A local retired portrait artist, 73 year-old Terry O’Callaghan, has painted a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh and generously donated it to be auctioned off by the Royal British Legion. The portrait took over 3 weeks to complete, and has been well received by  the Queen who wrote back to him that she was ‘very pleased with the portrait’ and has graciously thanked him for it. Mr O’Callaghan said:’I did tell Her Majesty that…

For the second year running, artists will bring their easels, canvases, and paints and take to the streets of Cardiff to create unique works in an alfresco event. Last year’s successful event attracted thousands of people, artists, and musicians to entertain them. The 2018 Cardiff Alfresco weekend will take place on September 28th to  the 30th in The Hayes. The brainchild of Cardiff’s most high-profile businessman, Giovanni Malacrino, the event is aimed at putting the city on the cultural map…

Sarah Jane Brown has been selected to exhibit her expressive seascape and landscape paintings of Pembrokeshire at an Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Art for an annual Welsh cultural event based in London. The exhibition takes place at the London Welsh Centre from 9th to 10th March, and Sarah Jane’s work will be exhibited alongside a number of other notable Welsh artists. This unique event provides the opportunity for visitors to enjoy an exclusive exhibition of Welsh art in London, with…

Rewarding excellence and originality in contemporary watercolour painting 18 – 23 September, Mall Galleries, London Now in its 30th year, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. Whether it be through abstract or figurative, contemporary or traditional, the competition aims to celebrate and redefine the beauty and diversity of watercolour and water-based media. Eighty-seven works have been selected from a total of 1057 submissions by a panel of…