Free admission. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm, from 26 February until 13 April.
Stan Giles trained in the Restoration and Conservation department of the National Gallery, London, and worked on major works of art throughout the UK.
He completed a B.Ed Hons degree, specialising in art and design and has taught in all sectors of education, from nursery to university and in prisons.
Obtaining a distinction in his MA, he explored the relevance of landscape painting to contemporary environmental issues.
Exhibitions include group and solo shows in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Stroud together with an informal residency in Standish Woods and a collaboration with musicians at the Royal Music Conservatoire, Birmingham.
More recently, he has focused on the uniqueness of Gloucestershire landscape: the River Severn from source to estuary, OS Explorer Map 168 (Stroud, Tetbury and Malmesbury), the Arlingham Arm and three local orchards.
The location is the inspiration; the drafting creates the moment; the painting releases the response.
All paintings start in situ using a loose, unstretched canvas or calico. Sometimes the material is primed, sometimes unprimed. The paintings are completed in the studio, often returning to the location to rework the images and often some initial marks are left to show the process.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays and occasionally for other events in the main hall: we recommend you call first if travelling a distance to avoid disappointment.