Kerry Vale Vineyard on the Shropshire border with Powys is hosting a special children’s story time and book signing by artist and author Meg Hawkins on Sunday, July 17.
The event will be part of Shropshire-based Meg’s exhibition entitled ‘Watercolours, illustrations and beyond’, which features a wide variety of original watercolour paintings and limited edition prints and will run from July 9 to August 3 at the vineyard.
Meg will host the one hour session between 10.30am and 11.30am when she will introduce children to a selection of her best selling stories which will be read aloud. She will also available to sign books and chat to children and parents.
The session will cost £3.50 per adult, to include tea and cake and £1 per child between three and eight years, to include, milk, squash and cookies.
Meg’s stories follow themes embracing friendship, exploration and learning through adventure, set in the beautiful Shropshire and Powys countryside.
Having drawn pictures for her four children and watching them grow up with the characters that her pencils, imagination and talent had bought to life gave her the passion to make a hobby into something she could share with parents and children.
Meg studied art and sculpture in college, before moving onto interior design and photography.
Her diverse and eclectic exhibition showcases her varied styles and beautiful, wide ranging techniques. Meg captures both fine art detail and the energy in the shapes and contours of her subjects, working in pencil, pastel and watercolour.
Her work can be viewed in the gallery above the vineyard’s shop and café, which is located between Montgomery and Churchstoke, during opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
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Meg Hawkins.
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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.
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