Artist: William Brown

William Brown – From Under the Bed

All artists are by nature squirrels, hoarding away the kernels of creative ideas to feed their inspiration through fallow months. Preliminary sketches too precious to part with are stuffed into portfolios and stashed away in nooks and crannies for future reference. Rarely sold during the artist’s lifetime, these priceless scraps often emerge into the light… Read more »

William Brown – New Work

William Brown was born in Toronto, Canada in 1953 and died in Wales, 2008. He is a prolific painter and printmaker whose work is informed by poetry, literature and travel. He exhibits widely in Britain and overseas with shows in France, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic. Recent projects have involved sojourns in Galicia, Southern… Read more »

William Brown – Some newly discovered work

William Brown, the fearless, uncompromising maker of paintings, drawings, silkscreen, lino and wood cut prints. These are full of metaphor and magical legends, the Venus of Blaengwynfi, allegorical beasts, the Mari Lwyd, the Welsh Valley and of course his iconic bear. There is a sense of theatre, humour and great tenderness in the work. With… Read more »

William Brown 1953-2008

A collection of unseen drawings and works on paper. Supported by paintings and silkscreen, lino and wood cuts. Drawing was for William Brown an integral part of his daily practice. In fact, he felt it to be an essential part of an artist’s life. He called it his thinking process. William documented what most people… 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 2009

This Christmas 2009… find the inspiring, unique gift (the very opposite of the mass produced), wrapped and festooned in specially commissioned Christmas papers and garlands designed by 3 RCA artists. Bundles of hand-dyed Khadi, glorious coloured tissue and poster papers, tied up with reels of sumptuous ribbons and strings. Upstairs mixed show of painters, printmakers,… Read more »

Winter Show 2011

Alchemy of the Imagination Showcasing 3 artists Jayne Lennard – Sculptures inspired by the written word. Jayne transforms discarded objects and captures the intrinsic magic of the fairy tale. Amanda Caines – Contemporary jewellery made from found and discarded pieces that were once worn and loved. Glass, semi-precious stones and vintage jewellery lend a sense… 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 »