Menhir considers how landscapes are shaped by a combination of geological process and human actions. Commissioned by the Mendip Hills National Landscape Team and Seed Sedgemoor, artist Elizabeth Woodger explores the Mendip Hills' special qualities and unique features. It blends the human with the geological by printing photographs onto local rock specimens and then photographing these embedded in the environment.

Meet the artist on Saturday 4th October (11am - 3pm) with a guided talk from the artist at 12pm and 2pm. Discover how the regional geology inspired the artwork and find out how photographs were printed onto local rock specimens - free as part of the Mendip Rocks! festival of geology but booking required - please visit mendiphills-nl.org.uk.

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Mixed media fine artist Ruth White resides in Somerset. Often landscape based, her work offers highly textured visceral landscapes that challenge perceptions combining the beauty & brutality of urban erosion & neglect. Her inspirations are rooted from a childhood filled with public information films, protect & survive leaflets & Raymond Briggs' 'When the wind blows”. Capturing raw textures & inviting the psychological mood of disquiet she blurs the lines between art & environment.
Graduating with a first class honours degree from Bath Spa university her work has been awarded & exhibited over previous years at the RWA & more recently she has been accepted in this year's Open exhibition 172 on show later in the year. She was shortlisted this year for the Royal Academy Open exhibition held in London as well as many local exhibitions & galleries throughout the southwest.

Pyrography woodburning, Somerset artist Ruth Bakers' work captures the raw beauty of nature & human emotion through the controlled power of fire & heat. Working primarily on wood she blends subtle tones & precision to create pieces that celebrate detail, texture, realism, depth & storytelling.
Self taught, Ruth draws inspiration from life, organic patterns, inquisitive lighting & the natural world. Each burn is a meditation, each mark permanent.
Her award winning art is actively exhibited in London, Wales, Somerset & Devon & been represented by many prestigious shows over the years & several worldwide publications. Most recently she took part as a contestant on Sky Arts Landscape artist of the year, to be aired early 2026.

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“Estuary” is a collaborative exhibition which draws inspiration from the shoreline and foreshore of Bridgewater Bays estuary environment.
Paul Davey’s paintings emerge from the many hours he has spent walking along the foreshore of the Steart Marshes on Bridgewater Bay. They show an interest, not in the horizon and space of landscape, but an engagement with the nearby, things stumbled upon or encountered when out walking. These are paintings that pay attention to the aesthetic possibility of surfaces, the formation of lichens on a stone wall, an area of cracked mud, a wall of reeds or a puddle of water.

Paul studied at Folkestone School of Art, Walthamstow College of Art and Chelsea College of Art. He has exhibited widely in London at numerous group exhibitions including the Royal Academy Summer Show and had solo exhibitions including Vortex Gallery and The London College of Furniture. He has exhibited widely in Somerset since moving here in 2008.

The sound in the exhibition is based on field recordings undertaken at different places along the shoreline of Bridgewater Bay and seeks to give a sonic sense of both the gentle and more destructive forces at play in this environment. The sound of rocks, pebbles, sand, waves and wind form the context for the traces of human voices and the sound of birds which appear and disappear throughout.

Irving Kinnersley is a composer of electroacoustic music and soundscape music, as well as composing sound for video. He studied electroacoustic composition at Bath Spa University and University of Manchester. His work has been performed internationally at numerous concerts and festivals. He was a finalist at the MUSICA NOVA international Electroacoustic competition, awarded first prize at the KLANG International Electroacoustic Competition and was awarded first place by British Electroacoustic Network. As a result his work will represent the Network at various international events.

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