Reeds and Teasels 56 x 90cm acrylic on canvas £2,500 |
Millais paintings, MacCarthy pots, Brockbank sculpture at the Private View |
FIONA MILLAIS’ paintings bring to life her response to the natural rhythms of the land and the way it is shaped by ourselves and our ancestors, leaving marks and echoes through time. From her memories and daily walks, she creates layers of texture, tone and colour, often scraping off and repainting parts of the canvas so traces of the original imagery remain. A Fine Art graduate of Newcastle University, Fiona comes from a family of distinguished artists.
Spring Fields 20 x 20cm
acrylic on panel £350 |
Spring Stream 50 x 58cm acrylic on canvas £1,250 |
Early March Peacock 76 x 76cm acrylic on canvas £2,250 |
Along the Coast Path 50 x 50cm
acrylic on board £1,250 |
Evening Tide 25 x 25cm
acrylic on board £475 |
Shell Bay & Sea Pinks 76 x 90cm acrylic on canvas £2,950 |
The Wild Field 50 x 50cm
acrylic on board £1,250 |
Wild March Day 20 x 20cm
acrylic on panel £350 |
Mussels for Supper 66 x 72cm acrylic on canvas £2,000 |
‘Where Now?’ bronze resin ed. of 6 £4,450 SADIE BROCKBANK |
SADIE BROCKBANK enjoys working in a variety of ‘messy’ materials to create her imaginative sculptures. Her ‘Ark’ series are filled with a sense of yearning as birds and animals seem poised on the brink of adventure. The bronzes and cloth sculptures too hint at some other-worldliness which draws us into her realm of fantasy. Since her Fine Art degree at Falmouth School of Art, she has worked in a variety of disciplines and is an elected member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
Fragile Forest
paper pulp 48 x 38 x 19cm £1080 |
Life Boat
paper pulp 27 x 16 x 10cm £580 |
Dawn Antlers
mixed media
39 x 25 x 16cm £700 |
Winter Dog
mixed media
26 x 20 x 9cm £650 |
Scout
mixed media
15 x 16 x 9cm £350 |
Tree Spiral mixed media 47 x 42 x 37cm £750 |
ANDREW WADDINGTON’s new watercolours focus on his love of birds in their natural habitats ~ his light touch catching moments of transience in nature. The gentle landscape around his home in North East Cornwall with its sheep, hares and songbirds, plays upon Andrew’s imagination and often results in floating elements around the stillness of an archetypal image in his painting. A professional painter of many years’ standing, he is a Fine Art graduate of Falmouth School of Art.
Last Summer’s Flowers £395
30 x 25cm w/colour on hand-made paper |
Sardinian Warblers £395
25 x 30cm w/colour on hand-made paper |
Spring Woods £495 29 x 35cm w/colour on hand-made paper |
English Farm £495 31 x 40cm w/colour on hand-made paper |
AW9 Penwith Farm watercolour 51 x 64cm |
AW11 Lezant acrylic on canvas 80 x 80cm |
AW10 ‘Everything she Brings we Sing’
acrylic on canvas 80 x 70cm |
AW4 ‘Singing Banks’ watercolour 47 x 59cm |
AW5 ‘Spring Messengers’ watercolour 47 x 59cm |
AW7 ‘Evening Honey Buzzard’ acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm |
SOPHIE MacCARTHY’s bold coloured slip decoration against the dark background of her pots shows her imagery in striking relief – as well as drawing attention to the beautifully thrown shapes themselves. The juxtaposition of nature with the urban environment in which she now lives is a particular source of inspiration. Sophie’s many solo shows reflect the popularity of her work, most recently exhibited at Ceramic Art London.
SM2 Large dish – Green Leaves & Red Shapes 41cm diameter |
SM6 Deep bowl – Olives & Leaves
26.5 d x 9cm high
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SM5, 4 Oil Jar and Tall Jug |
SM10 Large bowl – Coloured Leaves 31cm d x 8cm high
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SM1 Lemon Sole Platter and Lemons 54 x 38cm |
Working in mixed media on paper and fabric, HELYNE JENNINGS combines many techniques and materials, including gold and silver leaf with embroidery and painting. She creates semi-abstract images ranging in scale from miniatures to altar cloths and vast panels for Ocean Liners. Her ingenious use of block-printing, modelling and painting on gesso extends to a collection of laminated paper brooches and earrings too. Helyne graduated from the Royal College of Art with an M.A. in Fine Art Textiles.
Following the Sun
21.5 x 9.5cm mixed media, gold leaf & thread |
Growing Together 20 x 15cm
mixed media, gold leaf & thread |
Other Side of the Fence 19 x 15cm
mixed media, gold leaf & thread |
‘Full Bloom’ 17.5 x 9cm
mixed media, gold leaf & thread |
Dance 24 x 12cm mixed media, gold leaf & thread |
JANE ROBBINS’ career in paper collage stems from a life-long interest in flat pattern, patchwork and objets trouvés. Her imagery tends to follow the seasons. Scraps cut from newspapers, magazines, packaging are transformed into leaves, birds’ wings, petals…an endless mutation! The resulting ephemeral collage is photographed at a very high resolution by a Fine Art Giclée Printer to give an enduring life. Jane graduated in Printmaking and Graphic Design at Hornsey College of Art.
Spring Bird £155 36 x 36 cm |
Grass Bird £165 40 x 31cm |
Wild Things £160 33 x 42cm |
Flower Pots £160 33 x 42cm |
Pot Shelves £160 33 x 42cm |
Necklaces and earrings in soft rainbow shades are among this collection of jewellery by DUIBHNE GOUGH, which also includes rings, bangles and silver chains. Intriguingly exotic stones ~ Soochow jade, bezoar jasper, muscovite, phosphosiderite~ are among the many different ones she sources. With a trained aesthetic eye, nurtured by her apprenticeship to her father Breon O’Casey, she juxtaposes them with silver to create jewellery of beauty and sophistication.
N3-N2-N4 necklaces - £320 each semi-precious stones & silver |
N1-E1 Green necklace £320
and Gaspeite earrings £80 |
N3-E5 Pinks necklace £320
Pink Peruvian opal earrings £80 |
Hand-beaten Silver chain £230 |
N5 Purple stones, silver necklace £320 |
N8 Lapis & blue stones necklace £320 |
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JUDITH ROWE, who first learnt her craft at Winchcombe Pottery under the aegis of Ray Finch, makes earthenware pots for the kitchen, decorating the slipware with finely drawn, long-legged birds or roadside plants. Her palette of blue and green is both refreshing and reminiscent of the sea, which borders her Hastings home. Judith is a graduate of West Surrey College of Art and Design and worked initially with Rupert Spira at his celebrated Froyle Pottery before launching out on her own.
Judith Rowe pots with Jane Robbins collages |
Beaker mugs & straight mug |
Blue rimmed Tea plate |
Selection of Judith’s pottery |
No Yew Tree exhibition would be complete without a new collection of JOHN MALTBY’s remarkable stoneware sculpture! He continues to delight and surprise us with his endless interpretations of familiar themes and archetypal ‘characters’. Adept at transforming clay to appear like bronze or wood by his skilled manipulation of oxides and glazes, his decorative sgraffito marks are those of a true artist-craftsman.
jm8 Large Bird, sgraffito Head 48 x 18cm £400 |
jm10 Wise Prince
30 x 9cm £270 |
jm5 King with Sgraffito Beard
44 x 13cm £350 |
jm14 Two Guardians
32 x 14cm £320 |
jm16 Weary Angel
31 x 13cm £280 |
jm11 Man, Bird, Fish 38 x 14cm £300 |
jm2 & 3 Cat boxes
12 x 6cm £75 |
jm4 Pale Lady box
16 x 6cm £110 |
jm1 Lovers on a casket 11 x 17cm £300 |
Late arrivals to PASTURES NEW – magnificent lustrous ceramics by SUTTON TAYLOR!
ST4 Burnished Golden bowl
29cm diameter |
side view |
ST6 Deep orange & blue bowl 23cm d x 12cm high |
ST5 Globe vase – Dawn shades
26cm d x 18cm high |
ST3 Fluted bowl
12cm d x 12cm high |
Complementing these main collections in ‘Pastures New’, also on display are knitted silk and cashmere scarves by ALISON DUPERNEX; gleaming seaglass and silver rings, earrings and necklaces by GINA COWEN; a cabinet full of stunning necklaces by RITA SERES ~ the fruits of her recent months in India, and several browsers full of original prints by MARK HEARLD, BREON O’CASEY, ANGIE LEWIN, EMILY SUTTON, ANGELA HARDING, ROBERT GREENHALF and more.
Teas and coffees, with home-made biscuits (and occasional cakes!) will be available for gallery visitors in the converted Potting Shed.
You are invited to wander through the gardens where MIKE SAVAGE’s stainless steel and copper fish flow through the plants, and to visit the organic potager where herbs and vegetables will be available to buy, as well as eggs with rich yellow yolks from our free-range hens.
If you wish to buy any of the exhibits but cannot visit the gallery, do email Gilly on gilly@yewtreegallery.com (01736 786425). Purchases can be sent securely anywhere in the country or abroad.
We hope this opening exhibition of the season will give much pleasure! Gilly
Contact: gilly@yewtreegallery.com
Telephone: 01736 786425
Web: www.yewtreegallery.com
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