three new stunning paintings by our St Davids artist, Grahame Hurd-Wood showing two favourite beach views and a lovely homestead garden in Portugal We are printing the larger beach view paintings on a new paper Hahnemuhle Photorag Bright White 310gsm which does justice to the fantastic colours..
Read more...new works Barry Woodman
Barry has a knack of finding some of the most picturesque parts of Pembrokeshire:
Read more...new look
We have a new logo! We felt it was time for a new look and to represent the move towards the print on demand collaboration with our artists and online developments. So we have taken our inspiration from our place here at Llanunwas and tried to capture the magical feeling of the wood. It is […]
Read more...new pastels from Jo
Jo Wilder has been very busy and has produced a whole new line of pastel ‘paintings’. They are vibrant and colourful and full of Jo’s abstract imagination.. Advancement Often Jo draws her inspiration from nature but this time she is also drawing inspiration from ancient cultural designs which communicate through the use of symbols. The […]
Read more...mothers day
On this mothers day in Wales we show this beautiful self-portrait of mother with child by Ella Starling.. Ella’s exhibition ‘Raising Her Voice: A Collective Portrait of Motherhood’ opens today at Oriel y Parc in St Davids and will run for two weeks 15 – 30 March, and it will be on show again at […]
Read more...two new geological works by Graham Brace
We have received these two wonderful coloured pencil drawings for prints, from Graham Brace (thanks again to Marcus Bunce for the digitals), featuring wonderful rock formations and zonal lichens of the Pembrokeshire sea shore.
Read more...St David’s Day
On this St David’s Day 1 March we would like to remember a very special friend and very talented artist who entrusted her work with us, Sara Crisp Sara Crisp is renowned for her beautiful icon paintings in St David’s Cathedral which have been the subject of a book, and celebrated by so many visitors […]
Read more...Ian Bullock exhibition at Oriel y Parc (St Davids room) through the rest of Feb.
Enjoy the wonderful world of Ian Bullock, island conservationist, mentor and friend to many, gifted artist and travelling naturalist: Many of his exquisite drawings, sketches and paintings made the world over, have been gathered by his wife Gill and their daughter Heulwen in a retrospective exhibition at the Oriel y Parc information centre in St […]
Read more...welcome Graham Brace
Graham Brace came along to our opening of the Natural Gallery at Rookwood and I recently had the pleasure of meeting up with him again. I am very glad to report that we are able to advertise and print a few select geological compositions by this renowned Pembrokeshire artist. Graham was born in Milford Haven, […]
Read more...new Puffin prints by Philippa Mitchell
We have two sizes available of this wonderful new print by Philippa Mitchell reproduced from her painting ‘Puffinry’, which was inspired by her recent close observations at colonies of these spectacular birds on the Isle of May and on Skomer Island. A smaller and a medium-sized print, both on the highest quality Hahnemuhle Photorag 188gsm […]
Read more...fascinating new works added by Jo Wilder
We have just done the repro (with Alex’s help) for three wonderful new paintings by Jo Wilder These are available as limited editions of 100 each on Jo’s page: “Foel Drygarn”….view from the height of the ancient hill fort on the Preseli hills, Pembrokeshire. 40 x 42 cm on Hahnemuhle Photorag 188gsm fine art paper […]
Read more...finding the right repro
We had a visit from my friend Paul MacDermot last week. Paul and I did A-level Art together at school but where I headed off to a career in biology and conservation, Paul has remained with his art all his life and his great experience and talent shows in his subtle paintings of natural history […]
Read more...five new works by Barry Woodman
Barry Woodman has added five new paintings to our site available as delightful small prints: Barry Woodman Archives – Rookwood Art & Print Puffins on parade A fine day at Porthgain Harbour Abermawr sunset looking North Marloes Sands Fishguard Harbour sunset
Read more...connecting artworks with art fans
The main objective of the Rookwood Art & Print collaboration is to connect our artists and their works with art fans and collectors. It’s wonderful when a fan likes a work so much that they want to see it in their own space. Very glad that Jonathan Chant used our website to purchase Maggie Studholme’s […]
Read more...prints for Ros…
Open studios has been a lot of fun again this year and we have met many interesting art fans but today I am doing a bit of printing for Rosalyn Siân Evans Ros is an exceptional local artist from the St Davids area and a good friend I wasnt able to chat much when I […]
Read more...our photographers
We are glad to be getting some good results from the latest Epson printer for our photographers recently. Maggie Studholme continues to astound her many fans here with her views of Pembrokeshire, her photographic prints are a best-seller here. It is quite extraordinary really what Maggie sees and finds with her trusty camera. She pushes […]
Read more...Ella Starling
Our youngest artist at Rookwood is teaching us the most! Ella graduated from Falmouth University relatively recently with a Drawing Bachelor of Arts. Ella draws inspiration from the boundless beauty of the natural world and the complexity of human experience. Working primarily in pen, watercolour and charcoal – she blends fine detail with expressive mark-making, […]
Read more...Grahame Hurd-Wood
We are blessed with talented artists in this part of the world and I really enjoy working with them all to show all the creativity! Maybe we are all drawn to this place for similar reasons and share a desire to express what we see and experience here. It has been a great privilege to […]
Read more...Barry Woodman
We would like to welcome another new artist, Barry Woodman, to Rookwood Art & Print. Barry has recently moved to Pembrokeshire after an intrepid career as a professional civil engineer all around the world, where he has also been able to practice his wide interests including being an avid glider and hang-glider pilot! He is […]
Read more...Philippa Mitchell
From Fife Coastal Path where Philippa Mitchell was the artist in residence (among other residences) a couple of years back, Philippa and husband Carl, who is a bird ecologist, have made their move to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Philippa now paints full time from a studio near Hook or when weather permits, in plein-air […]
Read more...Ian McDonald
We welcome a few new exciting artists to Rookwood and the Natural Gallery: Ian McDonald was born and raised in Manchester, Ian is a frustrated cartoonist who initially trained as an architect and practised in the UK, Germany and India before returning to graphic artwork. He now lives and works in the north Pembrokeshire village […]
Read more...Ian Bullock & his Art
We lost Ian Bullock this year, a good friend who was taken far too soon and is very sorely missed by us and by many; and a wonderful artist who contributed to our gallery here at Rookwood. Sincere condolences to his wife Gill and daughter Heulwen and his many friends. We will be showing one […]
Read more...New exhibition ‘Springtime’ to open 18th April at The Natural Gallery
A new landscape and wildlife art exhibition opens Friday, 18th April, at The Natural Gallery, Rookwood Studios, Solva. Celebrating the beauty of the natural world, ‘Springtime’ will feature a range of works by 18 artists, illustrators and photographers. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new artists. Ian McDonald makes some lovely […]
Read more...Sangria and Tapas: Our Journey through the Cork Oaks
Thank you to the Natural Gallery fans who came to our book and Dehesa/Montada exhibition launch on Thursday 9th May. We enjoyed a lovely sunny evening so we cracked open the sangria and tapas to welcome the guests. It was a fab mix of raptor biologists, fellow artists and friends and family from Solva. Wonderful […]
Read more...paintings and book to raise funds for vultures in the cork oak savanna
We made 132 observations of vulture groups and counted a total of 931 Griffon Vultures soaring around the rocky tops on our month long journey around Alentejo and Extremadura. Testament to the stronghold that the Cork & Holm Oak savannas offer to these giant birds, along with the wild mountain habitats. We thought it would […]
Read more...upcoming for the Easter holidays at the Natural Gallery: Our trip to the cork savannas of Spain and Portugal
In September last year my partner Amanda Squire, and I were able to make a journey to explore the amazing cork savannas in Spain and Portugal. We are going to be holding an exhibition of the paintings and photographs from the trip at the Natural Gallery during the Easter holiday and we are producing a […]
Read more...26 February 2024
ahead of the rain, always a good spot to paint – view of Penberi from Dowrog Common
Read more...Party time- gallery and book launch!
The gallery is OPEN! We will be celebrating the opening of Rookwood, our new wildlife art gallery at Llanunwas, Solva and the publication (finally! – longest gestation period of any book) of African Raptors: a fieldguide by Bill Clark and Rob Davies with a launch event this Tuesday 12th March 2019. Doors open 5pm. All […]
Read more...Caught in the rain
Quite separately Rob and I headed out along the coast on the same wintery afternoon. Rob was out for his run around the coast from Rookwood with Ketchup the dog, and I had cadged a lift in to St David’s and was walking home to Solva via the coast path. Our afternoons collided seconds after […]
Read more...Rookwood Studios gallery – opening soon!
Rookwood Studios is a gallery specialising in landscape and wildlife art. Its home is a converted barn on a farm estate near the fishing village of Solva in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The gallery displays work representative of the rich natural heritage of the UK’s only coastal national park but it features work by […]
Read more...Paul MacDermot’s recent works…
Paul is about to give a course in tonal painting at the Summerleaze gallery near Shaftesbury
Read more...Gallery coming together
Shearwater release
This little chap we found outside the cinema in Carmarthen last night. Blown well off course in the storms, known as a wreck.
Read more...Ruby, Rednape Shaheen
Morfa Common
A calm summer evening.
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