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Welcome to the Vintage Art Blog Vault of the John Dyer Gallery. Over the decades, we have shared countless artist news stories, updates, and insights on our blog. While much of this content has now moved to social media, we have carefully preserved these blog posts here for you to explore. Whether you're conducting research or simply taking a stroll down memory lane, we hope you enjoy delving into our rich archive of artistic history.

For our new blogs please visit our Magazine Art Blog from Cornwall.

Welcome to the Vintage Art Blog Vault of the John Dyer Gallery. Over the decades, we have shared countless artist news stories, updates, and insights on our blog. While much of this content has now moved to social media, we have carefully preserved these blog posts here for you to explore. Whether you're conducting research or simply taking a stroll down memory lane, we hope you enjoy delving into our rich archive of artistic history.

For our new blogs please visit our Magazine Art Blog from Cornwall.

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A spectacular new exhibition of work by two top artists has inspired more than 1,000 young people from around the world to create their own rainforest-themed works.

John Dyer, the Eden Project’s painter in residence, and Nixiwaka Yawanawá, an Amazonian Indian artist, created 12 paintings offering a unique insight into the sacred spiritual culture of the Yawanawá tribe of Brazil.

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With John Dyer & Amazon Indian Nixiwaka Yawanawá and 1041 children from around the world. More than a thousand young artists have created a beautiful selection of work inspired by the rainforest for the new Eden Project exhibition.

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Following a collaboration between the Amazon Indian Nixiwaka Yawanawá and British painter John Dyer to create a series of paintings at the U.K.’s Eden Project, the two artists will invite children around the world to submit their artworks inspired by the rainforest.

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From May 4th to 15th 2015, British Artist John Dyer and Amazonian Indian Artist Nixiwaka Yawanawá will be working together in the largest captive rainforest on the planet at the Eden Project to produce a series of new paintings exploring the Spirit of the Rainforest from the Western and Amazonian cultural perspective. 

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The Royal West of England Academy held a Secret Postcard Auction on 3 July 2014 featuring dozens of small original artworks by leading British artists. John Dyer is one of the artists selected to be part of this event alongside Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry and Royal Academicians Norman Ackroyd, Richard Long and Hughie O'Donoghue and many others. 

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On Tuesday 18th March 2014 Artist John Dyer launched The BG Art & Storytelling Tall Ships Project and revealed the official Tall Ships painting to the press at Falmouth Art Gallery.

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The Art of John Dyer is featured on the Public Catalogue Foundation BBC Your Paintings web site.

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Artist John Dyer’s first painting in his Darwin series is being featured as part of an article on Cornwall’s celebrations for the event.

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The John Dyer Gallery is pleased to support the Children’s Hospital South West Precious Lives Appeal.

John Dyer has donated an original painting, painted especially for the auction.

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John Dyer is an artist who has created vibrant paintings in support of a better understanding of the role of tropical crops. He has done work for INIBAP, IPGRI, and the Eden Project (UK). The paintings are mentioned here as the style could have great potential in illustrating agroforestry resources. More information about his paintings and his current "Crops Project" are available at: http://www.johndyer.info/cropsproject/index.shtml

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