‘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 »
Artist: Ruth Koffer
Artist in the Garden – Late Summer Show 2014
Gathering together a collection of artworks – paintings, drawings, printworks, ceramics and jewellery by artists who have closely looked at the world around them. Maybe a small flowering space, a wooded copse, the rolling landscape, a jug of garden picked flowers. From the very simplest to the all embracing… bright, beautiful, metaphorical, meditative, quiet, gentle… Read more »
Artist in the Garden – Summer Show 2013
A gallery filled with colour – our annual summer show. As any gardener knows, this is the time when our gardens really start to perform – verdant green, lush gardens bursting into colour. Showcasing… Matt Caines – Drifts of…small enough to hold in a hand, Inuit inspired exquisite carvings in shed antler – birds, fish,… Read more »
The Long Winter Show 2013
An eclectic collection of art and toys by painters, printmakers, jewellers, ceramic makers and sculptors. Upstairs there is a series of rooms in a domestic interior where works are found in unexpected contexts to emphasise their beauty and uniqueness… In a room (of cobalt green and viridian), lit up by glorious, painterly paintings by Royal… 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 2014
Our Winter Exhibition for this Festive Season – ‘the magic of Christmas’. Upstairs in a series of rooms in a domestic interior is an eclectic collection of works by painters, printmakers, sculptors, illustrators, ceramic makers, jewellers & book artists. To name a few… Philippa Robbins – ‘An audience of puppets’ which inspired a series of… Read more »