The Dragon Sanctuary

Rory Valentine – Raphael and the eternal feminine
2018-03-15 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Devon
A richly illustrated talk with a slide presentation showing Raphael’s Madonnas and other paintings related to the eternal feminine.
Rory has an interest in the life and work of the renaissance painter, Raphael, and has given several interesting talks on his work.

Home Herbal Medicine
2018-03-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Devon
Six part Introduction to Herbal Medicine on Tuesday evenings, with Clare Shippey, Medical Herbalist
We will look at some of the different ways of administering herbs as well as what they are used for. You will learn how to make botanical preparations that can be used in the treatment of everyday ailments. This will include making ointments, tinctures, vinegars, teas, infused oils and syrups.
Over the six weeks we’ll look at the uses of 12 different herbs in some detail. This will include meeting the plants through tea tastings. We will also look at harvesting herbs and safe foraging guidelines.
Cost £150 / £120 concession
Places are limited to 8
Please contact me directly to book:
call 07853 191904
or email rootedherbs@gmail.com
Clare Shippey
Medical Herbalist

Opening Evening - Renewals and Reflections
2018-03-04 18:00 - 21:00 | The Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DD, United Kingdom
Karn writes:
Renewal and Reflections – the cycle of the seasons and now spring bringing forth new life. A new start, a new beginning each day, with the sunrise and the sunset, the stillness of water and the stormy seas.
It is my love of the peace and tranquility we can find in nature that has influenced me in the paintings that I am doing now.
I travelled some years ago with my husband and small children in Europe and North Africa, both of us painted and played music. We spent time in the mountains, the desert and by the sea, and the memories of the places we went to have inspired me in these recent paintings.
Previous to this, I studied ceramics at Art College, worked in potteries in Denmark and at Poole Pottery. I continue to make pottery, both sculptural and functional. I also studied paint effects, finishes and murals, from which I have done several commissions.
My paintings are mostly oil on canvas. I have the good fortune of painting with a lovely group of women and learning techniques from a wonderful mentor whose knowledge is truly inspiring.

Brian writes:
Art is something that I always loved to do – be it painting, pen doodles and the more fine-art based abstract photography. The photography side of things was where I started from (but even then the artwork was always there – sometimes as inspiration to the photos), drawings and abstracts in watercolours and pen and ink, plus a few tentative attempts at putting ideas down on canvas.
The major and more recent “why” comes down to experiencing one of those unwanted, unwelcome and prolonged periods of being out of work some years ago now. And I was looking for something to fill that otherwise dead time whilst waiting to hear about jobs that so often failed to materialise, something that wasn’t too much of a drain on my then limited resources. So painting it was!
Initially starting with a purely abstract – seeing what worked and what didn’t. From there gradually evolving into a more structured approach, but still keeping that abstract feel to what I was doing. Also seeing how that approach worked on found objects like driftwood, as well as doing more traditional – i.e. “proper” paintings – and in the last few months blending these two styles together to see how they worked together – one of which is included in the current exhibition.
I hope you enjoy the exhibition and that the above goes some way to explaining what exactly it is that I do!
For further info/commissions please contact: brian.weatherup@homecall.co.uk
or visit Brian Weatherup on Facebook

Exhibition - Renewal and Reflections
2018-03-03 - 2018-04-01 | Devon
The Jellyfish gallery and café is open from 12-5pm on Tuesdays to Fridays and 3-6pm on Saturdays
Karn writes:
Renewal and Reflections – the cycle of the seasons and now spring bringing forth new life. A new start, a new beginning each day, with the sunrise and the sunset, the stillness of water and the stormy seas.
It is my love of the peace and tranquility we can find in nature that has influenced me in the paintings that I am doing now.
I travelled some years ago with my husband and small children in Europe and North Africa, both of us painted and played music. We spent time in the mountains, the desert and by the sea, and the memories of the places we went to have inspired me in these recent paintings.
Previous to this, I studied ceramics at Art College, worked in potteries in Denmark and at Poole Pottery. I continue to make pottery, both sculptural and functional. I also studied paint effects, finishes and murals, from which I have done several commissions.
My paintings are mostly oil on canvas. I have the good fortune of painting with a lovely group of women and learning techniques from a wonderful mentor whose knowledge is truly inspiring.

Brian writes:
Art is something that I always loved to do – be it painting, pen doodles and the more fine-art based abstract photography. The photography side of things was where I started from (but even then the artwork was always there – sometimes as inspiration to the photos), drawings and abstracts in watercolours and pen and ink, plus a few tentative attempts at putting ideas down on canvas.
The major and more recent “why” comes down to experiencing one of those unwanted, unwelcome and prolonged periods of being out of work some years ago now. And I was looking for something to fill that otherwise dead time whilst waiting to hear about jobs that so often failed to materialise, something that wasn’t too much of a drain on my then limited resources. So painting it was!
Initially starting with a purely abstract – seeing what worked and what didn’t. From there gradually evolving into a more structured approach, but still keeping that abstract feel to what I was doing. Also seeing how that approach worked on found objects like driftwood, as well as doing more traditional – i.e. “proper” paintings – and in the last few months blending these two styles together to see how they worked together – one of which is included in the current exhibition.
I hope you enjoy the exhibition and that the above goes some way to explaining what exactly it is that I do!
For further info/commissions please contact: brian.weatherup@homecall.co.uk
or visit Brian Weatherup on Facebook
