CLARE WOODS
Oriel y Parc, St Davids
Until Sun 6 March
A Tree A Rock A Cloud is an on-going exhibition that has been showcased in Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre since 2014, and now features stunningly beautiful new work by the acclaimed Clare Woods until the 6 March 2016. As her first large-scale solo exhibition in Wales, A Tree A Rock A Cloud signifies an essential moment in the artist’s practice and brings together work that considers the traditional subjects of landscape, still life and portraiture.
The new exhibit will be displayed alongside three key works taken from the National Museum Wales, as well as work from John Piper and Graham Sutherland. The three works from the National Museum, selected especially by Woods, are The Rabbit by Edouard Manet (1881), Frozen Pond by John Nash (1953) and the photograph Civilian Victim, Vietnam (1967) by Philip Jones Griffith. Her popular work is represented in many major collections and has been exhibited in Copenhagen, Leeds, London, Athens, Madrid and Berlin.
This particular exhibition evolved out of an engagement with traditions of historic paintings and Woods’ paintings have quite often been discussed in relation to neo-Romanticism, due to her revival of interest in landscapes. This beautiful exhibition is not one to be missed this year, demonstrating the beauty of nature in a naturally beautiful location.
Admission: free. Info: www.orielyparc.co.uk / 01437 720 392
words CHELSEA BROWNHILL
