Following on from Matisse: Cut Outs, The Turner house presents: Stand on All Fours, a brand-new exhibition of painting, sculpture and textile work opening on Friday the 3^rd of September. Featuring artwork by Elinor Stanley, Verity Coward, and Mark Corfield-Moore, the exhibition explores themes of Welsh myth, memory, and craftsmanship.

Paintings, by Elinor Stanley, depict the tale of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion who was made of flowers to be a bride for Lleu Llaw Gyffes. However, she falls in love with another and plots to murder Lleu. She is finally transformed into an owl as punishment. Stanley is currently an associate at the Royal Academy in London. She uses paint to conjure up surreal and unnerving compositions that speak to the vigour of the fantastical.  Stanley is fascinated by myths and how they are used to enhance the world around us.  

The sculptural works, by Verity Coward, explore different material adaptations of Welsh stone carving and the tales of Cwn Annwn, the spectral hounds of the Otherworld that haunt the Welsh countryside. Coward graduated from Goldsmiths college of Art and has been heavily influenced by her rural upbringing. Coward uses her knowledge of materials and processes to investigate the overlap of traditional sculptural techniques and informal approaches to making.

Also on display are large tapestry works which explore Mark Corfield-Moore’s experience as part of the Thai/British Diaspora. His latest works revisit memories of childhood picnics at historic properties, which were stirred up by visits to The Turner House. Memories, be they historical or personal, are captured through a process incorporating painting and ikat, in which the artist paints images with dye directly onto strands of loose cotton before they are woven. Corfield-Moore is a graduate of the Royal Academy and uses weaving to meditate on his past events and experiences.The Turner House is free to enter and no prebooking is required. Stand On All Fours is a new exhibition curated by Penarth Town Council and part-funded by the National lottery community fund. The exhibition closes on the 19^th of September.