3 Painters in a Boatshed...Watching the River Flow

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Exhibition of Paintings about the Tamar River

Saturday 30th August - Friday 12th September
10am - 6pm daily

Private View Friday 29th August 6pm - 8pm

Having given and received commissions from 3 separate regional artists with very different individual styles for our tide tables, it seemed appropriate to provide an opportunity for the WQB customers, local mariners and the community at large to see more of their work. Accordingly, we have invited the Tide Table artists to produce marine work and specifically work on and around the Tamar River for a 2-week exhibition at the Boatyard entitled ‘Watching the River Flow’.

IAN HEARD (WQB 2007)

Nature or nurture – it’s in his bones. The family boatyard in Cornwall has infused Ian’s career as a marine illustrator. After 12 years with Yachting Monthly, he moved his design enterprise to Tavistock and is now best-known for his delightful book, Classic Boats of the West Country

RICHARD ALLMAN (WQB 2008)

Richard is a master draughtsman who has chronicled the changing faces of the City of Plymouth for 30 years. For this project he has worked outside, exploring looser themes and styles inspired by structures, boats and riverscapes between the Brunel Bridge and Morwellham Quay

RITA SMITH (WQB 2009)

 

Trained at Camberwell and the Slade, Rita has lived and worked around the Tamar for 20 years. The rhythms and shapes of boats out of the water and the elegant lines and patterns of masts and rigging against the Tamar hills and skies have proved endlessly fascinating and challenging.

 

For more information on the exhibition and the artists please go to our new webpages Art at Weir Quay.