Green on … go!

One of the world’s leading aviation artists has created a work showing a British Paratrooper jumping from an aeroplane – after he was told that no accurate depiction existed. Matt Horan of Dorset-based cyber-security business C3IA Solutions was formerly with the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment as an embedded Signaller and wanted an artist to capture the moment of exiting an aircraft.

The Art of Business

Illustrator Lydia Fee has her latest work on permanent display at a BASE Bordon Innovation Centre for start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses in Bordon, East Hampshire.

Parley sculptor goes international

Sculptor Andy Hopper, based on the Parley Court Estate in Dorset, has been selected to show his work at the prestigious International Sculpture Festival.

Arting about with the Yellows

Yellow Buses’ dedicated Poetry Bus had a star turn at Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival by acting as the information hub. The double decker is decorated inside with verses written by poets who were inspired by travelling around the conurbation on the fleet. The bus was in the main square and festival volunteers manned it and were there to … Read More

Arting about with the Yellows

Yellow Buses has got on board the Arts by the Sea Festival in Bournemouth as official transport partners. The company has been supporting the arts for years and has a Poetry Bus and Gallery Bus among the themed vehicles in its fleet. Now it is helping to drive the annual festival forward by linking up with the Bournemouth Council organisers. … Read More

Back to the future with Burke’s

The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award for classically inspired portraiture has been won this year by Richard Foster for his painting entitled Trinity House. The work celebrates the 500th anniversary of Trinity House, a charity dedicated to looking after the well-being of seafarers. In its second year, the annual award was launched by Burke’s owner William Bortrick. He set up the … Read More