Stroudwater Heron

Artist: Chris James
1.5 m 
Driftwood from the Gower, Wales
 
About the Artist
Chris James is a mixed media visual artist living and working in Stroud. Working predominantly with paint and building materials images are currently based on local landscapes, wildlife and people. Trained at Hornsey Art College in London in 1979. Having lived as a child on the idilic Gower peninsula Chris has now established an annual outdoor art event, now in its seventh year. Recent founder of the Stroud Artists Cooperative 2021 and Stroud Art Fair. Conversion of the Eastcombe Bus Shelter, creating a small library, gallery, plant wall and mural inside a stone bus shelter, inspired by the work of Studio 18.