SMALL WORKS WINTER SHOW
5th - 23rd December 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our 4th Annual Small Works Winter Show, 2024.

- A celebration of work from 115 artists from across the UK.

- A diverse selection of over 150 original works in a range of mediums.

- Hand-crafted gifts from talented local makers.

- Buckets of inspiration.

Private View, Friday 6th December, 6-8pm. All welcome!

11am - 6pm Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 4pm Sundays and Monday
(Closed Monday 9th and 16th December)

Include Artists
Abigail Waddell - Addy Gardner - Aidan Myers - Alice Diakova - Alison Holt - Amanda Harman - Andy Sylvester - Angela Summerfield - Angie Browning - Angie Spenser - Anna Bagnall - Anna Haywood - Ben Snowden - Bernadette Koranteng - Betty Harrison - Betty Harrison - Carole Bury - Celia Grace - Cetta di Lieto - Christine Brunnock - Chris Brook - Chris Haywood - Chris Whitford - Clem Whalley - Connie Liebschner - Conrad Clarke - David Felix - David Weatherburn - Debbie Hulme - Diane Whalley - Dionne Marshall - Eleanor Woolley - Ellie Cottrell - Ellie Thomas - Emma Evans - Emma Giacalone - Emma Pack - Emma Sperring - Esmé Hunton - Farphoria - Filippa Whitford - Francine Brown - Freya Horsley - Georgia Elliott - Georgie Dowling - Gill Cox - Graham Hawkin - Helen MacRitchie - Hemali Modha - Henrietta MacPhee - Jacqueline Hammond - James Morton - Jan Lindsay - Jane Brighton - Jane Overbury - Jayne Tricker - Jim Pilston - Jo Wade - Johanna Okon-Watkins - Joy Gosney - Julie Dunster - Kelly McCluskey - Kim Whitby - Kristy Field – Laure Filho - Leila Godden - Libby Farren-Price - Liske Johnson - Liz Freedman - Lorraine Houston -  Louise Hawkins - Louise Millin - Louise Nichols - Luba Arnold - Maddie Webb - Maria Buttuller - Maria Pierides - Matthew Fergyson - Melanie Russell - Mike Skinner - Minnie Kathleen Browning - Moira McNair - Molly Abbott - Patrick Caines - Paul West - Penny Leaver Green - Pippa Brown - Plum Neasmith - Rachel Francis - Rachel Kerslake - Rachel Oram - Rich Edmunds - Richard Glibert - Richard Wood - Rita Moseley - Rose Long - Rupert Aker - Ryan Everson - Sally Cartwright - Sally Dorrity - Sally Smith - Sarah Foat - Sarah Ruthven - Sharon Bruster - Sheri Gee - Sophie Cook - Steve Cass - Steve Roberts - Sue Asbury - Sue Johnson - Susan Wilkinson - Tamara Williams - Tansy Larsen - Thomasin Toohie - Tim Turton - Vanessa Worrall - Wendy Golding - Zoe Laurence

BOTANICAL WANDERING
Conrad P Clarke
27th November - 3rd December 2024

Conrad Clarke is an award winning artist living and working in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. His work draws inspiration from the natural world around him and often focuses on the interaction between plants and their environment. By carefully layering bold and muted colours, as well as textures, pattern and delicate detail, he manages to encapsulate the beauty and complexities of different ecologies, as well as breathing new life into contemporary landscape painting.

While the subject of his work is clearly rooted in reality, it is his contemporary approach and aesthetic that gives his work its distinct and unique feel. By reimagining these natural scenes with a sensitivity to detail, his depiction of a figurative reality can also induce abstracted sensibilities into otherwise ordinary practice.

Conrad continually seeks out new inspiration for his work from the natural world, as well as honing in on the unique details that define each place. Often it is the simple and seemingly mundane elements of a landscape, that he aims to showcase in a new and inquisitive light.

Annica Neumuller
‘I am Annica, a Swedish artist living in the UK since 99.      
I went to art school in Sweden 96 to 98.
Painting or creating is something I do every day, as compulsory as breathing...
I lean towards the abstract. Excited when a dot, line, shape or colour happens to land where I feel it has "come home".
A constant balancing act of Chaos and Order, as I find life itself’

Jedsluckydragon
’I studied Forestry and woodland management 1 year Cabinet making and furniture design 2yrs after leaving school Added to that practiced carving spoons and bowl turning on a pole lathe
   My style is influenced by George Nakashima, Sam Maloof also Japanese Arts and crafts
I put woods together that compliment each other and work organically with sustainable sources letting the grain shout out using mostly hand tools’

Claire Lovell
‘I am driven to paint most days, mainly in oil, hoping always to paint boldly, with a decent sized brush or occasionally a palette knife, to convey the excitement I feel by the colour around us, even under grey skies.  

I work from life,  directly onto board or canvas, or via sketches and studies that I’ve made while exploring the coast or inland.  I also adore painting wild flowers or sparkly fresh produce for a still life.    If working a painting up in my studio, the music I listen to often influences the energy of the final work.   My dream is to offer a more joyful and colourful alternative to the woeful news offered to us daily.   

No academics - just my total love of and connection with the natural world,  a powerful awareness of the tender and transient beauty of living things …as well as a deep seated need to create. ‘

HEMISPHERE
Hadfield Fine Art
6-18 November 2024

Private view: Thursday 7th 6-8pm. All welcome!

Open 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Sunday (Closed on Mondays)

Established in 2007, Hadfield Fine Art is based in the heart of the Cotswolds in an area of outstanding natural beauty. We specialise in Original Contemporary 21st Century British Art: From Paintings; abstract, landscape and still life to Sculpture, Ceramics and Glass. We appreciate that the art world can be a confusing arena for buyers which is why we use our previous experience of working in the art market at the highest level to carefully select only original paintings and drawings from professional contemporary artists. By carefully choosing works of art by promising British artists who exhibit a passion, energy and use of light in their work, we offer quality works of art which we are proud to show in our curated group exhibitions in the Cotswolds, on our website and at art fairs in Bristol, London and Cheltenham.

MIDNIGHT COMES EARLIER EACH DAY
Beth Quarmby
30 - 5 November 2024
10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)

Beth Quarmby is a painter based in Stroud. Taking inspiration from the landscape and her journey through the wildness of the garden to her studio, she creates naive works that explore relationships. The relationship she has with herself and her environment and the relationships observed between others. Her work is personal but ambiguous, full of texture and translucency. 

Private View: Friday 1st November, 6 - 8.30pm. All Welcome!

RITA MOSELEY &| JENNY HUGGETT
23 - 29 October 2024
10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)


Jenny Huggett told us,
‘From the vibrant landscapes of South Africa to the captivating world of art, Jenny’s journey embodies a profound love for both the natural world and sculpting.

Her art emanates from an intimate celebration of life, predominantly capturing the essence of living beings. Her affinity for the human form gracefully extends to masterful animal portraits; they transcend mere physical form; they stir emotions and invite an immersive dialogue between observer and art piece - a tapestry of feelings and testament to her art’s captivating allure.

Nestled in the enchanting walled garden of Sherborne in Gloucestershire, Jenny’s studio serves as the cradle for her artistic expression—a place where imagination takes tangible form.’

Rita Moseley told us,
’My eye for colour and detail guided me to a career in fashion after training in Paris and London. I spent many years as head of design for a national retail company and as a design consultant for companies in the Far East and Australia. Before and since retirement I have travelled extensively which has given me the inspiration to paint expressive landscapes that communicate an intense emotional response to the experience of being outdoors. I am inspired by nature as well as paint itself. Oil is my medium which gives me the flexibility of colour and movement in landscapes and more abstract work.

I work from my studio in my beautiful Cotswold garden which continues to inspire me and allows me to express through art my appreciation of living in this beautiful part of the world’

LANDLINES & PLACES
Janey Hunt
16 - 22 October 2024

Janey is a landscape painter, using charcoal, pastel and watercolour crayons. She is influenced by contours of the landscape, ancient monuments, historical field patterns and modern farming, old estate maps and archaeological drawings. Janey feels a tie to the land and landscape that she wants to portray through her artwork. This is a real emotional and physical experience.

Janey starts with going out and exploring the landscape. Wandering, sometimes going to specific locations, also using OS maps and Google Earth, she sketches and takes photos, which are used as studies and aid-memoirs back in the studio. The basic drawing is made in charcoal then she relinquishes the studies and allows the picture to emerge as it will into varying stages of abstraction, allowing a play of mark making, texture, tone and colour. Janey likes to feel the medium and the paper to enable her to puzzle out the emerging picture.

Janey graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2004 and achieved a PhD in Fine Art Practice from the University of Plymouth in 2011. She is busy with two solo exhibitions this year at Birdwood House, Totnes, Devon, UK, September and October at SpringCheltenham, Gloucestershire. Janey also volunteers as the Area Representative of Mendip for Somerset Art Works and for Totnes Image and Photographic Archive, she is also a member of Contemporary Markmakers in Totnes.

GOES WITHOUT SAYING
David Felix
9-15 October 2024

This exhibition contains a number of irregularly shaped panels, because David wanted the challenge of moving away from and out of the standard, rectangular format. A few of these works are three dimensional and more sculptural with different levels and relief.

Many of these pieces are constructed by using criss-crossed layers of reclaimed, corrugated cardboard.

This allows for the making of any desired shape and for cutting into the surface so that objects can be inserted.

Within these works lie single words - the letters of which are treated as abstract shapes.

Or else there are a number of invented letterforms that suggest writing, letterforms that give the impression of text, of script.

 For the first time David is also showing pieces that complement the collage paintings - a selection of conventionally framed visual poems that have all featured globally in print publications and online.

Mike Skinner Artist

Mixed Medium Artworks

2nd - 8th October 2024

Private View: Friday 4th October 6-9pm, all invited.

Mike has just become a council member of The Society of Graphic Fine Art aka The Drawing Society founded in 1918.

The society has around 180 members both UK and internationally. The next society show will be in 2025, March 10th to 15th, at The Mall Galleries, London SW1.

He is also a professional member of The New Bath Arts Club which is exhibiting in tandem with the Spring Gallery show at The Roper Gallery, Bath 4th to 25th of October.

Mike has invited two sculptors in iron and timber to show works alongside his works in this show: Jo Millak and Raymond Wirick.

Sarah Ruthven and Cetta Di Lieto
10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)

This is an exhibition of two contemporary landscape artists, Sarah Ruthven and Cetta Di Lieto, who have a mutual love of painting in the Cornish landscape. Last year both painters completed the Landscape Mentoring program at Newlyn School of Art. Sarah is based in Lewes and Cetta in Cirencester.

Sarah Ruthven’s process begins in the landscape, skies, seas, footpaths and the expansive South Downs. By absorbing and connecting to the land en plein air she gets to know the area’s she paints intimately by repeatedly revisiting the same land point to paint throughout the seasons. To Sarah the act of painting is to emphasise visually the importance of our oceans and countryside, the desire to protect, honour and cerebrate them.

Cetta Di Lieto is drawn to overlooked spaces, indications of human impact within the landscape visually interest her. Pylons, buildings, and telephone wires provide lines and negative space which bisect the landscape, enjoying the balance and shapes they create. Her work is characterised by a nuanced and restrained palette.
Integrating painting, drawing and ceramics, surfaces are sanded, scratched, and overpainted aiming to simplify forms and create a taut quietness.

Matisse, Picasso, Miró & Dalí

19th September – 24th September 2024
10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)

Please join us for the Private View on Thursday 19th September, 6 - 8pm. All Welcome

During the 20th century, many of the world's greatest painters turned to printmaking as a means of creative expression. Here, as in their work on canvas, they lead an aesthetic revolution that changed the course of art history. Picasso's restless innovation saw him create more than 2,400 original prints across eight decades. Miró’s devotion to technique and process resulted in a similarly grand output. Dalí produced around 1,700 individual editions, while Matisse executed 825 sinuous images. Each of these artists poured the very best of their work into their prints, seeking effects that would not have been possible in any other medium. Many of these prints are now held in the collections of major international museums, taking their place alongside the greatest works of 20th century art.

At Spring this September, we'll be offering a fabulous selection of these original artworks for sale. We hope you can join us to see for yourself the extraordinary legacy left in print by some of the world's greatest artworks.

About Hidden Gallery:

Founded in 2016, Hidden Gallery offers original hand-signed works by a wide range of artists, including Warhol, Hockney, Picasso, Miró, Emin, Hirst, Dali, and many more. Founded in 2016, Hidden has become a trusted destination for art enthusiasts and collectors seeking exceptional artworks by the most renowned artists of all time.

Rock Paper Scissors reflects the contrasting styles and techniques of three artist friends who work with clay, paint, print, collage. Like the eponymous game, these three artists present themselves towards and across one another, gesticulating in diverse and at times, incongruous media. 

Stephen Belinfante makes paintings, prints and sculptures. He uses a variety of materials, ranging from collaged paper to acrylic and household paints. Belinfante’s artist inspirations are many, ranging from Cornish 20th century painters to Matisse and Howard Hodgkin.

Katrina Moore makes wheel-thrown stoneware pottery from her studio at home. She creates functional pieces with clean lines and simple forms, using glazes that allow the natural colours and textures of the clay to be enjoyed. 

Jane Sasanow combines a passion for all things printed, to make artist books and original prints. Her experimental approach includes many print processes; combining them to explore her relationship to landscape through texture and shape.

Closed for our summer break.

Elemental

Maddie Webb, Francine Brown,
Lucinda Batchelore & Yardstick Gallery

Wednesday, 10am - 5pm
Thursday, 10am - 8pm
Friday, 10am - 8pm
Saturday, 10am - 8pm
Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Monday, 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 1pm

An exciting art exhibition of new paintings, photography and ceramics. A group of contemporary artists showing together for the first time Spring.

Maddie Webb told us,

‘My paintings are a synthesis of places experienced and imagined. Light, colour and atmosphere intrigue and fascinate me. My artistic style is suggestive of the intensity of abstract expressionism, softened with the mood of subdued tonalism. I work instinctively, reacting to and shaping the surface. It is important that my work becomes its own story and has its own energy.

I begin outside immersed in the landscape; small works become the basis for larger works in the studio. I work intuitively building up free gestural marks which are then shaped and tamed with the softness of a brush. Some of the most interesting results are haphazard and accidental. Paints are used in ethereal glazes, revealing or concealing areas, creating textural qualities which help to translate my experiences.Then the essence of the landscape appears.

The Sublime is something I feel when overwhelmed and in awe of the landscape. Something as colossal as experiencing a glacier in Iceland or out walking noticing frost has touched the trees. For me the Sublime is nature seen and experienced in a moment; primordial and uncomplicated. Put simply, it is this that I try to paint.’

Francine Brown is a British artist who currently lives in Warwickshire, England, with her husband and two children.  Francine began her design career when she was awarded a BA Honours degree in Illustration in 2000 before joining a top London design agency. Shesubsequently enjoyed a variety of roles within an ever-changing design world, adding Graphic Design and Visual Communication to her skill set.

She told us ‘The varied roles throughout my career have allowed me to explore and push my own creative boundaries, it’s been an integral part of where I am today. I always knew I would go back to painting one day and I made that decision in 2020. Although I initially trained in oils I started to experiment with other less harmful mediums and it was on this journey I found the delicate properties of watercolours against a clay and mineral ground best suited my vision; the soft veils of colour, naturally illuminated by the clay offered an oneiric quality to my work.’

Photographer Lucinda Batchelor told us,

‘The beautifully poetic French word for twilight is 'l'heure entre chien et loup, or 'the hour between the dog and the wolf' The phrase describes the approaching dark as a time when things move from familiar to wild, or when the failing light means it's hard to distinguish between a dog and a wolf.

This phrase feeds into my passions for nature and photography and describes perfectly how light changes everything, which is why I became a photographer.’


For this exhibition at Spring Cheltenham, Yardstick Gallery presents 2 ceramicists, Iona Crawford-Topp & John Wheeldon.

Iona Ceramic's ‘Estuary’ collection of tactile mugs and vases. Wheelthrown stoneware with thick porcelain slip and rust inclusions, inspired by the ever changing aerial appearance of estuaries.

John Wheeldon Ceramic's earthenware teapots, teaware and tulipières in exclusive pastel colour glazes – fine ceramics of a domestic nature, handthrown and decorated in the manner of 18th Century english tableware.

Yardstick Gallery presents contemporary craft and fine art handmade by emerging and established artists and makers. www.yardstickgallery.com presents an occasional online focus on individual artists, as well as works for sale. Yardstick Gallery also curates a small number of exhibitions in UK venues.

Luscious: Steve Roberts Landscape Painting 2023 – 2024 (18/07/24 – 30/07/24)

Luscious is the debut solo show from contemporary landscape painter, Steve Roberts. The exhibition features an extensive body of work produced between 2023 and 2024 exploring the liminal and transient space between the artist and the landscape. Immersion within the landscape is vital to Steve’s practice (painting En plein air). Through engaging with the multisensory experience of seeing, hearing and feeling the landscape first hand, Steve allows these aspects of perception to guide the creative process. In this latest body of work, the interplay of colour, texture and the abstraction of form combine to create works which are in equal measure evocative and visceral.

ADDY GARDNER
3rd - 16th July 2024
10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)


Addy Gardner’s current body of work is based on a journey of discovery led by her thoughts and feelings about 'wild' places. It is primarily prompted by her readings on the biodiversity and climate crisis and their contribution to the lack of wild places in Britain today. The work documents her feelings toward both our separation, and connection to nature. It explores the concept of rewilding as a re-emergence of the magical landscapes of childhood fairy tales and remembered places in her past as well as the actuality of rewilded land today. Gardner is interested in expressing her sense of grief for the natural spaces which are lost under developing town and city infrastructures and those which are in the process of disappearing. She is currently creating work inspired by rewilded landscapes and those pending development in Britain. She has gallery representation in the UK where her work is held in private collections as well as internationally.

Ange Mullen-Bryan & Jen Harvey
26 June - 2 July 2024

Open Wed - Mon 11 am - 5pm
Tuesday 11 am - 2 pm
Sunday Opening 11 am with afternoon drinks 2-5 pm

The Mother Tree is an exhibition of ceramics and painting, exploring the natural phenomenon of collaboration in nature as opposed to the generally accepted notion of competition. 

Two friends, artists, nature lovers and mothers we often times find ourselves discussing the human disconnect from nature and the absolute importance of a better understanding of our world.
Through groundbreaking research in recent decades, by the likes of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall kimmerer and others, our scientific understanding about the way in which trees care, communicate, protect and feed one another gives us a road map, as humans for working together to heal the natural world. In an approach less about growth, gain, competition and power but more about reciprocity, mutual support of all species and taking only what we need. This may seem revolutionary, but we are essentially relearning from generations of indigenous peoples who understood how to coexist in harmony with nature.

PETE BRYDEN
June 19th – June 25th 2024
Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm.
Sunday-Monday, 11am-3pm.

 
Pete Bryden’s inspired paintings vary from totally non-representational abstract to semi-abstract landscapes, fuelled by a creative imagination and the stunning Wye Valley where he lives and paints.  

He told us, ‘the arts have always featured prominently in my life. I grew up in Oxford,surrounded by my grandmother’s watercolour paintings, in a house that was filled with music. I am a musician, and I have also spent periods of my life illustrating, cartooning and designing. This diverse artistic creativity was combined when I created and produced 26 episodes of a stop frame animated children’s television series for the BBC in 2002.

I now live and work in the Welsh Marches, in a remote location a few miles from Monmouth. My studio is perched on a Norman motte, once home to one of the many border castles. It is in a commanding position looking down over the river Monnow, surrounded by stunning landscape.

I launch into most of my paintings, armed with an array of cloths, sponges, palette knives and brushes, often with my Spotify ‘PB Classics’ playlist blaring away. It’s a good mix of songs that have featured prominently at different times in my life, evoking happy memories and imagery. I usually start painting with no pre-conceived idea as to what I will paint, and I love the element of surprise as a painting develops on the canvas in front of me, resulting in a new and unique creation.

Brian Gorst – Paintings. 

An exhibition of Still life and Landscape paintings that aim to capture the beauty and stillness of the simple objects and scenes that surround us. 

Brian Gorst is a painter and tutor working in Herefordshire who has exhibited widely, including numerous solo exhibitions. He studied painting in Cheltenham and New York. 

For more  information see: www.briangorst.weebly.com

Suzanne Nicholl is an expressive painter who draws inspiration from spirited and untamed landscapes. Her vibrant work captures the raw energy of nature and invites viewers to explore the ambiguous interplay of color, light, and texture. Suzanne’s work reflects her experience and connection with the landscapes she explores and revisits.


Join us for the private view on Friday 7th June, 5-8pm. All welcome!

FILTERED
Wednesday 29th May - Tuesday 4th June.
Andy Sylvester

10am - 5pm daily. (Last Tuesday 10am - 1pm)

Private View: Thursday 30th May, 6-9pm (All welcome)

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. 

ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
22 - 28 May 2024

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.com

Sally 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. http://www.sallystafford.com

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. http://sallygrantsculpture.co.uk

Judith and Sally Stafford are returning to the Spring Gallery for a second show to build on their following from last year.

LAND AND SEA
15 - 21st May 2024
Antonella Scarpa-Isles & Jilly Hamilton

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’

CONFLUENCE
May 8 th – 14 th
Elizabeth Hand & Sian Perry-Smith

Open daily 10.00am to 5.00pm
(last Tuesday closing 1.00pm)

PV: Friday 10th May 5.30-8.00pm (All welcome)

Elizabeth Hand and Sian Perry-Smith work together from a studio in the beautiful Cathedral City of Wells in Somerset. This exhibition brings together work created over one year. The two abstract painters shared the theme of rivers, undertaking walks and journeys in Pembrokeshire (Sian) and India (Elizabeth), exploring diverse cultural, historical, and visual stimuli.

Sian’s works are predominately oil on canvas. On occasion she incorporates an object or another material into her work and finds layers and texture or the lack of, exciting. Her approach is intuitive and her objective to interpret a memory, whether a location, an event or a moment in time. This collection of work focusses on Fishguard in West Wales and the happy times spent with her sister. Sian studied through the University of Plymouth and was highly commended by the Royal Society of Arts. She has exhibited widely and welcomes commissions.

Elizabeth is known as a painter of distant places; her large abstract paintings are inspired by travel. The work exhibited at Spring, recreates memories of alighting from a boat to mount steep steps rising from the River Ganges to Ghats and settlements above. Temple interiors, ancient labyrinth passages and the cacophony of life, offered rich pattern, colour and texture.

Elizabeth trained at Dartington Hall, WSCAD and the University of Reading. At Dartington she collaborated with dancers and musicians and was awarded an Elm Award for further study. As an educationalist she ran departments at several prestigious centres, winning awards for excellence. She pioneered student study trips to St Ives and, at the King’s School Worcester, established the Sir Terry Frost Gallery. She ran ‘Arts Alive’ and ‘Words Alive’ festivals for many years, commissioning work and bringing together amateurs and professionals in collaborative creative workshops, exhibitions, and performances. She has now returned to her own practice. She exhibits regularly, runs workshops and is Principal Examiner for Pre-U Art and Design.

www.heritagecourtyardstudio.com (Elizabeth Hand associate artist)

NATURA ABSTRACTA
1st - 7th May 2024
Samantha Wilkins
& Eleanor Woolley

Explore an exhibition showcasing a blend of abstract art and figurative landscapes. Displaying a mix of thought-provoking abstraction and peaceful landscapes, It's a diverse showcase that celebrates both the wild and the serene sides of art, offering something for every taste

JANE FOOT
Wednesday - Saturday 10-7pm
Sunday & Monday 11-3pm
(Tues 30th close 2pm)

Private View: Friday 19th April, 6-8pm (All welcome)

My semi-abstract textural paintings use bold colour and shapes to hint at both natural and man-made landscapes. Through a purely intuitive approach multiple layers of paint are manipulated, scraped back, built on again using a wide range of media;  you can feel and see a sense of history in each piece often with glimpses of repeated words & motifs.

I paint using oils mixed with cold wax medium, some paintings include an Encaustic underpainting using a hot wax technique; I embed collage, use sgraffito techniques, crayons and oils sticks.

Biography:

I attended the Malvern School of Art in 2016 - a year that would change the direction of my life. Previously employed by the BBC in London as a Sports Producer, I returned to Gloucestershire to raise my two daughters. Feeling the need to regain a sense of self I enrolled on an Art Diploma at Malvern. I am a member of the farOpen Artists’ group and take part in their annual Art Trail, opening up my May Hill studio to visitors for nine days in July. I also run Encaustic workshops. This year’s Open Studio & Art Trail takes place from July 6-14th.

CHIAROSCURO
April 10-16th 10am-5pm
KIM WHITBY

Kim Whitby’s introductory solo exhibition at Spring, “Chiaroscuro’* this April, follows her popular debut at Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham in 2023.

Kim’s art is somewhat contradictory; both painterly and linear. Contour and pattern are explored with strong tonal ranges but a painterly and spontaneous freshness is achieved with a broad repertoire of mark-making; often works are made in black ink on paper alone. Her works tread the line between drawing and painting. Kim uses structures such as boats, trees and buildings or historical and geographical locations to compose and explore aspects of visual interest.

Kim is most frequently known for her work in ink on paper, but at Spring she will also be showing watercolour and oil paintings as part of Chiaroscuro. It will be a broad introduction to both her practice and to her travels!

Kim’s work has been recognised nationally. She is as an award winning plein air artist (Plintar Rapido, Chelsea, BroadwayArts Festival) finalist on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year having entered as a wildcard and has been commissioned for collections by national institutions (The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Jane Austen’s House Museum, Hampshire Cultural Trust) plus a few appearances at Mall Galleries too. Even so, Kim is in many ways an early careerartist as she had her first career as a teacher holding an initial degree in Fine Art with Education from Winchester and then graduating with a Masters degree in Fine Art 9 years ago from Aberystwyth University.
Since graduating from her MA she has taught in a whole host of adult settings. Before moving to Malvern in 2022 she was a regular tutor at Art Academy London and West Dean College.

*Chiaroscuro ~ noun. Italian (in art); lit; ‘light-dark.’

To find out more about Kim visit Instagram for up to date happenings https://www.instagram.com/kimwhitbyart/ or Kim’s website for more background information https://kimwhitby.com/

LUMINOSITY 
3rd - 9th April 2024

"Luminosity" features Alison Holt - Textile Artist and Jaci Hogan - Pastel Artist

An exhibition where Jaci and Alison using their different mediums explore the effect of light on the landscape, discovering the radiance, colours and contrasts to create this collection of vibrant, textured artwork

Introducing two artists who both enjoy using textiles to create magical representations of the wonders of the Natural World. Deborah Collum’s work is based on observations of the beautiful landscapes of central England. Her work is a vibrant representation of the layers of textures and colours within the natural landscapes. Sylvie Millen uses mixed media and free motion machine stitching to create ethereal sculptures and highly textural vistas, a translation of how she visualises the natural world. Combined they create a textural explosion of colour, shape and form demonstrating the skills of traditional crafts in an original and exciting way.

GOOD NATTER
20th - 26th March 2024
LEWIS HAZELWOOD-HORNER

The exhibition is a selection of oil paintings and accompanying preparatory sketches. The theme that ties these pieces together is ‘Good Natter’, whether it be chatting to a friend in the pub or two colleagues passing the time whilst in their workshop, the exhibition celebrates the flow of conversation. 

Lewis Hazelwood-Horner, member of the RBA, is an oil painter who studied classical painting. This exhibit is a range of sketches and finished pieces which are of different busy interiors often painted in situ with a close attention to detail. “I hope to capture the cozy atmosphere of pubs, highlighting their role in bringing people together and fostering a sense of community. By depicting the unique character and individuality of each establishment, the paintings act as a lasting tribute to these cherished social spaces. In this way, pubs become not just a physical space, but also a symbol of the human connection and camaraderie that they facilitate” His work celebrates the social and cultural importance of these beloved gathering places.