Artist: Louise Brosnan MA RCA

Summer Show 2023 – A Spectrum of coloured Light

UPSTAIRS AT THE ART SHOP, CROSS STREET A seasonal summer collection… Works on paper including etchings, monoprints, collages and drawings; alongside paintings on canvas, fabric and cradled board; and new displays of jewellery and ceramics. Please enquire if you would like to see more work by any of our artists. Arts Council of Wales Collectorplan scheme available for the… Read more »

Long Winter Show – The Power of Enchantment

Upstairs at The Art Shop, Cross Street and downstairs at the Chapel, Market Street Myths, legends and other worlds – the curious, the fabled and playful – have been the inspiration for the artists in this exhibition.  Works on paper including etchings, lithographs, monotypes and drawings; alongside paintings on canvas and board; and diverse and intriguing… Read more »

CURATED ONLINE GALLERY

Welcome to our online gallery. Here you will find a changing selection of work chosen from our ongoing displays of fine and applied arts and from our store – paintings, drawings, printmaking, jewellery and ceramics. A permanent online place for browsing. We hope you find something to tempt you. Make sure to visit our ‘current… Read more »

A Gallery in a Restaurant – Walnut Tree Exhibition No. 2

The Art Shop, Abergavenny is curating regular exhibitions at the Michelin starred restaurant, the Walnut Tree Inn, showing works by some of our most dynamic and creative artists. Come and enjoy innovative and delicious dishes by one of Britain’s finest chefs, Shaun Hill, and sit amongst art by young, emerging artists and more established stars. An atmosphere… Read more »

Christmas isn’t far away…

Upstairs at The Art Shop & downstairs at the Chapel… The creative energy of artists, designers, artisans & chefs enlivens our space with their innovative works. Jewellery, textiles, ceramics, painting, printmaking, paper art, photography & edible creations.

Favourites from our In-House Collection

Upstairs at The Art Shop This exhibition has been a delight to hang. Bringing work up from our store in the basement was like greeting dear friends not seen for a while. Our selection includes… The lovely George Rowlett, landscape painter, with his gorgeous paintings of flowers from his garden; Cornelia O’Donovan MA RCA, whose work… Read more »

Artist in the Garden – Late Summer Show 2015

‘I have stretched ropes from belfry to belfry; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star – and I am dancing.’  Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud Gathering together an eclectic collection of paintings, drawings, printmaking, sculpture, mosaics, textiles and ceramics. Highlights include… exquisite mosaics by Rah Rivers, that run parallel to her paintings… Read more »

Where The Wonderful Happens – Winter Show 2012

A Winter Circus of make believe. Cabinets of curiosities, extravaganzas of peep shows, this is a place where talented makers and performers come together. The circus has a deep attraction with artists, makers and performers. Painters, printmakers, jewellers and ceramic artists at The Art Shop have collaborated to put on a show of story telling… Read more »

Winter Show 2007

Excerpts from Jayne Lennard’s travelling exhibition ‘Folk Art and Fairy Tales’. Jayne transforms discarded objects into magical pieces such as ‘The Princess and the Pea’- elements of half remembered tales, passed down through generations gathering new strands along the way. Blown glass vessel forms by Clare Henshaw, outside and inside cased with colour. New collection… Read more »

Winter Show 2008

An opportunity to see a special collection of paintings by George Rowlett, by kind permission of Art Space Gallery: Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London. Also showcasing work by new, young printmakers, Jazmin Velasco, Mexican illustrator, printmaker and member of the Greenwich Printmakers Association, recent Cardiff graduate Marega Palser and Stephanie Turnbull. Recently discovered watercolours from… Read more »