Christmas Exhibition at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.

When I first heard about the Eels in Schools Project last year I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to get involved by raising money to help fund the release of young elvers in Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.

There are enough suitable reed beds to hold nesting Bitterns and by releasing eels into the wetlands both fish and Bitterns would benefit from the reintroduction.

I decided I could raise funds by donating some of my paintings to be raffled and YWT agreed it was a good idea.The Four Seasons Raffle comprises four large paintings, one for each season of

the year, each one to be raffled separately in the appropriate season throughout 2014. 

  

Huxter Well Marsh Autumn

This is the fourth and final painting, tickets will be available in Reception at Potteric Carr  and also 

online, see :-  http://www.ywt.org.uk/shop/product/four-seasons-raffle-draw-4...... 

up until the end of the exhibition when the winning ticket will be drawn.

 Sheila Bury, Volunteer Artist in Residence/Fundraiser. Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.

The winning ticket number for this fourth of the Four Seasons Raffles was drawn at the end of the exhibition on 14th December 2014.  The winning ticket number is.... 1789...

A big thank you to everyone who bought tickets .

Sheila Bury

My Paintings in YWT Potteric Carr Shop,

If you are thinking of visiting the beautiful Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Potteric Carr in Doncaster, be sure to have a look at my paintings on display and for sale in the shop as you walk through onto the reserve.  Cash or card can be taken at the till in reception.

These six small butterfly paintings are each framed in plain wood  and hanging behind  the Deer painting in the photograph above. 

ALSO 

This painting hangs behind the desk in reception and is the fourth Four Seasons Raffle painting.  

"Autumn Palett, Huxter Well Marsh"
acrylic on box canvas, 100cmx50cm.

The Four Seasons Raffle comprises four large paintings which I donated to raise money to help fund the release of Eels at Potteric Carr. One painting for each season, Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Each one is being raffled separately throughout 2014 in that order.

By September this year we had raised £1600 with the first three paintings “A Potteric Winter, Highland Cattle in St Catherine’s Field” - “Piper Marsh Spring” and “Peacock Butterflies at Brockadale”, The fourth and final painting “Autumn Palette at Huxter Well Marsh” is now on display in reception at Sedum House and tickets are available at the desk. The winning ticket for this will be drawn on December 14th at Potteric Carr. We would like to raise a grand total of £2000, so fingers crossed, it would be wonderful to make our target..............
Can I hear the Bitterns booming in anticipation.?

more info here 

http://www.ywt.org.uk/shop/product/four-seasons-raffle-draw-4

New Exhibition at Yorkshire Waterways Museum, Goole

These paintings are some of the scenes of waterways and wildlife that have fired my imagination over the years.

The Yorkshire Waterways Museum is a fascinating place by the Dutch River Side in Goole, it celebrates our waterways history and heritage, and has a towpath nature trail. Boat trips are run on weekends and holidays and there are special events throughout the year. It is free to enter, with galleries, cafe, gift shop.

My exhibition is on the barge “Room 58 Gallery", an old grain barge that used to belong to Rank Hovis McDougal which has been converted into a beautiful floating gallery and is moored up beside the museum buildings. 

So...come down to Goole to the Yorkshire Waterways Museum.....there is lots to see and do, and visit my exhibition and see what you think to my paintings.......you might even decide to buy one for Christmas........  

Everybody is welcome, entry is free and free parking.

Eels For Schools and the Four Seasons Raffle.

When I first heard about the Eels in Schools Project last year I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to get involved by raising money to help fund the release of young elvers in Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.

There are enough suitable reed beds to hold nesting bitterns and by releasing eels into the wetlands both fish and Bitterns would benefit from the reintroduction.

I decided I could raise funds by donating some of my paintings to be raffled and YWT agreed it was a good idea.

The Four Seasons Raffle comprises four large paintings, one for each season of the year, each one to be raffled separately in the appropriate season throughout 2014. 

The tickets at £1 each or a book of 5 for £5 went on sale at Potteric Carr  in winter 2013. 

The first two paintings  “A Potteric Winter, Highland Cattle in St Catherine’s Field” drawn on New Years Day, and the second  painting “Piper Marsh Spring” drawn on Easter Monday, raised more than £1200.

The raffle for the third painting “Peacock Butterflies -  Brockadale” will be drawn on August Bank Holiday Monday and tickets are still available from the nature  reserve. The final painting, portraying autumn colours at Potteric Carr is yet to be started, but will be raffled this December.

Last Tuesday 24th June, the  elvers were driven up to Potteric from the Severn and Wye Smokery and children from local schools put them in the water at Potteric Carr and Sprotbrough Flash nature reserves. see,

http://www.ywt.org.uk/news/2014/06/23/primary-school-students-release-eels-local-doncaster-nature-reserves

I had the wonderful privilege of also putting some into the water on Hawthorn Field at 

                                                                              Potteric Carr.

A second delivery today and more elvers were put into  Decoy Marsh this morning.  Fantastic.

Have to say it is a very, very satisfying to see and be part of this, and fingers crossed the next two paintings will raise more funds for more Eels for Potteric Carr Nature Reserve and the Bitterns.

Sheila Bury, Volunteer Artist in Residence/Fundraiser. Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.