Devonshire's East Devon magazine September October 2018
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Adrian Sykes at Marine House<br />
Adrian Sykes a Bristol based artist,<br />
is set to tickle artistic taste buds<br />
in <strong>Devon</strong> this Autumn with his<br />
solo show from 29th <strong>September</strong><br />
12th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong> at Marine<br />
House at Beer. With a prize-winning<br />
reputation for his paintings which<br />
are both inventive and alternative,<br />
Adrian won the Young Masters Art<br />
Prize in 2012, as well as numerous<br />
art prizes throughout the South<br />
West.<br />
Well known for his quirky and<br />
humorous paintings, Adrian has<br />
also won both the prestigious<br />
Bath Art Prize and Bristol Art<br />
Prize, by always being able to<br />
provoke a smile. Defined by his<br />
joyous yet intriguing compositions,<br />
his work is grounded in his deep<br />
appreciation of remote landscapes<br />
and his love for townscapes. Semi<br />
- abstract in nature, it is intriguing<br />
to hear Adrianʼs response when<br />
asked whether his artworks are<br />
based on real the world or if they<br />
are completely taken from his<br />
imagination.<br />
“I am very much drawn to a sense<br />
of intrigue in any work of art, from<br />
a door slightly ajar or a curtain<br />
blowing through an open window,<br />
to a mysterious lone figure walking<br />
through the woods. I like the play of<br />
suggested narrative without being<br />
too heavy handed with the meaning,<br />
as I like to leave things open to<br />
interpretation as there is no one<br />
way to define how certain symbols<br />
will affect our subconscious.”<br />
As a rising star on the UK art scene,<br />
it was no surprise that Adrianʼs<br />
first solo show at Marine House at<br />
Beer in 2017 was a complete sell<br />
out. His upcoming Autumn solo<br />
show at Marine House at Beer will<br />
showcase 35 new works, which are<br />
often happy and playful, but also<br />
combine elements of challenge,<br />
arduous travelling, restriction, and<br />
loneliness.<br />
www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />
Specsavers new store<br />
A NEW store has opened up in Honiton<br />
while the town’s local Specsavers<br />
undergoes a swanky refurbishment.<br />
Honiton Specsavers store director,<br />
Stephen Auty and his team are<br />
delighted to welcome customers to<br />
their new, temporary store, located at<br />
Lace Walk, while the ambitious project<br />
is underway work to the previous store<br />
in the High Street will mean an even<br />
greater array of eye health services will<br />
be available to residents - as well as<br />
one of the largest selections of glasses<br />
and contact lenses. Mr Auty, says:<br />
‘We are delighted to invest in Honiton<br />
town centre. The refurbishment of our<br />
Honiton High Street store demonstrates<br />
our pledge to support the Honiton<br />
community and surrounding areas<br />
with the very best optometry services<br />
including DVLA testing and glaucoma<br />
referrals.’<br />
www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/honiton<br />
Greenfingers 40<br />
years on...<br />
Greenfingers was never part of the<br />
original plan for Geoff and Trisha.<br />
They arrived in a cattle transporter<br />
from living and working on a farm<br />
in Yorkshire after seeing a derelict<br />
piece of land while on holiday in<br />
<strong>Devon</strong>. Geoff and Trisha moved to<br />
<strong>Devon</strong> with a dream after realising<br />
the three acre farm was a possibility.<br />
Geoff says “my Father in law was a<br />
builder so converting the barn into<br />
a house was right up his street. I<br />
remember his words well as we<br />
took the roof off ” all we need is one<br />
week without rain “ it did not rain<br />
for 5 months the year was 1976.<br />
Our project to grow vegetables to<br />
sell from a farm shop was almost<br />
stillborn”.<br />
“Three children under five years old,<br />
a shop to open and vegetables and<br />
fruit to grow - this was a very big<br />
ask. It did not daunt us and with<br />
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<strong>September</strong> sees the premiere of<br />
a brand new play commissioned<br />
by Buckfast Abbey as part of their<br />
Millennium celebrations. Produced<br />
and presented by Unleashed<br />
Theatre Company, ‘The Millennium<br />
Mysteries’ is a modern take on the<br />
medieval Yorkshire Mystery Plays<br />
as well as cleverly incorporating<br />
the monks very own history<br />
over the last thousand years. The<br />
Millennium Mysteries runs from<br />
Wednesday 5th Sept through<br />
to Saturday 8th Sept, nightly at<br />
7.30pm with a matinee on the<br />
Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets can be<br />
purchased online at<br />
www.buckfast.org.uk/whats-on<br />
the optimism and enthusiasm of<br />
youth, Tricia and I set about the task.<br />
Now 40 years later we still meet<br />
some of those original customers<br />
without their support we would not<br />
be here today.”<br />
“The farm shop lasted ten years,<br />
then Tesco came to town and like<br />
a lot of other small retailers we<br />
almost disappeared. With some good<br />
fortune we managed to make the<br />
change from selling food to selling<br />
plants and Greenfingers was born”.<br />
For more information, please visit:<br />
www.greenfingers-gardencentre.<br />
co.uk<br />
‘The String Quartet’<br />
This <strong>October</strong>, the Dorset based<br />
‘String Quartet’ (who play for The<br />
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)<br />
will be performing a 90 minute recital<br />
at the Alexandra Hotel in Lyme Regis.<br />
The recital takes place on Friday 5th<br />
<strong>October</strong> and the bar will be open from<br />
7.30pm and the recital will start at<br />
8pm prompt, with an interval halfway.<br />
Tickets are £20 pp and can be<br />
booked from the hotel reception on<br />
01297 442010. Earlier this year, The<br />
Alexandra Hotel opened new restaurant,<br />
Ammonite. The restaurant is located<br />
within the brand new Orangery which<br />
been sympathetically designed to<br />
complement its surroundings and<br />
create a calming space from which<br />
guests can dine and enjoy the<br />
spectacular sea views of Lyme Bay.<br />
The hotel also hold film & supper<br />
nights, which are held on the second<br />
Wednesday of every month.<br />
www.hotelalexandra.co.uk/whats-on<br />
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