Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Press Release Steve Whitehead Paintings 11 September - 9 October 2010 Images from www.flickr.com/photos/rwapress/sets/ Images above: 'Albert Hall & Memorial', 'Jubilee Bridge', 'View of Whitby'. Click on each one to download high res version.  For more information, contact Louisa Davison on 0117 973 5129 (Fridays) or 07929 244 840, or press.office@rwa.org.uk. Exhibition details Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX. 0117 973 5129 www.rwa.org.uk Public opening: 11 September - 9 October 2010 Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm Admission: free ‘Magic realist’ painter, Steve Whitehead exhibits his beautifully crafted atmospheric landscape paintings. More information below.  And in the RWA’s New Gallery (free admission): Anne Adamson: Scenes from a Fictional World, 27 August – 28 September Ethereal landscape drawings and paintings in ink and acrylic by Bristol-based artist Anne Adamson. Andriy Yalanskyi: Retrospective, 1-26 October An exhibition of paintings by the artist known as the ‘Monet of the Ukraine’ whose pleasing compositions of landscapes and country scenes in oils have an unerring colour register and a masterly way with sunlight.  Associated events: (Download www.rwa.org.uk/pr10/diary_autumn_dec.doc for complete listings) 158 Autumn Exhibition(24 Oct – 12 Dec) Last date to register (online) 15 September. More info: press release www.rwa.org.uk/callsubmit10.htm  and online submission www.rwa.org.uk/openfrm.htm  and  and Art hand –in 16-18 September, 10-5pm   Saturday 18 September RWA Friends’ Lecture - The Road to Kathmandu: An Illustrated Journal of a Motorcycle Journey through Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India, by Simon Roberts 11am – 12.15pm. Coffee and refreshments 10.15am   Saturday 2 October Art hand in day for the Friends’ Exhibition (24 Oct – 4 December)  Saturday 6 October, 2pm 158 Autumn Exhibition Gallery Tour Tour of the exhibition led by Chris Dunseath RWA. Free with exhibition admission fee.   More information about Steve Whitehead Paintings One of the most important hyper-realist painters working in Britain today, Steve Whitehead, comes to the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol in September.   Steve describes his work as 'Magic Realism' and the combination of strong design and virtuoso detail in his paintings give them an almost surreal atmosphere that is instantly memorable, and look photographic. Steve’s enormous technical ability combines with an instinctive feel for the natural world to produce beautifully crafted atmospheric landscapes.   By the very nature of this technique, in the time invested and the patience required for each work, Steve's paintings are necessarily scarce. This is a great opportunity for the Bristol area to enjoy his work.   Steve was born in Coventry and studied at the University of Wales with David Tinker, graduating with an MA in the mid 80's, before continuing his studies at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has twice won the Wales Open and has also been a prizewinner in Manchester Academy and Hunting Art Prizes exhibitions. His paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Contemporary Art Society of Wales and University College of Wales, Cardiff.   Throughout his life Steve has managed to combine painting and exhibiting with a highly successful career in fine art education. He has developed a reputation for promoting his belief in the sanctity of good painting, defending this fast disappearing craft against the onslaught of conceptualism, the belief in ideas over execution.  Steve Whitehead’s exhibition - a brand new addition to the main RWA programme - runs from 11 September – 9 October 2010 at Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, open seven days a week. For more details call 0117 973 5129 or visit www.rwa.org.uk.   Editor's Notes High resolution downloadable images of a selection of the paintings are available at www.flickr.com/photos/rwapress/sets/  solely for use with media reports of this exhibition. To download high res pictures, please click on the image you require, then click ‘All sizes’ then click on ‘Original’, then ‘Download’. This press release copyright of RWA and used solely to promote this exhibition. For more information or to interview artists, please contact Louisa Davison on 0117 973 5129 (or 01672 811 515) press.office@rwa.org.uk.   The RWA has seven galleries within the 19thcentury building. The five upstairs galleries – Sharples, Winterstoke, Stancomb-Wills, Methuen and Milner - host the main exhibition/s. Artists can apply to hire the downstairs New Gallery for their own exhibitions (which forms the New Gallery programme). In the basement are the RWA Friends’ Room (with occasional Friends’ exhibitions), and also the newly refurbished Fedden Gallery which often exhibits some pieces from the RWA’s permanent collection and is available to hire as a conference and meeting space. All gallery spaces are available for private hire for special events, such as weddings and parties. If members of the media would like a tour, please contact Louisa as above.   RWA also hires out pieces from its permanent collection as part of the ‘Art in Your Workplace’ scheme, see www.rwa.org.uk/workfrm.htm.  The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is one of only five Royal academies of art in the UK. It is a registered charity which has been self-supporting for over 150 years and possesses an outstanding Grade II* listed building, galleries and permanent fine art collection. The RWA has HM Queen Elizabeth II as its patron. The RWA is an established venue for the fine arts and embraces an artistic awareness of the widest nature. The exhibition programme provides a showcase for one-person and mixed exhibitions in a variety of media, which attract large numbers of visitors nation-wide. The Academy is situated in the academic heart of Bristol at the Clifton Triangle, where Queens Road meets Whiteladies Road, next to Habitat and opposite the Victoria Rooms. 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