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October 9th 2008 - Meller Merceux gallery opens in Maidenhead!
Veritasse has entered an exciting new phase, as Aidan Meller's dream of opening a sister gallery to the one already running in Witney, became a reality two weeks ago. The new Meller Merceux gallery within the large St Andrew's bookshop, opened on 27th September, with a lively mix of Christian and secular artwork on display. Visitors will find many original artworks, as well as the well-loved Veritasse print collection. The light and airy design of the gallery interior creates a calm and uncluttered hanging and display space. Rachel Ducker's wonderful wireframe sculptures of figures have already drawn admiration from visitors. Penny Compton, who is also a Veritasse Artisan, is facing her new role with energy and enthusiasm. "I just can't think of a better person for the job," said Aidan, Veritasse director. The gallery at 19 Queen's Street, Maidenhead is open from 9.30am- 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday. Phone: 01628 672211
July 31st 2008 - Art and coffee in the summer sunshine!
The Meller Gallery, at the hub of the Veritasse company, in Oxfordshire, now has tables and chairs outside, so that art lovers can enjoy a relaxing drink in beautiful surroundings. The Gallery adjoins the lovely Church Green in Witney, near Oxford. The Art Café is attracting new audiences into the gallery, where wire sculptures by Rachel Ducker and the new jewellery collection have been widely admired. Paintings by up-and-coming artist, Louis Parsons, are also selling extremely well.
June 13th 2008 - Artisan releases CD/DVD of images and music
James Bragg, Veritasse Artisan, is today releasing a ground breaking DVD of music by Hyperdust and visual images by himself. James, who is also known as VJ Bragg, is becoming well known for his ability to work creatively with images and fit them to music. He performed at Greenbelt in 2007 and is in demand in clubs and at music events. The CD/DVD collaboration includes 14 tracks of electronica ranging from Funky House to Trance to Chilled and 9 video tracks of ambient to psychedelic images rhythmically relating to the audio. James has collected all the images from everyday life in Bristol and manipulated them into abstract forms. You can see examples of his work at www.myspace.com/vjjamesbragg and see his paintings in his on-line gallery.
May 13th 2008 - Veritasse at Christian Resources Exhibition
Aidan Meller, director of Veritasse, was manning the Veritasse stand at CRE at Sandown Park last week. He reported an enthusiastic response amongst church leaders to the download licence system available from the On-line Galleries. "Leaders were saying that they weren't even aware that churches could download fine artwork images from the Veritasse site. Many pastors are using digital projectors during sermons and services and are struggling to find high quality images to use. When I told them that they could buy a church licence for only £3 per image and download directly from the site, they were delighted!"
April 21st 2008 - Veritasse at Spring Harvest
A wonderful team of Veritasse artists and friends manned the stands at both Skegness and Minehead, allowing the print collection and artwork by artist members to be seen by an even wider audience.The title of the conference was "One Hope", a theme which was reflected in many of the pieces of artwork. Originals by Louis Parsons, an up and coming artist, based on creation and renewal, were received very positively and four were sold. Rosa Tidmarsh, prize winner in the recent Art For God competition in America, displayed her work at Skegness and was amazed by the attention it received. Jack Curtis, a young artist with plans to work with YWAM in Europe later this year, sold one of his larger paintings to a customer who was very touched by the image. The sale will help to fund Jack's step of faith! Equally important for volunteers was the opportunity to benefit from the wonderful teaching and worship at the event. One helper commented, "It gave me precious time to reflect and draw close to God." Another said, "I was pleased to hear the message that we can be real as Christians, allowing ourselves to cry and to laugh, rather than thinking that we need to maintain a facade of being completely sorted."
February 12th 2008 - Leanne wins a poster of "Rising up" by James Martin
Leanne Ralls spent a few minutes filling in our on-line survey and won a poster in our survey prize draw. She was particularly struck by the soaring eagles in "Rising Up" and made her selection from our poster collection very quickly. James Martin's paintings have proved very popular at exhibitions and conferences. "Calvary" and "Resurrection Morning" are vivid portrayals of the Easter story. "Hannah" is a painting full of space and light, which shows a tiny figure praying. It is amongst the best-sellers of the Veritasse collection. To see all of James' work, visit the Veritasse shop from the Home Page.
January 14th 2008 - Fill the pews with poetry!
St Eustachius Church, Tavistock, England is asking poets from across the world to send in mini-poems about love in an attempt to fill every pew with poems. At present they have received 300 entries, but are hoping to reach the target of 688 poems by the 31st January deadline.Poems must be 4 lines with no more than 10 words per line. E-mail Myfanwy at vc@myfanwy.fsbusiness.co.uk for full details.
December 18th 2007 - Your views are important to us!
We are so keen to know what you think about our site that we offer a Veritasse poster worth £10 to one lucky person completing our survey. The next draw will be taking place on 19th January 2008. On that day, a survey will be picked at random and the person submitting it will win a Veritasse poster. Follow the link at the bottom of this page to complete a survey.
