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April 8th 2008
MORAG EATON EXHIBITION at Swinton Lock, Dun Street, Swinton, South Yorkshire. 01709 578778.
'Better than working in a call-centre' - landscape paintings of the Dearne Valley. April 8th until May

JOINT EXHIBITION at the BREVON GALLERY, Thorne Road, Doncaster. JUNE 08 (exact dates to be confirmed)

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MORAG EATON & DAVE WATSON

Partners who live and work together in South Yorkshire. Often painting the same view but using different media. Meeting in the Eighties at Charlotte Press Print Workshop on Tyneside. Enjoying the unique and lively Northern culture.
We are looking for galleries to exhibit our work. All work is for sale.
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MORAG EATON
An exhibiting etcher and lecturer for many years, Morag took a change of direction in the early 90s to work in Corporate Design. Roles in other creative industries and technical print production followed. Eventually coming full circle to work again as an artist.
morag@foldyard.co.uk

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DAVE WATSON
biography
Originally working as a landscaper photographer, experiencing a heart attack inspired him to change artistic direction.
dave@foldyard.co.uk

 

 

 
Dave Watson
Dave Watson
Dave Watson
"I paint out in the woodlands and open landscape of the Dearne Valley - I am not a studio painter. Capturing light and colour as it whooshes by in the wind that seems to constantly blow around here. I use everything from quill and ink, watercolours, acrylics, to the mud at my feet to make the paper relate to the view."

View paintings . .
"I also photograph the landscape using analogue Leica and Canon digital cameras."
View photographs . .
 
Backlit woods, HIlls and Holes
2007, acrylic. 40cm x 30cm
Morag Eaton
"I paint out in the landscape. A cold winters day makes for faster, freer work. A warm summers day painting is a laid-back calm appreciation of the landscape. From the woods near where I live I can see across the bowl of the Dearne Valley. On a windy or rainy day the sky becomes complex. One minute grey, the next - rays of light flood the scene. Painting in the landscape I paint it honestly."
View paintings . .
St Helen's, Barnburgh.
2007, acrylic. 34cm x 20cm
 
In 'St Helen's, Barnburgh', the copse was once the site of St Helen's chapel. Long disappeared, the stones taken for use elsewhere. It was a stopping point on a pilgrim route. As other roads became more important, it fell into disuse.