12 November 2020- The Narrative of Trees
Co-curated with Dr Angela Summerfield and the well known Arborealist group of artists, founded by Tim Craven in 2013, we will be exploring our love of trees and their meaning for our personal and collective identity.
Jane Human, Autumn Woodland
Lara Cobden / Remnants of Hope II
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Patricia Cain. Forest II
Emma Buckmaster and Janet French / Acer Pseudoplatanus
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Perienne Christian / In the Gloaming
Angela Summerfield / Parklands / Chalk pastel
Caroline Poole / Pines on bank
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Kate Giles / Hawthorn(Late Spring, Burnham Thorpe)
Claire Cansick /Buzzards
Blaze Cyan / Nocture I
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Featured artists include: Emma Buckmaster and Janet French, Patricia Cain, Claire Cansick, Perienne Christian, Lara Cobden, Blaze Cyan, Kate Giles, Jane Human, Caroline Poole, Nahem Shoa, Angela Summerfield.
"We all bring and take stories and memories from the trees, forests and woods we visit, whether in the country or towns and cities. This exhibition, The Narrative of Trees, explores this enduring relationship we share with trees through the work of respected contemporary artists from East Anglia, London and Gloucestershire. We see the work naturally drifting into a number of categories; Cultural Heritage celebrating iconic trees or woods, Living Memorials of trees honouring a life or signifying a place, trees as Places of Well-Being and Continuity, tree drawings as Forms of Portraiture, and trees capturing a Future or Imagined state." (Dr Angela Summerfield).
"We all bring and take stories and memories from the trees, forests and woods we visit, whether in the country or towns and cities. This exhibition, The Narrative of Trees, explores this enduring relationship we share with trees through the work of respected contemporary artists from East Anglia, London and Gloucestershire. We see the work naturally drifting into a number of categories; Cultural Heritage celebrating iconic trees or woods, Living Memorials of trees honouring a life or signifying a place, trees as Places of Well-Being and Continuity, tree drawings as Forms of Portraiture, and trees capturing a Future or Imagined state." (Dr Angela Summerfield).
May 2020 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham(1912-2004) with Patricia Cain PS, ARWS
Wilhelmina Barns- Graham/Millennium Pink 2000 (limited edition print)
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham/Water Dance, Porthmeor No.II 2004 (limited edition print)
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Patricia Cain/ The Descending Blue -that blue is all in a rush
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Patricia Cain/Black on White
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (Willie) was one of the key influencers of Modern British Art and an early member of the St Ives School. We will be showing Willie's work alongside that of Scottish artist Patricia Cain. Patricia has had many solo exhibitions and has exhibited widely in Scotland and England, including a major exhibition at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow called Drawing (on) the Riverside. In 2013 Patricia was awarded an RSA residency through the Barns - Graham Trust at Balmungo House in Fife, Scotland. One of her paintings from this residency won the RWS Award at the RWS Contemporary Competition in 2014. We are very grateful to Rob Airey, Director of the Barns- Graham Trust for his support in putting this exhibition together.
