Exhibition Gallery

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This gallery has a rotating display which has included


Artworks presented so far:

Gods

Hilk-Mit-Hem's "Altar to Sarduk" -- [TM: Djelian culture]

This altar is actually a small cave crafted from light-weight pumice. It looks quite realistic, if on a smaller scale, and features rocky outcrops and a worn floor.

Daniel Remington III's "The Goddess Anoia Arising From the Cutlery"

This painting depicts Anoia, Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers. Backed by a warm golden light, she is a slender, sheet-clad woman with a cascade of mahogany hair. She smokes a cigarette which gives off flames and sparks, and appears to have a somewhat cynical expression. The bottom of the painting depicts a kitchen drawer packed with a messy array of cutlery.

Sir Robert Cuspidor's "Bleak Yellow Table Performance"

A tribute to Urika (Goddess of Saunas, Snow and Theatrical Performances for Fewer than 120 People), this delightful painting shows a small stage on which a man, dressed all in black, is standing. He is wearing a black beret and is smoking a cigarette in a long ebony holder. The painting takes on the perspective of someone in the audience and it is clear to see, from the mostly empty chairs in front of the stage, that the show is not the most popular in town.

Melius's "The Great God Om" -- [TM: Ankh-Morporkian culture]

This shows the Great God Om as he first appeared to the prophet Brutha. Far from the shimmering, golden figure he shows at full strength, in this painting Om is a humble tortoise with one beady eye and a badly chipped shell. The painting is presented in a circular frame of wood that has been varnished to approximate tortoiseshell.

Cabbages

Josiah Remnant's "Still Life with Cabbage, Broccoli both Green and Purple, Sprouts, Kale and Elderly Couple being Attacked by Werewolf" -- [TM: Ankh-Morporkian culture]

A collection of beautifully rendered vegetables are the focus of this still life painting, in particular the prize-winning 295 pound "Rumptuous Javelin" cabbage. The vegetables are arranged on the grounds of a country estate, which has been painted in somewhat less detail. Beside an ornamental fountain to the left of the painting is an elderly couple, identified as Sir Henry and Lady Rumptuous. They are cowering from the shadowy figure of a werewolf.

Josiah Remnant's "Landscape With Cabbage"

A well-known landscape, this painting depicts the view over some cabbage fields in the Sto Plains. It's exactly as exciting as it sounds - an expanse of flat land, interspersed with the occasional fence and sparsely dotted with trees. The cabbages in the fields are what set this piece apart. While most artists would dab a few splotches about and call it a day, Remnant has painstakingly detailed each and every cabbage in every single field.

Josiah Remnant's "Prospects of Sprouts Upon a February"

Another member of the brassica family, sprouts are the leafy green buds which grow along the stalk of a particular type of wild cabbage. This painting depicts a close up view of a row of such cabbages in their early stages. Only a few inches of stalk have emerged from the dirt beneath the leafy cabbage heads, dotted with small green buds. Only a small group of people would find such a painting interesting, let alone beautiful.

Horace Pennet's "Brassica"

Carved from a single block of oak, this sculpture is a one-to-one scale representation of a cabbage - a porraceous sprouter, to be precise. The craftsmanship is impeccable, each leaf finely detailed and ... well, there's not much else to really say about a wooden cabbage. There's a moth carved on the edge of one of the leaves. Why anyone would carve a wooden cabbage is something only a farmer of the Sto Plains would truly understand.

Reginald Hamrich's "Evil Cabbage"

Twice the size of a normal cabbage, this foul beast is one of the fearsome evil cabbages known to lurk deep in the forgotten recesses of cabbage warehouses. The red glow of its eyes, for it has eyes, has been reproduced with some carefully-applied paint. It has been preserved in a menacing pose, sharp-looking fronds outstretched and prickly teeth visible between leaves.

Ellen Pundwitt's "Field of Cabbages"

A few yards long and a couple of yards wide, a lot of work has gone into this rustic but pleasant tapestry. The tapestry is decorated with a tessellating pattern of cabbage shapes, woven in three different shades of green. The pattern extends to the ends of the tapestry, which is edged with a thick brown tasselled border, representing the earth beneath the cabbage field.

Dwarven

Bjorn Ironsmelterson's "Axed"

Made entirely from twisted axes, this sculpture seems to be a monument to the trusty tool/weapon that dwarfs never like to be without. The overall shape resembles a sphere... a very sharp sphere.

Dravak'ha Smithsnephew's "Fire Hazard"

This oil painting shows a dwarf hard at work in front of a forge. He is holding red hot length of metal in tongs in one hand and is beating it flat on an anvil using a hammer in his other. Sparks have been painted flying into the air around the dwarf, periously close to his long, brown beard.

Bleary Rockcrusher's "Gold Gold Gold"

A simple painting featuring bricks of gold piled atop each other in a pyramid shape. The artist has really captured the shine of the precious metal.

Drog Baldersson's "Tunnel Collapse"

This dramatic and wrenching oil painting depicts the tragic event in which the dwarf artist, Drog, lost his parents. Two stout dwarfs with thick, full beards struggle to keep holding up the heavy supporting tunnel beam that falls upon them. It's obvious that their strength is failing and that the beam will soon crush them (not so obvious is which dwarf was Drog's mother and which his father).

Flowers

Lucinda von Weirthe's "Daised"

A simple clay flowerpot like one would expect to find in a garden has been turned into a work of art by the simple addition of metal flowers. They are daisies, to be precise, and have been created out of twisted lengths of steel wire.

Geoffry Vindal's "Sunflower"

This is a lovely painting by a little-known artist by the name of Geoffry Vindal. It shows a meadow of sunflowers right up to the horizon line.

Jacques Picard's "Single Rose"

This painting done in oils shows a single long-stemmed red rose. it is on a black background and seems to be lit from above. The rose is flawlessly beautiful but a single thorn on the stem reminds the viewer that beauty has a price.

Henriette Duchams's "Up Close and Personal With Iris"

This picture, done with colour pencils, shows a purple and yellow bearded iris. It is from the perspective of a bee which explains why most of the picture is blurred blobs of yellow, purple and green.

Nigel Philea's "Cold Tulip"

Displayed on a pedestal, this glass creation looks as delicate as a real-life tulip. It would take a glassblower of considerable skill to create such a work of art, and Nigel Philea is widely acknowledged as the best in his field.



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