Arts

Step into a surreal Tolkien landscape

Roger Garland creates thumbnails for ideas for book illustration (left). Middle: The tale of the sun and the moon, an illustration for Unfinished Tales. Right: Gollum (seen at the very bottom of the painting) with a freshly caught fish

Monday, December 01, 2008

MANY people may well be unaware that the original illustrations for the magnificent works of one of the world's best-loved authors are housed in North Cornwall.

Stepping into the Lakeside Gallery at Lezant, near Launceston, scenes from the fabled author JRR Tolkien's...

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Artworks to feature at auctions

<B>Above: Dame Laura Knight's In The Fields, which is estimated to fetch between £150,000 and £200,000 at Christie's British Art Sale on December 10. Left: Sir Alfred James Munnings' The Devon and Somerset Staghounds, will feature in a Sporting and Wildlife Art sale in New York</B>

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

WORKS by leading Westcountry artists including Dame Barbara Hepworth, Dame Laura Knight, Walter Langley and Robert Lenkiewicz are among the...

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Sex goddess cues for action at gallery

Marilyn Monroe plays pool while making her last film. Inset: A poster from one of her previous films

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

IT IS a grainy but seductive image of one of the great screen sirens as she relaxes on the set of her swansong film. The moodily lit photograph...

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Learning to chip off the old block

Anthony shows Sarah how to use the claw chisel

Saturday, November 22, 2008

STONE carvers must develop good muscles, I decide, as I raise the hammer for the next blow. A sizeable lump of alabaster flies off, writes...

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Find Ruarri where red mist descends

Ruarri Joseph – the heart theme is featured in the new album artwork by Paul Lakeman

Friday, November 21, 2008

RUARRI Joseph is feeling more like himself these days, writes Jackie Butler. Not so long ago the Cornish singer songwriter was dreaming of a...

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Theme of light is soaringly uplifting

Friday, November 21, 2008

DANCE which soars and floats with fluid costumes and uplifting music, Eternal Light is the latest creation from innovative Rambert Dance...

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'Hirst' skull for cut-price connoisseur

Alas, poor collector: The crystal-encrusted copy of the Hirst skull in the Driftwood Gallery, Truro <B/>

Saturday, November 15, 2008

FOR those whose bank balance will not stretch to the £50 million Damien Hirst original, one Cornish gallery is offering a "credit-crunch"...

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Colourful life leaps from canvas to stage

Friday, November 14, 2008

PLYMOUTH artist Robert Lenkiewicz was a fascinating and often controversial character – his work was provocative and his private life...

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Grandson rekindles terror of trenches

Friday, November 14, 2008

THE terror of life in the trenches as recorded in a soldier's diary is being brought to the stage by his grandson this month, as the world...

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Exhibition celebrates life of Beryl Cook

Major exhibition to celebrate life and work of Beryl Cook

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A MAJOR exhibition celebrating the life and work of artist Beryl Cook is to open in the city which inspired her work. For six weeks, the...

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