Plymouth Watercolour Society Winter Exhibition
Welcome to PWS virtual exhibition!
Plymouth Watercolour Society meets regularly at Saltash to socialise, attend watercolour workshops and plan bi-annual exhibitions. Due to the pandemic, this is the first of our online exhibitions, showcasing the work of our watercolour and water-based media artists.
This exhibition runs from January 15th to March 31st
Exhibiting Artists:
Jean Mintoft, Alan Wright, Robert Turner, Heather Knight, Paul Kemp, Chris Moulder, David Blackhurst, Jenny Hart, John Washbrook, Mike Battley, Graham Steen, Cathy Vasey, Debbie Murphy, Patricia Greenwood.
Contact Plymouth Watercolour Society
If you would like to make an enquiry about a piece of artwork, purchase a painting or want to find out more about Plymouth Watercolour Society, contact:
For general enquiries email: plymouthwatcol@gmail.com
To purchase a painting email Jean Mintoft: jeanmintoft@aol.com
Jean Mintoft
Jean has enjoyed drawing and painting all her life, but didn’t take it seriously until she moved to the west coast of Wales in 1999. There, she started to paint landscapes in watercolours or pastels and often did commissions for the holidaymakers who came to the area. In 2014 she moved to Plymouth and joined the Plymouth Watercolour Society and a couple of other art groups.
At the present Jean paints mainly in oils or acrylics. She finds watercolours challenging, but enjoys doing watercolour sketches in her holiday diaries. She exhibits regularly with the PWS, at the Trinity Art Exhibition and with the Drawn to the Valley group of artists. She held a solo Exhibition in Devonport Guildhall just before lockdown 1 in March 2020.
Mountain Sunset
Size 30cm x 60cm. Acrylic on canvas.
To sell unframed. Painted around the edges. £150
Dartmoor Stream
Size 40cm x 40cm. Acrylic on canvas.
To sell unframed.
Painted around the edges £125
Beach near Rame Head
Size 30cm x 25cm. Acrylic on board.
To sell unframed £80
Wembury Sunset
Size 40cm x 30cm. Acrylic on canvas.
To sell unframed. Painted around the edges. £150
Bright Interval
Size 35cm x 25cm. Watercolour on paper.
To sell with frame or mount. £60
The Broken Barrier
Size 40cm x 30cm. Acrylic on board.
To sell unframed. £100
Alan Wright
SOLD: Porthleven
Watercolour 28cm x 38cm
£40 framed.
Krishna and Friends
Watercolour 28cm x 19 cm.
Not for sale
Heather Knight
Heather grew up on the Cornish moors, currently based in Plymouth. She is inspired by the beautiful and wild moors, woods and coast of Devon and Cornwall. She works in watercolours, acrylics and water based oil paint to capture the the feeling and movement of the local landscapes.
Stonehouse Cathedral
Acrylic on paper
22.5 x 35.5 cm (+ 2.5 cm card frame on each edge) £70
Garden Shed in Spring
Acrylic on stretched canvas. Not for Sale
Misty Morning with Boats
Acrylic on stretched canvas. 40x30cm. £90
Orange Seascape
Acrylic on stretched canvas. 40x30cm. £80
Reserved: Tottiford Reservoir
Acrylic on stretched canvas
40 x 30 cm
SOLD: The Gate
Acrylic on stretched canvas
41 x 31.5 cm
Paul Kemp
Black Tor Logan Stone
Medium: Watercolours
15" x 11" not framed £85
Dartmoor 4
Medium: Watercolours (tissue)
15" x 11" not framed £85
Stone circle, Langstone moor
Medium: Watercolours (tissue)
15" x 11" not framed £85
Late evening Burrator
Medium: Watercolours
15" x 11" not framed £85
Edge of the Forest
Medium: Watercolours
15" x 11" not framed £85
Donnington Sunset
Medium: Pastel
15" x 11" not framed £85
Mike Battley
Scott’s Boat at Saltash Passage
Gouache - £100 Image size: w242mm x h191mm,
Framed size: w363mm x h310mm.
Saltash Passage
Pen and Watercolour - £100
Image size: w350mm x 244mm
Framed size: w480 x h375mm
South Hessary Tor, Dartmoor
Image size: w344mm x h245mm
Framed size: w434mm x h332mm
First Snow
Watercolour - £100
Image size: w350mm x h244mm
Framed size: w480mm x h375mm
The Thaw
Watercolour - £100.
Image size: w350mm x h244mm
Framed size: w480mm x h375mm
Where the Plym Meets the Laira
Watercolour - £100.
Image size: w350mm x h244mm
Framed size w480mm x h375mm
Jenny Hart
Jenny Hart has always loved painting, experimenting with a variety of media and styles at different times in life, usually to capture happy memories or glimpses of natural beauty. Now retired, she sells her paintings to raise money for charity. She supports several local charities but purchasers are very welcome to nominate a charity of their choice!
The first four paintings below illustrate loose watercolour with pencil or pen; the last two show a more stylised approach.
SOLD: Mullion Sunset
Watercolour Painting
Painting Size: 19x28cm
Unframed £15
Bedruthan Steps
Watercolour and pen
Painting Size: 12x17cm
Unframed £10
Poppies
Watercolour and pen
Painting Size: 12x17cm
Unframed £10, Framed £20
Cornish Poldark Coast (1)
Watercolour and pencil
Painting Size: 25x35cm
Unframed £30, Framed £70
Cornish Poldark Coast (2)
Watercolour and pencil
Painting Size: 25x35cm
Unframed £30, Framed £70
Peace Lilies
Watercolour
Painting Size: 19x28cm
Unframed £15, Framed £25
Chris Moulder
Chris Moulder has been the Chairman of Plymouth Watercolour Society, and is a regular exhibitor with the Society
Golden Pond
Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas
50 x 50 cm £150
Phoenix
Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas
40 x 40 cm £130
High on the Hill
Framed, Acrylic on paper
60 x 60 cm £180
Holywell Bay
Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas
50 x 50 cm £150
Mawgan Porth
Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas
50 x 50 cm £150
Wipeout
Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas
50 x 50 cm £150
Robert Turner
Rob has been a member of the PWS for some time. Starting with watercolour, he has also tried acrylics, especially for portraits.
Paula
Acrylic. Paula, the tutor of a drumming class, seen by Rob as a deeply spiritual and giving person. He was able to put in a symbolic theme to the painting, which represented this.
Cornish Jewels
Watercolour
Unframed: 22cm x 30cm. £30
Onions
Watercolour still life
Framed: £50
David Blackhurst
I resumed painting on my return to the UK after many years abroad. I was encouraged by my friend and neighbour in South Wales, John Selway, a renowned Welsh artist, who regrettably died in 2017. He said something like, the only thing that prevents your ability is your imagination. I’m still trying not to paint what I see. “Vigilant imagination”.
Big Pit
Watercolour 50 x 40cm. Dec 2010 framed. I lived about 10 miles from Big Pit, World Heritage Centre, visiting many times each year, and frequently during the winter when covered in deep snow at +300m, taking loads of photos for reference. Hopefully this is what it may have looked like in 1900. £180
Brooklyn Bridge
Watercolour 40 x 29cm. June 2020 framed. I was attracted by a photo of the bridge cables, and perspective, and thought it would look nice with a sunset. £150
Florence Duomo
Florence Duomo... Watercolour, pen and ink 37 x 30cm. May 2019 framed. Having taken hundreds of photos during visits to Florence, I had to reference stock photos to find several that would be ideal for pen and ink. £150
Japanese Noble Woman
Watercolour 30 x 20cm. 2018 framed. I painted some later Japanese prints in the 80's but this one went missing - possibly during one of many home moves? Someone who liked later Japanese prints remember it, so painter another, for them, must admit my eyes must have been allot better in the 80’s. Sold.
London, Whitehall
Watercolour 40 x 28cm. Nov. 2019 framed. I was given the challenge to paint a watercolour from an original oil painting, glazing in reverse with masking! Not for sale.
Wells Cathedral, from Vicars’ Close
Watercolour 51 x 41cm. May 2020 framed. Painted using several of my photos and a previous painting of Vicars’ Close, messing with unnatural light. £205
Cathy Vasey
When I left school I went to the Croydon Art School to do a year’s diploma course. When I finished that course I decided that I didn’t want to pursue art as a career, but preferred to keep it as a hobby instead. I love the medium of watercolour as it’s so challenging and you can never pre-determine how your painting will turn out, which is great fun.
French Barn
Watercolour on paper
Mount size: Outer 51 cm x 41 cm; Inner 38 cm x 28 cm.
Unframed - £30
Hydrangea
Watercolour on paper
Mount size: Outer 41 cm x 30.5 cm; Inner 30 cm x 19.5 cm.
Unframed - £25
Wembury Bay
Watercolour on paper
Mount size: Outer 40 cm x 30 cm; Inner 29 cm x 20 cm.
Unframed - £25
John Washbrook
Geraniums in Blue pot
Watercolour. 13 x 10 inches including white frame
£30 framed
Provident off Start Point
Watercolour. Provident in one of the last Brixham Trawlers. The painting is from a photograph I took off her off Start Point. Framed 19 x 15 inches.
Un-framed 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Framed £65 , Un-framed £45. Un-Framed painting can be posted wrapped and in strong cardboard tube £5
Graham Steen
Artillery Tower and Firestone Bay, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Watercolour on 130g Brockington rough paper. Size 245 x 345 unmounted. I have been encouraged by a gallery to seek out and paint local scenes for their clients. Firestone bay is very popular with all year round swimmers.
Sale price £60
Bridge over stream at Cotehele Mill, Morden Valley - Winter Snow
Watercolour with white and black ink on 140g Arches rough paper. Size 200 x 290 mounted in white frame size 310 x 380. The view is from below the wooden bridge showing the mill pool, waterfalls and salmon and trout ladder in a winter snow storm. A beautiful part of the Morden Valley and a special place for wildlife including deer, foxes, badgers and squirrels.
Sale price £60
Family walk in Dartmoor snow
Watercolour on 140g Arches rough paper. Size 290 x 205 in white frame 380 x 310. Exercise using shadows to contrast white of the snow with blue greys. Colour introduced into hedges and trees to make painting lift from the paper. Focus onto family of four out for a walk. Typical scene on Dartmoor with footpath leading to a gate.
Sale price £50.
Bridge over stream at Cotehele Mill, Cornwall - Summer Scene
Watercolour and ink pen on 140g Arches rough paper. Size 340 x 270, mounted in light grey frame 435 x 260. One of our favourite places for an easy walk. The view is of the wooden bridge from upstream from where the leat runs down the hillside to power the 18thC mill. Visit the mill to buy bread flour and taste the latest offerings when someone is cooking in the mill.
Sale price £60
Sunset in Winter
Watercolour on 140g Arches rough paper. Size 280 x 190 in unframed mount 355 x 280. Experiment using cold and warm colours too show pre-storm winter sky and reflections in wet meadow, Trees used to link foreground to the sky. Sale price £35
Debbie Murphy
I studied Textile Design at university but my real love is painting in acrylics. I have exhibited locally and nationally and have designed a Christmas card for a well known Animal charity. I paint a lot of commissions of dogs and occasionally people! I now sell all my paintings for charity as they are all struggling at the moment.
Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tensing
Acrylic 35 x 25 cm. Unframed £40
Milkmaid
Acrylic 30 x 40 cm. Unframed £30
Chicken
Acrylic 30 x 15 cm approx
Box canvas £40
Chai Time
Acrylic 30 x 35 cm. Unframed £30
My Ball
Acrylic 20 x 20 cm, box canvas £30
The Morning After, (after Munch)
Acrylic 35 x 35 cm. Framed £50
Patricia Greenwood
"Since the start of the pandemic, my regular art teacher has run online courses and this has occupied a great deal of my time. In particular, I've been involved in the study of atmospheric landscapes."
Snow Scene
Gouache and watercolour pencils.
10" x 10". Not for sale.
The Setting Sun
Gouache and watercolour.
9" x 14". Not for sale.
Thank you for visiting the PWS exhibition!