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ART AT NINE SPRINGS
OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION IS BY THREE ARTISTS WHO HAIL FROM SOMERSET AND LONDON
Sara Clay, Roy Sweetman and Ra Zamora
SARA CLAY, frsa
"During my final year of school, my Saturday morning art teacher (a trendy Abstract Expressionist) asked what I planned to study at university. Having been thoroughly influenced by parents, teachers & guidance counsellors, I said ‘French’. That was sensible, she said, ‘you have a nice little talent ...’
‘But …’ wasn’t voiced.
I’ve pursued half a dozen careers since, some fairly creative, none relevant to French studies. But I considered myself someone who would have liked to be an artist. Lately I've discovered that, actually, I am an artist. I suppose I could be described as a neo-Impressionist, with a fascination for Glastonbury’s iconic people and places, myths and mysteries.
My work will never hang in the Tate Modern. Art critics are unlikely ever to notice me. But people seem to like my stuff. Occasionally they buy it. And when I am painting, and it’s going well, I am perfectly happy.
Contact me by email saraclay@btinternet.com. or phone 01458 834789.
 
Brue Meadow Rainbow Rite M
ROBERT SWEETMAN
Robert studied at Hull College of Art and then the University of East Anglia, achieving his BAHons degree in Art History.
As a student, he mentally collected self-portraits. How many Old Masters can you name in ‘School of Art’? He taught drawing, painting and art history for Somerset Community Education for twenty years, but now prefers to exhibit his work and create paintings to order.
Described by his art teacher at school as ‘a likeable oddball’, he has a talent for figurative styles and sums up his favourite themes as ‘fakes and fantasies’. Robert has an eye for the details that surround him in rural Somerset, where he lives on a smallholding with his family and a few sheep.
For commissions, contact him by phone 01458 223049
 Castle Sheep
RA ZAMORA
Ra Zamora graduated from Camberwell School of Art in 1996 with a BA Honours 2:1 Degree in Fine Art & Graphic Design.
She has exhibited in London, Bristol and at various venues during Somerset Arts Week.
Ra creates colourful art works exploring new positive ways of portraying mass-media symbols and icons of timeless beauty.
Ra's intention is to bring some Joy, Colour and Inspiration into peoples lives.
Please contact her for commissions and portraits on her mobile 07876 186322
or by email - razamora@hotmail.co.uk
 Stairway to Heaven
This is a photograph of a real ladder - suspended in the air reaching to the sky. It is not a computer manipulated image.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
The last exhibition held in 2011 was of work by JESSICA LOEB & BARBARA SIMONS
Work by Jessica Loeb
 
Reflections Zanskar
Work by Barbara Simons
 
Full Long Run Spray
© Barbara Simons © Barbara Simons
Barbara is also a practitioner of The Feldenkrais Method and will be holding workshops in the forthcoming months.
Early in 2011 we hosted an exhibition of the work of three prominent West Country Photographers - PAULINE ROOK, MICHAEL MAMMATT & MICHAEL MAMMATT
Work by PAULINE ROOK
 
www.rookphoto.co.uk
Work by MICHAEL MAMMATT
 
Work by JERRY MITCHELL
  
www.dunstanphoto.co.uk
Nine Springs is based in a delightful Georgian building and we are happy to offer artists the opportunity to exhibit their work throughout the building. This also gives them the chance to sell to visitors, clients and those who attend openings and events at the Centre. If you are interested in attending the occasional preview evenings that we put on please contact Health Centre Manager, Teresa Rose - teresa.rose@ninespringsclinic.org or 01935 476234.
Exhibition by "Imagine, Learn and Create"
We recently hosted an exhibition by a small art group in Somerset supporting adults with learning disabilities to achieve their full artist potential. Based near South Petherton they run daily art groups that also include some dance and drama. All artists are of mixed age and ability working on joint and individual art and craft projects.
For more details please
call Jess Hyslop 07779222996
Examples of the artwork in the exhibition
  Nine Springs is based in a delightful Georgian building and we are happy to offer artists the opportunity to exhibit their work throughout the building. This also gives them the chance to sell to visitors, clients and those who attend openings and events at the Centre. If you are interested in attending the occasional preview evenings that we put on please contact Health Centre Manager, Teresa Rose - teresa.rose@ninespringsclinic.org or 01935 476234.
If you would like to view the artwork please contact the Health Centre to check on classes during the day to enable you to see as many pieces as possible.
Occasionally at the beginning of a new exhibition we have a preview evening if the artists feel that this is appropriate. If you would like to come along to a preview evening of our artwork please contact Teresa Rose on 01935 476234 or e-mail teresa.rose@ninespringsclinic.org and she will ensure that you receive an invitation.
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