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A collection of art works inspired by the summer garden. Paintings and drawings alongside new displays of jewellery and ceramics.

KIM ATKINSON – ‘My painting is both inspired by, and a celebration of, the domestic and ordinary. Everyday objects represent the rituals of daily life, often jugs, vases, cups, tea pots and flowers. There is always a push pull between abstraction and the figurative with a fluid movement between what is there and what the painting is. I use paint in a relaxed way, changing perspective, with light and shadow informing the pattern, underpinned by a sense of design. I grapple with the subject and the paint until the painting emerges and becomes ‘itself.’

TINA BALMER – ‘My painting is both inspired by, and a celebration of, the domestic and ordinary. Everyday objects represent the rituals of daily life, often jugs, vases, cups, tea pots and flowers. There is always a push pull between abstraction and the figurative with a fluid movement between what is there and what the painting is. I use paint in a relaxed way, changing perspective, with light and shadow informing the pattern, underpinned by a sense of design. I grapple with the subject and the paint until the painting emerges and becomes ‘itself.’

LOIS HOPWOOD – My paintings and drawings are definitely affected by the seasons. The three  pictures called Hayfield – Gwyrdd are an expression of love for the green summer hay fields and blue hazy skies of summer. The  two paintings of  Orange and Lilac are the hot sunny days. And in winter it gets very dark again. If I have given some sort of shape to my day I like to draw first. The little bird studies are in graphite on gesso with a wax varnish. Drawing in pen and ink is irreversible. I like to work on a long sheet of lining paper and draw still lives with a stick pen and Indian ink as a sort of meditation.

 

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