Footprint is a transformative programme of capital works, interpretation and sustainable energy provoked by the urgent need to repair and renew Bath Abbey’s collapsing historic floor. The project will accomplish this by: • Reducing Impact: stabilising the floor, levelling and conserving its surface and using the unique hot springs as a source of energy. • Enlarging Capacity: fulfilling the Abbey as a place of congregation, equal access and hospitality. • Retelling an Ancient Story: recording and interpreting the long history of the Abbey site and this iconic church for millions of visitors. • Becoming a People and Place Fully Alive: supporting everyone in recognising what is valuable – individually, communally and globally.
For more information please go to our website www.bathabbey.org/footprint
This very special auction, the first ever in Bath Abbey, comprises a wonderful and interesting body of art from a variety of carefully selected artists, many of international repute. We have tried to incorporate a range of collectible work with wide appeal and of an excellent standard. This is an exclusive opportunity to not only support Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project but to acquire a unique work of art that you will be able to appreciate for ever. Remember that, being a charity auction, there is no hidden extra ‘buyer’s premium’ to pay! I hope that you will enjoy the exhibition (21-23 November in the Abbey) and the auction. It is a once-in-lifetime opportunity to contribute to Footprint, a lasting legacy for the city of Bath. David Simon If you are unable to attend the auction, but would like to leave a commission bid, please complete a form and deliver to the Abbey Shop or to: David Simon Contemporary 4 Bartlett Street, Bath, BA1 2QZ or gallery@davidsimoncontemporary.com Bidding forms must be received by 1pm on Wednesday 23 November.
Martin Leman
LOT 1
Posing etching, 15 x 15cm Estimate: £80 - £120 Martin Leman is best known for his exquisite paintings of cats, with his illustrated books having sold over half a million copies. His limited edition etching at the Royal Academy in 1998 was an instant sell out. Martin Leman, born in London in 1934, studied at Worthing School of Art and London’s Central School of Art. Martin Leman has exhibited internationally, and is a regular exhibitor at London’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. His paintings are held in many private art collections throughout the world.
Sally Muir
LOT 2
Lurcher lithograph, 36 x 47cm Estimate: ÂŁ150 - ÂŁ250 Having returned to University as a mature student, Sally Muir was awarded a degree in Fine Art from Bath School of Art and Design in 2003. Since then she has been working, both as an artist and knitwear designer, in partnership with Joanna Osborne.
Angela Uren
LOT 3
Shade of Blue (Rose) oil, 30 x 30cm Estimate: ÂŁ200 - ÂŁ300 Angela Uren lives and works on the Somerset Levels, often painting outside in all elements to record the changing landscapes. The challenging use of oil paint and palette knife is instrumental in capturing time, light and atmosphere, whether landscape or still life.
Angela Uren Lavender Fields oil, 25 x 25cm Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 4
Lynne Cartlidge
LOT 5
Roses VII oil on board, 30 x 40cm Estimate: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500 Lynne Cartlidge, born in 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand lived in Cornwall between 1967 and 1984, before settling in Wales. She studied art at Falmouth Art College and Cardiff Art College attaining a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree in 1987, when one of her paintings was selected for the Whitworth Young Contemporaries. Lynne was awarded funding from the Arts Council of Wales and is represented by David Simon Contemporary, Bath.
Robert Cary-Williams
LOT 6
Walk the Red Line
canvas on board, stitched canvas kit bag, mixed media with oil and ash
Estimate: £800 - £1,200 Born in 1965, Robert launched his eponymous fashion label to great acclaim. A post-graduate of Central St Martin’s School of Art & Design, Robert is known for playing with the tensions and limits of fabrics. Examples of his work feature in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and New York’s Metroplitan Museum of Art.
Victoria Gamberoni
LOT 7
Bath Abbey oil on board 24 x 30cm Estimate: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500 Victoria is a member of the Bath Society of Artists and the Armed Forces Art Society, where she regularly shows at their annual exhibitions. She has run painting courses in England, France and Italy. She has won numerous awards including the Brownsword Prize, Bath Society of Artists (2007). In 2009 she was presented with an award by HRH The Prince of Wales at the AFAS Exhibition in London; at this years Bath Society Exhibition at the Victoria Gallery she was awarded the Ian Black prize.
Malcolm Ashman RWA RBA ROI LOT 8 Mt. St. Victoire, Aix-en-Provence pencil on paper, 20 x 53cm Estimate: £300 - £500 Malcolm Ashman was born in Bath in 1953. He is a Royal West of England Academician, a member of the Royal Society of British Painters, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Bath Society of Artists. He has exhibited widely in the south of England, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Threadneedle Prize.
Richard Burel
LOT 9
Bath Abbey mixed media, 20 x 20cm Estimate: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500 Richard Burel was born in 1974 in Normandy, France. He has travelled extensively around Asia and South America, an experience which he feels has greatly shaped his approach to painting. Richard, who is entirely self-taught, has been particularly inspired by the different textures and colours of the stonework around the South West, from the warm tones of the Bath sandstone to the cooler, more rugged granite of the Cornish coast.
Anne Desmet RA
LOT 10
Bath Circus I wood engraving, 12 x 13cm Estimate: £250 - £350 Anne Desmet RA, born 1964, gained a BA and MA in Fine Art at Oxford University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking at Central School of Art & Design. Elected member of the Royal Academy of Arts 2011, Anne is only the third wood engraver ever elected in the RA’s 248-year history. She has had 16 solo shows in London. Public collections holding her work include Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; V&A, National Art Library, The Museum of London, British Museum, British Library; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; The Whitworth Art Gallery and HM The Queen.
Emily-Kriste Wilcox
LOT 11
Large Oval 13 ceramic, 24cm H x 23cm W x 16cm D Estimate: £250 - £350 Graduating with first class honours from Bath Spa University in 2005, Emily-Kriste has shown her distinctive work at numerous exhibitions in London, Bath, Wales, France, The Netherlands and Denmark. Her work has been featured in many prominent publications, including The World of Interiors, Homes and Gardens magazine, The English Home, Elle Decoration Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine and regularly in Ceramic Review and Craft and Design Magazine. Emily-Kriste’s work is in many private collections in the UK and mainland Europe, including Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark.
Sarah Purvey
LOT 12
Landscape Series- Seeing Red ceramic, 53cm H x 34cm W x 24cm D Estimate: £700 - £900 Sarah Purvey gained both her BA and MA qualifications at Bath Spa, where she remained a Resident Artist at the University’s Ceramic Research Centre at Corsham Court in Wiltshire, the former home of Bath Academy of Art. Sarah has had solo exhibitions in St Ives, Amsterdam and Bath and has shown widely in group exhibitions including New York and London. Purvey’s work featured in the Threadneedle Prize Exhibition in 2012 and the Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries London and The Bath Society of Artists at the Victoria Art, Gallery, Bath in 2015. Her work is represented by galleries both nationally and internationally.
John Eaves
LOT 13
Revolve gouache & collage, 22 x 26cm Estimate: £800 - £1,200 Born in 1929, John Eaves studied at the Bath Academy of Art 1949-1952 where his tutors included William Scott. Eaves was a Course Director at the Bath College of Higher Education (1958-1985) before focussing exclusively on his career as an artist. He has exhibited extensively in Great Britain and Germany in both solo and group shows. The Arts Council, Bristol City Art Gallery, Royal West of England Academy and the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, have all purchased his work as have the Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmuend and Braunschweig Museum in Germany. In 1966 he was awarded the first Churchill Fellowship as a painter and in 1985 was the recipient of a Leverhulme Award to study Emil Nolde in Germany.
Eileen Cooper OBE RA
LOT 14
Red Dress woodcut on paper, 64 x 45cm Estimate: ÂŁ1,000 - ÂŁ1,500 Eileen Cooper, born 1953 in the Peak District, studied at Goldsmiths College 1971-1974. Her tutors included Bert Irvin RA, Basil Beattie RA and Michael Craig Martin RA. She went on to study Painting at the Royal College of Art under Peter de Francia, graduating in 1977. During the 1980s she became a major figure, well known and regarded for her strong and passionate figuration. Cooper has always taught part time in numerous institutions including St Martins, Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. She became a Royal Academician in 2000 and in 2010 was elected Keeper of the Royal Academy, the first woman in this role since the Academy began in 1768.
Peter Brown NEAC, RP, ROI, Hon.RBA, PS LOT 15 Summer Morning over Widcombe from Beechen Cliff oil on board, 15 x 31 cm Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800 From 1985-91 Peter studied at Bath College of Higher Education and gained a BA Fine Art from Manchester Polytechnic. In 1998 he was elected into NEAC and his first solo show at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath was held in 2000. He has been represented by Messum’s, London since 2004. Peter has now held 12 solo exhibitions at Messum’s, London and 8 solo exhibitions at Victoria Gallery, Bath. He has been selected for ‘Critic’s Choice’, New English Art Club in 2009/11/12/13, and other awards including Prince of Wales’ Award for Portrait Drawing 2008, Hunting Art Prize; The Arts Club Award 2005, Pastel
Neil Pinkett
LOT 16
George Street, Bath oil on board, 28 x 45 cm Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800 Neil Pinkett was born in St Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall in 1958. After a successful career as an illustrator, he has been painting full-time since the mid-1990s. Today Neil splits his time between Bath and Cornwall. Neil is one of several en plein air painters to emerge from St Just in recent years. He does much of his painting on location, occasionally from his canoe using a specially adapted easel and accompanied by his dog Beavis. Neil’s work has been shown and is collected throughout the UK. He has also undertaken painting tours and oneman shows across America. First one-man exhibition with David Simon Contemporary, Bath in 2017.
Georgia Cox
LOT 17
Smokebush oil and copper leaf on board, 37.5cm x 25cm Estimate: ÂŁ600 - ÂŁ800 Since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 1998, Georgia Cox has exhibited in various venues including the National Portrait Gallery, Holburne Museum and Mall Galleries. She has won the Public Choice Prize twice at Bath Society of Artists exhibitions and has just been shortlisted for the National Open Art Competition.
Sonia Barton
LOT 18
Bright Anemones in White Vase acrylic on board, 40cm x 40cm Estimate: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500 Sonia Barton has a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Staffordshire University and attained her Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art from Brighton College of Art. She is a teacher in Art Education and Head of Art in Oxfordshire. Represented by The Jerram Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset, since July 2016. She has mainly exhibited in the South West of England.
Ben Hughes Great Pulteney Street In Green oil on canvas, 41 x 51 cm Estimate: £500 - £700
LOT 19
Born in 1967, Ben Hughes is a self-taught landscape and portrait artist. Predominantly painting in oils, he has exhibited widely across the south of England and is a member of the Bath Society of Artists. His prizes include the Davison Award from the Royal Society of British Artists and the Best Emerging Artist Prize and Viewers’ Choice Award from the Royal West of England Academy.
Emma Rose
LOT 20
Christmas is Coming acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60cm Estimate: £400 - £600 Emma Rose is based in Wellow and Bath. During the 1980’s she studied at the Chelsea Studios in London while learning with her stepfather, the Artist G. Cake FRSA and had a vibrant London career in theatre and films. She now has a gallery space on Walcot Street. She regularly exhibits in Somerset and London. Bath Abbey holds a special place in her heart having known it since childhood and finding inspiration and peace there. She is also honoured to have been gifted a stone angel’s head by the sculptor, the late Peter Watts who worked on the restoration of the carved angels on the Abbey’s West front.
David Parfitt RI
LOT 21
Rain Clouds oil on canvas, 29 x 30cm Estimate: £600 - £800 David was born in Cornwall and lives near Bath. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water colours in 2011. He won The Neil Meacher Sketching Prize in the RI 200 Exhibition (2012), the Frank Herring award in 2014 and the Winsor & Newton award in 2016 for ‘the group of paintings judged to be the most outstanding contribution to the exhibition’. He has exhibited regularly in London and, for the past 10 years, at the Royal Academy of the West of England.
Rod Craig
LOT 22
Caledonia watercolour, 45 x 51cm Estimate: £600 - £800 Rod’s paintings are inspired by music, landscape and the elements. His motivation is to create drama, mood and a sense of place rather than purely representational studies. Watercolour is his preferred medium, and he loves the spontaneity and fluidity that it allows. He divides his time between Bath and his studio in Oxfordshire.
Sue Symons
LOT 23
Prophecy I illumination on paper and embroidered tapestry (framed)
42 x 30cm each Estimate: ÂŁ1,000 - ÂŁ1,500 Sue Symons lives near Bath and studied Fine Art at Bath Academy, specializing in Drawing, Painting, Lithography, and Hand-Drawn Lettering. She is an accomplished artist in a number of media and has exhibited in North America and the UK. In 2006, she created a series of 35 Diptychs telling the story of the life of Christ in paint and textiles. Bath Abbey acquired the series and they now delight thousands of visitors to the Abbey each year. The two Diptychs in the auction catalogue are examples of her much-loved work.
Sue Symons
LOT 24
The Dunkirk Prophecy illumination on paper and embroidered tapestry (unframed)
42 x 30cm each Estimate: ÂŁ500 - ÂŁ700
Mike Service
LOT 25
Edge of the Field, Nr Bath oil on board, 2016, 23 x 58.5cm Estimate: ÂŁ600 - ÂŁ800 Mike Service trained in Fine Art at Bath Spa University after taking early retirement. Over the past few years Mike has exhibited his paintings widely in the UK including in Bath, London and at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. He has also undertaken many private commissioned works.
Mike Service Rainbow Farm, Claverton oil on board, 2016, 26 x 40cm Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 26
Richard Twose
LOT 27
Commission a portrait by this award-winning painter Estimate: ÂŁ3,000 - ÂŁ5,000 Richard Twose is an award winning portrait painter and artist. He was awarded first prize for a portrait in 2012 by the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and in 2014 his iconic painting of Jean Woods was awarded 2nd prize at the BP Portrait Award at The National Portrait Gallery. Richard has just completed a residency at the Royal College of Art. Most recently his paintings have been shown at the Mall Galleries - ING Discerning Eye, the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and the RWA. He is also a tutor in painting and portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery.
Luke Frost
LOT 28
Cobalt, Teal and Cyan Volts Study acrylic on paper, 20x15cm Estimate: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500 Luke Frost is known for his masterful approach to colour. He has exhibited widely and has been selected to exhibit at Tate Gallery and has previously been awarded a Tate residency. Luke comes from a line of well known artists; his grandfather was Sir Terry Frost and his father is Anthony Frost. Luke teaches at Newlyn School of Art.
Sue Wales
LOT 29
Cold Field oil on board, Estimate: £300 - £500 Encouraged at an early age by her grandmother, one of the first female students at the Royal Academy Schools, Sue Wales went to Reigate Art School and completed her studies in Paris at the Grande Chaumière and Académie Julian. Sue Wales exhibits widely across the U.K. and U.S.A. and has had several solo shows in London. She has shown at the RBA, RWA, SWA, SWAc, ING Discerning Eye, Cheltenham Group of Artists and the Bath Society of Artists (of which she is a member).
Sue Wales Chair and Shadows oil on canvas, Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 30
Nick Cudworth
LOT 31
Colonnades I oil on canvas, 86 x 152cm Estimate: £9,000 - £11,000 Nick was born in Derby and studied at Chelsea School of Art. He has been a practicing artist for over 35 years, following an early career in music as a piano player with the band Siren, recording several blues/rock and roll albums in the 1960’s on John Peel’s label. He has exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the world including London, Milan, Winnipeg and New York. He joined The Portal Gallery in Piccadilly in 1997, where he has since had several successful one man shows. His work is in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and Royal Mail. He works from his gallery / studio on Walcot Street in Bath.
Nick Cudworth Colonnades II oil on canvas, 86 x 152cm Estimate: £9,000 - £11,000
LOT 32
Julian Bailey
LOT 33
Bath Rugby Team In Training at Farleigh House gouache on paper, 24 x 24cm Estimate: £700 - £900 Julian Bailey trained at Ruskin School of Art and Royal Academy Schools. Julian’s awards include the Turner Gold Medal (1986), Landseer Scholarship (1999), Hunting Art Prize finalist (2004), David Messum Prize (2011) and he became an elected member of the New English Art Club in 2011. His works are in the collections of HRH The Prince of Wales, The National Trust, New College Oxford, Pembroke College Oxford, Daiwa Bank, among many other corporate and private collections.
Andrew Lansley
LOT 34
Green Land egg tempera on gesso board, 32 x 32 cm Estimate: ÂŁ700 - ÂŁ900 Andrew Lansley, based in Bath, is known for his landscapes painted in egg temera. He shows his work regularly in the Southwest and London. Andrew is a member of the Bath Society of Artists. He won the 2016 Royal Watercolour Society Exhibitions Award and has exhibited at the Royal Academy, RWA and numerous shows at the Mall Galleries, including RI, RSMA, NEAC, RBA, Sunday Times Watercolour and Lynn Painter Stainers Prize.
Lorna Hooper
LOT 35
Lou oil on Canvas, 45 x 55cm
Estimate: £250 - £300 Lorna Hooper completed BA (Hons) Fine Art at Kingston University, London in 2006 and practiced as a portrait artist in London until 2011 when she relocated to Bath. Lorna’s work is in private collections, she has completed commissions, and has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in London, Nottingham and Leicester. Lorna’s portraiture aims to capture the essence of a person; the subtle, unspoken qualities unique to each individual. Her paintings often reveal traces of the face in fragments, exploring how much of the face it is necessary to reveal to still retain the sense of her subject. This portrait portrays musician Lou Rhodes.
Diana Matthews FRSA
LOT 36
Pulteney Bridge Still Life egg tempera on gesso board, 40 x 30 cm Estimate: £700 - £900 Born in Guildford in 1935, Diana Matthews studied at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham from 1954–1956. Here she was trained by William Scott as well as visiting lecturers including Antony Fry, Peter Lanyon, Bryan Winter, Adrian Heath and Gillian Ayres. She went on to teach art at various secondary schools. In 1985 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Art. Diana Matthews has exhibited regularly in London and the South West. Represented by David Simon
Contemporary, Bath since September 2014.
Peter Hayes
LOT 37
Red Bow with Patinated Insert ceramic, 25cm H x 12cm W x 6cm D
Estimate: £250 - £300 Peter Hayes was born in Birmingham where, aged 12, he was selected to attend the Moseley School of Art. In 1961 he left to study at the Birmingham College of Art before travelling extensively in Africa, India, Nepal, Japan, Korea and New Mexico. In 1982, Hayes came home and built a studio in Bath. His work now builds on the techniques and methods he learned during his travels to create ceramic art that is often inspired by memories of landscapes he has seen. The distinctive appearance of Peter Hayes’ ceramics comes from techniques like Raku firing and also from submerging them in the flowing river beside his studio. The water washes minerals such as copper and metal oxides into the basic white clay with which Hayes works, creating a characteristic lustre to his sculptures.
Acknowledgements Auctioneer - Freya Mitton (www.freyamitton.com) Auction co-ordinator - David Simon Contemporary (www.davidsimoncontemporary.com)