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08/11/18 Helen Fryer, doors open Saturday 10am Helen Fryer, doors open Saturday 10am A reminder that our second solo exhibition for the very talented Helen Fryer will open its doors this Saturday (10th) at 10am, with a reception from noon to 2pm where you can look at the works on show, speak with Helen herself and enjoy wine and nibbles whilst also enjoying the heat emitted from our recently installed Read More
27/10/18 Exhibition: Helen Fryer - Returning Home Exhibition: Helen Fryer - Returning Home We're proud to announce the second solo exhibition for the very talented Helen Fryer.  "Helen Fryer - Returning Home" charts the artist's year back in her West Cumbria following several decades away. The full exhibition may be seen HERE. Originally from Fletchertown in West Cumbria, 2018 marked Helen's return. For He Read More
06/10/18 A gallery of new works A gallery of new works   Our next solo exhibition will be from the highly talented Helen Fryer, charting the year following her return to West Cumbria; all that will take place in November (10th onward), however until then we have some wonderful new work adorning the gallery. We've curated works by three very different artists, namely Eilee Read More
20/09/18 British Art Fair - Exhibited Work British Art Fair - Exhibited Work By the time this newsletter hits people’s inboxes, the doors will be opening to the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, London. We’ll be exhibiting at stand 23 on the first floor, highlights of our works on show may be seen HERE. Artists include Grayson Perry, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Eileen Cooper, Chantal J Read More
05/09/18 Alex Hain and the Saatchi Alex Hain and the Saatchi Firstly, the much-anticipated exhibition of twenty-four new paintings by Alex Hain is now live and may be viewed HERE Straight from his John Moores Painting Prize finalist success, Alex has produced what without doubt is his finest most innovative body of work to-date, justifying why we believe he is one of the most e Read More
19/07/18 New Work and holiday hours New Work and holiday hours Our next solo show will be for the very talented young artist Alex Hain, from mid September. Alex will be fresh from his John Moores finalist success and it should be a fabulous body of work (we've seen some already, it really is). Before then we'll be exhibiting our usual mix of new and key works in the gallery, both Read More
27/06/18 Ewan McClure, Art, Music and Sunshine! Ewan McClure, Art, Music and Sunshine! Saturday (30th June) looks like being a great day both weather and art wise. At 10am we open the doors to our Ewan McClure exhibition, Ewan being one of the most respected portrait artists at work in the UK today, having achieved critical and commercial acclaim upon and following his successes in both BP and Sky Portra Read More
18/06/18 Ewan McClure goes live! Ewan McClure goes live! Our much-awaited Ewan McClure exhibition is now live and may be viewed HERE.  Ewan is one of the foremost portrait painters of the age, with his successes in both BP and Sky Portrait awards leading to critical acclaim.  This small and focused exhibition concentrates upon Ewan's muse, Vilja-Louise, and Ewan has produce Read More
29/05/18 Sheila Fell (RA) and Ewan McClure Sheila Fell (RA) and Ewan McClure Some news on the late great Sheila Fell (RA) and the very talented Ewan McClure.  Firstly, Sheila; after just acquiring two paintings never before available, we now have six paintings available by one of the foremost landscape artists of the last century; all may be viewed HERE  Of the two just acquired, Harvest Cumb Read More
16/05/18 Michael Bennett, doors open Saturday 19th at 10am Michael Bennett, doors open Saturday 19th at 10am A reminder that we open the doors to our exhibition of paintings by Michael Bennett, from his studio and collection, this Saturday 19th May at 10am. We’ll be holding a reception from 12 noon to 2pm (gallery open until 5pm), with Mike’s sons Justin and Giles in attendance who I'm sure will be happy to talk about their f Read More
05/05/18 Michael Bennett, Studio and Collection - exhibition Michael Bennett, Studio and Collection - exhibition Now online, almost forty works by the late Michael Bennett, the majority only recently released from the artist's studio and personal collection and as such many never having been seen before. All may be seen HERE.  Mike had a long and successful career as an artist; lauded in the 1960s as an innovator of abstract (fo Read More
22/04/18 Norman, Richard and Percy Norman, Richard and Percy Just under four weeks until we open the doors to our Michael Bennett memorial exhibition, whilst the work is away and being framed, we’ve taken a trip to the north east and spent the day with the family of the late Norman Cornish, going through Norman’s paintings and drawings etc. and choosing twelve works to bring bac Read More
06/04/18 Lots to say, much to do Lots to say, much to do Much to announce, we’ll try and be brief(ish). In addition to the John Bellany exhibition currently on show, we have lots of new work arriving in the gallery; names including Percy Kelly, Bill Peascod and new to the gallery Hughie O’Donoghue (RA) have just been sourced and may be seen HERE. We’re thrilled to have brou Read More
22/03/18 John Bellany - Doors open Saturday 24th 10am John Bellany - Doors open Saturday 24th 10am A reminder that we open the doors to an important collection of paintings by the late John Bellany (RA) on Saturday (24th) at 10am, with a reception from noon onward. Fifteen works will be on show, with all but one available to become the new custodian over; all may be seen HERE. We'll have on show Pourquoi (1967), ar Read More
09/03/18 John Bellany - Selected Paintings goes live online John Bellany - Selected Paintings goes live online John Bellany - Selected Paintings is now live online and may be viewed HERE.  This is a small focused and curated exhibition of some wonderful works by one of the major names of British 20th Century art and will include arguably his most famous and thought provoking work, Pourquoi (1967). Painted following his visit t Read More
20/02/18 New Works and an Important Announcement New Works and an Important Announcement New work and an important announcement; firstly let’s start with the announcement. As previously mentioned, on 24th March we’ll be opening the doors to a small curated exhibition of a dozen or so paintings by the late John Bellany (RA, CBE) including six wonderful paintings from John’s family which have never been seen Read More
05/01/18 London Art Fair - Almost there! London Art Fair - Almost there! In just over a week we’ll be heading down to London to set up in readiness for the 2018 London Art Fair. The fair opens proper on Wednesday 17th and runs until Sunday 21st January. As an exhibiting gallery, we have complimentary tickets available which may be registered for via the following link http://londonartfair.c Read More
08/12/17 A Winter Selection A Winter Selection Following on from the success of our Helen Tabor exhibition, which may be viewed until Saturday (9th), next week we'll have a full new gallery hang; A Winter Selection will be an ever-changing exhibition of works from many of our gallery artists together with art acquired on our seemingly never-ending travels around th Read More
16/11/17 Doors open 10am Saturday 18th for Helen Tabor Doors open 10am Saturday 18th for Helen Tabor A reminder that we open the gallery doors to over thirty new works by Helen Tabor at 10am this Saturday, 18th. The full listing may be seen HERE. The reception will be between 12 and 2pm, so if you fancy taking in a great new collection of works with wine and nibbles in hand(s), then please feel free to come along. He Read More
05/11/17 Helen Tabor - New Work exhibition goes live Helen Tabor - New Work exhibition goes live Our Helen Tabor exhibition is now live! Helen has worked for the most part of 2017 to create thirty two new paintings for the exhibition, all may be seen HERE. A video of Helen at work may also be seen HERE and a page turning catalogue of the exhibition may additionally be viewed HERE.  This is a wonderful mix of new Read More
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