Two exciting artists have arrived at G.V. Café, in the Golden Valley, for December and January 2026! 

Located at Pontrilas Business Park, G.V. Café is proud to showcase the talents of fine artist and printmaker Helen Arthur as well as photographer Gemma Crowther. The artists, both of whom hail from Wales, now call South Herefordshire home.

C.A.R.E Herefordshire CIC Managing Director, Sonya Cary: “With the shorter days upon us, it is all-too-easy to feel separated from one another spiritually and physically. Art possesses the extraordinary and much-needed magnetic quality that draws in the light when we need it the most, and enables us to see the light in each other as well. C.A.R.E. Herefordshire’s ethos has always centred on connecting others; This exhibition is a wonderful reminder that we are a part of a beautiful tapestry of stories interwoven with a sense of belonging.” 

Helen Arthur grew up in North Wales, but left to study at Cambridge before beginning a career with the BBC in London. Relocating from London to the Welsh borders with her husband and two young children, Helen really felt she had returned home. This homecoming released latent creativity and she took up printmaking (2017), which  developed into a love of painting four years later. The wild light in the Black Mountains (Y Mynydd Du), where Helen is located, impacts her creativity in an inescapable way.  Every layer of paint and each bold brushstroke or detailed etching mark invites viewers to reconnect with how they feel, fully immersed in nature.

Now, she has collectors around the UK and the globe, from the Netherlands to Singapore and North America.

Helen adds: “When a landscape becomes meaningful to you, it gets under your skin to create vivid memories. My paintings and process represent an emotional response to landscape.”

Gemma Crowther, originally from Bristol, now calls neighbouring Ewyas Harold home. Commenting on this being her first exhibition of her extensive images of the local landscape and wildlife, Gemma adds: “This exhibition and its process feels deeply human. The C.A.R.E. team’s involvement has quietly reaffirmed everything this exhibition is meant to stand for: connection, collaboration, presence, and the gentle slowing down that brings all those threads together.

My photography exhibition is an invitation to pause, to reflect, to question where we are and how we’re showing up. We live in a culture that celebrates doing, achieving and becoming- constant motion that leaves little room to simply be. Nature asks nothing of us. It does not demand progress or perfection -only presence. I hope my work sparks conversations, introspection, and maybe even a little stillness.”