Bombus subterraneous mezzotint engraving by Andrew Tyzack donated to RCA Secret 2010 and now revealed. Two other mezzotints were donated by Andrew and can be seen at the following links: RCA Secret Drone and RCA Secret Worker.

The Shape of Magic

4th September - 9th October 2010

Shellie Byatt & Betty Pennell

with ceramics by Jacqueline Leighton Boyce

The Art Shop, Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH



The Empty Skep by Shellie Byatt

“There is a common thread that links these artists’ work. Their work is narrative in content, conjuring up magical environments against which human dramas and elusive emotions are played out.” The Art Shop

“I was talking with Ronald Pennell about the sad state of the bee world at the moment (and his work in response to it) that I decided to make an image myself. Alas for the poor human in my picture - the skep is empty and she has already been reduced to pretending to be a bee herself (wings and striped dress) perhaps trying to use a sort of sympathetic magic! The image is made of paper and pencil on board in a type of collage that I have developed over the years - no imported images, all of the image is made first-hand by me.” Shellie Byatt