“SPRING CHELTENHAM IS AN ARTIST-RUN CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY AND ARTIST POP-UP SPACE. we help curate regularly changing exhibitions of emerging as well as well established artists working in a range of mediA, from painting to sculpture”
Upcoming exhibitions
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LAND AND SEA
Antonella Scarpa-Isles & Jilly Hamilton
15 - 21st May 2024
Open daily from 10am - 5pm
(Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)As artists, we both endeavour to capture energy, atmosphere and light; how they interact with each other as well as their connection to our inner emotions and feelings.
We are inspired by the wonder of nature in all its forms and moods and use a variety of media to evoke hidden memories and forgotten impressions.
Describing her work and process, Antonella said ‘My paintings are inspired by nature. Although the images are a direct response to the landscape , they attempt to capture a mood rather than a specific location.
Water, trees, skies, reflections and how they interact with each other are the main elements of my work “
Jilly told us, ‘In my seascape paintings, I aim to capture the wild energy, atmosphere and light - which connects to your inner emotions and feelings. I see shapes and forms in the sea which remind me of landscapes of hills and valleys which only hold their form for a split second of time and change in front of our eyes’
Private View: Friday 17th May, 6-8pm (All welcome) -
ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
Judith Beeby, Sally Grant and Sally Stafford
22 - 28th May 2024
Open daily from 10am - 5pm
(Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)
Judith Beeby is an award winning painter working in watercolours. She is inspired by urban and industrial elements within the rural environment and their impact on the landscape. Her paintings constantly hark back to her birthplace in the north of England. http://www.judithbeeby.comSally Stafford’s paintings explore places and the effects of time. Layers of paint are poured, scratched into and overpainted. Natural forms emerge and recede, echoing the searching for a memory and the essence of a place and time.
Sally Grant’s love of life drawing and ceramics led to an exploration of the human form in sculpture. Her work focuses on expressionist figures and heads. Sally exhibits nationally and is collected internationally.
Judith and Sally Stafford are returning to the Spring Gallery for a second show to build on their following from last year.
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FILTERED
Andy Sylvester
29th May - 4th June 2024
Open daily from 10am - 5pm
(Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)Andy Sylvester read Fine Art Painting at Wolverhampton Polytechnic from 1984 -87. Since graduating, he has worked both in art education and as a practising painter.
He builds his images over time and references photographic sources. These are either his own images put through filters or socially shared images.
As a gay man he is interested in queer identities and uses images of queer people to explore the multiplicity of ideals we are presented with.
Andy is especially fascinated by the ‘selfie’ as a new form of portraiture and considers the relevance of how the ‘sitter’ controls the image they display to the world through subjectively considered colour and filters.
His work discusses the world around us all. He is also interested in landscape and the paintings in this show reflect these two genres. The paintings on show explore narrative, colour, line, composition, and mark-making.
Andy has work in several public and private collections.
Private View: Thursday 30th May, 6-9pm (All welcome)
Whether you are an emerging or established artist looking to exhibit your work, or a designer or craftsperson looking to launch new products or ideas to public, we want to help.
The 430 sq ft sensitively restored space offers a fantastic ground floor frontage with a direct entrance onto a pretty street in the centre of attractive Montpellier; well known for its bars, restaurants, specialist shops and galleries.
Housed in an immaculately presented grade II listed building , built over 170 years ago, the space is bright, intimate and full of character.
If you would like to join our stable of artists and designers, all you have to register your work in order for it to be reviewed by our team. The reason for doing this is while we are keen to maintain an eclectic mix of styles, we also want to make sure it is the right fit for the space.
The minimum hire period is one week starting at £400, but you may also book for longer periods when available, and we ask for no commission on any of your sales.
As well as hiring out the space to artists and creative businesses, we will also arrange a programme of selected group and solo shows where we will invite people to submit their work for inclusion.
For more information visit our Gallery Hire & Submission page.
