Out of the Blue - on until Thursday 29 April
This exhibition shouts out to a new optimism following recent lockdowns and isolation. Blue hues emerge into the landscape and people emerge into blue backgrounds and take shape to give context for new beginnings. Works by 6 award winning contemporary artists: Ruth Bunnewell, Lara Cobden, Jane Lewis RWS, Martin Laurance, Shanti Panchal Hon RBA, RWS and Sula Rubens ARWS.
Ruth Bunnewell is a Norfolk based artist working in oils. Her chosen subject matter is woods and forests both real and imagined, and it is the emotions triggered as well as the shapes and colours which characterise Ruth's work.
She graduated from Norwich University College of Arts in 2004 and since then has exhibited widely in solo and group shows within East Anglia and London. She was shortlisted for the Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2017. Find out more at Ruth Bunnewell.
She graduated from Norwich University College of Arts in 2004 and since then has exhibited widely in solo and group shows within East Anglia and London. She was shortlisted for the Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2017. Find out more at Ruth Bunnewell.
Lara Cobden is an award winning figurative painter and a member of the Arborealists. Lara moved to Norwich in Norfolk from Ireland. Her work often captures the mystical properties and stories of a landscape and figures which move within it.
In 2020 Lara's work was selected for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition and she was a finalist in the John Moores Painting Prize. Find out more at Lara Cobden.
In 2020 Lara's work was selected for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition and she was a finalist in the John Moores Painting Prize. Find out more at Lara Cobden.
Jane Lewis RWS is a leading abstract landscape artist living and working in Suffolk. Jane moved to Suffolk in 1987, and has painted full time since 1997 both in oils and watercolour. Her work is informed by the East Anglian landscape.
Jane exhibits widely in the UK and her work is held in the East Contemporary Art Collection UCS Suffolk, Madison Museum of Fine Art Georgia USA, Central Loop Hotel Chicago USA and the Corinthia Hotel London, UK. Find out more at Jane Lewis.
Jane exhibits widely in the UK and her work is held in the East Contemporary Art Collection UCS Suffolk, Madison Museum of Fine Art Georgia USA, Central Loop Hotel Chicago USA and the Corinthia Hotel London, UK. Find out more at Jane Lewis.
Martin Laurance is a contemporary painter living and working in Norwich. He travels widely throughout the UK and his landscapes are linked to the ever changing coastlines of Norfolk, Suffolk and North Cornwall.
Martin exhibits widely in East Anglia and London. His work is in a number of collections including the National Trust, as well as private collections in Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA. Find out more at Martin Laurance.
Martin exhibits widely in East Anglia and London. His work is in a number of collections including the National Trust, as well as private collections in Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA. Find out more at Martin Laurance.
Shanti Panchal Hon RBA, RWS is a leading Indian -British artist working and living in London. Shanti's figures hold our attention with their stillness and complexity. We look to imagine the context for the figures and the relationship between them.
Shanti won the 1991 National Portrait Gallery/BP Portrait Award, was Artist-in-Residence at the National Gallery in London in 1994, and a nominee for the UK Asian Achievers Awards in 2003. During 2010-11 his work was included in the Tate Britain initiated touring exhibition and a painting of his sons in Afghanistan was acquired by The Imperial War Museum. in 2017 he was the winner of the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize. Find out more at Shanti Panchal.
Shanti won the 1991 National Portrait Gallery/BP Portrait Award, was Artist-in-Residence at the National Gallery in London in 1994, and a nominee for the UK Asian Achievers Awards in 2003. During 2010-11 his work was included in the Tate Britain initiated touring exhibition and a painting of his sons in Afghanistan was acquired by The Imperial War Museum. in 2017 he was the winner of the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize. Find out more at Shanti Panchal.
Kin /Charcoal, Watercolour and Pigment on paper (map)/74 x 45 cm/ £2,600
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Sula Rubens /Kin Study - Man and Child at Sea/
Oil on paper/28 x 55 cm/
£750
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Sula Rubens ARWS graduated in 1989 from Central St Martins School of Art. Now living in Suffolk Sula’s recent “Kin” paintings and drawings show people as transient figures moving through spaces she creates for them on canvas, maps or books. For many people, their only hope of escaping danger and protecting their kin, means leaving their home, as a matter of urgency and attempting to find safety in another land.
Sula has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and her work is in a number of private and public collections in the UK, Holland, and the USA. Find out more at Sula Rubens.
Sula has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and her work is in a number of private and public collections in the UK, Holland, and the USA. Find out more at Sula Rubens.
Artists will be joining us in the Gallery on the 17th and 24th April between 11am and 3pm. 17th April : Ruth Bunnewell and Martin Laurance. 24 April: Lara Cobden, Jane Lewis, Sula Rubens. Do come and join us for a glass of wine.
To discuss any of the works please get in touch at team@galleryeast.co.uk or call us on 07836 325497.
To discuss any of the works please get in touch at team@galleryeast.co.uk or call us on 07836 325497.
Opening Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11- 4pm
Friday, Saturday 10-5pm
Or by appointment.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11- 4pm
Friday, Saturday 10-5pm
Or by appointment.
