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Octagon Visual Arts Centre,
The Castle School,
Park Road, Thornbury,
BS35 1HT.

 Directions:

Take B4061 down Thornbury Hill and continue along the High Street and onto Castle Street. Turn right in front of St Mary's Church into Park Road. The Castle School is on the left.

 Phone:

01454 862176

 Email:

andrea.hazlehurst@thecastleschool.org.uk

Opening Times for visits

The times and dates when the artist's work will be on display for visitors is indicated below:
Weekdays, April 24th - May 18th, 9am - 5pm.

Y (Yes) indicates the day and times when the exhibition is open.

 Artist's description of their work

Landscape Painting, lino cut printmaking

© Paul Needles

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Paul Needles has had a distinguished career culminating with his appointment in 2002 as Director of the Arts College when The Castle School in Thornbury gained specialist schools status in Visual Arts.

Prior to this appointment he was head of the Creative Faculty at The Castle School with oversight of all forms of art - including music, dance and drama - and the craft design technology department. Under his guidance Expressive Arts became a faculty with him at the head.

Throughout his teaching career Paul continued to practise his art in all forms and exhibited his paintings in various exhibitions, including several individual exhibitions. He retired from The Castle in December 2006.

Retirement has brought more time to paint and has given Paul the time and space to expand his print making experience. Where much of his painting is of landscape, his printmaking has given Paul the opportunity to do more figurative work - in his preferred medium of lino cuts.

Much of Paul's inspiration for his paintings comes from the local landscape in the south of England and from his holidays in France and Spain. Paul now works in a small studio at his home in south Bristol.

All content © 2012 Paul Needles. Contact enquiries@paulneedles.com