‘This body of paintings is perhaps the most joyful work I have made to date. Enjoying in everyday magic and finding the space to immerse myself in my work.’ Last year Elizabeth discovered she was pregnant and everything familiar was magnified. Her imagery represents growth, quiet reflection and appreciation for small and often overlooked things…. Read more »
Tania Mosse ‘All the work on show has been made in response to nature. The bronzes started as waxes modeled directly from natural forms. I then juxtaposed parts of these to form new objects. The stone sculpture is inspired more directly from nature and the landscape. I make small studies in clay or plasticine. I… Read more »
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 »
Enjoy the exhibitions on view, with ‘On the Table’, an abundance of new works, cupboards full of gorgeous ceramics by some of the very best contemporary makers. Thrown and hand built jugs, plates, bowls and drinking vessels, enduring and timless with sumptious glazes. Kaori Tatebayashi, Dylan & Jane Bowen, Helen Beard, Philomena Pretsell and Kate… Read more »
Two RCA graduates, an illustrator and designer, combine craft based techniques with playful narrative to produce a poetic mix of works – collage, drawings, plates, dolls, light sculptures, shadow drawings and more.
Betty Pennell Paintings and drawings. Betty trained in illustration at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash. A short spell in the painting department under Carel Weight, Robert Buhler and John Minton had a profound effect on her subsequent work. She is influenced by the landscape, making poetry in rural settings… Read more »
For a humble pie or a festive banquet… In celebration of the eleventh Abergavenny Food Festival, an abundance of functional and decorative contemporary ceramics for all occasions.
George, the landscape painter of thick, sumptuous, glowing paint, brings the same intense energy, keen observation and lightness of touch to his joyous flower paintings. “I always take a five-litre tin of Stokes Titanium white, two and a half of Bright Red, two and a half of Chrome Lemon and the same of Spectrum Ultramarine..”… Read more »
The Art Shop is holding a special exhibition, the first of many we hope, on Book Art. This is an opportunity to see and buy one-off and small limited editions and related artwork by book artists from around the world. You will see many examples of working methods, both traditional and contemporary, from screenprinting, etching… Read more »
This year we are putting on quite a spread… Rachel Eardley, printmaker and textile artist, combines print and embroidery to produce a delicious, stunning window display. New ceramic work by two talented recent BA graduates from Cardiff, Jessica Hopewell and Anisha Mistry. Beautiful new collections of ceramics – honest and earthy jugs, the flamboyantly hand-decorated… Read more »