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New News and Blog Site

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:59:24 +0100

We have now moved our news feed to an updated web site. 
You can find this at:  www.artandaboutmagazine.co.uk

Community Art with John Dyer and Joanne Short.

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:36:38 +0100

Children have helped celebrate the recent refurbishment of Princess Pavilion and Gyllyngdune Gardens by creating a piece of artwork with two renowned artists.
The youngsters joined John Dyer and Joanne Short in the gardens to paint a scene of the famous bandstand and garden.
Over the course of the day more than 30 children got involved in the session, which took place after the Olympic Flame passed through Falmouth.
In addition to painting part of a group picture with the two artists, every child also did drawings of the plants around Gyllyngdune.
The finished group painting will be framed and hung in the new Garden Room building at the Pavilion.
Anyone who missed the community painting session can still take part in the Global Gardens competition, which is open to anyone under the age of 16.
All youngsters need to do is create their own ‘gardens’ painting, drawing or mixed media picture and email it to art@johndyergallery.co.uk to be entered into the competition.
Judges will be John Dyer and 1980s pop star Kim Wilde who has now become a garden designer.
There is a range of prizes, including £150 prints signed by Alan Titchmarsh and John Dyer.
The winning pictures will be printed in the Packet Newspaper, with all entries exhibited on the John Dyer Gallery’s website.
A prize giving event and private view will take place at Gyllyngdune Gardens.
More Images of the event

John Dyer Global Art at Falmouth Art Gallery

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:58:36 +0100

Above: Artist John Dyer standing in front of his paintings that are currently on display at Falmouth Art Gallery.  
The paintings on display are from his travels around the world painting the  ethno-botanical stories of the world's major food crops; Rice, Banana and Potato. 
John has painted this series over the past ten years as artist in residence at The Eden Project, the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, CIP in Peru and Bioversity International in Costa Rica. 
The exhibition of Global Crop Paintings is on until 9th June 2012. 
The paintings will then join a much larger exhibition of John Dyer's Global Gardens paintings at The National Trust,Trelissick Garden in an exhibition that we will be inviting you all to see with us on June 23rd 2012.  
More details soon.  
http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/exhibition/GlobalGardens/exhibitionworld.html

John Dyer Art featured on Truro City Guide

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:06:06 +0100

The Official City of Truro Guide 2012 has just been launched and is now available from tourist information in Truro.  The new A5 sized guide features a new painting by John Dyer that was commissioned for the guide. "Day Trip to Truro" an 18x24 inch acrylic on canvas is now in a private collection but 50 signed limited edition prints are being released by the artist.

The guide has been designed by FalRiver Cornwall and is a lively and colourful source of information for visitors to the area.

Click to view the limited edition print
http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/prints/FramedPrintsRange/JohnDyer/DayTripToTruro/index.html

Wilde-Life the Kim Wilde web site supports 'Global Gardens'

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:58:09 +0100

Kim Wilde is working with artist John Dyer and the team at Falmouth Art Gallery and Gyllyngdune gardens to help to judge the entries to the 'Global Gardens' art competition and exhibition.

Kim is featuring the project on her official web site Wilde-Life.com

http://www.wilde-life.com/news/2012/kim-wilde-judge-for-garden-art-competition

"Encouraging our children to appreciate the natural world around them is a wonderful way to stimulate and excite them, as well as educate them. I have encouraged both our children into the garden since they were toddlers, treating the garden as an extension of our house.   Out there in the sunshine we have played, planted and painted together, the garden serving as a family space to spend quality time with each other…time for us all to smell the roses in our otherwise busy lives!   I am really excited to see the paintings for the Global Garden project, and delighted John asked me to be involved. We loved having him stay here a few years back, where he painted a series of stunning canvases of our beloved garden. I have a lovely photo of John, Rose (5) and Harry (7) crouching over one of John's paintings, which hangs in Rose's room as a reminder of an inspiring few days in our summer garden."   Kim Wilde 2012

Art Competition to be judged by Kim Wilde

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:38:45 +0100

Article courtesy the Packet Newspaper
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/9621012.Art_competition_goes_Global/
Artistic youngsters from around the UK have the chance to have their work exhibited at Falmouth’s historic Gyllyndune Gardens this summer, thanks to a new competition launched in partnership with the Packet.
The “Global Gardens” art competition is open to all young artists aged 0-16 and asks them to paint, draw or create a mixed media artwork inspired by the theme of gardens around the globe.
It is being staged as a joint project between the Packet, The John Dyer Gallery, Gyllyngdune Gardens and Falmouth Art Gallery, with eighties pop sensation and award winning gardener Kim Wilde offering her support as a celebrity judge.
The National Trust owned Trelissick Gardens are also supporting the project with a major exhibition of John’s work that includes paintings of Kim Wilde’s garden.
All of the entries received will join an online art exhibition on the John Dyer website and will also be printed out and displayed at the Gyllyngdune Gardens new visitor centre during June 2012
Donna Williams, from Falmouth Art Gallery, said: “You could draw plants from your own garden or visit public gardens and parks nearby, like Gyllyndune or Trelissick.
“Plants have brilliant shapes and colours and are fantastic to paint and draw, so get your art materials out and let us see just how talented you are!
“We will be choosing lots of winners and inviting them to a special event to receive their prizes and meet artist John Dyer on June 21, as well as displaying the winning entries at Falmouth Art Gallery,” she added.
To enter, creative kids just need to take a picture of their garden inspired artwork and email it to art@johndyergallery.co.uk, including their name, the title and size of their painting and the art materials used in the subject line of the email.
The closing date for entries is June 10, the winning pictures will be printed in the Packet and top prizes include limited edition prints signed by John Dyer and Alan Titchmarsh worth up to £150.
In a joint statement, John, Donna and Sarah Spiegler-Williams from the Princess Pavilion, said: “We are all absolutely delighted to be working together on such a wonderful community project and hope it encourages everybody to pick up their art materials and get out in the garden.”
Running alongside the competition is a lively workshop programme for schools and families, with events at Falmouth Art Gallery and Gyllyngdune Gardens. For more information about the workshops visit
www.johndyergallery.co.uk/exhibition/GlobalGardens/index.html, or to ask a question about the competition, contact Donna Williams on 01326 313863 or email info@falmouthartgallery.com

John Dyer - Resident Artist for Gyllyngdune Gardens 2012

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:31:29 +0000

We are thrilled to announce our major project for 2012 working with Gyllyngdune Gardens and Falmouth Art Gallery.  Artist John Dyer has been asked to be the Artist in Residence for Gyllyngdune Gardens during 2012.   His residency will culminate in an exciting exhibition of work to be shown at a special exhibition event at the Gardens on June 21st 2012.   If you would like to be invited to this special private view please email your details to us. 
• Children's art competition and exhibition. Closing date 10th June 2012  • Educational art workshops for schools at Gyllyngdune Gardens and Falmouth Art Gallery  • Community painting with artist John Dyer to hang in Gyllyngdune Gardens. 19th May  • Exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery 'The World' including John Dyer ethnobotanical works  • John Dyer Lunchtime Talk at Falmouth Art Gallery 6th June 2pm to 3pm "Artist John Dyer will take you on an artistic journey around the globe with his tales of painting in Peru, Australia, Costa Rica and the Philippines. An entertaining talk for the whole family."
• John Dyer Exhibition and Event June 21st 6pm to 8pm

Full details of the project

Bolitho School Exhibition

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:09:19 +0000

An exhibition currently being held at the Gems Bolitho School in Penzance Cornwall includes two pieces of art from The John Dyer Gallery.

Artists John Dyer and Joanne Short have lent the school two of their renowned garden paintings to hang in the school.

"We really hope that our paintings will not only brighten up the surroundings for the children but that some of the children will be inspired to get out into the gardens of Cornwall with their paints."

The exhibition links into the artists' latest project 'Global Gardens'.

About the school
Bolitho – a unique environment and one of the most inspiring private schools in Cornwall
GEMS Bolitho School is one of the oldest independent day and boarding schools in Cornwall. It is set in several acres of tranquil grounds in the safe and attractive coastal town of Penzance. Read more.

NEW Joanne Short Art Ceramics

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:29:53 +0000

We are delighted to announce today the immediate availability of Joanne Short original ceramics on the John Dyer Gallery web site.

Joanne launched her new ceramics at the christmas exhibition 2011 but this is the first time that we have had a collection online to view.

http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/artrange/Ceramics/index.html

Joanne's approach to painting is refined and uncluttered. She is concerned with the colour and pattern quality within her overall compositions. Joanne has taken the main elements of her unique paintings and applied these to her hand built ceramic forms. Each piece is absolutely unique in form and decoration and they compliment her original paintings perfectly.

R.S.V.P for our Christmas Exhibition Event at Carwinion

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000

We are delighted to be able to invite you to Carwinion House for our Christmas exhibition event on Saturday December 10th, 11am to 1pm.
Please R.S.V.P for this exhibition. (So we have enough mince pies and drinks)   Please email and let us know your contact details and how many are attending in your party:   Email your R.S.V.P to: sales@johndyergallery.co.uk

Joanne Short has been working on a spectacular new series of oils. Her unique approach to painting lends itself to her coice of subject matter. For christmas this year she is presenting a collection of work that combines all of her unique qualities. She will also be exhibiting a small series of hand built and painted ceramics.  John Dyer is exhibitiing a new collection of work that celebrates his experiences in the Cornish landscape. Snowball fights, live music under the stars, twinkling lights and family adventures to special Cornish places are all combined in this delightful new set of work.  Full colour complimentary exhibition catalogue available on request.

http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/exhibition/Christmas2011/index.html

New Art Case-Mate iPhone Cases

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:49:31 +0100

We have a really special new range of iPhone and iPod touch cases designed by artists John Dyer and Joanne Short.

The new range of cases are produced in the USA by Case-Mate and are printed on plastic cases which provide great protection and fantastic colour reproduction of the artists work.

The cases will arrive with you in a smart presentation box and the price includes a cleaning cloth and screen protector. They really do make wonderful arty and useful presents.

Unique and super durable, Case-Mate Tough™ cases guard your iPhone 4/4S 3G/3GS in style! Built to withstand sudden drops and accidental falls, the Case-Mate Tough™ case provides complete protection. A snug, form fitting silicone wrap provides shock resistance, while the polycarbonate hard shell protects against impact.

Also available in the ‘Barley There’ range and for iPod Touch too.

http://www.iartcase.co.uk

John Dyer art brightens youngsters appointments

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:08:41 +0100

Youngsters attending the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in Truro will soon be able to benefit from a partnership between the Trust, the Friends of RCH and local artist John Dyer.

Following a donation from the Friends of the Royal Cornwall Hospital, three colourful art panels of John Dyer’s work have been put on display in the Family Room in the Oral Surgery Department. It is hoped the panels will inspire youngsters to create their own pictures and in the process distract them from their hospital visit.

The panels were donated along with a flat screen TV and wall bracket following a request from Oral Surgery Nurse Di Collins.

Over 17,000 people go use the Oral Surgery Department at the hospital each year and a large proportion are youngsters.

As well as providing the artwork for the panels, John has also pledged the 15% referral fee from any orders from his webpage www.johndyergallery.co.uk/rcht to hospital charitable funds to enable more art tools including paper and pens to be purchased.

John said: “Looking at art work really helps you to keep calm and relaxed if you are in an anxious situation. If you can get children drawing it can help them take their minds off it and children know this work and they can all do it. This gives them a view of the world that’s already interpreted for them. It’s do-able for them.”

Beatrice Dyer, chairman of the Friends, said: “This is an example of how work by the Friends can get the ball rolling. If people buy anything via the webpage then the money from that can go towards buying more materials. The Friends are now able to move on to another area.”

Anyone interested in raising funds while doing their Christmas shopping can do so by logging on to:  www.johndyergallery.co.uk/rcht

National Trust Brand with John Dyer Painting

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:31:52 +0100

The National Trust at Trelissick in Cornwall have selected the art of John Dyer for their branding of the ‘Trelissick for choice’ campaign.

One of John Dyer’s paintings features on their new business meetings and functions brochure. They are also using the painting on a large banner which promotes their location and food.

“I am thrilled that the National Trust have asked to use my painting. Lots of people all over Cornwall are getting to see the image as Trelissick are attending many food and exhibition events with their new brochures and banners.”
John Dyer

Falmouth Oyster Festival 2011 New Painting

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:01:06 +0100

The Falmouth Oyster Festival has been opened today and part of the opening event featured artist John Dyer and his new painting “Falmouth Oyster Festival Parade”.

The painting features ‘Arlo’, a giant puppet that has been built through a collaborative community project run by John Frankland, John Dyer and the Oyster Festival.

‘Arlo’ was designed by Katie Phelps, an 11 year old school girl from Falmouth. Katie’s design won the competition that John Dyer helped to judge. John then included her puppet in his latest painting.

Katie was presented with a signed framed limited edition print of the painting on stage at the opening ceremony.

More pictures on this online album

Art selected by the Royal Cornwall Hospital for their permanent collection.

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:31:22 +0100

The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro Cornwall has selected art from John Dyer and Joanne Short for their permanent collection.  The hospital selected two pieces from the artists recent exhibition of signed prints.

They selected ‘Beagle in the Bay’ by John Dyer which is part of the artists acclaimed collection of work that was produced during his time as resident artist for Darwin 200.

The Joanne Short piece that was selected is “Cottage Garden Mousehole” which is a superb example of this artist’s highly collectible work.

Both of these prints can be viewed and purchased from The John Dyer Gallery and the examples that are now in the RCHT permanent collection will be on display in the hospital for staff, patients and visitors to enjoy.

John Dyer Art featured in Falmouth Frameworks Book

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:31:05 +0100

The late Brian Stewart, the former director of Falmouth Art Gallery, has just had his last book published.

The book ‘Falmouth Frameworks’ is a very special project that uniquely takes a gallery collection and illustrates each piece with the frame included.

On page 50 of the book John Dyer’s major painting ‘Zooing Around’ is illustrated with a detailed description of the artists chosen frame and the history of the frame. The painting is part of the public collection in Falmouth.

“There are no museum objects that are more neglected than historical and artist-designed frames. Frames are often an integral part of the works but despite this they are sometimes separated, not conserved or not catalogued.

Using Falmouth's important collection this exhibition examines the artists' relationship with the frame from the early 18th century, through to the modern day. Included are Sven Berlin, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Thomas Gainsborough, John Dyer, Kurt Jackson, Dame Laura Knight, Sir Alfred Munnings, Ben Nicholson, John Singer Sargent and John William Waterhouse.

In association with Paul Mitchell Limited and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.  The new book ‘Falmouth Frameworks' is published by Sansom & Company.”

The book is a large hardbound volume, lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced. It is available now at £25

‘Falmouth Frameworks’ ISBN 9781906593759.

Joanne Short one off ceramics

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:30:55 +0100

Artist Joanne Short has always had an interest in and practiced in a wide range of visual arts.  
Joanne trained as a printmaker in the south of Italy before migrating to the temptations of paint and canvas.

Now she is exploring her painting style connected to the three dimensional form of ceramics.

Her first pieces are on display at the gallery and we are looking forward to a larger collection of decorated one off ceramics from her for christmas 2011. 
We will also have new paintings in the gallery soon.

Each piece of ceramics is carefully made and painted by the artist so they are absolutely unique.  If you already own a Joanne Short original or print these highly collectable ceramic pieces are the perfect items to go with your painting.

View the Ceramics online now

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Exhibition

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:47:44 +0100

The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Cornwall is hosting an exhibition of signed prints by artists John Dyer and Joanne Short.

The exhibition is on until the end of September 2011 and showcases significant paintings from the artists’ careers.

The prints are hung in two blocks of work in the main corridor - the Trelawny Gallery.

“Having been poorly recently I have found myself at the hospital on a number of occasions. Some of these visits have been for serious investigations and one emergency operation. While waiting for treatment I found that the art hanging around the hospital became a great focus for my mind. It helped to calm me. When the hospital approached us with a view to exhibiting this year I had no hesitation in accepting as I know that our work will help to get people through their problems and if it puts a smile on just one face then it has been worth it.”   John Dyer 2011.

Ernesettle School’s little artists

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:45:40 +0100

Some of the children at Ernesettle School in Plymouth have been studying the paintings of artist John Dyer.

As part of the project they all had a go at their own ‘John Dyer’ and what a fantastic set of work they have done.

“The children have been really enthused about this and thoroughly enjoyed making their own pictures.

It has been a very lengthy project as when they tried to recreate one of John Dyer’s pictures in a day they realised that they had to do it in stages as if we didn’t the paint would run and mix in with all the other colours.

The work has been done solely by the children in small groups with the teacher at hand to help them if needed.”   Jean Johns - Ernesettle School, Plymouth.

French Conservatoire features the Art of John Dyer

Mon, 16 May 2011 11:35:17 +0100

The acclaimed Conservatoire in Menton, France has again selected to feature the art of John Dyer.

The Conservatoire has just launched their latest promotional leaflet for Musique, Danse and Théâtre to encourage people to sign up for the next academic year.  The director of the Conservatoire, Paul-Emmanuel Thomas, has again selected the famous painting by artist John Dyer to become the image and essence of what they aim to achieve. The director is depicted in the black suit within the painting.

The painting is also featured on posters that can be seen in the town of Menton too.

www.menton.fr

Painting Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:30:55 +0100

Mother Ivey's Bay by John Dyer  Artist John Dyer has been commissioned by the owners of Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park to paint an iconic image of this award winning location.  The painting is in the permanent collection of the park and images of the painting will be used on site on a range of art items.  "Having grown up on the North Coast of Cornwall I can really connect to the landscape and coast of Mother Ivey's Bay. The unspoilt beach and native plants that grow on the cliffs are a haven for both wildlife, holiday makers and artists too ! In my painting 'Family Fun, Mother Ivey's Bay' I hope you will find all of the elements that make this part of the world such a special place."  John Dyer 
More Information

Above: "Family Fun, Mother Ivey's Bay" 24 x 36 inches acrylic on board by John Dyer.
Commissioned by Mother Ivey's Bay Holiday Park.

'Oyster man' Art contest

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:09:14 +0100

A COMPETITION open to all schoolchildren in Falmouth to design an 'oyster man' was launched on Friday.
The winning creation will lead the schools' grand parade during the Falmouth Oyster Festival in October. Students have until June 24 to come up with their designs.
"This could be in the form of a costume to be worn by a person, or it may be a stilt walker or a puppet or even a mechanical object to be carried or worked by several people," said John Frankland, competition co-ordinator. "The only limitation to the creativity of the design is that it must be capable of being made and reflect Falmouth and the oyster festival in some way."
Entries will be judged by a panel of local artists – John Dyer; the National Maritime Museum Cornwall's education officer, Stuart Slade; Peter Mason, chairman of the oyster festival; and Nigel Carpenter, owner of the St Michael's Hotel.

The winner will be announced on July 1 and receive a signed limited edition print of a painting especially created by Mr Dyer and a family meal at St Michael's Hotel.
"The aim is create a worthwhile competition which will leave a genuine legacy to the growth of the oyster festival and be a worthwhile project in its own right," said Mr Frankland. "As such, evidence of research leading up to the final choice of design should be submitted, including preliminary drawings and/or model. A high standard of presentation will also be one of the judging criteria.
"Schools are encouraged to support the application of their pupils by incorporating it as a classroom project."
The final submission should include a folder containing all the work towards the final design. The design itself should be drawn clearly, showing materials and workings. It can be supported by items such as video, ICT or photographs.

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Pupils-invited-creativity-oyster-man-contest/article-3414214-detail/article.html

http://www.johndyergallery.co.uk/oyster/

Gallery Android Apps

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:57:46 +0100

Following on for the huge success of our Gallery iPhone App we are delighted to announce that we have made versions of our apps available to Android smart phone users. 
The new selection of Apps which include the John Dyer Gallery App are available to download now from the official Android market.

https://market.android.com/developer?pub=The+John+Dyer+Gallery

Happy Birthday Eden

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:49:13 +0000

The Eden project in Cornwall is ten years old and artist John Dyer has worked as their ‘Painter in residence’ since before the biomes were even finished.

John has painted all over the world for Eden and we will have a special exhibition of his work coming up in the next year.

In the meantime take a look at some of the wonderful reproductions of the ethno-botanical and Eden paintings.

"a fabulous collection which perfectly epitomises Eden..." Tim Smit CEO Eden Project

"John's work makes you want to touch felty leaves, squeeze fat fruit, push your nose into flowers and breathe deeply. It's no surprise that his paintings are popular the world over; whether he is painting a vineyard in Provence, the Humid Tropics at Eden, or docks and beaches in his own native Cornwall, he touches a very human need - the innocent thirst for light, pattern and colour. We sense in John's paintings the sheer human thrill of being alive.." Sue Hill - Art Director of The Eden Project

Arty Seaside Clothes. New iPhone App.

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:56:30 +0000

USA Only at the moment.  The acclaimed designs of artists John Dyer and Joanne Short have been applied to their new 'beachytreats' range of online clothing and accessories.  Embroidery and Print designs. T-Shirts, Fleece, Keds Shoes, Bags, Caps, Art Ties and more.  View all the latest products. Tabs for searches by subject,colour,range. View our fashion gallery. Add your image to our fashion gallery directly from the app. Read all the latest news from ArtyClothes. ArtyClothes Podcasts. Special voucher codes and offers by push notification.
All available to download today in our FREE App.  Model photos ©Zazzle.com Designs © John Dyer & Joanne Short