KEITH BAYLISS

born: 1954 in Swansea; trained: 1973-77 at Swansea College of Art & Sheffield City Polytechnic (Art & Design); director of ARTS SERVICES, Swansea

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1)"The Gift of Tenderness", 1995 .. 2) From 'Weak Eros', poems by David Greenslade, 2001
3)"The Heart Sets Sail", 2002 ..
(wood cuts)

Keith Bayliss is a 'multi-talented' artist of astonishing depth, a well-known painter whose works are in many important collections, a gifted print-maker, an internationalist, but above all an educationist whose enthusiasm seems boundless and infectious.
His skills as a painter have been discussed on another web page (see section Painting for LINK), his printing craft is displayed on this page, while his international commitment shall be shown by way of his involvement in exhibitions & tours abroad for the past decade:

1994/5 'Contemporary Art From Wales', exhibition at the Leeuwenhorst Congress Centrum/The Netherlands; 1996 'Voyages: Works on Paper' at the Narodni Kulturni Pamatka Vysehrad Prague/Czech Republic; 1998 'La Bise' Touring Group Show/France; 1998 developed & co-ordinated the 'Festival of Czech & Slovak Surrealists in Swansea; 1999 'Faust' Touring group Show/Germany; 2001 'Five Artists from Wales' exhibition in Brugge/Belgium; 2002 'Dreaming Awake' touring exhibition of the Czech Republic;

His publications on school & community projects (e.g. Ceri Richards Festival @ Dunvant, 2003) and workshops in Primary education have appeared in 'Scholastic Publications, Art & Craft', in 'Me, Myself, I, Images and Word' as well as 'Gwyrosydd Biennial Arts'. The projects have involded other artists such as Tony Goble, Glenys Cour, William Brown, Paul Peter Piech, Lynn Bebb, John Glaw of Germany as well as poets such as Malcom Parr, P.Thabit Jones, Nigel Jenkins, Paul Henry, Iwan Llwyd, Lucien Suel of France, Josef Janda of the Czech Republic, Josef Huerkamp of Germany, Serge Segay of Russia and many others.

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IMAGES FROM THE ARTIST's BOOK: "WHITE VOICES", 2001 (publisher Old Stile Press)
woodcuts, c.25x36cm

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Drawings from the Story of "The Children's Crusades"
(1999-2001, Ink & Wash on Fabriano Paper, c.38x96cm)


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(artist's collection)


"Visitor", 19x27cm (private collection).


For his paintings [CLICK] here

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