Jackie Merry

King Street Gallery, 30 King Street,
Carmarthen SA31 1BS
opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
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Dylan
'Dylan'
oil on paper, 33x34cm

Personal Profile

I obtained a teaching diploma - main subject Art - at Cartrefle College, Wrexham in the early 1960's and this is where my lifelong enthusiasm for art was stimulated. I lived in Berkshire, where I was a teacher in an inner city school, until 1991. During this time I continued with my own art- work, exhibiting with the Reading Guild and teaching to small groups of adults.

Since moving to West Wales 13 years ago, I have been a committee member for Cardiganshire Art Society, and Secretary for the Aberaeron Art Society. In 2003 I completed a BA Hons Degree in Fine Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth, specialising in painting and printmaking.

My main areas of subject matter are the figure - with a bias towards portraiture - and ancient landscapes. I am particularly interested in the way human activity has affected the appearance of the landscape: changing the surface colour and texture by excavation, as in the peat bogs, mining and farming, and by constructions such as cromlechs left behind by ancient people.


Light over Cors Caron 1
'Light over Cors Caron 1'
oil on board, 30x24cm


Light over Cors Caron 2
'Light over Cors Caron 2'
oil on board, 30x24cm


recent exhibitions:

2004 Winners Exhibition, Y Tabernacl. Machynlleth.
- Mixed Exhibitions, Oriel Cambria, Tregaron.
- Mixed Exhibitions, King Street Gallery, Carmarthen.

2003 50 year Memorial Exhibition - Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

2003 Open Exhibition. Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth.
- Wales Drawing Bienale.
- Mixed Exhibitions, Oriel Cambria, Tregaron.

2002 Wales West.
- Open Exhibition, Tregaron Festival.

2001 Three Towns Art Society Exhibition, Llanelli. Winner Ken Etheridge Memorial Cup.
- Open Exhibition , Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth.

2000 Carmarthen Sketch Club. Winner Edith Lodwick Trophy.
- Open Exhibition, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth

1997 5 Artists, The Guild Gallery, Bristol. 1997

1992- 2003 Annual Summer Exhibitions, Cardiganshire Art Society, Aberaeron Art Society.

Light over Cors Caron 3
'Light over Cors Caron 3'
oil on board, 30x24cm


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