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@halesworthgall Wonderful work from our local children in schools and scout and guide groups. Not to be missed.
John will be showing colourful landscapes of the Middle East. "All of these images correspond to 'experiences' and relate to my travels in the Middle East, particularly Syria, Egypt and Israel. It is my intention that each image suggests a sense of place and mystery..."
Find out more on John's website.
See images of the John's work at the gallery here.
Fiona will show dramatic paintings of East Anglia."I love the Norfolk landscape, particularly the coast line. Painting the Norfolk landscape is like trying to fit a billboard onto a postcard, the sea and sky escape from the edges of the canvas. This landscape moves me to try and create some sense and understanding of the experience of standing on the marshes surrounded by elemental infinity."
Find out more on Fiona's website.
See images of the show here.
Ray was the County Art Adviser for Suffolk prior to becoming the founding Director of Suffolk Anglia Ruskin University based at Belstead House in Ipswich. He has made art works all his life and has been an art educationist throughout his career.
Summer University was a popular part of the work of Suffolk Anglia Ruskin University and featured many practical art modules. Anthony Frost, the son of Sir Terry Frost, joined Ray as a tutor throughout this period and they collaborated on degree delivery and practical art-making each year. The blue diamond painting comes from this period. Ray developed the diamond totems based on this enjoyable experience and has kept the theme running alongside his other projects.
The Three Dancers has emerged as a dominant theme over the last twenty years and the examples here demonstrate the reworking of an image initially realised as a mixed media collage.
Other Distractions includes a variety of works that emerged in the period post 1993. This was the year Ray recovered from a stroke and celebrated by having an exhibition at Belstead House calledAt a stroke the colour back in my life!
See images of the show here.
A show celebrating the varied work of a group of artists based around Laxfield. An interest in the practice of drawing unites them.
Darren shows exciting new abstract paintings.
Ideas from subjects seen, felt or imagined - near or when travelling. Sometimes taken from a photo or a drawing. I love printing - etching and aquatint especially - as it lends itself to line work and the process leaves a lot to chance. Please support Amnesty International and buy a print.
Corrin will show seascape inspired works from travels in East Anglia, Cornwall and West Australia.
Halesworth is the birthplace of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and we will be celebrating the bicentenary of his birth with exhibitions, trails, talks and events. The Halesworth Gallery has invited CSBA Students and members of Amicus Botanicus (Alumni of CSBA) to exhibit botanical paintings of plant species relating to and named after Hooker.
The process of creating a botanical painting will be shown through the work of CSBA students. Students of the CSBA will be in the gallery, demonstrating the art of botanical painting, on the opening weekend and then on every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday throughout the exhibition.
More images of the show and more details here.
Find out more about the CSBA on their website at chelseaschoolofbotanicalart.co.uk
Find out more about Amicus Botanicus on their website.
Sally was awarded her diploma in Botanical Art & Illustration in 2011 with a Distinction. Since then she has regularly exhibited and runs workshops at Sarum College, Salisbury Cathederal and the Artsmartschool in Beaconsfield. Awards for her work include 3 RHS Silver-Gilt Medals and Certificates of Botanical Merit from the Society of Botanical Artists′ annual exhibitions in Westminster.
Michele originally trained as a Fine Artist but got hooked on Botanical Art after a visit to an exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood gallery, Kew Gardens. After a short course with Kew's botanical illustrator Lucy T Smith, she applied to study on the diploma course at Chelsea School of Botanical Art. She is now a second year student currently working on her final project for her diploma and will be demonstrating her incredibly fine drawing skills in the gallery.
Elaine is Course Director at CSBA. She exhibits internationally with work in the Highgrove Florilegium, the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute (USA), the Garden Museum London and private collections around the world. Awards include RHS Silver Gilt medal in 2008, the Talas award at the American Society of Botanical Artists′ Annual International Exhbition 2013 and People′s Choice Award at the ASBA Annual Meeting 2015.
Penny graduated from the school with a Distinction in 2013. She exhibits in the UK, is a member of three Florilegium Societies: Hampton Court, Chelsea Physic Garden and Sydney Botanic Garden. Her work was awarded an RHS Silver Gilt medal in 2014. Penny teaches part-time at CSBA and the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
Michele originally trained as a Fine Artist but got hooked on Botanical Art after a visit to an exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood gallery, Kew Gardens. After a short course with Kew's botanical illustrator Lucy T Smith, she applied to study on the diploma course at Chelsea School of Botanical Art. She is now a second year student currently working on her final project for her diploma and will be demonstrating her incredibly fine drawing skills in the gallery.
Graduating from the school with a Merit, Pearl went on to be the founder member and chairman of the ‒ regarded as having the world′s most complete collection of temperate conifers. As well as her work for Bedgebury, Pearl has also exhibited in Buenos Aires and the UK.
Pearl is a member of Amicus Botanicus.
Graduated from the Royal College of Art (Stained Glass Department) in 1962 then spent a year editing ARK, the RCA magazine, succeeded in having it banned.
Whilst in London, apart from painting, worked at a variety of creative projects, including making wooden dolls, writing exhibition scripts, magazine illustration and, for the longest period of paid employment, as a production editor at the Architectural Review.
After moving to Suffolk carried on painting, drawing, illustrating, collage-ing, exhibiting and, until recently, running Art classes.
The present show is the result of a couple of years work. Maybe there’s more to come, maybe ... it depends on time available after the garden, allotments, chickens and poetry (which takes up far less physical space).
Hope you enjoy the mix.
Education.
Harrow College Of Higher Education. Art and Design Foundation Course.
Plymouth University Exeter Campus. Fine Art degree course.
This body of work reflects what I have achieved in the last two years from the point I started to produce work again. It ranges from large drawings that link back to the way I worked as a student, to using oil paint for the first time in 30 years. What links all work is an interest in mark making based on the environment around me, as I do not aim for verisimilitude but to capture essence of the location.
I have taken part in a number of exhibitions in the last two years including ones with the Halesworth Gallery and Ipswich Arts Society, as well as at the Quay Gallery at Snape.
I am an abstract painter in that I reshape what I see, what I am inspired by, which is primarily landscape.
I cut up and rearrange drawings / mixed media work - whether derived from memories of places or abstracted from a photograph or sketch on the spot. The images are then made into paintings, sometimes reproduced exactly, sometimes used as a starting point. The emphasis is on the materials, the textures of paint and interactions of colour, form and edge. I see each work as a crafted object, with parallels to different qualities of textiles in the use of paint.
I am a landscape painter and assemblage artist and from time to time create installations.
I make atmospheric paintings of landscapes in oil, using a muted earthy palette, and particularly like painting on found wood. I love working in the field, aiming to catch the essence of a particular moment, the light and landscape. Paintings are inspired by a line of ash trees, lakes on the edge of Halesworth, and Suffolk cornfields.
When out walking I am attracted to the eroded structures that I find, historied fragments dropped or abandoned on beach, roadside or field edge. Reconfigured in an assemblage, the objects gain new life. These can be framed pieces, or may take the form of tiny environments.
I have exhibited widely in East Anglia, frequently in Aldeburgh, including the Peter Pears Gallery, also at The Mall Galleries, London, (Discerning Eye), St Petersburg, Russia,(Manege) and the Forum, Norwich, (Elements). My work is in private collections in the UK, Switzerland and USA, and in Novosibirsk State Art Gallery. I am a member of Asylum Studios, Rendlesham.
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