this amazing event and have a new series of spectacular paintings planned.It is a real honor to be asked to be the official artist and I am looking forward to working with the Tall Ships team.”  Both the artist and The John Dyer Gallery will be supporting the event.  http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/exhibition/TallShips2008/ 
http://www.falmouthtallships.co.uk/

Further details will follow.

One of Cornwall’s most significant artists

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:21:31 +0100

In an interview with artcornwall.org the director of Falmouth Art Gallery, Brian Stewart, names artist John Dyer as one of the areas most interesting and significant artists.

The interview features John’s “Garden of Eden” painting that hangs in the permanent collection of the Eden Project. 
So who are the most significant or interesting artists in the Falmouth area now, and what can you say about them and their work?  “From the younger generation of artists there is a large number of prize winning artists including Susan Boafo (below), Ashley Hold, Mark Webster, Benjamin Warner (left), Tim Shaw, Jamie Medlin, John Dyer (above) and Mary Mabbutt.”

Read the article on this link:
http://www.artcornwall.org/interviews/brian_stewart_falmouth_art_gallery.htm

New Celebrity Collector: Toyah Willcox

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:34:34 +0100

“Your fantastic paintings not only brought the apartment to life, but also put the energy of the Riviera indoors!” Toyah Willcox 2008

A+ Properties in Menton on the French Riviera have arranged with Galerie Monaco and Toyah Willcox to hang a selection of original paintings by artists John Dyer and Joanne Short in the Rock Star’s fabulous Old Town Apartment in Menton.

Toyah was taken with the artists work when she recently visited the offices of A+ Properties and made a request to have her apartment hung with the new paintings from the artists’ Côte d’Azur collection.

The paintings are on display for a series of magazine and TV articles that are being organised over the next couple of months.

The Mail on Sunday and ‘Through the Key Hole’ are arranging photo shoots at the apartment with the star and the paintings by the artists will feature in the articles.

Italian Commission for Joanne Short

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:38:53 +0000

Carolyn Hanbury of the world famous Hanbury Gardens in La Mortola Italy has asked artist Joanne Short to paint her own private garden which is not open to the public but is set alongside the Hanbury Gardens.

The amazing Mediterranean garden is ablaze with colour in the March sunshine and Carolyn specifically wanted a contemporary painting to capture the spring flowering bulbs and elegant forms that the garden presents at this time of year.

Joanne’s paintings focus on the forms of flowers and the landscape and have a very elegant and colourist approach which attracted Carolyn to the artist’s work.

Joanne worked in the garden on a series of drawings before embarking on the 24 x 24 inch canvas which she also completed immersed in the flowers and colour of this Mediterranean paradise.

The final painting will be exhibited at the “Singing and Zinging” exhibition which is due to open in the South of France in June 2008.

The Robertson Collection launch new card

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:37:20 +0000

Elizabeth Robertson of The Robertson Collection art card company has licensed several paintings from artist John Dyer for the new range of blank art cards from the company.

The images licensed are from John’s Mediterranean paintings and the first card to be released across the UK is ”Montepulciano Peaches” from a 33x40 inch painting.

Keep a look out in book shops across the UK for this new card which is priced at £1.99

The Robertson Collection Ltd 45 Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire United Kingdom WV5 0AL
Telephone: +44 (0) 1902 324243 Fax: +44 (0) 1902 324824

12x10 inch Painting by John Dyer Sells at auction for £650 to support the Children’s Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:49:39 +0000

“Thank you for your generosity in creating the beautiful painting ‘Precious Moments Under the Moonlight’. The auction at RNAS Culdrose raised in excess of £20,000 and still counting !! The painting ‘Precious Moments Under the Moonlight’ sold for £650 which I was delighted with”  Emma Lloyd 
So far the appeal has raised £600,000 but there is a long way to go before they reach the £5 million target and if you would like to donate to this appeal please contact Emma Lloyd at:

Appeal Manager, Precious Lives
Children's Hospice South West
Tel: 01872 261 166

Bid for an original John Dyer Painting to support the Children’s Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:22:04 +0000

The John Dyer Gallery is pleased to support the Children’s Hospital South West Precious Lives Appeal.

John Dyer has donated an original painting, painted especially for the auction.

RNAS Culdrose 771 squadron are organising an auction with many exciting lots at a special event that will be held on March 8th.

The bid must be your best offer and be submitted by midday on Friday 7th March; the winner will be notified on Monday 10th.
Place your bid via email on the link below.

Louise_godwin@btinternet.com

For more information please see this web site.
http://www.771preciouslivesappeal.co.uk/

http://www.chsw.org.uk/

We are here to tell you about 771 Naval Air Squadron’s fund raising event for Children's Hospice South West’s “Precious Lives” Appeal.   771 Squadron has been involved in Search & Rescue for over 30 years, flying out of Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in West Cornwall. We provide 2 Sea King helicopters for a wide range of SAR missions, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. While we are primarily established for military rescues, 95% of our “trade” is civilian – be it at sea, on the coast or inland; this involves some 250 rescues every year. Naturally, we have established many strong links with Cornwall - and we are keen to put something back into this community, both in our work and our play. So we were looking for a charity project which would not only help Cornwall but would also be something the Squadron members could identify with. Our Squadron Boss, Lt Cdr Chris Godwin and his wife Louise, have recently suffered the tragic loss of their baby son, Colton, to Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Colton’s illness lasted for some time during which he gradually lost neural function – which was clearly very difficult for Chris and Louise to cope with. But they had just the most brilliant support from Children’s Hospice South West during Colton’s last few months and he died peacefully on 7th of August in Little Bridge House hospice, near Barnstaple in North Devon. So when Children’s Hospice South West announced plans to set up a hospice in Cornwall, we realised that here was a really worthwhile project for 771 Squadron to support - not only for Cornwall but also for Colton’s memory.  771 Squadron has organised a Dinner and Auction in aid of Children’s Hospice South West’s “Precious Lives” Appeal, which will be held in the Wardroom of RNAS Culdrose on 8 March 2008; it will be a Royal Naval formal Mess Dinner followed by a charity auction with a wide range of donated prizes and celebrity memorabilia. We are looking to auction some items on local radio and in the Cornish Newspapers, opening up the bidding to a wider audience and hopefully making more money for such a worthwhile cause. By clicking on the ‘Auction Items’ button at the top of this page you may access and bid on the list of prizes. Alternatively email your final bid to Louise_godwin@btinternet.com
The bid must be your best offer and be submitted by midday on Friday 7th March; the winner will be notified on Monday 10th. We hope you will enter into the spirit of goodwill that this appeal is generating as we are sure you will agree, this will be a unique opportunity to fund an extremely worthwhile cause.  There are a limited number of places at the Dinner/Auction still available. Tickets are priced at £50 each which will include all food, complimentary drinks and an evenings entertainment, with the England cricketer Marcus Trescothick as our guest of honour. If you are interested in attending please contact us at 771so@culdrose.mod.uk and we will provide you with more details and availability.

Art & About - The new online magazine for The John Dyer Gallery & Galerie Monaco

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:31:58 +0000

Artists John Dyer and Joanne Short share their experiences and life in our new online magazine. The artists’ work is inspired by their life journey and through this new online publication we hope to be able to share some of the things that inspire the paintings of these two contemporary British artists.

Click to view the first issue
http://www.artandaboutmagazine.co.uk

Spring has Sprung in Falmouth

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:14:33 +0000

For Easter 2008 The John Dyer Gallery in Falmouth will be exhibiting a colourful new collection of original paintings by John Dyer.

Collectors are being invited to book appointments with the gallery manager to view the new collection during the Easter break.

Please contact the gallery for further details.

Artists and Illustrators Magazine write major feature on John Dyer’s Environmental paintings

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:51:51 +0000

The February 2008 issue of the Artists & Illustrators magazine includes a four page feature article “Painting in Paradise” about John Dyer and his global environmental paintings.

The magazine is available in newsagents at a price of £3.30

“From the Amazon to the Mediterranean, Cornwall’s own Garden of Eden represents a world in miniature. To the Eden Project’s painter-in-residence, John Dyer, it also presents a wonderful opportunity for creating inspiring art.”  Read the full article  Lynn Parr, Editor of Artists and Illustrators Magazine.

Click to read more about John’s environmental work

Art Fund International Proposal.

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:19:47 +0000

Falmouth Art Gallery and The Eden Project
with The October Gallery, The Lee Miller Archive & The Roland Penrose Estate.

Art Fund International
Expression of Interest from Falmouth Art Gallery

Project:
A contemporary African art collection for Cornwall.

The proposal used elements of John Dyer’s paintings and also the “Africa Calling” painting for the combined Falmouth Art Gallery, Eden Project proposal to the International Art Fund.

African art is central to the work of many contemporary Cornish based artists such as Alan Davie, Tim Shaw, Susan Boafa, Jeremy Annear, Michael Broughton, Robert Bradford, David Kemp, John Dyer, Jesse Leroy Smith and Kurt Jackson.

The Director of Falmouth Art Gallery Brian Stewart, previously worked at Christie's and has a full understanding of the commercial art market and how it functions. He has also worked with the French Regional Art Collections (FRAC) and has curated exhibitions of contemporary African art.

“The Falmouth Art Gallery and the Eden Project had a special visit from distinguished members of the Art Fund International judging panel.

The gallery has been shortlisted by Art Fund International for a possible £1 million purchase fund to form a contemporary African art collection of international importance.
This will act as a catalyst for a project linking Falmouth Art Gallery, the Eden Project and University College Falmouth.
The visiting panel included the Chair of Art Fund International Committee Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn. He is an Art Fund trustee and renowned archaeologist with a particular interest in contemporary sculpture. His book Figuring it Out: Parallel Visions of Artists and Archaeologists explores the relationships between archaeology and contemporary art. He was accompanied by Dr Deborah Swallow, Director of the Courtauld Institute, Felicity Waley-Cohen, Co-Vice-Chairman of the Serpentine Gallery, and Rachael Browning and Sarah Phelp both of the Art Fund.
The panel were given a tour of the Miró exhibition and the art stores at Falmouth Art Gallery before going on to Eden where they were shown around by Tim Smit and artist John Dyer. They also met with Eden staff Sue Hill, and plant curators Dina Gallick and Glen Leishman.”

From the archive
http://www.burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk

United Nations Highlight John Dyer’s work

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:46:42 +0000

John Dyer "Crops Project" artwork.
John Dyer is an artist who has created vibrant paintings in support of a better understanding of the role of tropical crops. He has done work for INIBAP, IPGRI, and the Eden Project (UK). The paintings are mentioned here as the style could have great potential in illustrating agroforestry resources. More information about his paintings and his current "Crops Project" are available at: http://www.johndyer.info/cropsproject/index.shtml

http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/33289/en/

New interactive Gallery

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:05:39 +0000

The John Dyer Gallery is now able to offer our exhibitions in the exciting web 2.0 format. This means that our exhibitions can be viewed in a variety of ways with interactive scrolling, zooms and slide shows.

To try our new online experience have a look at the Christmas 2007 exhibition on the following link.

http://web.mac.com/johndyergallery/The_John_Dyer_Gallery/The_John_Dyer_Gallery_Interactive._Tel%3A_+44_%280%29_777_339_7503.html

Cornwall Today feature The John Dyer Gallery for Christmas

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:08:01 +0000

John Dyer drops us a line from his Falmouth studio

Fending off the winter blues with an explosion of colour are paintings by John Dyer. His fun and humorous vision of Cornwall is well known - splay footed seagulls being his signature subject. For this latest collection he has painted a series of work from Tresco to Falmouth that share a celebratory feel for the festive season. Christmas tree’s and carols, crackers and lights thread through his colourful compositions. These are paintings that make you smile – a reaction all too often forgotten in the high brow art world. For John and his devoted audience they know that a smile means a lot.

‘Magical Christmas Art Exhibition’ by John Dyer and Joanne Short opens 8th December at The John Dyer Gallery in Falmouth - Online & by Appointment. Tel: 0777 339 7503 www.johndyergallery.co.uk

The exhibition will also be the venue for the launch of John Dyer's new print range from his publishers in Japan.

Eden plan tour to Italian Exhibition

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:05:48 +0100

The Eden Project have confirmed that they will start to arrange a tour in conjunction with The John Dyer Gallery to Italy in 2008.

The tour will be to the Hanbury Gardens in Italy and to see the opening of John Dyer and Joanne Short’s exhibition based on the gardens and the Côte d’Azur.

John Dyer painting on French Music Poster

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:29:27 +0100

The Menton Conservatoire of music in France is featuring a new painting by John Dyer on their poster for their flute concert. John is currently living and working in Menton with his family and they are forging close links with this musical institution.

“The painting is a 12x10 inch canvas and shows the wonderful day that the mountain animals came down from the hills into Menton. Musicians from the Conservatoire then paraded through the streets of the Old Town. It was so magical it had to be painted” John Dyer.

The painting will be exhibited in June as part of the “Singing and Zinging in the South of France” exhibition.

Joanne Short & John Dyer on Côte d’Azur

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:46:59 +0100

Exhibition dates to be confirmed in June 2008

Contact The John Dyer Gallery for further information

John Dyer & Joanne Short Exhibition
& Exclusive Garden Tour of the Hanbury Gardens in Italy & Clos du Peyronnet garden in France

Eden's painter in residence John Dyer and artist Joanne Short invite you to join them in France & Italy for a glass or two of wine at the private view of their spectacular new exhibition and to take a tour of the gardens that inspired it. The artists are resident artists' of the Hanbury Gardens in Italy and the gardens at Clos du Peyronnet in France.

"These two gardens are amongst the best on the Mediterranean and the combination of the fantastic plants set against the shimmering Mediterranean sea is quite intoxicating. This is a real Eden with the roof off experience and a painters dream environment. We really hope that the combination of touring the gardens before previewing our new exhibition of paintings will be an unforgettable experience and that you will be able to connect to our vision by becoming immersed in the pure spectacle of the Côte d'Azur. Our new paintings will be the combination of a years work and will be released at the same moment that the gardens are at their peak."

The Hanbury Gardens at Mortola in Italy cover an area of approximately 18 hectares and tumble down towards the sparkling sea. They are at their peak in the first week of April and are cultivated with exotic and Mediterranean plants which have survived a remarkable history. The garden was founded in 1867 by Sir Thomas Hanbury and is one of the most important botanic gardens in Europe. Carolyn Hanbury is resident at the gardens and it is planned that she will be available to talk to Eden friends about the history of this fascinating garden during the tour.

The second garden is in Menton in France. Clos du Peyronnet is a much smaller garden but is one of Menton's most famous. Planted by three generations of the Waterfield family and designed to be painted this garden offers a sumptuous array of plants. William Waterfield will be on hand for a tour of the garden. It is the only garden in Menton to have remained the private property of a family which have been tending it with passion since the beginning of the century and it is a very special place.

Exhibition dates to be confirmed.

Art & About Podcast available in iTunes

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:50:25 +0100

The John Dyer Gallery Podcast “Art & About” is now listed in the Apple iTunes store. Visitors to Apple’s iTunes will now be able to find the podcasts during their searches and the store links back to the gallery web site.

You can view the “Art & About” Podcast in iTunes by following this link:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=262405086

John Dyer takes off in Japan

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:17:32 +0100

take off in Japan
The John Dyer Gallery in association with Hibell in Japan has just returned from a highly successful tour of four of Japan's major cities, Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka & Tokyo . An exhibition titled "Happy Summer Paradise" has been on tour in nine of Japan's most prestigious gallery spaces across these cities and John Dyer made personal appearances at six of the venues.

One of the galleries is in the world famous 'Matsuya' store in the Ginza district of Tokyo. This store and the district are the equivalent of Park Avenue in New York and is the center for business and high quality retail and art outlets.
"This has been a fantastic experience for me - people have travelled from all over Japan to meet me on the tour and it has been incredibly interesting to listen to my new Japanese collectors discussing my work. We have launched a vibrant new range of limited edition prints in Japan to accompany the exhibition and the images of St Ives and the Helford Passage are very popular. Many collectors are buying my print of the Helford Passage with a yellow sky to hang on the west wall of their homes as in Japan a yellow sky hung on the West will will bring the family good fortune." John Dyer
"The Japanese are very familiar with the UK, London and Harry Potter but they have never come across Cornwall before so this has been an amazing opportunity to promote Cornwall as a destination. We are sure that many people from Japan will now be looking into traveling to Cornwall as a holiday destination to track down the famous John Dyer Seagulls and the amazing tropical plants that grow here. With nine galleries in the top retail locations in Japan actively promoting John's work and Cornwall as a destination this is bound to have an impact." The John Dyer Gallery.
"We are delighted with the work of John Dyer, in Japan we usually promote western artists for 3 to 5 years before embarking on a tour, but in the case of John's work this has been put together in under a year due to the popularity of his unique style of work. We already have plans to expand the range and we have commissioned the artist to paint a new painting called 'St Ives Happy New Year' that we will launch in December" Art Director of Hibell
John travelled to Japan with his family and his wife, artist Joanne Short. The John Dyer Gallery will be exhibiting works inspired from this trip towards the end of this year and the exhibition will include work from both John and Joanne. The artists found the blend of culture, ancient temples, geisha and the high tech skyscrapers fascinating. While in Japan the family also experienced an earthquake and narrowly missed the largest cyclone Japan has ever seen in July.

Tour dates and venues
July 14th Sat Daimara - Kyoto
79 Shijo Takakura
Shimogyo-ku
Kyoto-city 600-8511

July 15th Sun Daimara - Kobe /Hyogo
40 Akashi-cho
Kobe-city
Hyogo 650-0037

July 16th Mon Umeda - Osaka
3-1-1 Umeda
Kita-ku
Osaka-city 530-8202

July 20st Fri Tobu - Ikebukuro - Tokyo
1-1-25 Nishi Ikebukuro
Toshima-ku
Tokyo 171-0021

July 21st Sat Tokyu - Kichijoji -Tokyo
2-3-1 Kichijoji-Honmachi
Musashino-city
Tokyo 180-8519

July 22nd Sun Matsuya -Ginza -Tokyo
3-6-1 Ginza
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0061

John Dyer & Brian Stewart Book Signing

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:03:28 +0100

On Saturday 28th July artist John Dyer and author Brian Stewart held a book signing at the National Trust Trelissick Property. The event was very busy with many collectors attending and requesting personalized messages in the books.

This is a fantastic book featuring many of John's most famous works from around Cornwall and the world. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful colour reproductions and designed by the author Brian Stewart and artist John Dyer. 'A Vision of Paradise' will delight not only fans of John's paintings but everybody who has a passion for life.
Available now at £9.99 plus postage and packing from The John Dyer Gallery.
 Telephone: 0777 339 7503

National Trust Trelissick Gallery launch site with John Dyer

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:59:36 +0100

The National Trust have embarked on an exciting and creative project to promote the work of Cornish artists. This July they will be launching www.trelissickgallery.co.uk and John Dyer has been selected to hold the launch exhibition.
"This is a fantastic project that I am delighted to be associated with. I have a really good working relationship with the National trust and to have been selected to front their new arts web site is amazing." John Dyer 2007.
John Dyer has a long established relationship with large organisations in the UK and abroad and this type of project typifies the way in which he and The John Dyer Gallery work collaboratively to bring his vision of the world to a wider audience.
The new web site will be launched on July 21st to celebrate a collection of new John Dyer paintings that will be exhibited at Trelissick gallery during the summer.

Primary School’s John Dyer Arts Week

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:00:34 +0100

St John’s Primary School in Gosport, Hampshire recently embarked upon an Arts Week on June 25th 2007.

Anna Dawes from the school commented on the exciting week:

“We have decided to use the National Gallery Model of “Take One Picture”, but instead of using their picture, we have chosen to use John Dyer’s ‘Boats and Ropes, St Ives’.

This is for several reasons, not least the fact that we have fallen in love with John’s seagulls!. The picture is very relevant to our children, as we also are a seaside community, albeit of a very different nature. Our backdrop is a commercial and military harbour, with several large marinas, and numerous sailing clubs. There is a good fish market on the other side of the harbour, but this is a long way outside many of our children’s experience. They are used to seeing huge warships and cross-channel ferries, plus large numbers of pleasure craft as constant traffic in the harbour and Solent, but have no experience of the sort of sea-going community which John’s paintings portray.

We are anxious that our children are exposed to different ways of life and cultures within their own country as well as overseas, and we are hoping that our Arts Week will help to address that.

We have a wide range of activities planned:

•Continuing the picture to left or right
•Reproducing seagulls in John Dyer’s style
•Learning about the history of sea fishing
•Writing from the perspective of a seagull
•Looking at communities such as Mousehole, Newlyn and Porthleven
•Finding out about the RNLI
•Making Cornish pasties
•Eating cream teas
•Learning sea shanties – the list goes on….

Rush to buy Artists’ Work

Fri, 11 May 2007 23:18:45 +0100

Published in the Cornish Man 17 May 2007   "The paintings of John Dyer and Joanne Short almost completely sold out at an exhibition at the Island Cafe at St Michael's Mount on Friday.Thousands of pounds worth of work was sold almost immediately, with some invited guests running to their chosen paintings as they entered the cafe exhibition. John Dyer, resident painter at the Eden project, is preparing for his next painting expedition in Peru when he will paint the potato harvest."

A catalogue of this man's terrific joie de vivre

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:48:25 +0100

John Dyer, one of Cornwall's best loved artists, who is described as a painter of exuberantly colourful landscapes and figures. A Vision Of Paradise by Brian Stewart (Truran -£9.99) is a very colourful square paperback, almost a catalogue of this man's terrific joie de vivre

Described as being written, designed, printed and published in Cornwall.

A book to make you smile.

From Western Morning News

Tresco Estate purchase John Dyer Painting

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:31:10 +0100

Above: 'Everyone's a Winner, Tresco Marathon 2006" 24 x 24 inches acrylic on canvas.

To help to celebrate the 2007 Tresco Marathon the Island Hotel on Tresco have acquired the painting "Everyone's a Winner" by artist John Dyer.  The painting features in the new book about John's work 'A Vision of Paradise' by Brian Stewart and is one of John Dyer's key celebration paintings.
The painting was completed last year during the 2006 marathon while John Dyer was resident artist on the island and depicts the finishing line which is just outside the hotel. All of the celebrity runners are depicted in the painting with Bill Bryson being easy to spot in his yellow top with 'Bill' on his shirt. Jenny Agutter can also be spotted on the left of the painting and is that Charlie Dimock floating topless out in the bay !  Dara O'Kearney who won the race can be seen in the front of the painting celebrating with number 86 on his shirt.   The Tresco Marathon came in to being seven years ago when Peter Hingston and then Island Hotel manager Philip Callan decided that they would like to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, as Peter's daughter Jade, now aged eight, suffers from this debilitating and life-shortening disease. Total funds raised to date exceed £300k.   "The Tresco marathon was such an amazing and fun event to watch and paint. The island is a very challenging place to run around, but the support that the runners get from the community and the Tresco estate is fantastic. It was a real joy painting this and I hope that it comes to epitomize this amazing event." John Dyer.
It is hoped that at some point prints of the painting might be made available to support the Cystic Fibrosis trust, but in the first instance the artist, The John Dyer Gallery and the Island Hotel on Tresco are all delighted that this painting will now be on public display for all of the runners to enjoy and to take inspiration from.
The Tresco Estate have a number of John Dyer original paintings; with two of the largest hung at the heliport on the island.

Mencap take inspiration from Bulb Mania

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:20:09 +0100

A giant painting by residents of homes run by learning disability charity Mencap is on show at the Eden Project. Measuring nearly six feet by eight feet, the colourful work was unveiled last week by Restormel Borough Council Mayor Denise Mutton in the presence of the 32 artists who produced it.

The painting is a 'jigsaw' reproduction of a work called Bulb Mania by the Eden Project's painter in residence John Dyer.

The original painting was photographed, blown up in size, and then divided, so that different people could copy different sections of the painting on individual canvases.

Support worker Shelley Law, who is based at Waterloo House in St Mawes, developed the project in response to Mencap's appeal for its homes to do something special to mark the charity's 60th anniversary this year.

Residents from seven of the county's Mencap homes were involved in the painting, but last week was the first time that any of them had seen the whole painting come together.

Fellow support worker Julie Hitchings said the artists were thrilled to recognise their individual paintings in the finished work.

"Everyone put a lot of work into the project and it was amazing how quick the artists were to spot their contribution. It was a great thing to do and everyone enjoyed it," she said.

The work will be displayed in the Education Centre at the Eden Project until Sunday, April 15.

The artists have decided the painting should afterwards be auctioned to raise money for the BBC's Children In Need appeal.

BBC Sea Sense

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:06:15 +0000

John Dyer was invited by BBC Radio Cornwall to be one of the three judges for their ‘Sea Sense’ poster competition.

The radio station had hundreds of entries but eventually Class H from Peranaworthal Primary school were selected as the overall winners and had their poster reproduced by the BBc and distributed to schools across the region.

“It is always a privilege to be involved in judging children’s paintings and this was no exceptions” John Dyer.

Banrock Wine and Art In Falmouth

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:50:31 +0000

John Dyer was invited by the director of Falmouth Art Gallery, Brian Stewart, to give a ‘lunchtime talk’ about his recent visit to Banrock Station in South Australia.

The artist talked about painting in the wetlands of this conservation area and showcased a short film of his work and experiences in the Australian landscape.

Over 60 people attended the lunch time event which was supported by Banrock Station wine who provided a wide range of wines for people to try after the talk.

View the paintings

You can watch the film on this link