David Bellamy Exhibition

From Pembrokeshire to the Polar Ice Cap: A Retrospective

A David Bellamy retrospective to celebrate the travels and art of this much-respected local artist.

Born in Pembroke and brought up in Llanddewi Velfrey, David attended Narberth Grammar School and though he now lives elsewhere he reguarly returns to Pembroekshire and has long been a siupporter of narberth Museum, having had an exhibition with us when the museum first opened.

David travels widely in search of subjects to paint and is especially fascinated by mountains, the Arctic in its various moods, and desert scenery in the Middle East. In his search for subjects to paint he has fallen over a sleeping crocodilein Kenya, sketched on dog-sledges in Greenland and taught Maasai warriors to sketch in Tanzania while they insist on clinging to their spear in one hand and pencil in the
other.

His paintings are mainly in watercolour, and all done from first-hand experience, his original sketches often showing signs of being done in pouring rain, the washes frozen into intricate patterns and sometimes mud-spattered. Yet some of the most incomprehensible sketches actually inspire his best work.

He has paintings in the collections of mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, Princess Jennah Bint Al Ghazi of
Jordan, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and the author Bill Bryson, among others.

A full time artist and author, David has written twenty-three books illustrated by his paintings and sketches, with several translated into other languages. Eight films on watercolour painting by David have been produced by APV Films of Chipping Norton, and he has also made three DVDs on his Arctic adventures in Greenland and Svalbard. He writes for art magazines and the outdoors press, and has run watercolour courses in the UK and around the world.

Through his painting and writing he endeavours to bring about a greater awareness of the threats to the natural environment. David has been featured on radio and television in numerous programmes both painting and conservation roles, including his own series on HTV (Wales) and has demonstrated for the International Watercolour Masters.

More information on his work can be viewed on his website www.davidbellamy.co.uk

The exhibition comprises a range of landscapes from Pembrokeshire to the deserts and the arctic, all of which are for sale. We also have copies of David’s books in our bookshop, Chapter One.

The exhibition will run throughout November and December 2026. It closes on Tuesday 5th January 2027. Please note we close at 2pm on Christmas Eve will be closed for ten days from Christmas Day to Monday 4th January. We reopen on Tuesday 5th January.

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