Ars Poetica... The Land

Ars Poetica ... The Land

8th - 29th September 2012

Pages Paul Lewin

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Gareth Edwards

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Louise Balaam

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Teresa Pemberton ..............................

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Bo Hilton

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Fran Donovan

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Ruth Stage

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Julia Giles

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Ars Poetica ... The Land

8th - 29th September 2012

Louise Balaam - Fran Donovan - Gareth Edwards - Julia Giles - Bo Hilton Paul Lewin - Teresa Pemberton - Ruth Stage

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Paul Lewin ‘Daffodils and Pines, Borough’ oil on board 30 x 52cm £950

Paul Lewin

Paul Lewin was born in Manchester in 1967. He studied at Stockport College and went on to complete a BA (hons)

degree in Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic in 1989.

Since leaving college he has lived and worked in the South West of Britain, and he now resides in the western tip of Cornwall. A fluent “en plein air” painter, his work has developed in response to the characteristic coastal fringes of the peninsular. In exploring its rugged coastlines and wild interiors of moorland and valleys, the resulting works evoke a strong sense of atmosphere, through a sensitivity to the changing light and weather conditions.

Of his working method the poet Christine Evans has written: His relationship with landscape is intense; he seems absorbed, almost subsumed into it, driven by a restless energy that is characteristic of the sort of places he is drawn to - the extreme edges of land, jutting promontories and tidal shores where frontiers between land and sea are blurred and perspectives ever changing as the sky. His practice is to complete a painting at a single sitting if possible. Sometimes a piece will resolve itself quickly, in a couple of hours or so; more often, he will be working out in the open for five or six hours or until the light goes.

Whilst living near Bideford in North Devon, Paul began to use a locally historic pigment called “Bideford Black”. This coal like seam ran close to his studio from the cliffs and on towards Bideford. By collecting the raw material, processing it into paints and pastels, and then returning to the landscape to work with it, he was able to achieve a deep level of connection with the local landscape. The Burton Art Gallery and Museum in Bideford has purchased one of these paintings for its permanent collection.

His paintings can be found in collections throughout the UK, Germany, Mexico, USA, Australia and the Far East. One recent commission includes six works for Cunard to be hung in their new cruise liner Queen Mary II, launched in 2004. Paul has taught a number of School groups on their field trips to the

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opposite page top: ‘St. Martin’s Beaches’ oil on board 14.3 x 42.4cm £400 bottom left: ‘Cliffs near Gunwalloe’ mixed media on canvas 590 x 785mm £2,250 bottom right: ‘Through the Pines and over the Great Pool to St. Mary’s’ mixed media on canvas 60 x 80cm £2,250

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Gareth Edwards ‘From the Coastal Path’ oil on canvas 25 x 30cm £850

Gareth Edwards Born 1960 Currently Lives and works in West Penwith, Cornwall Education 1988 Goldsmiths College, Post Grad (A.T.C.) 1981 University Of London, B.A. Hons Art History Solo Exhibitions 2011 The Sea The Sea, Millennium Gallery St Ives 2010 Man Of Flowers, Hart Gallery London 2008 Frequencies, Hart Gallery London 2007 Pretty Things, Lemon Street Gallery Truro 2006 The Rivers Dark Urge, Falmouth Festival 2004 Geometry of Life, Hart Gallery 2004 Drawing in the Light, Lemon Street Gallery Truro 2004 Wind Light Sea Spray, National Maritime Museum Cornwall 2002 Emotional Weather, Hart Gallery London 2001 White Light 2000, Hart Gallery London 2000 Ocean, Hart Gallery Nottingham 2000 Running With Butterflies, Hart Gallery South West Cornwall 1999 Coast, Hart Gallery London

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‘Ages Beat Like Rain in the Secret Bays of Ocean’ oil on canvas 91 x 101cm £3,875

‘Summer Cove’ oil on canvas 25 x 30cm £850

‘Whitesands Bay, Gwinver, Cornwall’, oil on canvas 25 x 30cm £850

‘Najizal Zorn, Penwith’ oil on canvas 26 x 31cm £850

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Louise Balaam Education 1997- 2002 2005-2007

BA in Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury MA in Fine Art, Christchurch University College, Canterbury

Solo Exhibitions 2010 Cadogan Contemporary, London 2008 Trinity Art Centre, Tunbridge Wells 2006 Ashford Library, Kent 2005 Portico Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent Selected Group Exhibtions 2011 Threadneadle Prize 2011 Discerning Eye 2011 Cadogan Contemporary: An Exhibition in Hants 2011 Cadogan Contemporary: Spring Exhibition 2011 Cadogan Contemporary: Abstraction 2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010 Royal West of England Open Painting 2010 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries 2010 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries 2010 Royal West of England Autumn Exhibition 2010 Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge 2010 Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries 2010 Porthminster Gallery Summer Show, St Ives 2009 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition

2009 Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries 2009 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries 2009 Ruthven Gallery, Auchterarder 2009 Cricket Fine Art, London 2009-2011 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells 2008 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2008 Royal Society of British Artists 2008 Royal West of England Open Exhibition 2007 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries 2007-2011 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives 2007 Work on Paper Show, Royal Academy 2006-2010 Abbott and Holder, London 2006-2010 Rowley Gallery, London 2005-2006 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries 2005 Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art

Left: From Adam’s Grave, Summer Cornfields, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, £3,850

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Near Silbury Hill, Late Summer oil on panel 20 x 23 cm £675

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High blue sky over Wiltshire oil on panel 20 x 23 cm £675

Walking to West Kennett oil on panel 20 x 23 cm ÂŁ675

Cornfields up to the horizon oil on panel 20 x 23 cm ÂŁ675

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Teresa Pemberton ‘Looking Down, Cadgwith Cove’ oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm £2,300

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Teresa Pemberton 1996 First Class BA Hons Degree in Fine Art University of Hertfordshire. l997 City & Guilds Certificate in Further Education for Adults Solo Exhibitions 2008 Brownston Gallery

Innocent Fine Art: Bristol 2007 Wren Gallery, Burford Oxon

Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon 2005 Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Bushey Herts.

2003 Colour Sensations, Hemel Hempstead

The Pavilion Gallery, Chenies Manor, Chenies, Bucks 2002 Fragile Boundaries, London SW1

Painting Barefoot in the Park, Palace Theatre, Watford 2001

Recent Work Moreton Street Gallery, London SW1

Landscapes Buckenham Galleries Southwold, Suffolk 2000 Selected Work, Hinton, Cambridge

Landscape in Mind The Music Gallery, Snape, Suffolk 1999 My Place or Yours? Palace Theatre, Watford Group Exhibitions 2008 Natural Inspirations: Cambridge 2007

Fresh Paint: Two Person Show Plymouth 2007 Hunter Gallery, Long Melford: Summer show 2006

Morley Contemporary Art, summer show

Artmill, plymouth, summer & Winter show

Brownston Gallery Modbury

Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh Wren Gallery, Burford City Museum & Art Gallery Plymouth Cube 3 Gallery, University of Plymouth Morley Contemporary Art, Tredis, Cornwall D’Art Gallery, Dartmouth

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‘Memories of a Wet Walk’ oil on canvas 30 x 70cm £1,000

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‘Path under Sunset’ oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm £600

‘My Back to the Sea, Dartmoor’ oil on canvas 30 x 30cm £600

‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ oil on canvas 100 x 120cm £2,500

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‘Looking at You, Looking at Me’ oil on board 25 x 30cm £750

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‘Beach Families’ oil on board 25 x 30 cm £750

Bo Hilton Bo Hilton was born in 1961 to the artists Roger and Rose Hilton and grew up near St Just in West Cornwall. This was his home until University beckoned in 1984 leading to a BSc in Biology from London in 1984 and an MA in Fine Art from Brighton in 1988. Bo Hilton established Hilton Fine Art in 2011.

Coming from an artistic background, it is no wonder that Bo has been a practicing artist for most of his adult life. His work has been exhibited at Royal Academy Summer Shows in ’94, ’96, ’98, 2002 and 2004. He showed work at Cassian De Vere Cole, London in 1994 & 1996. Since 1992 he has been represented by Manya Igel Fine Art of London and his work has been seen at all major UK Art Fairs.

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Fran Donovan ‘The Moon Lies Fair’ oil on canvas 70 x 70cm £1,450

Fran Donovan Education 1994 BA (Hons) Fine Art Winchester School of Art 1995 MA European Fine Art Winchester School of Art ,Barcelona, Spain Commissions 1994 Mural Southampton General Hospital 2008 Paintings Mosborough Hall Hotel, Nr Sheffield 2008 Painting Private Collection Awards 1994 Bibliotec Award, Winchester School of Art 1994 European Studies Award, Coopers and Lybrand Solo Exhibitions 1996 Winchester Contemporary Art Gallery 1998 Artists’ Showcase Beatrice Royal Gallery 2000 Recent Works Morgan Gallery, Southampton 2000 New Work The White Gallery, Brighton 2001 New Work The White Gallery, Brighton 2003 In All Directions The Link Gallery, Winchester 2004 In The Mind’s Eye Russell-Cotes Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth 2005 Groundworks Town Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis 2006 On the Edge Salisbury Art Centre

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‘Crosscurrent I’ oil on canvas 15 x 15cm £450

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‘Crosscurrent II’ oil on canvas 15 x 15cm £450

‘Clear View’ oil on canvas 30 x 30cm’ £600

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Ruth Stage ‘Floodplain, Suffolk’ egg tempera on board 71 x 94cm £4,200

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Ruth Stage Education 1987 - 88 1988 - 92 1992 - 95

Cleveland College of Art and Design Newcastle University Royal Academy Schools

Awards - Ruth Stage 2003 Winner, Villiers David Prize 2001 Runner-up, Villiers David Prize 2000 Runner-up, Villiers David Prize 1996 Prize from M&G for best painter under 35, Royal Academy 1995 Nat-West Art Prize 1995 David Murray Scholarship 1994 British Institute Fund 1994 Tony Smith Landscape Award Selected Solo Exhibitions - Ruth Stage 2003, 01, 99, 97 New Grafton Gallery 2002 “Light and the Landscape”, John Davies Gallery, Stow 2002 J.H.W. Fine Art at the Air Gallery 1999 Hiscox Art Cafe 1998 “Creative Exchange” A.T.Kearney, London with Leonard Rosoman, OBE, RA 1998 Samling Foundation, Windermere 1994 Trevelyan College, Durham University

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‘Dissolving Light Through the Borders’ egg empera on board 26 x 35cm £750

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Julia Giles ‘Summer Painting II’ oil on canvas 125 x 110cm £1,800

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‘Offshore’ oil, oil bar and pencil on paper 37 x 48cm £800

‘Beachmark’ oil, oil bar and pencil on paper 30 x 41cm £800

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