Jeneta, from Poole, feels she was born with a passion for painting and drawing. Her earliest memories are of drawing portraits of her family and trying to copy her fathers collection of old paintings and by doing this she taught herself to paint. Over the years she has experimented with everything she could get her hands on including clay, stained glass, screen printing, stone carving and more.
She is fascinated by the ever changing colours and movement of the sea and how the weather affects the landscape of the dunes.
In 2015 she won The Centenary Cup for Fine Art at the Dorset Arts and Crafts Exhibition and in 2016 was invited to have a solo exhibition by the National Trust on Brownsea Island.
She is fascinated by the ever changing colours and movement of the sea and how the weather affects the landscape of the dunes.
In 2015 she won The Centenary Cup for Fine Art at the Dorset Arts and Crafts Exhibition and in 2016 was invited to have a solo exhibition by the National Trust on Brownsea Island.
Corfe Castle. Raku fired stoneware.
Of French origin Helene Champrond is a ceramicist creating quirky raku fired pieces reminiscent of Purbeck. Corfe Castle Herdwick sheep, the castle itself and Purbeck houses are but a few examples of her humorous works. A founder member of Purbeck New Wave Gallery, Helene has now moved to back to France, but her work has been so popular that we have decided to keep selling it at the gallery.
Fish splash dish in fused glass by Briony Maple.
Briony Maple is a Dorset based glass artist specialising in warm glass techniques. Whilst studying BA Contemporary Crafts at Falmouth University, Briony found her passion for glass work and developed skills in fusing, slumping and casting. Starting with sheets and small pieces of clear and coloured glass and inclusions she layers them into scenes and forms.
Inspiration for her work comes from experimenting with this fascinating material and our beautiful Dorset coastlines, nature and history. Briony enjoys how glass can capture fluidity, motion and texture in interesting shapes, particularly inspired by water movements, to create practical and decorative works.
Inspiration for her work comes from experimenting with this fascinating material and our beautiful Dorset coastlines, nature and history. Briony enjoys how glass can capture fluidity, motion and texture in interesting shapes, particularly inspired by water movements, to create practical and decorative works.
Ed Marriott paints Swanage and Corfe scenes, particularly focusing on iconic buildings and boats of Purbeck. He works in acrylics on canvas. What is special about Ed is that he is only 17 years old and has been exhibiting and selling since the age of 10. He is sure to be a collectors' find.
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 Swanage and Corfe Castle street scenes by Ed Marriott. Acrylic on canvas.
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Eleanor Spalding is an artist based in Swanage. Originally graduating in costume design she has recently turned her hand to landscape painting. Using oil bar pastels, she works en plein air to create semi abstract/ impressionist interpretations of Purbeck, often using an explosion type effect.
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Silver ammonite necklace by Jade Cameron.
Jade Cameron is an artist who makes jewellery from silver clay. Inspired by the Jurassic coast she takes moulds from shells and fossils. She then impresses the clay into the mould. The clay is then fired which burns the clay leaving beautiful silver designs behind. The silver can be buffed to create a patina.
Wavy stoneware dish decorated with fossils, fish and shell moulds by Holly Sandham.
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After a lifetime of teaching Art and Craft, Holly Sandham is now enjoying having the opportunity to concentrate on producing her own ceramics. Using stoneware clay, she produces a range of pots, platters and planters, all based on a Jurassic theme. The surface of the clay is impressed with found items from the shoreline. Sculptured forms, such as shells, fossils, seaweed, fish and crustaceans are then added for surface decoration.
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Faux jug decorated with fossils, fish and shell moulds by Holly Sandham.
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Porcelain dish, bud vase, butter dish and mug by Katherine Message.
Katherine Message, who is based in Dorchester, is a porcelain ceramicist who produces delicate but practical pieces. These include vases, mugs, bowls and plates. A potter's wheel is used to make the form which she sometimes decorates with sgraffito. The glazes in turqoise and pale blues are reminiscent of the sea and sky. She finds it very satisfying to create pieces for a particular purpose.
Porcelain bowls and vases by Stephen Yates.
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Stephen Yates, who lives on Portland, Dorset, is a self-employed artist. He specialises in wheel thrown pottery using both stoneware and porcelain. His pieces are both practical and decorative.He experiments with slip techniques and movement in his glazes. The colours and effects that he creates are influenced by the surrounding sea and sky. His studio overlooks Chesil Beach where he finds the seaglass to embellish his pieces. He also teaches, many of his courses are held at Sculpture by the Lakes near Dorchester.
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Weymouth Harbour in acrylic on canvas by Moira Hazel.
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Moira Hazel, from Broadmayne near Dorchester, is an established, renowned artist who has exhibited widely around the UK. She has a compulsive desire to paint, create, make marks and produce vivid, vibrant and expressive work. She uses lively surface texture and intense colours. Moira endeavours to capture the essence of a place or subject and is not restricted with realism. This can be seen in both her paintings and glassware. Her glass work is created by cutting and layering different pieces of coloured glass in a pattern or picture which is then fired in a kiln.
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Fused glass wall hanging by Moira Hazel.
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Canoeing at Middle Beach, Studland by Tom Marshall in watercolour and ink.
Tom Marshall paints and draws outside in a variety of weather, using watercolour, pastel, pen and ink, etc; and back home does press-less printmaking: woodcut, monoprint, drypoint, etc. His work includes people in local places, birds, dogs, beaches and streets, and is a mixture of experimental and traditional. His quirky pictures tell a story in themselves.
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Lucy Field is an art teacher in Poole but lives in Swanage. She has created a series of linocuts of local scenes which are printed onto watercolour prints.
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Juliet is an artist based in Dorset and Buckinghamshire. After gaining a BA hons in Fine Art from Surrey Institute of Art and Design, she became a painter, art teacher and mother to three children.
Inspired by the Purbeck coastline, and particularly Swanage, her work seeks to capture the area in both abstract and representational ways.
Using mixed media on canvas allows her to achieve a 3D relief to the surface so that you can touch the textures in the work, feel the craggy cliffs; the sea foam; the rocks.
Metal leaf catches the light in ways that change just like the weather and gives the feeling of a preciousness which she feels about this area.
Louise Pull, a skilled ceramicist who makes stoneware fossil inspired pieces, is already extremely popular since we started selling her work a few months ago. Hailing from Christchurch she makes coasters, tiles, clocks and ring holders for us.
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Laurie King is an illustrator and graphic designer living the coastal life in Swanage Bay. He is inspired by the outdoors and through his love of cycling and running has found beautiful landscapes and routes to capture with his distinctive use of line work and detail. Working digitally and more recently painting in gouache, he is well known for his depictions of cyclists and ramblers enjoying the Purbeck hills and coastline.
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