Venue: Pegasus Art Studios, Stroud.
Dates: Saturday 11th/Sunday 12th May. Saturday 18th May/ Sunday 19th May.
I will also me open Wednesday 15th – Friday 17th May showcasing new paintings, the “Folding Time”.
Come and visit, or contact for more details
For more information on Lay Figures, the travelling exhibition or Paul Fowler’s artwork please email fowlerlayfigures@gmail.com.
Lay Figures are life sized replicas of men, women and children, made for and to be used by artists to set the scene for studio painting. Made of a wooden skeleton structure, pivoted and hinged to move at every joint, the models are upholstered with horse hair and sometimes human hair padding and wadding, and are held together with layers of a stitched canvas. Every mannequin can be dressed up and used to hold a pose for as long as required. Removable papier-mache heads set the gaze and angle of the pose and allow hats and head gear to be fitted. The portraits would be added later by the artist. Lay Figures have been an essential yet hidden piece of studio equipment for hundreds of years.
