A herd of artists have been hard at work creating a simply stellar set of designs for Weldmar Hospicecare’s Stampede by the Sea art trail, opening later this month.

Terry Whitworth
Bridport’s Terry Whitworth enjoyed this task so much he painted two.
Terry, who has been a professional illustrator for more than 40 years, invested hours into his two designs, called Power of Plankton, which features a huge variety of the organisms, and The Great Wave of West Dorset, which is based on the well known Japanese woodcut The Great Wave.
He said: “Power of Plankton took quite a long time as I covered the elephant in many, many illustrations of the different types of plankton. There are some wonderful and very elaborate planktons! It was very enjoyable to do and the research was very interesting.
“What was very good for me was to be working on totally different scale to my usual work, more like a mural.”
Terry trained at Twickenham Art College before moving to Bridport in 1983, where he works from his studio at home.
He said: “Over the years I’ve been fortunate in having a lot of architectural work and work for calendars.
“I do a lot of work for architects and estate agents – artists’ impressions showing how things will look when they’re built, which is very interesting work.”

Terri Peay
Terri Peay, 33, is another of Weldmar’s local artists – she is based in Weymouth and painted her elephant in the studio in her family’s home in Stalbridge.
She said: “I’ve got a home studio in Weymouth, but I couldn’t fit the elephant in!”
Terri’s elephant is called From Darkness Comes Light, exploring the stages of grief.
On one side is a crow and a moon and the other side is a sunrise, with a hare in front of the sun.
Terri decided on the theme after two blows – first, the unexpected death of her brother aged 35 and then being diagnosed with a heart condition herself, which requires her to have a defibrillator on hand.
She said: “My theme was about losing someone so young and coping with death.
“Trying to be positive about that. The design is about people I’ve lost but also my grief for myself.
“I usually illustrate flora and fauna, celebrating British animals. I make homewares such as lampshades and wallpapers and I make greetings cards. I usually use watercolour but also use acrylic and oil, and I used acrylic for the elephant.
“I absolutely loved painting the elephant – it was probably one of the best things I’ve done to date. I’m going to be doing another one for a hospice in Birmingham.
“It makes you think how you’re going to paint things differently. Something with curves on it is quite a challenge but really good fun.”

Lyndon Wall
Weeks and weeks of work went into the West Dorset Magazine’s elephant, which features many, many Dorset inhabitants and places. Our cartoonist Lyndon Wall poured so much love into our little Nellie!
Lyndon, whose work is catalogued at justsocaricatures.co.uk, has included landmarks and well known folk from all over the county. She has a tail of Bridport rope, and Tolpuddle on her trunk.
As with all the elephants, people will have the chance to bid to buy them at an auction this summer. Keep an eye on our magazine for full details.
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