http://www.gallerysca.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “The paintings walk the line between representational and abstracted elements, the intention being to allow greater access to the work for the viewer. This could be on a purely visual level, cerebral or visceral.” “My hope for my work is that given time it will create a response in the viewer ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/mark-spray/ For a limited time starting on the 6th March, Mark Sprays latest collection of paintings and drawings “Weathering - Dartmoor Tors - Prometheus on his Crag” This body of work was sown in acid, boggy soil in October 2006 when he was trekking over Dartmoor in search of a memorial stone ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/mark-spray-prometheus-exhibition/ Welcome to the first show of the year. We have come out of hibernation, put a new floor down in the gallery, a lick of paint and a fantastic new show. Three main 2D artists and two ceramicists. Print maker Jonathan Kauffamn: Jonathans prints are in some of Europes major collections, ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/february-show/ Paul Priest studied graphic design, illustration and photography, working in this facet of the art world for a short time before realising ‘the mistake’.   Work with ceramic sculpture became my obsession as a result of attending an adult ed pottery course and the subsequent establishment of my own studio.  Now a ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/ostinelli-priest/ Maggie O’Brien’s land and sea paintings are a direct response to the wildness and drama of the Penwith landscape. Her working process is intuitive and exploratory, seemingly random marks will often kick start a painting until something more solid begins to emerge. Images can come quickly but more often than ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/maggie-obrien/ It is often said that the peninsular counties of Devon and Cornwall have a “quality of light” that attracts, inspires and sustains a veritable colony of artists. The intensely bright and suffuse light, plus the myriad variations in the coastal and inland landscape of these counties is portrayed in charcoal, ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/richard-thorn/ Following school Jonathan worked in architecture until 1969 when, feeling that there must be a better life than tearing down good buildings to put up bad, he entered Camberwell School of Art & Crafts. Specialising in Graphic Design and Printmaking he came in to contact with two excellent teachers who ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/jonathan-kauffman/ Born in Cumbria in 1964 Colin Hallidays paintings have been described as having painterly qualities and romantic inclinations that shine from the canvas and has even been compared to Turner. Having worked in many different styles and subject matter his work has evolved into a fresh and unique style that ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/colin-halliday/ I am inspired by subtle lines against bold expressionistic marks. The abstract qualities on my forms are influenced by close up images of appealing contrasts, in particular, Portuguese building walls. They show interesting qualities of composition between mark, shape and colour. Antoni Tapies and Robert Motherwells paintings also inspired me ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/amanda-stead/ This Friday - 12th Feb is the private view of Jon Thompsons latest show at the prestigious Albany Gallery in Cardiff. The Albany boasts many top artists on their books including Royal academissions, members of the NEAC and was of course very closley linked with the late Kyffin Williams RA. ... http://www.gallerysca.co.uk/jon-thompson-at-the-albany/