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Christmas newsletter 2019Well folks its that time of year again! With Christmas fast approaching all of our artists are busy making Christmas decorations and potential Christmas gifts. This newsletter is here to give you all the information on our new seasonal products and workshops we have over the winter months!
This month . . . Our harvest exhibition has been a really successful first open exhibition for the gallery and has been so insightful to the huge amount of talent in the town, the harvest exhibition will stay on show until the 13th December, the next exhibition will be a small showcase of exciting work from Purbeck and Poole painters, a beginners/improvers art class that takes place in the gallery each week, this will be showing in the gallery until the new year! As well as this we have our guest artist exhibiting this season, Juliet west is a local mixed media artist who incorporates gold, silver and copper leaf into her acrylic paintings of local scenes. Here is a small sampling of some of the works we have on display, we think they are absolutely stunning and well worth a visit! This Christmas we also have a huge array of seasonal products as well as lots of new paintings, prints, soft furnishings, glass and ceramics. We've already got our Christmas tree up! Scroll on down the newsletter for a sneak preview of some of the exciting new products we have in time for Christmas. What's new? Firstly we've got lots of Christmas decorations on display, fabric, glass and wooden for whatever look your going for this Christmas, they are all lovingly handcrafted by our exhibiting artists. We also have some new ceramics! Wonderfully unique soap dishes and tealight holders by Holly Sandham. Lastly we have lots of new fabric creations by our resident artist Nicky Stockley, new lampshades have made their way into the gallery, as well as these lovely crushed velvet cushions. New bags and scarves are also up for sale! Happy Birthday Purbeck Painters This month is the 2 year anniversary of Purbeck and Poole painters, a small beginners/improvers art class set up by one of resident artists Nicky Stockley, as we have an exhibition for the club next month we thought we would share a little about the club and some pictures of students work from over the past two years! (Nicky) I set up Purbeck painters initially after working for a company that taught beginners art classes. It was with these classes that I discovered a real passion for teaching, everyone can learn to draw and paint and its such a rewarding experience when someone creates something that they're really proud of or didn't think they could do. I wanted to make a class that was beginner friendly in the Purbecks and in Poole where I live, where complete newcomers to art could start their journey, explore mediums and find the one or more that they really enjoy doing. The original class has gone from strength to strength, our base is in the gallery but the class has expanded to Parkstone and Corfe Mullen since starting, as well as a new 'mini Purbeck painters' which is specifically for home educated children to learn art. We're getting more and more adventurous each term exploring new mediums, I'm very lucky to have such wonderful classes! Here's some of the amazing work people have achieved over the past 2 years! Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck painters is now signing up new members for the Winter term. Below is a sneak peek of our curriculum with lots of exciting projects planned for September 2019. To book your place on the course either call into the gallery or contact Nicky: Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.com You can also visit www.nicolastockley.co.uk for more information on our club and our Poole classes Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! September 2019Welcome everybody to the September newsletter, we are super busy with lots of things going on this month, for starters we have our summer sale! After a fantastically busy summer period we are now hosting discounts on a variety of paintings, drawings and textile art for the entire week! We are also getting ready to hold our first open exhibition. The private view is the 6th of September and all our newsletter patrons have invitations attatched to this newsletter, we look forward to welcoming you to our first of hopefully many open exhibitions displaying a wide range of local talent!
This month . . . Our open exhibition 'Harvest' had an amazing response from the local people, we are going to be full to burst with a huge variety of mediums, abilities and different themed work. We hope you can make it to our private view to celebrate such a talented towns work but if not, don't worry the exhibition is on all month! Private view invitations are at the bottom of this email. Also this month our winter term of Purbeck painters is starting up again! Purbeck painters is a weekly art class run by one of our resident artists Nicky Stockley, the club is nearly 2 years old and has expanded into Parkstone and Corfe Mullen as well as having two classes on Mondays in Swanage. The class is available for bulk bookings as well as drop in sessions, lots of exciting new media are going to be explored with lots of great projects lined up. If anyone is interested in trying out Purbeck painters you can email Nicky for more information on purbeckpainters@gmail.com Also in this newsletter we'll be speaking to our newest resident artist, Jeneta Bird, you may have already seen Jeneta's beautiful acrylic paintings from some of our luschious landscapes, her works look stunning in the gallery, with so many views of Studland beach you could almost be there! Nicky's Corfe castle cushions An entry to our open exhibition 'Harvest' by Jane Sheperd What's new? This summer has been host to a variety of successful summer workshops at the gallery, infact so successful we just had to share some of these beautiful creations online! The 'Wild in Swanage' summer programme was devoted to using different mediums to look at different wildlife and wild flowers that make Purbeck special, we had inky seahorses, printed puffins, pastel squirrels and many more! Our new resident artist . . .Jeneta Bird I was born in London in 1956 and remember from a very young age wanting to draw,paint and create art in many forms. So much so that I feel being an artist was always going to be my destiny. I had children when I was very young so didn't really pursue an artistic career as such but was always involved in different projects. I worked as a Teaching Assistant with children with SEN for 15 years and was able to use my skills to produce artwork for learning resources. I was also given the job of Arts Coordinator in charge of displays and ran art clubs for the children. In 2006 I moved to Poole in Dorset and was able to persue my life as an artist. Since then I've enjoyed being surrounded by the beauty of the coast and countryside of Poole and the Purbeck area. I love to paint the sea and am fascinated by the ever changing coastline through the seasons. I have just finished a seascape inspired by an evening swim at Sandbanks when the colours of the sea and sky were stunning. I am constantly driven to try and capture the beauty of nature in my paintings. Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck painters is now signing up new members for the Winter term. Below is a sneak peek of our curriculum with lots of exciting projects planned for September 2019. To book your place on the course either call into the gallery or contact Nicky: Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.com You can also visit www.nicolastockley.co.uk for more information on our club and our Poole classes Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Have you seen our online shop? Our gallery website now contains a fully stocked online shop of products, sneak a peek now at www.purbecknewwave.co.uk Next month . . . Next month we'll be sharing the results of our first open exhibition and speaking to Gill and Gina about the work that will replace all their summer sales in the gallery! Copyright © 2018 Purbeck new wave gallery, All rights reserved. August 2019Welcome everybody to our August newsletter, as we're all enjoying this typical British summer weather we've been busy in the gallery this month getting ready for our first open exhibition! Its very exciting and the response we've had so far to take part has been incredible, there is still room for more though!
This month . . . Hello, this month it's news from Gina, the gallery owner. The gallery is now 18 months old and is going from strength to strength with new artists, stock and plenty of visitors despite the ferry closure! New in this week are a range of copper jewellery by Jade Cameron and an unusual but very topical wicker ammonite by Suzy Hallett. Be quick to snap up a picture in textiles by Carol Cruickshank before her exhibition finishes on 1st September. This will be followed by our exciting new project for September..... an Open Exhibition. Professional and amateur, experienced and beginner artists from all over Dorset will be exhibiting a wide variety of work to the theme of "Harvest". The exhibition opens with a private view on Friday 6th September at 7pm to which newsletter subscribers are welcome. Just let us know if you intend to come so that we can prepare some wine and nibbles! Artists on our mailing list are welcome to apply for the exhibition - entries close on Sunday 1st September. Email us for an application form. To make room and as it is coming to the end of the season, we are having a SALE on selected original paintings. It starts on Tuesday 27th August until the 6th September. It's a perfect opportunity to buy something really special at a bargain price. Finally I'd like to promote the Isle of Purbeck Arts Club summer exhibition. Myself, Gill and Nicky all have roots in the club and have been springboarded by its support. Whilst we won't be exhibiting there, there will be up and coming artists to spot as well as some experienced favourites. The exhibition takes place at the Catholic Church Hall on Rempstone Road in Swanage. It's on from Saturday 17th August to bank holiday Monday 26th August, 10.30 to 5pm. As the club supports the arts in broad terms there will be a violin performance by one of the club's talented bursary students on the opening morning. All in all there is lots to see and do as summer comes to an end. And as autumn approaches so does the next term of Purbeck Painters, details from Nicky below. Here's hoping to meet you at one of our events, Gina What's new? If you haven't been able to make it yet to Carol Cruickshank's 'Purbeck in textiles exhibition you still have time! Carol has a huge amount of work on display which is gaining immense popularity for its unique qualities as textile pictures. An extraordinary amount of craftsmanship and work goes into making them and it has a satisfying quality that you can feel the work as well as look at it! 'Purbeck in textiles' is on display till the end of the month. Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck painters is now signing up new members for the Winter term. Below is a sneak peek of our curriculum with lots of exciting projects planned for September 2019. To book your place on the course either call into the gallery or contact Nicky: Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.com You can also visit www.nicolastockley.co.uk for more information on our club and our Poole classes Our new summer workshop programme is called Wild summer in Swanage, there are 5 workshops, all with projects themed on our local wildlife and plants. They are all in different mediums with full tuition and all materials and refreshments provided. To book a workshop either call into the gallery or contact Nicky Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.com This summer we have some Kids workshops! All materials are provided. Places are limited so book soon to avoid disappointment! Either call into the gallery or contact Nicky: Phone: 07940256377 Email: Purbeckpainters@gmail.com Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Have you seen our online shop? Our gallery website now contains a fully stocked online shop of products, sneak a peek now at www.purbecknewwave.co.uk Next month . . . Next month we will be releasing our summer programme of workshops! Make this summer ARTY! Copyright © 2018 Purbeck new wave gallery, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: purbecknewwave@gmail.com www.purbecknewwave.co.uk Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. .Welcome everybody to our June newsletter, we are just about finished with Purbeck Art Weeks 2019 and it has been absolutely fantastic, we cannot thank our customers enough for their support for local artists. There is no time for a break and a cup of tea however, the summer is nearly upon us, Dorset art market is coming shortly and replenishing of stock and paintings is in full swing. As well as an exciting list of Summer workshops to share with you this month we'll also be sharing some of the artists new projects.
This month . . .We have an exciting short exhibition coming up, starting next weekend on the 15th June we will be welcoming local artist Heather Gibbons and her work to the gallery. Heather works with oil and charcoal interpreting the evocative coastline of the Isle of Purbeck. Her individual style resonates with the wildness of this particular area emphasising the atmosphere of the time and place through colour, line and texture. This exhibition is only one month long so get there quick! Busy Busy . . Gina's had some great success selling her new Studland pieces she created for PAW, now Purbeck art weeks are over she is concentrating on a new commission piece as well as a new variation of her graphic style of ink painting. Gina's now using bold white lines in some big pieces, they are truly stunning, Gina's colour palette is well known for being striking but we are loving the new mark making that breaks up these blocks of colour. Our new resident artist, Jeneta Bird has had a brilliant first Purbeck Art Weeks, her acrylic paintings of Studland have flown out the door. We think they are so popular for their absolute spot on colour match of that lovely studland sand and heath. They are so realistic, these canvases are something you could step into! Following PAW Jeneta has been back out in her favourite place, photographing Studland and looking for new areas to capture in paint! Nicky's cushions have been a hit over Purbeck Art Weeks and there is lots of sewing and new products to be made over the summer, but for now the focus has been putting together a summer programme of workshops. Purbeck painters has come to an end until September and a new programme of five workshops called Wild Summer in Swanage is ready to be advertised. This programme is focusing on local wildlife this year, there are kids workshops for the summer holidays and hopefully some 'plein air' ones to be organised as soon as possible. You can see a whole list of workshops on Nicky website, including ones in Poole and Bournemouth. Nicky's website Finally, we have some new exciting glass work in the gallery, Moira Hazel who creates large and vividly colourful still life paintings has delivered some quirky and beautiful fused glass pieces to hang on walls. They are such eye catching pieces and incredibly good value for money .Upcoming workshops . . .Purbeck painters has officially come to an end for the summer but it is never too early to book your place for the Winter term. Below is a sneak peek of our curriculum with lots of exciting projects planned for September 2019. To book your place on the course either call into the gallery or contact Nicky: Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.com You can also visit www.nicolastockley.co.uk for more information on our club and our Poole classesOur new summer workshop programme is called Wild summer in Swanage, there are 5 workshops, all with projects themed on our local wildlife and plants. They are all in different mediums with full tuition and all materials and refreshments provided. To book a workshop either call into the gallery or contact Nicky Phone: 07940256377 Email: purbeckpainters@gmail.comThis summer we have some Kids workshops! All materials are provided. Places are limited so book soon to avoid disappointment! Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Have you seen our online shop? Our gallery website now contains a fully stocked online shop of products, sneak a peek now at www.purbecknewwave.co.ukNext month . . . Next month we will speaking to our new residents artists, Mary and Jeneta and finding out all about their artistic background and their painting practices. Welcome everybody to our newsletter special! PAW is just around the corner so we decided to give our online patrons a sneak preview for all the exciting new artwork, gifts and home wear you can expect to find in the gallery over our biggest local arts festival! Just remember PAW starts on the 25th May and runs for two weeks till June 9th, we will be open everyday with artists working in the gallery throughout the arts weeks, so come and pay us a visit at Venue 6!
Purbeck Art Week: Our Artists . . . . Gina Marshall It seems only fitting that we start our introductions with Gina Marshall, the owner of Purbeck new wave Gallery. The gallery is nearly 18 months old and has continued to go from strength to strength, more and more local talent are displaying their work in the gallery, the range of workshops are expanding and the following of the gallery continues to grow. Gina has put a lot of work in to the gallery to accomplish this and this years Purbeck Art Weeks promises to be the best yet! Gina's new coaster range . . COMING SOON! This year, for Purbeck Art Weeks, I've created pictures in a mixture of styles, subject matters and sizes to appeal to a wide audience. I have 2 different ways of working. In one I paint blocks of coloured ink, then draw detail on top. My other style is similar to pointillism where the whole picture is composed of tiny shapes such as fish, sheep, clouds and leaves. In my block painted style I've created four mini originals whose images I have used on coasters rather than as prints. On a large scale I've continued last year's coastal path series with a painting of St Aldhelm's head inspired by a recent walk. In my pointillism style I've focused on different, and more unusual, views of Swanage, Corfe Castle and Studland. My image in the Paw brochure has sold but prints will be available. Gill Williams This year I have been studying the patterns in the local Jurassic coast rock formations, resulting in largely monochrome drawings embellished with watercolours. So far I have finished images for Tilly Whim Caves Durlston, Dancing Ledge, Seacombe Quarry and Evening at the Pinnacle. These paintings and prints will be exhibited for PAW. I have recently completed a commission for a business Brother Wolf based south of the Lake District in the Morecambe Bay town of Carnforth. Brother Wolf is a sustainable clothing brand with aims to educate, inspire value in nature, and to connect people to nature through social purpose projects and to highlight the efforts of rewilding. My design for their clothes collection was "Starling Dance" inspired by the murmuration of starlings. The collection will be launched this June. There are prints and cards available for PAW. Nicky Stockley Recently I've been busy focusing on my Purbeck based fabric designs and creating a collection of cushions, scarves and bags that embody joyful home living on the coast. I'm really pleased with how my collection is coming along, its dynamic and full of colour which fits in perfectly alongside the many colourful things already on display at the gallery. I've also been working on my fine art drawings which are embellished with gold or silver leaf, taking inspiration from the many nautical sculptures floating around the gallery I decided to create drawings centred around nautical objects, like ammonites and seashells. Natural forms are my favourite things to draw as they embrace my love of the slightly surreal. I'm working on one last big piece in time for PAW but you'll have to come to the gallery to get a look at my golden octopus as I'm not giving any sneak peeks! Jeneta Bird guest artist for Purbeck Art Weeks I feel I was born with a passion for painting and drawing. My earliest memories are of drawing portraits of my family and trying to copy my fathers collection of old paintings and by doing this I taught myself to paint. Over the years I have experimented with everything I could get my hands on including clay, stained glass, screen printing, Stone carving and more. When my children were young we spent many a camping holiday near Swanage and in 2006 we moved from London to Poole. Since then I have pursuing my career as an artist. The beautiful vistas of the Purbeck area give me so much pleasure and inspire me to try and capture the magic of it all in my acrylic and oil paintings. I am fascinated by the ever changing colours and movement of the sea and how the weather affects the landscape of the dunes. In 2015 I won The Centenary Cup for Fine Art at the Dorset Arts and Crafts Exhibition and in 2016 I was invited to have a solo exhibition by the National Trust on Brownsea Island. I am thrilled to be guest artist at the Purbeck New Wave Gallery and taking part in Purbeck Art weeks. Mary Clutterbuck Mary is our newest resident artist at the gallery and specialises in 'plein air' drawing and painting. She discovered her love for this on a trip to Scotland where she made sketches and then worked these into paintings back home in her studio. Capturing the quirky fun side of our little seaside town Mary is now concentrating on making illustrations and watercolour paintings of the hustle and bustle of the local townsfolk, most recently with some life painting of musicians from the blues festival. Mary is available for commissions of pets and people alike and should you like to experience what it is like to be drawn by an artist, pop to the gallery over PAW where Mary will even be drawing some of our guests! Upcoming workshops . . . ISLE OF PURBECK ARTS CLUB PAW WORKSHOP! The Isle of Purbeck arts club are running a free, yes FREE workshop as part of the arts festival. This workshop will be at the St. Edwards church, Rempstone rd in Swanage on the 1st June at 2pm for 2 hours. Guest tutor Nicky Stockley will be running the workshop, put your name down for the workshop at the gallery! All materials will be provided. Purbeck Painters is in full swing this term with some fantastic work being produced. Drop in sessions are available for one off workshops, just contact purbeckpainters@gmail.com to ask about availability for our Monday morning and afternoon classes. Mark Pages draw like a pro workshop will not be running during PAW but will be on leading up to it as well as through the summer months. Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Have you seen our online shop? Our gallery website now contains a fully stocked online shop of products, sneak a peek now at www.purbecknewwave.co.uk Next month . . . Next month we will be releasing our summer programme of workshops! Make this summer ARTY! Copyright © 2018 Purbeck new wave gallery, All rights reserved. Welcome everybody to the March edition of our newsletter! Here you can find all the latest information on new weekly classes and workshops, all about our resident and guest artists as well as upcoming events and offers.
Spring is just around the corner folks! These rain shower days certainly aren't stopping our lovely shoppers from visiting us whilst we're busy making colourful, lively and beautiful things! This month we are welcoming our new resident artist to the gallery, Mary Clutterbuck. Shes made some wonderful quirky watercolour illustrations into the gallery. We'll also be having a look at the textiles work of Nicky Stockley and what shes been working on in preparation for this years PAW . . . This month. . . This month we welcome new resident artist to our ranks. Mary Clutterbuck is a local artist who specialises in 'plein air' sketching and painting. Mary's adorned the gallery with some beautiful watercolour sketches of residents of Swanage bustling about the market as well as Jazz musicians and other quirky life studies. Mary's pieces are something really different and unique to other works in the gallery but are full of character, perfectly representing life around the town. Also this month, we have a feature! Dorset magazine kindly chose to write about our resident artist Nicky Stockley as part of an article about skills being passed down to artists through family generations. Nicky and her textile creations wouldn't be possible without the help and skills of her nan, Pauline Windle. The article is interesting as its also featured other artists that have guest exhibited at Purbeck New Wave such as Jessamy hawke. Our featured artist this month is Nicky Stockley, talking about all things fabric . . . These past few months I have been very busy creating new designs and thinking about new creations during my hiatus from teaching. One of the projects I really wanted to start was to create more of a collection of fabrics and not just one off designs that don't particulary relate to another one. My new project is called 'into the forest' it wont be ready to be released until Purbeck Art Week but I can give some sneak previews of how its going now! I wanted to explore different landscapes in this project and I decided to work along the theme of Forest landscapes. Woodlands and trees have always been somewhere that I draw inspiration from so I aimed to create a series exploring majestic forests from around the world. I start off by drawing out my designs, I completely make the landscape up, but have to do a lot of extensive research into the flora and fauna of each part of the world. To see a more extensive portfolio of my new designs, visit my website at www.nicolastockley.co uk Once the design is drawn and redrawn in ink, a process which usually takes about 3 weeks. I colour everything digitally, I like the aesthetic of bold, flat colour and I work on photoshop with a Wacom tablet to do this, usually taking up to a month sometimes to finish this and get it perfect for printing. Once I have the finished fabrics then its time to sew the finished product. I have had expert tutoring from my nan, you can see more about her in this months Dorset Magazine where we are part of an article about skills being passed from generation to generation. Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck Painters is now signing up new members! The new classes start in March, we have a ten week term with some really exciting projects such as Lino printing, bringing a brand new medium to our classes for 2019 email Purbeckpainters@gmail.com for more info! Mark Page's draw like a pro workshops run from 11-1pm and 2-4pm on Wednesdays, all materials are included and no booking is required, just drop in! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Have you seen our online shop? Our gallery website now contains a fully stocked online shop of products, sneak a peek now at www.purbecknewwave.co.uk Next month . . . Next Month we'll be meeting our new resident artist, Mary Clutterbuck, and learning all about her style of work. Copyright © 2018 Purbeck new wave gallery, All rights reserved. Its a brand new year for our little gallery, we're busy making all new things for the new year, but we still need to make room so for one week only we are having a big January sale on selected stock! If your looking for a Gina Marshall original artwork or some new house cushions, this is the time to get down to the gallery!
Our new year sale is from Monday January 7th till Monday 14th January. As well as our sale this month we are also hosting a new guest exhibition of selected works from artists Cliff Towler and Kitty Wass, this exhibition promises to be an exciting display of wildlife and local landscape paintings from two experienced artists. We'll also be having a look at what our resident watercolourist Gill Williams has been getting up to in recent months. This month. . .This month we have a new and exciting Jewellery collection that has joined the gallery. Jade Cameron is a local artist who specialises in using sliver clay to create bespoke, unique small pieces of Jewellery inspired by natural objects. Most of the pieces are cast imprints foraged in local woodland or coastline areas. Owner of the gallery and artist Gina has been very busy this past month, creating some new pieces full of gorgeous colours with her token style of 'Purbeck pointilism' (I've just created this term) these pieces are made up of tiny hand drawn fish, flowers and intricate markmaking. The gallery has also had a bit of a mini makeover this month and we thought we'd share some views of our new layout!A little about our Guest Exhibitiors! Cliff Towler "My work is my life. Everywhere I have been, everything I have seen and everything I have done is reflected my interpretations of the world in wildlife, animal, bird, pet paintings and portraits". Artist Cliff Towler was born in Poole, Dorset in 1957. Cliff Towler studied illustration , life drawing and art history between 1974 and 1977 under the guidance of Sam Rabin RCA and Stanley Paine RCA. Cliff particularly enjoys painting vividly detailed wildlife studies and has traveled extensively to research subjects. His original paintings can be viewed on permanent display in The Creative Gallery in Wareham, Dorset, in Plymouth and other west country Galleries. He also has a once a year showing in Kings Road, Chelsea. Having spent his working lifetime in the world of graphic art as an illustrator, designer and photographer, Cliff is artist in residence at 'The Creative Gallery' in the ancient Saxon walled town of Wareham, Dorset UK. Kitty Wass Kitty attained a BA Honours in Printed Textiles and Fashion at Loughborough College of Art and Design. She worked as a freelance designer for the British, Italian and American market. Subsequently she taught fine art textiles and photography. Kitty initially made silver jewellery but having been featured in the BBC’ s 'What Not to Wear' where she was told she should be wearing bright sparkling jewellery, she began to include semi-precious stones in her work to make necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Her jewellery sold at the Gilbert Collection Shop, Somerset House, Strand. Kitty was a member for twenty years, and the chairman for eight years, of the professional group, Teddington Artists . She exhibited at The Fountain Gallery and during Purbeck Art Weeks (PAW) . As well as her love of Purbeck and its coastline, Kitty paints series of small jewel-like canvases inspired by travels to Rajasthan, Italy and the Swiss Alps, and her own garden is a constant though changing resource. Featured artist . . . Our featured artist this month is Gill Williams, lets see what shes been up to:. Winter is the time when we move from outside to inside as the days shorten. However it is the best time for painting studies of evergreen plants from the stripped-back landscape. Therefore I have been experimenting with making more interesting and natural greens for botanicals and landscapes. By blending watercolour paints of cobalt and ultramarine blues with lemon and cadmium yellows I have made shades of green and turquoise. Evergreen foliage appears to be a cooler green so I added a little paynes grey and deciduous a warmer green therefore I added a little red. Also I used the glazing and layering method of watercolours to achieve a spectrum of greens. (Attachment of green leaves) I have been building up my collection of botanical images by painting spiky holly with sprigs of mistletoe, clinging ivy and evergreen ferns. As I look forward to the first signs of fresh snowdrops in my garden and in the countryside I have been continuing to capture the images of the winter flowering plants. (Attachment of 4 botanicals) Lastly I have been developing some ideas for Christmas card designs for next year by embellishing some local landscapes. Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck Painters is now signing up new members! The new classes start in March, we have a ten week term with some really exciting projects such as Lino printing, bringing a brand new medium to our classes for 2019 email Purbeckpainters@gmail.com for more info! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Next month . . . Find out about more upcoming workshops and events! Copyright © 2018 Purbeck New Wave Gallery, all rights reserved. Our mailing address is: purbecknewwave@gmail.com www.purbecknewwave.co.uk So here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, our final newsletter of 2018. We would like to thank all of our patrons for making this year, our first year, so great! Every month has been host to new changes, new artists and new exhibitions, its been a whirlwind and we're very excited for what's to come in 2019. To celebrate this we are having a 10% discount at the gallery this weekend at the Swanage Rotary Christmas fair, we're fully stocked with all kinds of winter and gift goodies so come and pay us a visit!
As we're on the talk of bargains its definitely worth noting that we will also be holding a big January sale on selected stock after Christmas! So stay tuned! This month. . .This month we welcome a new ceramicist to the part, Holly Sandham, Holly creates exquisite and unique ceramic plates, vases and sculptures inspired by the Jurassic coast and marine life. Enhanced with the colour of sea glass these are little pieces of affordable shoreline! Perfect for any home. Puffins have taken over the gallery lately in the form of new gift items such as bags, key rings and notebooks, in addition to our growing collection of handmade Christmas decorations we're calling them perfect Purbeck stocking fillers! In our upstairs gallery, we have guest artist Eddie Burrows a local artist from Wareham, he's provided the space with an array of ethereal oil paintings inspired by the sea and local landscapes. These pieces are deliciously tranquil and not worth a miss! Lets take a look at our ceramic collection! Holly Sandham: For most of my life I have lived close to the coastal area of Devon and Dorset, so the marine life found in the sandy coves, on the rugged rocks and in the tidal pools has long been an inspiration in my work. I concentrate on representing the textural qualities of each element. The work of the sixteenth-century potter, Bernard Palissy, and the contemporary potter and ceramicist, Kate Malone, have also influenced my work. Using stoneware clay, I produce a range of pots, platters and planters, all based on a Jurassic theme. The shapes for my pieces are organic, mainly based on curves, emulating the open, undulating areas of the coastline. 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. The concave and convex surfaces of the finished form provide a tactile experience when held. To decorate with colour, I use a variety of materials such as oxides, stains and under-glazes. After bisque firing, both coloured and clear glaze are applied, with the addition of crushed glass. Overall these applications help to enhance the depth of colour and give an encrusted and three-dimensional effect. Finally the pieces are fired to 1240 degrees C. No two pieces of work are identical. Elaine Jones I first experienced porcelain as a medium in Copenhagen, working as an assistant to ceramicist, Christian Bruun, graduate of the Danish Design School and was immediately drawn to its creamy and fluid-like qualities. It was my interest in its fluidity and similarity to matter, such as bone and shell, which continued throughout my Masters Degree in Fine Art at Grays School of Art in 2004. I have recently moved to Swanage, Dorset, but for the past 12 years, I have worked from my studio space at home, overlooking Buchanness Lighthouse, North-East Scotland and the cliffs, where my work has been inspired by the fragments of shell and bone washed up onto the beach with each tide - vessels imprinted with traces of life and contents that have long gone. I use the organic process of the wheel to make sculptural forms, as it captures the porcelain in its fluid, moving state. With its rhythms of cyclical growth it is very close to the way that Nature makes a form; in a semi-liquid state, exerting pressure from the inside and then solidifying with time. I often combine each porcelain piece with found objects from the beach, such as rope, metal and driftwood, as these too have their stories of transience. They act as a rough plinth to the times when we have held in our pockets a found shell, bone or pebble, treasuring it just for those few moments. Helene Champrond I came across ceramic when I studied to be a social worker, in 2003-2005, Montpellier, France. In my practice as a social worker, I started some ceramic workshops and then I decided to trained as a ceramicist. In 2008-2009 I did a ceramic training in St quentin-la-poterie, France and in Geneva, Switzerland. The impact of the making process on my life and my wellbeing helped me to find a better connection with myself and with others. I started my own business as a ceramic artist and ceramic teacher in 2009. It has been 10 years of working with clay and people, using my skills as a social worker ceramic artist. I specialised in the Raku technique, a fun, challenging and addictive way of making ceramic. I get inspired by the things I love, abstract shape, sheep, houses, vases, tea pot… Featured artist . . . Our featured artist this month is Nicky Stockley, lets see what shes been up to this month . . This past few months I've been learning about different elements of fabric design and building up my portfolio of designs as well as creating new products. I thought I'd share in this newsletter how these scarves and cushions begin life, as well as giving a sneak peek to the new collection coming out spring next year! Everything starts as a drawing! Both of my degrees are in drawing but it was in my masters that I found my true passion for drawing wildlife and their habitats. I care deeply about the environment and would love for one day my brand be able to help some animal charities. Drawings start in pencil and are then inked in with a fine line rotoring pen. This process can take 2 -3 weeks . . . I am usually working on 2 or three at a time though. Next is a stage of scanning, editing, colouring and final editing. This is all done by me digitally on photoshop, most designs have 2 or three colour varieties. Once the design is finished and sent off to be printed onto fabric it is then up to me and my business associate (nan) to sow the final products.My plan is next to focus back on some fine art, staying true to my passion for wildlife and the botanical world, alongside my new collection of designs which will debut in springtime next year. Watch this space! Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck Painters is now signing up new members! The club is coming to an end for the winter term and a fantastic term it has been too! Spaces are limited for the spring term starting in March so sign up early to avoid disappointment! email Purbeckpainters@gmail.com for more info! The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! Next month . . . Find out about more upcoming workshops and events, next month we'll be having a chat with our watercolourist Gill Williams to see what shes up to! Copyright © 2018 Purbeck new wave gallery, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: purbecknewwave@gmail.com www.purbecknewwave.co.uk The air is growing chillier, the days are getting shorter and the town is getting quieter now that summer is over, but Christmas is most definitely on the way and our bright and colourful little gallery is getting fully stocked up for the festive season! From Christmas card packs to glass Christmas decorations we are displaying plenty of new and exciting items as well as lots of new fine art pieces, cushions and trinkets!
This month. . .We're currently in the middle of enjoying a fantastic joint guest exhibition of artists Belinda sales and Tom Marshall in the upstairs area of the gallery. But this month its all about the smaller things! Beautiful Purbeck themed Christmas tree decorations by Watercolour artist Gill Williams, these sparkly little baubles are a touch of our home countryside that will brighten up any tree. Glass artist Briony Maple has brought in a whole range of wonderful Christmas characters for your home. These delicate decorations are very affordable and so unique! We have snowmen, robins, holly wreaths, gingerbread men and many more to choose from. Also this month, we have new pieces of art on the walls from our resident artists as well as new cushions, scarves notebooks and small bags. Our Guest Artist for November is Belinda Sales . . . . Nine years ago, I joined a pottery group in Weymouth. Since then I have been developing my own style and more recently, a range of hand-built Raku fired ceramics. I now work from my own garden workshop in Weymouth, making primarily wall art for local art café’s and galleries. My work is mostly influenced by the stunning local scenery such as Portland lighthouse and Weymouth Harbour and my lifelong love of wildlife. My collection includes both costal and country inspired Raku fired pieces, such as Oystercatchers, Spotted Guineafowl and marine life. My aim is to make unique bold pieces with an element of fun about them. I love the unique rustic effect Raku firing creates, it’s always unpredictable and exciting as no two pieces ever come out the same. I sometimes melt re-cycled glass into my work and often mount my ceramics on locally sourced driftwood, when I can get my hands on it! . . . And Tom Marshall . . . I make art because I love doing it. I like using my hands, and using my eyes. Doing art teaches you to do both. You can always get better, and there is always a challenge. Art has shapes and lines and tone and colour and three-dimensions and a whole lot more that can be explored. It's not boring unless you make it that way. My art is inspired by simple things – I like the way that lady has to lean back at an angle to walk her dog, that man's beard would be fun to draw, I love the way the stripes on her coat change shape where they're wrinkled up, I'm interested in the bewildering mass of lines in the scaffolding round the church, I'm taken by how they're sitting together, I want to draw the motion in that cat, the wind in that flagpole, there is something about their long shadows that makes me reach for my painting stuff, and I think the colours of that whatever-it-is are really special, I want to draw the strut of that pigeon, the mood of that sky. I like capturing people or animals doing things together. I suppose my pictures are about life- I usually draw things I think are fun or curious or beautiful to me or have something to say. I also like doing pictures of ordinary life with a hint of the less ordinary mixed in- it's always there. Belinda and Tom's exhibition will be running from the 29th October till the beginning of December. Featured artist . . . Our featured artist this month is Gina Marshall, lets see what shes been up to this month . . This past month I have been working on putting some movement in my pictures. Up until now I've painted or drawn very flat pictures or tranquil scenes. As I'm always looking to try something new (I get bored easily!) I decided to arrange my fish and clouds into swirls and waves. I ike the effect and certainly enjoyed doing it – I just need to wait and see if my followers and customers do too. Here is a work in progress: First I sketch the picture from reference photographs that I've taken, usually several which I put together in my mind's eye. I also add things which I think should be there, rather than actually do exist, for example I always add Old Harry in views such as this. I also compose the picture carefully, positioning objects in places that please the eye and adding additional things like seagulls to add interest to the picture. Then I fill the pencilled areas with fish or clouds in different colours and patterns using various lightfast pens (so the picture doesn't fade). Next I go over the pencil outlines with a thick black POSCA pen. These pens contain acrylic paint and are also lightfast and waterproof. The beauty of POSCA pens are that light colours draw on top of darker ones. Finally I colour in blocks with thick coloured POSCA pens. I like the contrast between flat blocks of colour and the delicate fine patterns. As gallery owner I'm in the gallery 4 days a week. Aside from drawing or painting I also have to think about the business side of things. I've been involved in creating the “Purbeck Gallery Guide” which is a leaflet identifying a trail of 19 different galleries in Purbeck. The philosophy is that working together makes us all stronger as businesses. I've also been asked to get involved with a similar project to create a magazine guide to interesting and exciting independent shops in Dorset – we are known as “Indies”! I'm excited to have been asked to design the front cover. As Christmas is near (in retail terms) I've been dressing the shop in a twinkly way and have lots of gift ideas and unique decorations with hopefully more surprises to come! Here's hoping to see you soon, Cheers! Upcoming workshops . . . Purbeck Painters is now signing up new members! The club runs from the end of September up to Christmas and is a great opportunity to learn the techniques to master lots of new mediums. Monday morning and afternoon classes are available, please contact Nicky at purbeckpainters@gmail.com for more information. The Isle of Purbeck Arts club is also looking out for new members. Gina Marshall is the chairman for this charity that supports and promotes art within the Isle of Purbeck. There are two art groups, Tuesday morning group and Thursday evening, sessions have an occasional guest tutor or you can work on your own thing. Exhibition opportunities are also available, contact Gina on our mailing address for more information! October 2018Well folks Autumn is finally upon us, our regular art groups have started up again in the gallery, new autumnal colours and products are making their way in to the gallery, as well as more and more of Chococo's hot chocolates to keep us warm!
Welcome to Octobers edition of the newsletter, here you can find out more information on classes, workshops, guest exhibitors and ofcourse, our resident artists and their new work! This month. . .We're currently really enjoying our guest exhibition of fantastic landscape photography from Tony Cowburn at the end of this month however, we will be introducing our new guest exhibitor for the month of November, Belinda Sales. Belinda creates kiln fired raku ceramics inspired by the sea. Many of these ceramics are wall hanging pieces which will no doubt make for a very interesting exhibition. Also this month we have started back for our winter term of Purbeck Painters, which is a beginner/improver art group with a class in the morning and a class in the afternoon every Monday. We've started back with some fantastic ink drawings but will be exploring lots of different mediums, newcomers are always welcome, scroll down for more information! Our Guest Artist for November is Belinda Sales . . . . Nine years ago, I joined a pottery group in Weymouth. Since then I have been developing my own style and more recently, a range of hand-built Raku fired ceramics. I now work from my own garden workshop in Weymouth, making primarily wall art for local art café’s and galleries. My work is mostly influenced by the stunning local scenery such as Portland lighthouse and Weymouth Harbour and my lifelong love of wildlife. My collection includes both costal and country inspired Raku fired pieces, such as Oystercatchers, Spotted Guineafowl and marine life. My aim is to make unique bold pieces with an element of fun about them. I love the unique rustic effect Raku firing creates, it’s always unpredictable and exciting as no two pieces ever come out the same. I sometimes melt re-cycled glass into my work and often mount my ceramics on locally sourced driftwood, when I can get my hands on it! Belinda's exhibition will be running from the 29th October till the beginning of December. Featured artist . . . Our featured artist this month is Gill Williams, our resident watercolour artist, lets see what she has been up to lately . . . This month my art work has the echo of the tones and textures of the beginning of Autumn. After months of nurturing my crops it is harvest time where I have been picking my fresh produce. So I was interested in painting the shapes and patterns of them in a series of 9 watercolour images based on my allotment. Inspired by the autumnal colours of earthy tones of red, burnt orange and deep golden yellow in the Dorset landscape, I have been painting one of my favourite scenes of Corfe Castle. I have used a limited palette of three colours vermilion, lemon yellow and ivory black. Also I have used the technique of negative painting. This gives a depth to the woodland by layering the background of the trees with several stages using a different coloured layer and then finally overlaying with a darker tone. With the onset of winter I have observed the everchanging cloudscapes and seascapes. I have created some images with cold colours using translucent watercolours overlaid with pen and ink detail showing movement in the sky and sea. Lastly I am taking part in the project for the Armistice Centenary at Emmanuel Church, in conjunction with the British Legion, a Poppy Exhibition. They are hoping to have a lovely display of art and any kind of craft work with a poppy theme, as well as some WW1 stories and poems. The Exhibition will be on from 8 - 11 November and the artwork is available to buy at the end of the Exhibition. |
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