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14 May 2008

Young Artists at Dartmoor Centre

A new exhibition inspired by the beauty of the Dartmoor landscape has opened at Dartmoor National Park Authority’s High Moorland Visitor Centre in Princetown.

Haytor Orb, Adam Bunce

Late Natsworthy Woods, Greg Ramsden

Greg Ramsden, Adam Bunce and Ben Yates are talented young artists living and working in Devon. Their work interprets the Dartmoor landscape in greatly differing and refreshing styles. Adam Bunce’s work is stunning, vivid and sometimes abstract, portraying the landscape in dreamlike images. Greg Ramsden uses oils and natural elements to create his work, sometimes leaving work outside to face heavy rains, strong winds and bitter frosts. He even uses fire to produce work that communicates a strong atmosphere of the place portrayed. Ben Yates is an accomplished photographer whose highly original three dimensional works are a combination of his photographic images with cubic sculpture.

Buckland Wood, Ben Yates

Their work has been exhibited widely in the south west including during the Devon Artist Network Open Studio Event 2007. The exhibition at the High Moorland Visitor Centre runs until 25 June 2008. The High Moorland Visitor Centre opens daily 10 am until 5 pm. Princetown is accessible by public transport. For timetable enquiries please telephone Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.

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For Further Information

Adam Bunce, Artist

Adzbunce@hotmail.com

www.adambunce.co.uk (external link, opens new window)

Tel: 07775 635 997 (mob)

Ben Yates, Artist

benyates@mail.com

http://tinyurl.com/m5ene (external link, opens new window)

Tel: 07762 369470 (mob)

Greg Ramsden, Artist

gregramsden@hotmail.com

www.gregramsden.co.uk (external link, opens new window)

Tel: 07733 225662 (mob)

Mike Nendick, Communications Officer, Dartmoor National Park Authority

Tel: (01626) 832093

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National Parks cover 10% of the land area of England, Wales and Scotland.  They are of special value to the whole nation because of their great beauty, their wildlife and cultural interests and the opportunities they offer for quiet enjoyment.  However, they are not nationally owned - the land is in the hands of many landowners or occupiers including farmers.  Over 33,400 people live inside the Dartmoor National Park and many millions of visits are made to it each year.

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Notes for Editors

Coming soon to the High Moorland Visitor Centre, Princetown

Dartmoor National Park Authority Summer Exhibition ; Farming Dartmoor- Flock Stock and Bales

27 June – 8 October 2008

Celebrating food, farming and the landscape, Dartmoor National Park Authority’s main summer season exhibition is the result of collaboration between Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Hill Farm Project and a group of Dartmoor farmers.  Learn about the farming year through interpretation and fun activities for children of all ages, supported by a programme of farm visits.

Women in Farming (Aune Head Arts)

10 October – 19 November 2008

Three pairs of women artists explored the life and work of three women hill farmers on Dartmoor.  During the project the artists have recorded their experiences of life on a farm.

Jen Bryant’s Perfect Dartmoor

21 November 2008 – 21 January 2009

Stunning images by regional photographer.

Alan Kingwell

23 January 2009 – I march 2009

An exhibition of Dartmoor landscape paintings by this popular regional artist.

Over the Cattle Grid - life on High Dartmoor

7 March 2009 – 6 May 2009

Images by Dartmoor photographer Sue Murphy.

National Parks cover 10% of the land area of England, Wales and Scotland.  They are of special value to the whole nation because of their great beauty, their wildlife and cultural interests and the opportunities they offer for quiet enjoyment.  However, they are not nationally owned - the land is in the hands of many landowners or occupiers including farmers.  Over 33,400 people live inside the Dartmoor National Park and many millions of visits are made to it each year.

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