Artist Jan Gay to hold workshop at Kerry Vale Vineyard

Kerry Vale Vineyard, situated on the Shropshire-Powys border near Montgomery, is organising a special portrait workshop by West Midlands artist Jan Gay on Friday, May 27.

The event will be part of Jan’s exhibition, which features a wide variety of original mixed media paintings and will run at the vineyard until June 1. She will host the five-hour portrait workshop, from 11am to 4pm, working from a live portrait model and welcomes all levels of ability, including beginners.

The workshop costs £35 per person and includes lunch with a glass of Kerry Vale’s award winning wine. Places are limited so booking is essential.

Jan graduated with a BA Hons at Bournville College of Art and previously studied Fine Art and Ceramics at Eastbourne Teacher Training College. Since graduating, she has worked as an art tutor, firstly taking sessions at Solihull College and then Warwick University until 2009. She now tutors adults privately.

A member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham Art Circle and Birmingham and Midland Pastel Society, her subject matter is diverse, yet there is a common thread of powerful colour and semi-abstract qualities throughout all her work.

“My desire is to create visually stimulating art, expressing the way I view the world," sad Jan, whose compositions reflect the drama and passion she feels about the whole creative process.

Invariably she begins her work in acrylic, using fluid, uninhibited marks which prepare for the richness of oil at a later stage.

Jan’s exhibition is a beautiful mix of acrylic, oil and pastel originals, also limited edition Giclee prints and ceramic figures. It can be viewed in the gallery above the vineyard’s shop and café during opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.

Please visit http://www.kerryvalevineyard.co.uk/events or call 01588620627 to book.

Picture caption:

Artist Jan Gay at work.

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NOTES TO EDITOR:

Kerry Vale Vineyard is a small, family run English vineyard situated on the Welsh / English border of rural Shropshire. Planted in 2010, the vineyard covers six acres of farmland, and resides at the eastern tip of the Vale of Kerry.  

For more information please contact Nadine Roach at Kerry Vale Vineyard on Tel: 01588 620627 or 07815157851 or Email: kerryvalevineyard@gmail.com