Four artists portray their emotional response to the landscape around them, on paper, canvas and in clay.
Bold, expressionist paintings by Anne Byrne sit alongside Janine Pinion’s washes of watercolour and a collection of delicate oils by Michelle Anderson. The gallery is also delighted to introduce a selection of contemporary porcelain pieces by Ali Tomlin.The exhibition opens on Thursday 9th April and runs until Saturday 16th May. The gallery will be hosting a preview evening on Thursday 9th April between 6pm and 8pm and all are welcome to join us for a glass of wine and to meet the artists.
Opening times: Thurs – Sat, 10am – 4pm
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Anne ByrnePredominantly a landscape painter, Anne works from her studio in Cheshire and works in an expressionist tradition. Her primary medium is oil paint, but she also uses mixed media to explore new territories and ways of visual communication. Anne is interested in capturing a tension in her work that combines the discipline of ‘careful observation’ with the use of mark-making as an expressive form.
Janine Pinion Janine was born in Belfast in 1959 and studied Fine Art in Liverpool. Wirral has been her home since 1997. She specialises in watercolour, creating semi-abstract landscapes from sketches around the coast.“Watercolour’s natural flow of pigments and wash becomes a dance of engagement and response. It feels very grounding. I like the way definition can be obscured by mist, shadow or distance. For me this seems to echo the experience of vulnerability and wonder felt in wilder places.”
Michelle AndersonMichelle works initially from observation and uses this gathered information to further her ideas for her paintings. Working primarily in oil, she takes inspiration largely from her surroundings, the Shropshire landscape and the Northumberland coast, which she visits regularly. Her subjects are also drawn from her eclectic sketchbooks which are a prominent source of material in her process. Her work has a sensitive and often understated quality, reflecting the subtle shifts of light and colour in the British landscape. Ali Tomlin Ali’s work is a collection of thrown, elegant porcelain forms. She uses a limited palette of stains, oxides and slips, sponging and scraping colours and inlaying lines, working on the wheel to capture a feeling of movement and spontaneity. Surfaces are unglazed and lightly sanded, with a matt, tactile surface. Ali works from her studio just outside Farnham in Surrey.