‘Source to Sea’
Melvyn Evans, Ross Loveday, Ann McCay, Andrew Lansley and Robin Mason CERAMICS BY AMANDA BANHAM
7th August to 4th September
TWENTY TWENTY GALLERY LU DLOW
Front cover: Spring Arrives acrylic on board 36 x 40cm £2,100 Ross Loveday
‘Source to Sea’
Melvyn Evans, Ross Loveday, Ann McCay, Andrew Lansley and Robin Mason CERAMICS BY AMANDA BANHAM
7th August to 4th September IN THE GALLERY & ONLINE
TWENTY TWENTY GALLERY
4 Quality Square, Ludlow SY8 1AR www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
Ann McCay
Melvyn Evans
Ross Loveday
Andrew Lansley
Amanda Banham
Robin Mason
Source to Sea In the Summer months we are drawn to water, to refresh ourselves, to swim, to sail, to paddle, to listen to the sounds of a stream or a waterfall. It helps us to feel connected with the natural world and is a relief from the virtual. This exhibition features six artists who have a connection with water, from the River Severn, to Blakeney Marshes and Cornish fishing villages, each artist has a unique interpretation of their subject. Ross Loveday records the affect of weather with dramatic skies, creating a mood in his paintings. Melvyn Evans is both a painter and a printmaker, he is fascinated by rural traditions and our relationship with the land. Landmarks, monuments, coastal paths and fishing boats all carefully composed in structure and colour, are key elements of his work. Andrew Lansley’s egg tempera paintings of boats around the inlets of North Norfolk echo the flat landscape and reedy grasses. Robin Mason captures the light in his paintings of Cornwall. Throughout the year, Ann McCay observes the river Severn from the bottom of her garden, from flood to gentle flow and Amanda Banham’s ceramics continue to charm us with her collection of ‘Shipping Forecast’ houses and ‘Swimmers’ bowls. Enjoy the dip into this exhibition.
Fragments acrylic on canvas 60 x 70cm £2,600 Ross Loveday “The multi layered planes of sweeping, etched and scrubbed brush marks are on one level a visual representation of movement and sound. On a deeper, more personal level they are abstract expressions of human emotion.”
Source acrylic on board 25 x 30cm framed £1,300 Ross Loveday
Outward acrylic on board 18 x 30cm framed £1,200 Ross Loveday
Below the Surface acrylic on board 31 x 40cm framed £1,500 Ross Loveday
Boat and Figure oil and graphite on gesso board 30 x 40cm £700 Melvyn Evans “Starting out as a marine engineer I have always been drawn to the sea. I am fascinated by landmarks, monuments, coastal paths, fishing boats, and the links between our rural traditions, and our relationship with the land and the sea. ”
Sea Figures oil and graphite on gesso board 30 x 40cm £700 Melvyn Evans
Morning on the Quay Linocut on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper 40 x 50cm £315 framed Melvyn Evans
North Sea Linocut on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper 40 x 50cm £315 framed Melvyn Evans
Boat and Figure Linocut on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper 30 x 40cm £290 framed Melvyn Evans
Blakeney Mooring egg tempera on traditional gesso, on plywood board 672 x 1261cm £3,500 Andrew Lansley “North Norfolk is filled with inlets and boats left scattered amongst the reedy grasses. Rays of ochre sunlight stretch out across the flat marshland leading to the sea. The sea retreats for miles and these boats look like they have been left high and dry, if not actually abandoned.”
Salthouse Wreck egg tempera on traditional gesso on plywood board 672 x 1261cm £3,500 Andrew Lansley
The Slipway, Portscatho oil on board 42 x 37cm £575 Robin Mason “ One of the most important things that I do when I’m painting, is to do nothing but to stop and stare. Watch the tide, as the waves roll in and slip away again, and watch the sea turn from a lilac-grey in the morning to a deep blue in the afternoon.”
The Boathouse, St Just oil on board 35 x 30m £435 Robin Mason
Cattle at the Coast oil on canvas 62 x 52cm £925 Robin Mason
Riverside Cottages oil on canvas 71 x 54cm £1,050 Robin Mason
Warning of Gales raku fired ceramic 10 x 7 x 4cm £70 Amanda Banham “The houses I have made for this exhibition are inspired by my lifetimes fascination with The Shipping Forecast. The houses are raku fired and have the appearance of being weather worn.”
Occasionally Fair raku fired ceramic 12 x 4 x 5cm £70 Amanda Banham
Hurricane Force raku fired ceramic 12 x 4 x 5cm £75 Amanda Banham
Showers Later raku fired ceramic 12 x 4 x 5cm £75 Amanda Banham
Downstream oil on canvas 30 x 30cm £695 Ann McCay “ Views of the River Severn in Shrewsbury. Edgelands of wilderness in a town. A lifetime of memories anchored next to the flowing water.”
Scholar Gypsy oil on canvas 50 x 70cm framed £1,200 Ann McCay
The Blue Rope oil on canvas 30 x 30cm £695 Ann McCay
The Landing Stage oil on canvas 24 x 30cm £695 Ann McCay
Artists in the exhibition
Visiting the gallery
Ross Loveday is an award winning printmaker and a self taught painter. His work can be found in The British Museum and in H.R.H. The Prince of Wales’ private collection.
The exhibition will be online and in the gallery on Saturday 7th August
Melvyn Evans studied at Exeter College of Art and Goldsmiths. He recently had a successful solo show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Andrew Lansley Chairman of the Bath Society of Artists, winner of various awards. Selected by the Friends of The Scott Polar Research Institute to be the resident artist in Antarctica for 2019. Robin Mason is a Staffordshire based artist, he studied at North Warwickshire School of Art and was a printer before becoming a full time artist. Amanda Banham studied illustration and ceramics at Cambridge school of art. Her popular raku houses are based on her home town, Saffron Walden. Ann McCay studied fine art at Bristol Polytechnic. She lives and works in Shrewsbury and is a regular exhibitor with Twenty Twenty Gallery.
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Back cover: Eternal Power of Landscape oil and graphite on gesso board 40x40cm £900 Melvyn Evans
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