‘CONTRAST’
WAC Collective
Thursday 5 October-Monday 9 October 10-6pm

WAC is a core group of three painters, Jo Watters-Pawlowski, Nina Archer and Elizabeth Cowell, who exhibit together in the UK.

The three artists live in different areas of the country interpreting the diverse landscapes they inhabit. While each artist's work is distinct in its process, colour and texture, it is their shared observation of landscapes and use of mixed media that makes this a unique collaboration. 

Jo Watters-Pawlowski is a contemporary abstract painter working from her studio in Ditchling, East Sussex: her work is influenced by the natural environment through visual and emotional response to colour, shape, texture, sound, and form - there is always a point of reference to the work. Working on several paintings of varying sizes allows each picture to take on and communicate its meaning and resonance.

Nina Archer is an abstract painter living and working in the borderlands of the Welsh Marches, a diverse landscape combining Welsh and English cultural influences with a distinctive geography of ridgeways, forested valleys, mountains and rivers. She uses elements from this landscape and combines these with abstracted forms often defined by the dramatic light, black shapes, accents of colour and the textural feel of this unique area.

Elizabeth Cowell's practice focuses on the minutiae she encounters within her surroundings. Her work is a fusion of these observations and her personal narrative, resulting in a unique peripheral view of the landscape. 

Guest Artists

Peter Archer: Woodcarver
Peter Archer's current work is a series of carved sycamore sculptures with integral plinths.

The written text in the 'Deadlines' series provides a visual texture and is a description of people who have had a significant influence on his life.

Jacky Oliver: Sculptor
Jacky creates bold linear sculptures at her workshop at Cockpit Bloomsbury, London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art she has created pieces for exhibitions, commissions and residencies ranging in scale from small handheld objects through to large-scale architectural pieces through the UK. Each project is completely unique, and the final outcome is always determined by a journey of exploration

Working in a process led way, ideas are allowed to be fluid, carefully arranging the initial components. The final form of Jacky's pieces are discovered through making, the way in which the different parts interact and can be seen from different viewpoints, is something that cannot be predetermined. The linear open nature of the work, allows strong shadows to be cast which are integral parts of the piece.

Please join us for evening drinks on Friday 6 October 5.30 – 8pm