David Cass ‘Surface’
'Surface', an exhibition of new work by David Cass has just opened at Gayfield Creative in Edinburgh, with profits going towards the creation of an informative public exhibition Cass has been working on slated to take place in Florence this coming November.
Created using non-traditional methods and painted on unconventional surfaces, these repetitive, layered artworks are unified by their exclusive depiction of water.
Bodies of water that Cass has surveyed whilst travelling: the Atlantic from Cádiz, the Adriatic from Dalmatia, the Mediterranean from Liguria. Many too, are abstracted visions of the English Channel ('Mor breizh') - the strip of water the artist must cross to reach France, Belgium, Spain and Italy - where he sources the materials and supports upon which he works. From Paris’ plethora of antique shops to Brussels’ frequent flea-markets, Cass sources every-day items (wooden, metal, and paper planes) suitable to be brought back to his studio and transformed into the foundation of each artwork.
Cass gathers ordinary objects that speak of function and familiarity: tabletops, drawer bases, trunk lids, roadsigns, books & papers. Aged items and objects that describe a lifetime of use in their worn grains – a kind of repetition that is mirrored in Cass’ mark-making and obsessive documentation of a singular subject.
'Surface' runs until 3rd May 2016 at Gayfield Creative, Gayfield Square, Edinburgh. Find out more
Emily Sutton & Mark Hearld
This Friday sees the opening of Emily Sutton and Mark Hearld's latest exhibition at their York home.
The duo will be exhibiting new drawings, paintings, collages, prints and ceramics. The opening event will run from 6-9pm on Friday 15th April 2016 and doors will then be open 10-6 on Saturday 16th April, 11-5 on Sunday 17th April and then the following Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th April 2016. Visit the exhibition at 104 The Mount, York YO24 1AR.
We'll post further images of the work exhibited soon. In the meantime, if you're not able to visit you might like to explore our website for fabrics and prints by Emily and Mark. Both artists will be exhibiting at St Jude's exhibitions in Yorkshire and London later in 2016. Sign up for our e-mail newsletter for details of these events.
We'll post soon on the making of the poster created for the exhibition (see below) at Tilley Print in Ledbury.
Emily Sutton 'The Yellow Fireplace' watercolour drawing
Mark Hearld 'Lapwings' Nest' collage
Emily Sutton 'The Golden Seahorse' drawing
Mark Hearld 'Swan Flight' collage
Emily Sutton 'Lumber Room Jug' watercolour drawing
Mark Hearld 'Redshank' collage
Emily Sutton and Mark Hearld's letterpress poster, printed at Tilley Print in Ledbury
Richard Bawden at 80
An exhibition celebrating the work of Richard Bawden has just opened at The Fry Gallery in Saffron Walden.
Perhaps best know for his paintings and prints, Richard is also a designer, whose work includes book illustration, posters, murals, mosaics, textiles, engraved glass, furniture and cast iron seats (for which he cut the patterns himself).
Richard's paintings are drawn from life, and as a printmaker he works predominantly in etching and lino. He studied at the Royal College of Art, has had over sixty one-man exhibitions at home and abroad, and has work in Royal, public and private collections.
Richard Bawden at 80 runs until 12th June 2016 at The Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden. Visit their website for details of opening times.
'Hedgerow' linocut
'Pink Eyes' etching
'Toucan in the Study' watercolour
'Winter Still Life' etching
'Dodo' linocut
Parallel//Paysage
Parallel//Paysage is an exhibition of new work by Rachel Duckhouse and Bronwen Sleigh. In October 2014 they travelled to Quebec City for an exchange exhibition between Glasgow Print Studio and Engramme. While there they undertook a research trip travelling through Quebec, Labrador and Newfoundland funded by the Bet Low Trust. This latest exhibition presents the divergent responses of these two artists to their shared experience of the same landscapes through printmaking, drawing and sculpture.
Parallel//Paysage runs from 9th April to 1st May 2016 at Glasgow Print Studio. You can find out more about Bronwen and Rachel's collaboration via their blog Multiple//Parallel.
A detail from one of Bronwen's etchings
Bronwen editions a new lithograph print
A detail from Rachel's pen and ink drawing 'Saguenay ii'
One of Bronwen's etching plates
Rachel inks up her 'Black Wood' linocut
Rachel's 'Black Wood' linocut and 'White Wood' pen and ink drawing
Pages from one of Rachel's sketchbook
Mark Hearld at Tinsmiths
From 19th March until 23rd April 2016 our good friends at Tinsmiths in Ledbury will be presenting Spring Life, an exhibition of work by painter/printmaker Mark Hearld and ceramicist Paul Young.
You'll be able to get a sneak preview of two new designs we'll be launching soon - the fabric version of Mark's popular Squirrel and Sunflower wallpaper and a new design, Cirque D'Hiver, inspired by time spent in Paris.
Mark has also been collaborating with Ledbury based letterpress printer Martin Tilley on a series of new linocut prints, featured in the film above.
Spring Life runs from 19th March until 23rd April 2016 at Tinsmiths, Tinsmiths Alley, 8A High Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire. HR8 1DS. Visit their website for opening times.
We'll be adding details of Mark's new fabrics to our website soon, in the meantime you can view Mark's existing fabrics and wallpaper for St Jude's.
Mark Hearld's forthcoming Cirque D'Hiver fabric for St Jude's
The fabric version of Mark Hearld's Squirrel and Sunflower wallpaper for St Jude's
Jonathan Gibbs
Jonathan Gibbs' latest solo exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh opens on 9th January 2016.
Life is But a Dream features a selection of work inspired by his sabbatical leave from his role as Programme Director at Edinburgh College of Art last year. Within this time Gibbs studied riverine literature, songs, and imagery as well as travelling to Italy, India, and Norfolk to further his practice. Whilst in Venice, Gibbs paid great attention to Jacopo de’ Barbari’s woodblocks, used for his infamous ‘Map of Venice’, which inspired Gibbs to start working on a larger scale.
Known for his distinctive approach to illustration through printmaking, this exhibition includes a range of woodcuts with new paintings on mahogany, canvas or oak, and additional pencil drawings. The exhibition is titled ‘Life is But a Dream’ after the largest and most ambitious work in the exhibition, consisting of a woodcut over 4 meters long; a direct response to the children’s nursery rhyme ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. The original bloc used for creation will also be on display in the gallery.
The exhibition runs from 9th to 27th January 2016 at Open Eye Gallery, 34 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh EH3 6QE. Find out more
Jonathan Gibbs 'The Baite II' wood engraving
Jonathan Gibbs 'Night Kitchen II' oil and gesso on wood
Jonathan Gibbs 'Kindrochet Still Life' wood engraving
Jonathan Gibbs 'The Baite IV' wood engraving
Jonathan Gibbs 'La Citié' wood engraving
Jonathan Gibbs 'A Store of Gifts' oil and gesso on wood
35 Years of the Open Eye Gallery
Edinburgh's Open Eye Gallery’s first exhibition of 2016 will celebrate their 35th anniversary, presenting the work of over 50 artists represented by the gallery.
The exhibition runs from 9th to 27th January 2016 at Open Eye Gallery, 34 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh EH3 6QE. Find out more
Here are a few of favourite works that feature in the exhibition...
‘Pole Star’ by Alex Malcolmson
Mixed media box construction - 59 x 45 x 6cm (open)
'Goshawk (From Life)' by Mick Manning
Mixed media - 40 x 50cm
'Before Winter' by Tom Mabon
Oil on board - 20 x 30cm
'Apple Crumble' by Brita Granström
Acrylic on canvas - 50 x 50cm
'Cluny, From Blackford Hill' by Catherine Davison
Oil on board - 40 x 45cm
