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A new and exciting exhibition of sketches and paintings from Civil Rights and peaceful protests at the Gallery. A part of Clevedon Literary Festival 2021. You can find out more here

VERY VERY VERY PLEASED to say the Gallery in Clevedon will be reopening this Saturday with Tony’s Hanami exhibition taking over the gallery space with his paintings of flower blossom and hope. From the 17th April 2021 we are open 10am to 4pm every Saturday for the exhibition running until the end of May 2021.

Celebrating the upcoming launch of the Hanami exhibition a small book is now available from this website or amazon with a selection of 40 paintings from the exhibition and an introductory poem by Julie Newman. The book will also be available from the Gallery when it re-opens on the 17th April.  

It is always exciting when I get to take my artwork out into new areas and new mediums. I'm always looking for new ways to make art create conversations when you least expect. With that philosophy I'm very excited to share some of the new range of chinaware now available in the Homeware collection in the online store. This range features limited editions, colourful commentaries on contemporary life and explosions of colour in paint. All the products are made using the best quality chinaware which is then coated and heat press printed here in the art studio by hand. This...

I decided to join in the wonderful initiative by Sky Arts and their Artist of the Year programmes with their covid-lockdown specials with guest sitters for their arts series. I wish I had done it sooner! What a wonderful idea. Here sitter, Oti Mabuse joined thousands of artists across the country to pose as a subject for portrait.  It's been great discussing with fellow artists online via instagram what papers, techniques and 'how to see'.  Thank you Sky Arts & Team for the wonderful idea! Here is my own watercolour portrait of Oti Mabuse where I have tried to capture...