Galleries

December

GALLERIES

1 - 30 December

Kit Glaisyer: Cinematic Landscape Paintings an evolving exhibition of West Country landscapes with a range of works on show in gallery and studio. Open Weds & Sat 10-4pm. Bridport Contemporary Gallery, 11 Downes Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JR. 07983 465789 www.bridportcontemporary.com @ bridportcontemporary.

1 - 31 December

John Ombler a well known and respected artist from Uplyme will be exhibiting his artwork. John works mainly in acrylics and has painted many scenes of Lyme, one of his most popular being The Wobbly Cobb. His subjects include representational seascapes, landscapes and boats. Open daily for viewing from 8.30 - 4pm at Unique Framecraft, 4 -5 Millwey Rise Workshops, Second Avenue, Axminster. EX13 5HH. Tel 01297 631614 or 07801 260259 for more details. Follow us for daily art postings on Instagram @ uniqueframecraft.

Until 5 December

Elements A contemporary art and craft exhibition. Features works by Jonathan Mulvaney & Hazel Dormer (Painting), Robin Shelton (Ancient photography), Daniel Richardson & Charlie Salaman (Ceramics), and Alison Shelton Brown (Jewellery, Video art, Ceramics). Jonathan Mulvaney, a participant in Sky Arts’ ‘Landscape Artist of the Year 2020’ gets up with the birds to patiently record the ebb and flow of early mornings by the harbour at Lyme Regis. Impressionist artists such as Monet and Whistler, inspire animal-lover Hazel Dormer. A pinprick of time is captured by Robin Shelton using a pinhole camera created from a matchbox. Daniel Richardson, who worked with the late master potter, Robin Welch has thrown a new body of work for this show. Charlie Salaman met the curator while studying for a Masters degree at Bath School of Art, since then he has developed glaze and textures to create simple vessels featuring layered surfaces with complex colours. Alison Shelton Brown scours the foreshore for materials to use in her environmental ceramic sculpture, jewellery and videos. Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill Courtyard, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. Where the Mist Rises Based on satellite photographs and historic maps of the Dorset coastline, Annie Ward’s abstract paintings explore those mutable spaces where the land meets the sea. Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Adult £5.95 01297 443370 www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk

7 December - 26 June

Ray Balkwill’s The River’s Voice is a celebratory exhibition of painting the Exe Estuary for over four decades. Ray Balkwill was born in Exeter and graduated from Exeter College of Art in the late 60s. He returned to Exeter in the late 70s to work in advertising giving up his job as an Art Director to paint professionally in 1990. Since then he has lived and worked in Exmouth for over forty years, mainly capturing the many moods of the river. The exhibition will also feature some of his Mixed Media Assemblages from material washed up on its foreshore. The Cafe at RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3RX. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm. Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays. Admission free and all work is for sale. rammuseum.org. uk. raybalkwill.co.uk.

8 December - 16 January

Big Skies, Distant Views Lyme Bay Artist Steve Manning works predominantly with lino, employing a combination of multi-block and reduction printing to produce spacious landscapes inspired by the landscapes of Devon and Dorset. Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Adult £5.95 01297 443370 www. lymeregismuseum.co.uk

Until 12 December

Kate Wyatt one of the UK’s foremost wildlife artists returns to

Dorset with a new exhibition of paintings at Gallery On The Square, Dorchester. The gallery is open every day from 9.30 to 5pm and from 10am to 4pm on Sundays. Gallery On The Square is at Queen Mother Square, Poundbury, Dorchester DT2 9XE.

Until 18 December

Small Paintings Group The Jerram Gallery, Half Moon St, Sherborne DT9 3LN. www.jerramgallery. com. +44 (0)1935 815261 info@jerramgallery.com. Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm

Until 22 December

Gifted A Christmas selling exhibition at the Allsop Gallery in Bridport Arts Centre. This curated exhibition showcases contemporary craft and design from South West artists. Expect to find glass, wood, paper, textiles, prints, photography, ceramics, furniture and jewellery plus Christmas gifts, decorations and cards. Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR

Until 24 December

All Wrapped Up: Festive Exhibition of

Handmade Gifts: open daily 10:30-4:30 Get festive preparation done early with the opening of SSW Shop’s ‘All Wrapped Up’: a special selling exhibition featuring some of the best handmade decorations, tableware, greetings cards and gift inspiration our local artistic community has to offer. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery & Shop, Manor Yard Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG

UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties

- COP: a photo essay by Terry Jeavons. Photo essay capturing images from the COP conferences of Doha, Warsaw and Paris, showing the venue, formalities, routines, protests and intense final negotiations to move the climate change arguments forwards. Open Thursday – Saturday, 10-5. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX, 01404 45006 www.thelmahulbert.com Present Makers 2021 Showcasing creative innovation across craft and design. The exhibited work in a range of materials includes: glass, wood, paper, textiles, prints, ceramics and jewellery. All work is for sale. Open Thursday – Saturday, 10-5. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX, 01404 45006 www.thelmahulbert.com

GALLERIES IN JANUARY

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December

GALLERIES

Until 31 December

Together Again The exquisite Tincleton Gallery is holding an Autumn mixed show of over a dozen of their gallery artists, plus three guest artists, including a range of sculptures, oils, and prints. This show incorporates a stunning selection of sculptures by Johannes von Stumm, past president of the Royal Society of Sculptors and current president of the Oxford Art Society. Gallery and guest artists at Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, Tincleton DT2 8QR Tel. 01305 848909 www.tincletongallery.com.

Until 3 January 2022

Eduardo Chillida was one of the foremost Spanish sculptors of the twentieth century. Also Thomas J Price ‘Thoughts Useen’ Price’s multidisciplinary practice confronts preconceived public attitudes towards representation and identity. His inaugural exhibition with Hauser & Wirth presents two decades of conceptual enquiry spanning film, early sculpture, and the artist’s largest figurative bronze to date. Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NL. Until 9 January

Philip Sutton Colours through Life Philip Sutton’s exuberant paintings express the poetry he sees all around him. At the age of 93, he still paints and draws every day as he has throughout his life. His work is full of bright colour, painted with a freedom and clarity reminiscent of Matisse but entirely his own. His treatment of his varied subject matter is full of wonder, sometimes combined with humour. As The Times critic John Russell Taylor wrote, ‘All you need to understand and appreciate Philip Sutton is a lively eye and open mind. You do not have to make your way painfully towards him: his art will welcome you with open arms.’ Sladers Yard, West Bay Road, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4EL. 01308 459511. gallery@sladersyard.co.uk.

Until 16 January 2022

Dame Elisabeth Frink RA (1930 – 1993) Man is an Animal

the most extensive collection of large-scale sculptures by Dame Elisabeth Frink to be shown in this country since the artist’s death in April 1993. Messums Wiltshire. Place Farm, Court St, Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6LW. E: info@messumswiltshire.com T: 01747 445042.