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17/05/19 Spring Exhibition Spring Exhibition Our rather exciting Spring exhibition is now hung in-gallery and displayed online and may be viewed HERE. It features four artists; WIlliam Reinsch, Alice Campbell, Chris Rigby and Helen Tabor.  Read More
10/04/19 Ceri Allen exhibition opens this Saturday Ceri Allen exhibition opens this Saturday A reminder that we open the doors to the solo exhibition for Ceri Allen this Saturday, 13th April at 10am. There will be a reception from 12-2pm where you can meet and chat with Ceri, with the gallery open until 5pm as usual. The full exhibition listing may be seen HERE. Ceri is one of Cumbria’s most inventive contemp Read More
28/03/19 Ceri Allen exhibition now live Ceri Allen exhibition now live An exhibition of new paintings by Ceri Allen is now live and may be viewed HERE together with a page-turning e-catalogue which may be viewed HERE.  This is a wonderful new body of work by one of Cumbria's most well respected contemporary artists. Ceri's work is inescapably a comment on modern society, one in which we' Read More
02/03/19 New work for March New work for March As we head towards our next solo exhibition, for Ceri Allen in April, we've collected a body of new work for the gallery from both emerging talent and much more established names.  We have works from the twentieth century from Sheila Fell (RA), Bill Bell and John Bellany (RA) together with work from two of our young s Read More
25/01/19 Richard Cook Richard Cook We're very proud and excited to announce that we'll be working with the highly regarded artist, Richard Cook. Born in Cheltenham in 1947, Richard studied at St Martins followed by the Royal Academy of Arts. Tutored by Leon Kossoff (an artist who in our opinion can do little if anything wrong), Richard was to share a s Read More
03/01/19 London Art Fair London Art Fair With just over a week to go until we start the excited madness of setting up the Castlegate House Gallery stand at the London Art Fair, we thought many of you may wish to take advantage of our allocation of complimentary e-tickets. The fair runs from the 16th until the 20th of January and just a selection of the works Read More
13/12/18 Winter Selection and Opening Days over Christmas Winter Selection and Opening Days over Christmas Our Winter Selection exhibition continues, with the addition of some wonderful ceramics from Doug Fitch and Hannah McAndrew plus works by John Hoyland. Also included are works from Chantal Joffe (RA), Alice Campbell, David Storey, Eileen Cooper (RA), Stephen Chambers (RA), Malcolm Croft and Chris Rigby, amongst many ot Read More
30/11/18 A Winter Selection! A Winter Selection! Our new winter exhibition is now live and may be viewed HERE. We’ve a gallery-full of new work to see, including works by Eileen Cooper (RA), David Storey, Alice Campbell (more of Alice a little further down), Howard Hodgkin, Chris Rigby and Malcolm Croft, amongst many others. Read More
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
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