January 2019

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 [email protected] 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!
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