An arts trail of 21 kingfisher sculptures decorated by artists including some from Stroud was launched on May 31. Kingfisher’s can be found in Stroud, Stonehouse, Slimbridge, Wotton and many more places across the Cotswolds until October. Artists featured in the trail include Slad’s Kerry Phippen, of London and New York fame, Uley’s Hannah Dyson, artist in residence at the Prema Arts Centre, and Stroud’s Albie Lucas, who undertook the well-known political mural at Gannicox road, Stroud and the bus stop installation ‘Everyday People’ in Brimscombe. The event, organised by Cotswolds National Landscape, aims to be a unique way for people to connect with nature in the Cotswold’s this summer.
A colourful and thought-provoking fibreglass kingfisher has settled in Stonehouse as part of a sculpture trail contributed to by several Stroud artists. It is one of 22 dazzling art pieces which will make up the Kingfisher Trail, organised by the Cotswolds National Landscape, which is set to launch on May 31. The event, which lasts until early October, aims to be a unique way for people to connect with nature in the Cotswold’s this summer. Stonehouse Mayor, Cllr Gary Powell, said: “We are delighted that Stonehouse has been included on the Kingfisher Trail and our sculpture is a really engaging and topical piece of artwork with a Greta Thunberg theme designed by Russell Haines.