Exhibitions
"Beside the Sea" - Summer Exhibition
Starts Saturday July 4th 2009
The Summer Exhibition at Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, entitled “Beside the Sea” begins on Saturday July 4th, 2009 featuring the work of seven talented artists and craftspeople who have all been inspired by the sea. Showing for the first time is artist Pauline Beynon who paints in mixed media. She delights in the wild, untamed Pembrokeshire landscape, the windswept coastline and stormy skies. Another newcomer to the gallery is mixed media artist Susie Grindley, who depicts colourful and quirky images of sea side life, with a touch of humour. Lizzie Spikes paints on pieces of driftwood that she has gathered from her local beaches in West Wales. She has had strong connections with the sea since her childhood and finds recycling and painting on wood very satisfying. Ceramicist Heather Swain will show a range of domestic pottery for this exhibition, decorated with the ever popular puffins. Glass engraver, Nancy Sutcliffe uses a variety of techniques to achieve the delicate designs that have become her trade mark. The natural world has been her greatest influence and for this exhibition some of her pieces are from her swimmers range, where she captures the movement of figures, as if in water. Watercolour and mixed media artist Tim Nash from the West Midlands, who has been selling his paintings here for over a decade, will be exhibiting some exciting new work based on the sea side theme. Finally we welcome back Michael Turner who uses stainless steel to create sculptural pieces for inside and out, such as lobsters, sea horses and shoals of fish, some highlighted with the use of enamel paints. The exhibition will continue until the end of August 2009.
An Exhibition for June - "Time for Tea"
Starts Saturday June 6th 2009
"TIME FOR TEA" - will showcase new work by four talented British artists/makers. Heading the line up is Hereford based mixed media artist and embroiderer extraordinaire JAYNE LENNARD who is inspired by fairy tales and transforms discarded objects into fascinating, eccentric and animated sculptures. Intricate embroidery, fine fabric and a colourful imagination are combined with metal work to create works of fragile beauty. In this exhibition Jayne has created pieces to fit the theme of “Time for Tea”. Returning by popular demand is local artist ROBERT PALMER who will contribute a new collection in oils and watercolours celebrating tea time. Showing for the first time is potter SYLPH BAIER, who has her pottery on the South coast. Her current range called “Lift” is mainly form based, drawing on 27 years of throwing experience, taking the material to its limits and constantly exploring functionality and purpose. The soft, tactile glaze of this range is available in 7 colours. Sylph specializes in making bespoke tea and dinner sets and enjoys creating specialist objects for customers, from tulip vases, to honeycomb pots. Finally we will be showing a collection of colourful ceramics by potter JULIE MURDOCK who describes her work as an eclectic mix of femininity; all pieces are dressed up in various pretty patterns that enhance the forms. All her work is hand-made using slab earthenware clay. Her jugs have a graceful appearance with the emphasis on the handle. Decoration ranges from flowers to spots in various colours.
Garden Sculpture 2009
Starts Saturday May 2
After the rigours of winter we anticipate longer days, balmy evenings and Summer just around the corner, our thoughts are turning to our gardens. With this in mind Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge will be showing a collection of sculptural pieces by contemporary British designer/makers, in various media in their Garden Sculpture exhibition this year. Chelsea award winning sculptor in 2008, Steve Blaylock, of Blue Peter “ship” fame, will be showing wonderful pieces made from stainless steel to include dragon flies, bull rushes, fungi, roses and garden bugs. Showing for the first time will be artist blacksmith Ambrose Burne who creates contemporary designs in forged metal that display the patterns of growth, movement and progression found in natural forms. For this exhibition Ambrose has made an elegant arch, with a difference, which would grace any garden. Another new comer to the gallery is artist blacksmith Jenny Cole. For this exhibition Jenny has made a water feature. She creates forms which draw the eye on a journey and with this piece she uses water to accentuate this movement.Sculptor David England who lives and works in Herefordshire uses a variety of stone including Portland and Forest of Dean to create unique sculptures and for this exhibition he has carved several Celtic garden Gods. Artist blacksmiths’ Neil Lossock, Christy Bowdler, Paul Margetts and Richard Hastings will be showing a collection of their latest work in forged steel to include water features, poppies, teasels, ferns, sheep, lambs and abstract pieces. Finally, Sculptor, Helen Sinclair, a long established artist with the gallery, produces limited edition and unique contemporary sculpture in stone resin. Each unique piece of garden sculpture is designed to give hours of pleasure to time spent in the garden.
Jayne Lennard - Mixed media and embroiderer extraordinaire
Mixed media artist and embroiderer extraordinaire Jayne Lennard is inspired by fairy tales and transforms discarded objects into fascinating, eccentric and animated sculptures. Intricate embroidery, fine fabric and a colourful imagination are combined with metal work to create works of fragile beauty. In this exhibition Jayne has created pieces to fit the theme of “Time for Tea”.
Julie Murdock
Potter Julie Murdock describes her work as an eclectic mix of femininity; all pieces are dressed up in various pretty patterns that enhance the forms. All her work is hand-made using slab earthenware clay. Her jugs have a graceful appearance with the emphasis on the handle. Decoration ranges from flowers to spots in various colours.
Louise Chesshire Small Leaf Spoons
Philip Wood Ceramics
Sylph Baier earthenware ceramics
Sylph Baier's current range called “Lift” is mainly form based, drawing on 27 years of throwing experience, taking the material to its limits and constantly exploring functionality and purpose. The soft, tactile glaze of this range is available in 7 colours. Sylph specializes in making bespoke tea and dinner sets and enjoys creating specialist objects for customers, from tulip vases, to honeycomb pots.