BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3655@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180630 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20181029 DTSTAMP:20180525T141740Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-museum-cy nosure/ SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: C ynosure DESCRIPTION:LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND NEIL HULME PRESENT A NEW EXHIBITION\, C YNOSURE FOR THIS YEAR’S WIRRAL FESTIVAL OF FIRSTS AT THE WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY.\n\nApart from guest photographer\,  Neil Hulme our guest\, all t he photographers actively take part in the annual Wirral Festival of First s and have been responsible for creating the large collection of images th at have been recording the festival since its inception in 2011. In a chan ge from their previous exhibition at the Williamson “Through Their Eyes ” the work presented in Cynosure is what captures their photographic a nd artistic imagination.\n\nIan Chantler\n\nThree years ago\, it was sugge sted Ian should visit the inaugural Liverpool Comic Con. He was told it wo uld be a great event to get some unusual portrait and character images. Po rtraits were something he wanted to do but had never tried being known alm ost exclusively as an aviation photographer.\n\nA visit to Comic Con did n ot initially appeal\, and he needed some persuading. The atmosphere howeve r\, was amazingly friendly\, everyone wanting to be photographed. The cost umes were detailed beyond belief and it was one shot portraiture as nobody needed direction. Ian always ensures everyone he photographs gets a free copy of the image as a thank you. As a result Ian has built up a rapport a nd a friendship with a lot of the subjects getting requests for shots even before an event.\n\nFrom not doing portraiture 3 years ago\, this year he has already been guest photographer at Birmingham Horror Con and Liverpoo l Comic Con. Ian still loves aviation photography but has never seen an ex hibition of Cosplay photography so this is his thank you to all who have g iven their time and friendship and allowed him to produce many images that have won awards across the globe.\n\nGeorge Evans\n\nGeorge is a well kno wn local photographer highly skilled in Infra-Red photography.\n\nGeorge h as been a member of Hoylake Photographic Society for several years and his photography has been influenced by some the best photographers in the Nor th-West who have visited the club as guest speakers. Many have passed on t heir post processing techniques and tips over the years and from of this k nowledge his own photographic style has emerged. He will shoot anything fr om landscapes\, architecture\, people\, flowers\, to sports.\n\nGeorge’s work has been nationally recognised by the National Trust who are using h is image on their 2018 handbook. For this exhibition\, George will be prod ucing stunning photographs from his recent trip to Iceland selecting image s from the 2500 he took!\n\nNeil Hulme\n\nBased in the north west of Engla nd\, Neil Hulme is a self-taught black and white photographer often using long exposures to focus on the essential elements of the scene before him. \n\nThere is a beautiful simplicity in the minimalist approach to his work \, which produces an air of calm and serenity\, allowing the viewer to fee l the sense of solitude he is attempting to convey. The subtle and perfect ly balanced use of monochrome tones and contrast add much to another world ly mood and sense of abstraction in his interpretation of the landscape\n\ nBarry Quatermass CPAGB\n\nBorn in the 1950’s\, Barry is a local photogr apher who is happy working in both colour and black and white. He has take n photographs since being given his first camera aged 10\, and whilst enjo ying both Wildlife and People photography\, his passion is for the Landsca pe.\n\nFor Barry the best part of the day are the hours leading up to sunr ise\, and it is the peace and tranquillity afforded at this time of day th at he tries to capture and portray in his landscape work.\n\nHe very much embraces the digital era and prescribes to the view advocated by Ansel Ada ms (a landscape hero of his) that ‘the best images are made not taken’ hence he spends many hours in post-production\, working on his images to give them the feeling he had at the time of capture.\n\nBarbara Singleton MA\n\n‘It is no exaggerated praise to call a tree the grandest\, and mos t beautiful of all the productions of the earth.’\n\nWilliam Gilpin (172 4-1804) remarks on Forest Scenery and other Woodland Views (1791).\n\nBarb ara is working on new multimedia textile hangings for the Cynosureexhibit ion.\n\nShe will use a combination of printing and painting to celebrate t he beauty and towering strength of trees and their importance in Barbara ’s life as a constant source of wonder and inspiration.\n\nTrees are ess ential to mankind. As the biggest plants on Earth\, they give us oxygen\, store carbon\, stabilise the soil and give life to the world’s wildlife. Not only this\, but as the longest living species on our planet\, they gi ve us a link between the past\, present and future and they provide a calm haven in times of stress.\n\nWhether studied directly from nature or conj ured from the artist’s imagination\, whether loaded with poetic or polit ical symbolism or addressed in a down-to-earth\, factual manner\, artists through the ages have treated trees with the same reverence and psychologi cal insight as a portraitist would accord a sitter.\n\nFor Barbara\, trees are an infinite subject\, one that embraces not only light and colour\, b ut heady symbolism\, as in the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. Fro m a distance they may resemble cathedrals\; close up they’re cities teem ing with activity.\n\nThis most recent work considers the Ancient Trees of Wirral\, their size\, texture and importance to the community. A place to stop\, reflect and be calm.\n\nMike Waring\n\nMike is fascinated by the l ocal beauty that surrounds us and often remembers a relatives comment that if Thurstaston Hill and its views were in the south of England it would b e a national monument!.\n\nMikes local images are entitled “From here” and are just that\, giving the distance and bearing from the Williamson. They demonstrate the beauty that surrounds us and is so very close. Always interested in maps\, Mike will overlay the image with its precise locatio n\n\nThis exhibition continues after the Wirral Festival of Firsts as pa rt of theIndependents Biennial Festival of Art on Merseyside.\n\nPlease n ote the Williamson Art Gallery &\; Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday f rom 10 am until 5pm. Download the latest newsletter. to find out more ab out forthcoming exhibitions. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/05/Barry-2.jpg LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom GEO:53.384568;-3.040443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirral\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wil liamson Art Gallery & Museum:geo:53.384568,-3.040443 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR