The Story of Art

THE STORY OF ART

Exhibition 2023

16th March - 16th April

Byard Art

All artworks available to purchase immediately online or over the phone.

Call us: +44 (0)1223 464646

Email us: info@byardart.co.uk

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All prices VAT deductable if shipped outside the UK.

Interest free credit available on artwork over £100 using the Own Art Scheme.

The Story of Art A Byard Art Exhibition

Once upon a time, there was an art gallery situated in the middle of Kings’ Parade in the historic centre of Cambridge.

Welcome to The Story of Art, a stunning exhibition exploring themes of narrative, fiction, non-fiction, self, place, and life. Stories are the way in which we understand and communicate with the world around us, and this exhibition celebrates the diverse ways in which art and stories intertwine.

Featuring artwork with a strong focus on storytelling, and artwork using printed media such as books, magazines and more, this exhibition truly is a feast for the eyes.

From abstract, conceptual designs by Frances Bloomfield to detailed, intricate sculptures by Emma Taylor. From thought-provoking, pensive ceramics by Carolyn Tripp to characterful, tounge-in-cheek sculptures by JJ Vincent.

6 - Alison Pullen

10 - Emma Taylor

16 - Alison Stockmarr

22 - Carolyn Tripp

26 - Frances Bloomfield

32 - JJ Vincent

36 - Marcelle Milo-Gray

40 - Betty Pepper

46 - Elisabeth Lecourt

50 - Diane Griffin

Alison Pullen

118cm x 91cm (Framed)

Mixed Media Collage

£2,850

Cambridge Reception Room

Alison Pullen’s interiors are created using a mix of paint and collage. She always works in situ, both beginning and ending in the room itself in the creation of these atmospheric, mix-media works. Her career has taken her to exhibit across the UK and at major art fairs in New York, Stockholm and Brussels.

Christchurch Cathedral

89cm x 119cm (Framed)

Mixed Media Collage

£2,850

Oxford Private

97cm x 102cm

Mixed Media

£2,850

Emma Taylor

Water Music (Great Crested Grebes)

28cm x 14.5cm x 21.5cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£600

Emma repurposes secondhand books to create intricate sculptures which appear to emerge directly from the paper pages giving life to ideas, information or stories contained within the books. By playing with scale her fascination with detail can be fully realised as fine strips of text are transformed into rigging on a seafaring galleon, printed words become feathers, or singular letters form the bricks of grand buildings.

The Leaf and the Tree

29cm x 23cm x 23.5cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£650

30cm x 23cm x 32cm Mixed Media, Paper

£700

River to River

29cm x 16cm x 23cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£575

Mouse Tales

26cm x 7.5cm x 24cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£475

Alison Stockmarr

I is for Insects

72cm x 59cm (Framed)

Giclee Print

£245

Alison Stockmarr’s work has an ethos of storytelling and repurposing at its heart. All materials are recycled into scenarios that at first glance allude to the past, but with closer inspection often offer an ironic nod to the present. These assemblages of everyday archaeologies afford the viewer glimpses of invented stories and alternative narratives.

The Meaning of

Art

72cm x 59cm (Framed)

Giclee Print

£245

Great Thoughts from Master Minds

72cm x 59cm (Framed)

Giclee Print

£245

Le Lieux de Pecherie

72cm x 59cm (Framed)

Giclee Print

£245

Carolyn Tripp

Love, What Would You Have Me Know?

23cm x 14cm Ceramic

£375

Dream Of You

20cm x 15cm Ceramic

£280

Carolyn Tripp abstracts, through tearing and cutting, the stories told in collected imagery and text of lives past and present centring around the human condition from significant to trivial. New meanings are created through visible fragments which hint at the narrative.

Cascades of Memory

19cm x 12cm

Ceramic

£200

And Time Takes Time

16cm x 10cm

Ceramic

£180

Francis Bloomfield

Toile de Mystere, 34cm x 53cm x 9cm

Mixed Media

£900

Francis Bloomfield creates fascinating dreamscapes, exquisitely created in three-dimensional collage. Each piece plays with space and perspective to draw the viewer into the artist’s curious imagined worlds. Although her subject matter is drawn from the world we exist in, her work always contains a suggestion of parallel realities. However, the meanings are far from prescriptive and the viewer is invited in to contemplate and reflect upon these mysterious scenarios.

Theatre of Lost Dreams

72cm x 52cm x 9cm

Mixed Media

£1100

Les Mots Perdus 1

63cm x 30cm x 6cm

Mixed Media

£800

Tales of the City 1

72cm x 28cm x 7cm

Mixed Media

£975

Lunedi 1

44cm x 44cm x 6cm

Mixed Media

£600

Lunedi 2

44cm x 44cm x 6cm

Mixed Media

£600

JJ Vincent

Proto-Graffiti

35cm x 22cm x 21cm

Mixed Media

£550

JJ Vincent is fascinated by clay- the fact that we can take what is essentially mud, and, using a little imagination, produce something that has the potential of invoking emotional response for decades, if not centuries. In the artist’s own words, “I will probably not be around then, but it is reassuring to think that my fingerprints will be.”

The Earth is Flat!

70cm x 35cm x 30cm Mixed Media, Mechanical Components

£2000

Marcelle Milo Gray

£3,000

A Wisdom of Owls

40cm x 51cm

Mixed Media

“My work is inspired by the Gothic paintings of Europe and their joyful celebration of an elevated reality. I aspire to their luminous palettes enhanced with the elegance of gold and copper leaf. My imagery is a celebration of the timeless joys of gardens, meadows, birdsong and afternoon tea. These paintings are all on carefully prepared gesso panels, painted in egg tempera; and over painted in oils”.

A Scurry of Squirrels

50cm x 50cm

Mixed Media

£3,000

Betty Pepper

Living on the Edge 192: Moving Story

12cm x 19cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£510

Betty Pepper makes her work from found materials; discarded books, old fabrics, forgotten papers. She breathes life and magic into these objects, creating fantastical, miniscule worlds populated with tiny animate houses and filled with their stories.

Living on the Edge 184: Energy Bill

23cm x 18cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£510

Living on the Edge 139: Growing Pains

13cm x 16cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£375

Living on the Edge 185: La Vie en Rose

14cm x 22cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£510

Living on the Edge 177: World Series

19cm x 19 cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£510

Living on the Edge 191: The Care Home

19cm x 13 cm

Mixed Media Sculpture

£620

Elisabeth Lecourt

De la Lumière dans Mes Boucles Dorées

84cm x 59cm x 30cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£3,500

After studying Fine Art in France, she moved to London to study at Kingston University and Central St. Martins. In 2001 she achieved her Masters from the Royal College of Art. Since then, Elisabeth has enjoyed a successful career exhibiting her map dress installations and paintings worldwide.

Mon baiser de Crapaud

84cm x 59cm x 30cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£3,500

L’eau du Parapluie Rainbow

84cm x 59cm x 30cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£3,500

Mon Plongeon de Saumon

84cm x 59cm x 30cm

Mixed Media, Paper

£3,500

Diane Griffin

Embossed Scroll Vases (Small)

The paper-like scrolls in Diane’s work were inspired by a trip to Jerusalem many years ago. Here she visited the Wailing Wall and was intrigued by the thousands of wishes and prayers written on paper and crammed between the stones in the wall. She was inspired by the collective focus for so many peoples’ hopes and wishes at this ancient site and their interaction with it.

Embossed Scroll Vases (Large)

25cm x 9cm

Porcelain

£135

Scroll Vase Selection

Various Sizes

Ceramic

£35 - £65

All artworks available to purchase immediately online or over the phone.

Call us: +44 (0)1223 464646

Email us: info@byardart.co.uk

Just click the artwork to buy online!

We ship worldwide. Contact us for a quote.

All prices VAT deductable if shipped outside the UK.

Interest free credit available on artwork over £100 using the Own Art Scheme.

By Toby Hoten