Autumn Group Exhibition

10th-12th October, 2008

The Gallery in Hampshire


Opening hours

Friday, October 10th: 9.30am-7pm
Saturday, October 10th: 9.30am-5pm
Sunday, October 12th: 10.30am-1pm

Monday, October 13th to Thursday, October 16th: 11am-3pm

The gallery will continue to be open by appointment until the end of November, showing work by many other gallery favourites not included in the exhibition.

New work will replace any sold pieces during the course of the exhibition.

Appointments can be made to view the exhibition, upon receipt of this invitation.



About the exhibition

This autumn's exhibition includes work by newcomers to the gallery including Mark Johnston and Debbie Jackson. Mark is a well established landscape painter whose work I have wanted to show for some time and Debbie is an artist whose stunningly bold and energetic drawings of bulls and horses I chanced upon when visiting her artist husband David Ralph Simpson. Other newcomers to the gallery are Jeremy Le Grice, Bindy Crossland, Fiona Mc Alpine and Mathew Lyn from Australia.

Since 1998 Judy Buxton has been a part of every exhibition, her energetic raw landscapes of the rugged Cornish coastline, along with her roughly elegant still lifes are still a joy. A visit to her studio is always a real treat. The well known Scottish colourist, Alma Wolfson, has also established herself as a firm favourite, and I hope will continue to be a regular exhibitor with her vibrant and painterly landscapes.

Jonathan Pocock is a major contributor to this show, his work is increasingly sought after, and as you will see he continues to develop a very strong and original identity. When referring to Jonathan's still lives, the critic Evita Rugif wrote:

'It did not come to life until Jonathan painted it. The work lives as art, it goes beyond the technique used to create it and far beyond the objects represented, there is a sureness of touch in placing the paint. What his works have, is the difference between the worthy effort and the worth-having.'

The thought behind this exhibition was to gather together a body of work by artists I admire. It is a celebration of colour, draughtsmanship, ability, evident in work by both established and emerging talent that will continue to lift the spirits for the years to come.

Unlike previous exhibitions, the gallery will remain open by appointment after Thursday, October 16th, until the end of November. We will be constantly replacing sold work with new finds as the weeks pass. Please do make an appointment to view the exhibition should you be looking for a present for someone-or for yourself for that matter!


Artists exhibited will include:

Oliver Akers Douglas
Ann Armitage
Day Bowman
Vanessa Bowman
Judy Buxton
Oona Campbell
Jessica Cooper
Bindy Crossland
Mark Demsteader
Angela Findlay
Archie Forest
Caitlin Gallagher
Emily Gregory Smith
Hugo Grenville
Rose Hilton
Henrietta Hoyer Millar
Debbie Jackson
Mark Johnston
Chloe Lamb
Jeremy le Grice
Mathew Lynn
Fiona McAlpine
John Miller
Leon Morrocco
Alice Mumford
Suzy Murphy
James Naughton
Robert Newton
John Pawle
Jonathan Pocock
Victoria Rees
David Ralph Simpson
Alex Shorey
Ann Shrager
Paul Treasure
Anne Vail
Alma Wolfson



Ann
Armitage
Judy
Buxton
Mark Demsteader Debbie Jackson
       
Alice Mumford Suzy
Murphy
James Naughton Jonathan Pocock
       
   
Celia
de Serra
Alma
Wolfson