The annual Plough Christmas Craft Fair in the main gallery is back! Opening 10am and running through until 8pm everyday except Sundays and Mondays we'll be presenting a facinating cross section of local craft. There will always be some makers in the gallery to answer questions and have a chat. Featuring (among others!)
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‘Wherever my paintings lead, I follow.’
Semi-abstract paintings with gestural biomorphic images.
Music-infused. Sound scribbles.
Often pumped up with primal energies.
Playful words intertwine with random marks.
Always intuited and experimental.
These are descriptions of Marion’s most recent mixed media
paintings, all of which stem from an unpredictable, free-flowing state
of being.more
'Kitchen Connections’ have been created in response, and in honour of the next generation of young adults, at their time of stepping out into the world. The paintings mark a time when small meet ups were punctuated with intervals of lockdown and large parties were illegal, (save exclusively for our government, it transpires).
Painted in oils, the images aim to reflect pent up energy and vibrance of youth and a need for connection, trust and autonomy. In turn they aim to capture the angst of isolation and loss of contact and bewilderment of circumstances.
Henrietta... more
‘I believe in Hope, in unity. I paint intuitively and with expression’
Ruth has a primal connection to wilderness. She explores the landscape with her body: rock-climbing, mountaineering, cycling, feeling the earth rumble through her. This bodily experience of landscape is reflected in the kinetic way Ruth creates her paintings. Inner and outer landscapes collide, carving a way through dark and often confusing times, seeking the light that offers the beacon of hope, a celebration of difference. Sometimes working on enormous bedsheets, she allows herself to be entirely instinctive... more
We are exhibiting a biro drawing by Graham which will take up the whole of the artist's wall. It took him 7months and used up 18 biros. He says “I like drawing and began using biro by accident one family holiday. Over the years the drawings have increased in size just to add to the challenge.”
This is a small detail from the drawing. more
Illuminated by Katherine Lockett-Clark
Following on from her award winning work, A Bird in the Hand, Katherine is developing a series of photographic work which continues to examine the tender and symbiotic relationship between nature and humans. Illuminated explores the countryside at night; a hidden complex world full of magic, wonder and mystery. Shadows and light come together to create new ways of looking and connecting to ourselves and the world around us.
Katherine Lockett-Clark MFA is a photographic and visual artist, creative arts practitioner, writer... more
Through materials ranging from clay, words, film, fabrics, and live elements, a whole landscape or environment emerges. Within this physically temporary ecosystem, you are invited to forage and explore how systems and processes existing within our bodies and minds are akin to those that occur in nature.more
Erika Cann, Millie Laing-Tate and Laura Robertson bring their art practices together through a shared language which investigates our human relationship with the environment. Their trio exhibition, the foot sinks into it, has emerged from conversations about the fluidity of geology and the space in-between.
Both within their studios and outside in changing landscapes, the three artists explore movement, structural rigidity and the porosity of boundaries. Interactions within the ecosystem correspond to bodies and modes of making as materials intersect, squish, fold and touch... more
A collection of black and white film photographic prints by local North Devon artist George Rayner. This collection showcases Rayner's formative years as an artist, with a focus on themes of melancholy dreams. Often exploring his relationship with the environment through materialistic allegory in quiet landscapes with a gentle humour, while finding solace and serenity amidst the chaos of existence, through composition, light, and negative space. Rayner creates a sense of stillness that encourages contemplation, inviting viewers to delve into their own introspective landscapes. This... more
