Christmas Exhibition 2020
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Jonathan ChristieJonathan Christie finds his subjects in the landscape, architecture and interiors of places from the UK to Italy. His paintings capture memories and the spirit of the place. The work is founded on fine draughtsmanship. He works on gesso panels which are layered with watercolour and graphite; they are incised and distressed to create surfaces full of vitality.
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Jonathan GibbsJonathan Gibbs paints, draws, and makes prints. He studied at Lowestoft, the Central and Slade Schools, London. Gibbs paints in oil on wood panels prepared with gesso. As a printmaker, his wood engravings have been widely exhibited and he uses this method for commissioned illustration work. His current projects include English Heritage, the Open Eye Gallery and St Jude’s. Gibbs has made published illustrations for the writings of Mark Cocker, Richard Mabey, and Robert Macfarlane. He has published various illustrations for poetry, including T. S. Eliot, Edward Lear, Tom Pow, Robert Frost, Alice Oswald and Janet Paisley. His work is many private collections and those of the Scottish Arts Council and Arts Council of Great Britain.
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Mary GodfreyMary Godfrey is a textile designer and weaver. She studied at Bradford College of Art and Leeds University in the 1970s . After a spell running her own studio Mary's career path shifted into curating exhibitions, graphic design, communications, product design and organisational and people development, working for a well known family business.
She has now returned to her first love, weaving, and has set up her studio to enable her to develop her ideas. Her work is informed by her interest in historic weaving techniques and the forms and structures of modern architecture. |
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Brita GranströmBrita Granström was born in Sweden but has lived in the UK since 1992. She studied for a 5 year MA in Fine and Graphic Arts at Konstfack in Stockholm. Her Nordic roots are evident in her paintings, which are made on location, both indoors and outdoors in all weathers. At time playful, her work nevertheless has a pensive, sometimes haunting quality that touches on something beyond the narrative nature of the subject.
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Linda Green
Linda Green is an internationally respected textile artist who has exhibited in many parts of the world including Japan and the USA as well as exhibiting widely in Britain. She studied Tapestry at Edinburgh College and Textiles at the Royal College of Art in London.
Conceptually, Linda's latest work sits between the micro and the macro. Fibres and an understanding of the minute structure of the materials used are paralleled with an interest in the cosmos - where the visual similarities of widely different scales are brought together. Linda moves across media, blurring boundaries while resolving in a precise way. These are key elements in her working process as is mark-making, colour selection, exploring translucency, fabricating materials and drawing.
Conceptually, Linda's latest work sits between the micro and the macro. Fibres and an understanding of the minute structure of the materials used are paralleled with an interest in the cosmos - where the visual similarities of widely different scales are brought together. Linda moves across media, blurring boundaries while resolving in a precise way. These are key elements in her working process as is mark-making, colour selection, exploring translucency, fabricating materials and drawing.
Angela HardingWorking from her rural studio in Rutland, Angela Harding is a printmaker and painter with a delicate and intriguing style. Using a variety of media, including dry point, etching and mono printing, many of her pieces are inspired by the colours of nature and her unique take on day-to-day happenings and surroundings.
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Mark HearldMark's work is based on his observations of the natural world, influenced by mid twentieth century Neo-Romanticism and the gaiety of 1930s Modernism. He is inspired by British artists such as Eric Ravilious, John Piper and Edward Bawden. Mark's practice extends across painting, collage, ceramics, sculpture and print.
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Robina JackRobina originally worked in stained stained glass before changing to working in ceramics.
"The move and the change of media have been transforming. My work is still driven by pattern and colour and still feels incomplete without a patterned border, but I am no longer constrained by glass's limitations - clay is endlessly malleable. Using my own moulds, I make earthenware pots which I decorate in coloured slips and transparent glazes with animals, plants and coastal motifs." |
Angie LewinAngie Lewin is well known for her stylised paintings, drawings and prints. She studied printmaking at Central St Martin's College and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.
She is inspired by plants, whether grown in her own garden, of drawn from life on her walks in nature, on beaches and study trips abroad. Her work encompasses watercolours, screen and woodcut prints, collage, illustration and designs for fabric and wallpaper. |
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Alex MalcolmsonAlex Malcolmson was brought up in Shetland and studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1985 he established Godfrey & Watt in Harrogate and for the last 10 years he has concentrated on his own work of box constructions and sculpture.
Sailing trips, visits to the northern isles and marine folk art provide much inspiration for the work. |
Mick ManningMick Manning grew up in Haworth and studied Art & Design at Bradford College of Art and The University of Northumbria before a 3 year MA in Illustration at the Royal College of Art (1984 -1987). At the RCA his personal tutors included John Norris Wood, Quentin Blake and Shelia Robinson. Mick’s work is informed, although not limited by, natural history encounters made both in Northumberland and also in Sweden where he spends part of every year. His recent book Near the Bear North (Design for Today) showcases his interest in stencil prints while The Brontes (Watts), a picture book made in collaboration with his wife (Brita Granström), reflects a yearning for his boyhood.
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Guy RoyleGuy Royle's jewellery breaks down the boundaries between applied and fine art. A brooch can be like a painting and a necklace can be sculptural, both are beautiful objects which are enhanced by being worn.
Using the simplest of tools and methods he works mainly with sheet silver and gold which is cut, bent, beaten and formed. This metal work complements his use of natural pebbles and semi-precious stones which are ground, shaped and drilled to be used as beads. His ideas are drawn from ancient shapes and forms, and he has also been influenced by the work of the artist Breon O'Casey, who he worked alongside for many years. |
Terry ShoneA lifelong interest in the traditional slip-wares produced by country potters has informed his work, as have the myriad examples of lively and idiosyncratic images found in C19th Staffordshire ceramic models and flatbacks.
Current work is often, but not exclusively hard-fired earthenware. Thrown, slab-built and modelled forms are decorated with coloured slips and glazes and may be reworked over several firings using enamels and lustres. These techniques, used in new ways, have enabled the production of work which retains the freshness and immediacy of traditional pottery whilst maintaining a strong contemporary feel. |
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Emily SuttonEmily Sutton was born in North Yorkshire and studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design.
Since graduating in 2008, Emily’s art works, sculptures and designs have been much sought-after. She has had major solo exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh and is also well known for her illustration work, mostly for children’s books. |
