Artists return to countryside home to celebrate milestone

A group of artists are celebrating a special milestone at a countryside park.

The Loggerheads Country Park Painters are back exhibiting their art in the Oriel Gallery located between the Tea Gardens and the stone bridge at Loggerheads Country Park.

They are a small group of local amateur artists that work in a variety of mediums ranging from acrylics, watercolours, pastels, calligraphy and much more.

The art group have been coming to Loggerheads to hold their weekly workshops since 2006 with this latest installation being their 20th exhibition held at the Country Park.

Much of the members artwork is inspired by the diversity and natural beauty of the environments found within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape.

This year’s exhibition features the special addition of Curlew Corner; having been inspired by the Curlew Connections Wales Project the art group have created an array of curlew inspired artwork to help raise awareness for the Eurasian Curlew, a culturally important bird species that is declining rapidly in Wales.

The goal of these community efforts, happening across the wider landscape of Wales, is to prevent the extinction of curlew as a breeding species, currently set to happen in Wales by 2033. You can read more about the Curlew Project here.

Councillor Alan James, Lead Member for Local Development and Planning said: “If you do venture down to Loggerheads Country Park to view the incredible pieces of artwork in this year’s exhibition please cast your vote for your favourite piece of work, as each year the artist gaining the most votes wins the Loggerheads Country Park Painters Trophy and chooses the charity to which all proceeds from the exhibition is awarded.”

Last year’s winner chose Hope House.

The exhibition will be running until the 20th of March.