A Special Place To Be
Susanna Davies and Esther Simpson
14 – 20 August 2013
- Seas, Mountains and Woodlands. Birds of prey, Cats, Cows and Chickens. Two artists who have grown up in Gloucestershire, share their personal encounters. They have drawn from escapist moments by the sea, favourite pathways within the Forest of Dean, family walks up May hill and chance sightings of birds of prey.
- Both sisters share a fascination in the natural surfaces that surround us. Susanna Davies is a Fine Arts Graduate and Esther Simpson is a Fashion Design graduate. This is their first collaborative exhibition.
- ‘A Special Place To Be’ Exhibition will run daily from Wednesday 14th – Tuesday 20th August, 10am-5pm at the Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham. This wide range of highly accessible and affordable work is suitable for all ages. The show will contain fresh landscape painting, wildlife illustration, poetry and jewellery.
- The artists are also happy to interpret your own Special Place To Be and chance encounters with personal commissions. Please email: Susanna@leejdavies.co.uk
“A Special Place To Be” by Jane Simpson
A special place to be
My love and me
May hill is that place
Where we can be together free
Yet tied in loves bond
Fast of pace we climb
Eager to ascend
The track widens to reveal
The expanding grassy sea
Of tranquility
We battle against the wind
It’s power forcing our bodies back
In this exhilarating space
The trees ahead rise tall
Together rooted deep
They draw us in
A hideaway for two where
The gentle breeze blows
And we bathe in simple solitude
So much to say and yet
The need to say so little
Ahead beyond the trees
We like giants stand
Surveying our land and watch
The Severn river at our feet
Taking our secrets out to sea…
We turn back as the wind
Blows strong and forceful
Power to lean our bodies on
It pushes us forward
To resume our downward climb
We clamber light of foot
Spirits revived to revisit life’s pressures
And sharing Natures wealth inside.
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