art in penallt 2025

This year’s event takes place 23rd - 25th August 2025 across three locations in Penallt Village - Pelham Hall, The Bush Inn and Pentwyn Barn.

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS  

2 demonstrations daily, 10:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 3:30pm at The Bush Inn 

Saturday, 23rd August 2025  
10.30am - 12.30pm Karl Hamilton-Cox Painting in Oils - Wildlife 
1.30pm - 3.30pm Steve Freer Raku Pottery - Decorating techniques 

Sunday, 24th August 2025  
10.30am - 12.30pm Alex Brown Painting in Oils - Still Life 
1.30pm - 3.30pm Christine Baxter Sculpture - Portraiture Skills 

Monday, 25th August 2025  
10.30am - 12.30pm Kim Colebrook Pottery - Throwing techniques 

1.30pm - 3.30pm Melanie Fritz Painting in Gouache - Colourful Still Life in Gouache 

Demonstration brief: Colourful Still Life in Gouache 

Painter and textile artist Melanie Fritz will show you how to play with bold and vibrant colour combinations to create still lifes that burst with energy.  

We’ll start with setting up still life objects, and visitors are invited to provide an intriguing object of their own.  

Then we’ll lay a background wash and choose colours that may or may not reflect reality. We’ll bring them together with line and brushwork and sort things out when they go wrong, until it all comes together in a pleasing result.