New art exhibition in Devizes celebrates Wiltshire’s woodlands

A NEW exhibition of photographs that celebrates Wiltshire’s historic woodlands has opened in Devizes.

The exhibition – by Great Bedwyn artist Hilary Stock – seeks to showcase works that capture the Savernake Forest and West Woods.

Hilary’s Wanderlust exhibition also includes images of the coastline of Cornwall, Morocco and The Gambia, reflecting her wider travels.

She said: “I particularly love being in the forest with my camera.

“I find them places of stillness and calm, especially beech forests like West Woods, where the simplicity of the tree trunks and the spacing make it something very special.

“It’s a sense of calm that I try to recreate in my pictures.

“There are so many interesting places around Wiltshire that I’m never lost for inspiration.”

For the past year, Hilary has been photographer in residence at Horatio’s Garden in Salisbury District Hospital, where she works with patients adjusting to life with spinal injuries.

She has also been a lifestyle photographer for Womad, the world music festival near Malmesbury.

She began her working life making documentary features for BBC Radio 4 and has lived twice in India – first in Kerala and later in New Delhi.

She now divides her time between Wiltshire and Cornwall, where her mother and grandmother grew up.

Wanderlust will run at White Chalk Gallery Fine Art in Devizes until October 21.