9th September ~ 30th October 2025

Private View 2-5pm Sunday 7th September

An exhibition full of imagination and virtuosity!

 

Leaping Hare 85 x 118cm mixed media Mark Hearld £3,950

MARK HEARLD

Yew Tree Gallery

MARK HEARLD is an artist-designer who turns his hand to virtually anything – painting, collage, illustration, printmaking, fabric and wallpaper design and decorating ceramics – much in the footsteps of those mid C20th artist-designers Bawden, Ravilious, Piper et al.

For this exhibition he has concentrated on collages and ceramic decoration, bringing to the fore his love and knowledge of animals and birds. The hare – a creature of myth and legend – features frequently in his work, as do pigeons, crows and roosters, all portrayed through his characteristic sweeping brush strokes that give the images so much vitality

Five Rudd 70 x 90cm £2,500 SOLD

Doe 73.5 x 93cm £2,500

Foxtrot 64 x 79cm £2,000

The Deer the Dogs startled 65 x 76cm £2,000

Hare 72 x 94cm £2,500 SOLD

Indian Birds Paper-cut 55 x 67cm £1,500 SOLD

Song Thrushes 47 x 64cm £1,250 SOLD

Whimsical Bird I 47 x 56cm £950

Whimsical Bird II 47 x 56cm £950

Fox framed silkscreen print 71 x 95cm £650

Prices of collages on request from gilly@yewtreegallery.com

Mark worked on these pots for 10 days in May this year at the studio of Debbie Prosser, who prepared the forms for him. He was particularly keen to have a group of Tulipières to decorate as increasing interest in species tulips is gradually returning and these vases show off each individual stem to perfection.

Porcupine Tulipière 28 x 28 x 11cm - £800

Hen and Chicks Charger 46cm diameter - £900 SOLD

Rooster Charger 46cm diameter - £900

Chirpy Bird Tulipière 28 x 29 x 15cm - £800 SOLD

Small Bird Tulipière 19 x 22 x 12cm - £650 SOLD

Songbird Tulipière 21 x 24 x12cm - £650 SOLD

Frog shallow dish (one of a pair) 24cm diam - £395

Duck plate 36cm diam.- £750

Hart plate 30cm diam - £695

Hares shallow dish 30cm diam - £550 SOLD

Porcupine shallow dish 30cm diam - £550

Bird basket – blue interior 21 x 20 x 20cm - £475

Bird basket – yellow interior 25 x 20x 20cm - £475

Fluffy bird sgraffito plate 34cm diam - £750

Bird Shallow Bowl 24cm £385

Bird basket dark red interior 20 x 14 x 14cm - £375

Winged Bird 9x14x6cm £175

Bird basket – dark yellow spotty interior 20 x 13 x 13cm - £375

Small bird bowl17cm diam - £195 SOLD

Small bird bowl 17cm diam - £195 SOLD

Straight sided bird dish 13 x 27 x 14cm - £475 SOLD

Straight sided Hen dish 15 x 25 x 14cm - £475 SOLD

Small Mice bowl 17cm diam - £195 SOLD

Dark mice bowl 17cm diam – £195

ELEANOR GLOVER

Yew Tree Gallery

ELEANOR GLOVER is a story-teller working in 3 dimensions, mainly wood, acknowledged for over forty years for her idiosyncratic revelations of the human condition expressed through her art. Starting her career as assistant to the toy-maker Ron Fuller, she gained the respect of the legendary Sam Smith who wrote “I love the rich simplicity of her treatment’. Narrative elements and metaphor develop through the process of making, and influences are drawn from her own experiences, observations of life, poetry and literature

‘Shelter’ wood and steel wire 36 x 23 x 24cm - £750

(The small emerging wing on each figure represents the sense of shelter and protection we are hoping for)

‘Gathering’ wood and mixed media 26 x 26 x 36cm - £650 (shown from 2 angles)

(A comment on making peace within ourselves. The birds represent guides and protectors of the spirit.)

‘Murderous Millinery’ wood, feathers, mixed media - £1,100

(The most valuable cargo on the Titanic were the feathers bound for the New York hat trade. Rare exotic birds were driven to extinction by the fashion of the times. This destructive situation sparked the birth of the Society for the Protection of Birds – later becoming RSPB)

‘Bench’ wood and mixed media 30 x 24 x 37cm – £500

(A self-portrait, seated but in motion. Eleanor’s fingerprint forms the face, laser-cut into .5mm thick ply. The hands are card bonded to metal and the dress is card soaked in fibreglass for strength.)

‘Watching’ wood and steel wire 24 x 24 x 24cm - £700

(Figure with protective guardian spirit, watching togther)

‘Serendip’ wood and mixed media 33 x 20 x 27cm – £695

(Serendip – shortened form of Serendipity – “the recognition of fortunate things unasked for”. Also the ancient name of Sri Lanka where Eleanor spent many years working as a VSO – “the most extraordinary time in my life’)

‘Balancing’ paper collage 22 x 28cm – £180 SOLD

‘Joyous Meeting’ paper collage 22 x 22cm – £160

ROBINA JACK

Yew Tree Gallery

Descended from a maritime race (her grandfather was a transatlantic clipper captain), ROBINA JACK has a fondness for the Tall Ships of yore.  Such elements enter the visual world of her painted, decorated ceramics together with birds and animals, both endangered and domestic. A highly creative artist, Robina was highly acclaimed as a stained glass artist for 28 years before she found the toxic chemicals too taxing on her health and so turned her attention to ceramics.  Continuing her love of pattern and decoration her bowls, platters and jugs have become once more perfect vehicles for her fertile imagery, painted with slips and transparent glazes.

Four Beauties oval platter 37 x 31cm - £590 SOLD

Two Penguins rimmed plate 26cm diam - £475

Tiger and Palms plate 30cm diam – £495 SOLD

Pony Jug 17cm high – £400

Circling Bulls scalloped rimmed bowl 30cm diam - £550 SOLD

Wallis Jug I 16cm high – £400

Wallis Jug II 19cm high – £400

Five Ships, One Whale oval shallow dish 29 x 26cm – £575 SOLD

Lighthouse and Boats round dish 22cm diam – £420

Doodle Bird Jug 16cm high – £400

Elliptical Jug Penguin side 20cm high – £490 SOLD

Polar Bear side of jug

Polar Bear scalloped oval plate 23 x 19cm – £400 SOLD

Vanished World oval shallow dish 29 x 26cm – £575

Seal oval shallow dish 30 x 25cm – £560

Cat and Dog striped jug 14 cm high – £375

Cat and Dog jug – other side

ALEX MALCOLMSON

Yew Tree Gallery

ALEX MALCOLMSON is a Shetlander, now living in Yorkshire, with a life-long memory of  maritime stories and fables.  His carved and constructed seabirds and mixed media dioramas are a reflection of life on these remote islands.  Familiarity with the sea and wildlife in all its aspects gives him the empathy to convey the pure essence of his subjects through sleek line and form. His maritime framed boxworks suggest intriguing histories of life at sea.  These are often backed with a section of an early sea-chart with the model of a relevant sailing boat in the foreground and carved fish swimming below, or other attributes of sea-faring life.

Shalfer on Rudder carved, constructed painted wood 42 x 88 x 11cm - £995

Running Shorebird – as above – 34 x 58 x 10cm - £875 SOLD

Preening Shorebird – as above – 47 x 30 x 10cm – £895 SOLD

Shalfer and Tilfer – as above - 43 x 53 x 17cm – £950

Slatted Canada Goose – as above – 39 x 50 x 20cm – £895

Preening Diver – as above – 22 x 48 x 19cm – £875 SOLD

Arctic Tern Pair – as above – 30 x 5- x 3cm – £1,295 SOLD

Plover and Boat – as above – 4 x 31 x 10cm - £850

Leaving Stromness – boxwork construction 27 x 23 x 10cm – £525 SOLD

Trout Fishing – as above – 32 x 32 x 8cm - £565 SOLD

Fore and Aft – as above – 27 x 42 x 5cm - £395

Fair Isle to the West – as above – 26 x 36 x 9cm – £495

Fish Box – as above – 15 x 36 x 11cm – £385

Hanging Diver – carved, constructed, painted wood – 43 x 34 x 18cm – £365 SOLD

The Runes – mixed media boxwork – 27 x 16 x 5cm – £495 SOLD

Holm !V – mixed media painting on board – 30 x 21cm – £375

Salmon – framed woodcut – 32 x 41cm – £180

Raven with Egg – as above – 43 x 63cm – £250

PAUL YOUNG

Yew Tree Gallery

Another storyteller, PAUL YOUNG draws on the idiom of C18th Staffordshire ware and their Whieldon glazes as well as European folk art to create narrative tableaux of fanciful characters and creatures. With slips added to the raw clay he then uses coloured glazes to develop layering and rich surface qualities. At the molten state these glazes begin to travel down each piece, merging colours together. Paul works in a refurbished Victorian railway station in the Midlands and also makes domestic pots much in the tradition of early English slip-trailed ware – with his own distinctive adornments.

Wassail lidded bowl with Birds 57 x 27cm - £1200

Hare on Rooster 31 x 26cm - £600

Man riding Rooster 36 x 23cm - £600

Dovecote 38 x 23cm - £850

Standing Blue Whippet 27 x 24cm - £600

Seated Blue Whippet 29 x 21cm – £600

Fish among Reeds 21 x 28cm – £600 SOLD

Sheep may Safely Graze 31 x 18cm – £370

Candlestick with Birds and Flowers 27 x 32cm – £370

Hare on Pig 31 x 22cm – £600

Temptation Tree 30 x 18cm – £600

Money Box with Birds 35 x 12cm – £180

Rusell Crow 26 x 22cm – £600

Athena Owl 28 x20cm – £600

Tyger, Tyger 24 x 23cm – £600

Couple in Barrel Pew 33 x 20cm = £620

Howlin’ Wolf 32 x 24cm – £600

SUE MARSHALL

Yew Tree Gallery

After studying Art in her native Sweden, SUE MARSHALL moved to Cornwall where she has spent most of her adult life. In the late ‘60s she worked with Breon O’Casey weaving rugs to his design on vertical tapestry looms. Running a gallery subsequently took up much of her time until she passed that on to her children and returned to her own weaving which she now enjoys full-time. Sue favours Swedish wool and linens for their colour and quality and many of the yarns she dyes herself from plants grown in her own garden.

Diamond patterned rug woven with high twist yarn 81 x 145cm – £1,200

‘Scissor’ pattern rug woven with high twist yarn 84 x 124cm – £1,200

Hand-woven cushions – £160 each

GUY ROYLE

Yew Tree Gallery

Another artist-craftsman closer to home is GUY ROYLE, the jewellery designer-maker who continues to create jewellery of exquisite design and craftsmanship.  His silver bangles and brooches are embellished with 18ct gold delicately formed into birds, leaves and fish.  Among his new collection for this exhibition are necklaces of carnelian and amazonite combined with silver and earrings decorated with incised and embossed patterns.

GR1156 – 1157 – 1158 Silver brooches with 18ct yellow, red and white gold £850 each

GR1159 Green Aventurine and silver chain 75cm – £550

GR1160 Silver chain necklace 96cm – £360

GR1151 – Smoky Quartz: 1152 Yellow Agate: 1149 Amethyst – all £135

GR1141 – Lapis Lazuli: 1144 Carnelian: 1147 Green Aventurine: 1142 White Jade – all £130

1145 Green Agate: 1148 Strawberry Quartz: 1143 Nephrite Jade – all £130

GR1153 – 1154 – 1155 Silver Bangles – all £700

GR1162 Amazonite and silver necklace with Green Agate 49cm – £995

GR1161 Carnelian Agate and silver necklace 46cm – £995

GR1140 Silver bangle with 18 ct gold decoration – £1500

The gardens surrounding the gallery show sculpture by REECE INGRAM, HELEN NOCK and MIKE SAVAGE.  Do feel free to wander around them all at your leisure.

We hope you will enjoy the experience of this exhibition over the next two months when we open each week between 10.30 and 5pm from Tuesdays to Saturdays.  Any queries, do get in touch with Gilly on 01736 786425 or 07974 001267. Email is gilly@yewtreegallery.com

Find the gallery on the B3306 coast road between St Ives and St Just on the West Penwith peninsula near the village of Morvah. TR19 7TS