Macmillan Support Fundraising Weekend

Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December 2013

Every year Curwen Gallery  runs a special exhibition in aid of the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.All works sold in the exhibition give a percentage (at least 10%) of the wall price to the charity.
The exhibition is an eclectic mix of many different artists including those represented by the gallery, artists that are new to us and artists that exhibit with the gallery on this one occassion and are specific to the exhibition.

Suzanne Baker, Kerry Fir I, goache, £875

This year we are very priviledged to be showing a large body of work from the distinguished scultptor Trevor Edmands. Edmands makes sculptural assemblages of found objects which have a distinct feeling of the later sculptural works of Antoni Tapies.This altered violin is a particularly close example and one of our favourite pieces from the collection.

Trevor Edmands, Spirit of the Violin, altered violin

Another interesting piece on show is Sardines by Robin Spalding, small, framed plaster castings of actual sardines, gilded with silver leaf and then painted to look (almost!) like the real thing. They were made in response to the much loved lithograph Sardines by Glynn Boyd Harte (showing immediately at Curwen Gallery after as part of a large retrospective of the artist).

Robin Spalding, Sardines, plaster, silver leaf and oil, £360

New to the gallery is Charlotte Lyon, a very successful artist currently living and working in Amsterdam.Her lovely piece Piranhas (below) is part of a small body of work which she has brought to the UK specifically for this exhibition.Also in this exhibition are a new line of mugs by gallery artist Brendan Hansbro, featuring animal characters from his otherworldly menagerie.

Charlotte Lyon, Piranhas, acrylic with charcoal, 50 x 50cm, £1200

More information on this exhibition can be found on the Curwen Gallery website.

Sineid Codd : Losing Gravity

31st October - 27th November

Sinéid Codd makes images relating to time, geological and personal, in hand-made monotype prints. Areas of often vivid and intense colour contain forensically detailed images, taken directly from found flora and fauna and, importantly, preserving actual scale and features.

Sinéid Codd, early morning

As such, her work references early photography, and film, by using rhythm and image sequencing. The prints possess a subtle and luminous quality, some with a distinct vertical composition responding to the artists’ interest in using narrative structures to articulate ideas about walking through the landscape.

Sinéid Codd, Night Garden 1

Sinéid studied at Winchester School of Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London and the Central School of Art & Design. She has exhibited with many UK galleries including the Whitechapel Gallery and the Royal Academy, London. Her work is held in private and public collections in UK, France and USA, including the National Maritime Museum and the Paintings in Hospitals Collection. She has been a gallery artist with the Curwen Gallery since 2005. 

Landscapes & Seascapes: Jane Corsellis, Richard Pikesley and David Poole

This month in the main gallery we are showing an exhibition of the landscapes and seascapes of three established artists; Jane Corsellis, Richard Pikesley and David Poole. Each artist has been chosen for this exhibition because of an outstanding ability to capture the essence of a natural environment in traditional mediums, including oil on canvas, watercolour and pastel drawing.

David Poole is particularly well known for his portraits, having undertaken portrait commissions for many members of the Royal Family including The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Queen Mother. His landscapes are rarely seen but much admired by those few who have been lucky enough to view them in his home. This exhibition is one of the rare occasions that this aspect of his work has been displayed in a gallery setting.

David Poole, Lavender Fields,
 pastel on paper,  30 x 46cm (paper size)
£5500

Jane Corsellis had many solo exhibitions with the New Academy Gallery between 1985 and 2004. Many of these were hugely successful and she acquired countless admirers and collectors of her paintings. Jane shares her time between London and Pembrokeshire, where she has had a house and a studio for many years. Many of her new landscapes in this show are based on scenes from around her studios in Pembrokeshire and London. 

Jane Corsellis, The White Sail, Newport,
 oil on canvas, 61 x 76cm (image size) ,
£8500

Richard Pikesley exhibited at the Curwen/New Academy Gallery many years ago and it is with great pleasure that we welcome him back. His stunning oil paintings capture the beauty of sunlit coastlines of various UK locations, including Dorset and Cornwall.He is an active member of the Royal Watercolour Society and the New English Art Club. 

Richard Pikesley, Gig Boat Turning, Lyme Regis,
oil on canvas, 81 x 86cm (canvas size),
 £3700