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SYNAESTHESIA ELIZABETH HAINES October 18th - November 22nd, Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth. Special Coast and Country Arts Feature.                 Report by Don Hale.   donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 Elizabeth Haines has developed a distinctive voice that balances observation, poetry, and imagination. Her work straddles the boundary between representation and abstraction: drawing from the landscapes of Wales, informed by years sketching from nature, yet transformed through memory and dreams. Elizabeth's art is rich in texture, colour, and inner space. Her studio practice is deeply connected to her surroundings: the rugged terrain, changing light of Pembrokeshire feed her work, but so too do poetry and music Her paintings invite the viewer in: at first through colour, surface, and form; then deeper, toward architecture, trees, or horizons suggested rather than stated. https://www.orielqnarberth.com/synaesthesia-elizabeth-haines   Gallery Opens...

                         Listening to Pictures, Looking at Poetry...                        A special Coast and Country online magazine arts feature.                                            Feature promoted by Don Hale.                                            donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 A conversation between the poet Matthew Barton and painter Elizabeth Haines at the National Library of Wales on Wednesday 24th September. Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, poet and teacher of creative writing, and taught poetry for many years on Oxford University’s Creative Writing Diploma course. The author of four collections of poetry, as well as a...