Brendan Hansbro: Pugin's Dream

Pugin's Dream is an unconventional exhibition with a distinctly gothic feel.Brendan Hansbro has captured the architecture of the Houses of Parliament with characteristic brooding detail, embellishing the well known facades with a playful wit.

Brendan Hansbro, Bouquet, graphite on paper, 94 x 74cm, £975 fr.

In Leviathan an ominous tower looms from a white gold background.The building is transformed by Hansbro's eccentric rendering and his use of white gold leaf, elevating this structure of bricks and mortar to an otherworldly status.Cryptically Hansbro makes it unclear which Leviathan he references in the title; Hobbe's political sovereign or the Biblical serpent and gatekeeper of Hell.Both interpretations feel appropriate,the double meaning further contributing to the mystery surrounding Hansbro's complex, often mythological works.

Brendan Hansbro, Leviathan, graphite and gold leaf on paper, 94 x 74cm, £1250 fr.

 Some of the most popular works of this exhibition have been Hansbro's wood engravings in specially gilded frames.These very intricate prints have been selling well, with the Lion and Unicorn motifs proving to be very appealing to our visitors.These prints breath a little light hearted frivolity into a fairly serious exhibition.They manage to offset the ominous gothic edifices with cheeky characatures, possibly making references to the unsteady relationship between the English and Scottish governments.

Lion and Unicorn; Cling, wood engraving,ed.100, 27 x 21cm, £97.50 fr, £40 uf