The Deeside Art Group’s annual exhibition, in which I’ll be showing three small pieces, opens this weekend. The venue is Westbourne Hall, West Kirby, Wirral. The exhibition, which I think is DAG’s 63rd, runs until Sunday 26th June 2010. The opening hours are something like 11am-5pm but I’m not absolutely sure to be quite honest.

The Gallery Liverpool ‘Light Night’ exhibition has now finished and those paintings that didn’t sell are now available again on this website. I’ve recently finished several new pieces and I’ll hopefully be uploading them in the next few weeks.

Ashton Park, West Kirby

The ‘Liverpool Light Night’ exhibition at The Gallery Liverpool opens this Friday (14th May 2010) with a Private Viewing coinciding with ‘Liverpool Light Night‘. Eight of my pieces will be included in this group exhibition, which will run until Saturday 5th June 2010.

Doors will open at 7pm on Friday and the Private View is scheduled to run until 2am. Opening times thereafter are 10:30am-4:30pm Monday to Saturday. For more information on the exhibition and the Gallery Liverpool please visit www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk.

92 events will be taking place at various venues over the city on Friday evening, encompassing art, music, theatre and more. For more information on the Liverpool festival and to download a free guide, please visit www.culture.org.uk/articles/show/204?type=News.

‘Liverpool Light Night’ is part of the wider ‘Museums at Night’ festival, with events taking place over the EU. For more information on the wider festival please visit www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/museums+at+night.

I’ve removed the prices from 8 pieces today as they are shortly to be exhibited in a group show at The Gallery Liverpool. The exhibition opens on May 14th and I think runs for 3 weeks. More helpful details to follow nearer the opening.

Island

I’ve also uploaded a new painting – Island (which won’t be one of the pieces exhibited in the show). It’s based on a photograph of a sunset over Hilbre Islands in the Dee Estuary, Wirral. I was experimenting with the depiction of clouds, trying to get the rolling effect of clouds passing overhead. Painted in water-mixable oils.

Blossom

I’ve uploaded some new images of a painting I’ve recently completed. The painting is based on a photograph of a tree in blossom that I took in Tilgate Park in Sussex. It’s painted in water-mixable oils on canvas.

More info and images…

I’ve just created a Facebook page, which I have imaginatively titled ‘Art by Simon Birtall’.  I’m not absolutely certain how I’m going to use it to be quite honest but it seems to be the thing to do. And who am I to argue?

Those visitors wishing to keep up-to-date with news of exhibitions and the like might like to become ‘fans’ (in the broadest sense of the word) or leave (preferably nice) comments.

I have added a selection of images to the page and really should make an effort to keep it updated with fascinating news items and thought-provoking discussion. We shall see.

Visit ‘Art by Simon Birtall’ on Facebook…

An excellent new community website has recently launched at www.themeetingplacenorth.co.uk. ‘The Meeting Place North’ is an informative and fun online magazine based in Cheshire. It includes articles pertaining to Cheshire, Wirral and Greater Manchester including art, sports news, gardening advice, events listings and much more. Much of the information is provided by the community, who are encouraged to participate. Visit the website…

St Davids, Pembrokeshire

Hello. I’ve just uploaded a new painting to the website. It’s a small landscape painting of St Davids, Pembrokeshire in south Wales.

I’ve based the painting on a photograph I took on a brief working trip to St Davids in around 1993. I’m guessing the coastline won’t have changed too much since.

This is another painting in water-mixable oils, which I think I’m beginning to get the hang of. I’ve another 8 paintings on the go, in various stages of completion, which I’ll hopefully start to finish and upload in the next couple of months or so.

Morden Hall Park, London

Six of my paintings are currently on display at the Dot-Art offices in Queen Avenue, Liverpool in a group exhibition called ‘Approaches to Landscape’. The exhibition is due to run until 15th January 2010. Please visit www.Dot-Art.co.uk for details and directions.

My exhibited paintings (4 in oils and 2 in acrylics) include: Thornton Hough, Morden Hall Park (pictured) and St Michael’s Mount Harbour.

Ashton Park, West Kirby

Three of my paintings (Ashton Park, Birkenhead Priory, Birkenhead Park) are now on display in St George’s Hall, Liverpool in the ‘Building Merseyside‘ exhibition.

The exhibition, which runs to 3rd January 2010, is a collaborative venture between Dot-Art and St George’s Hall, and is an exploration of the architecture of the Merseyside area.

The exhibition is particularly strong on photography and includes some stunning photographs of the area by local photographers.

Two of my smaller paintings will be making an appearance at the Egerton House Christmas Fayre in Birkenhead this Friday (20th November ‘09) on the Dot-Art stand, alongside work by 11 other artists, mulled wine and canapes. A variety of arts and crafts will be on sale at prices from £25 to £150. The fayre runs from 12noon to 4pm. For more details please click here.