Brighter Futures Auction Catalogue 2022 #BrighterFutures

An exhibition of contemporary paintings, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media.

A U C T I O N C ATA L O G U E

Merseyside Maritime Museum Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ

© Copyright 2022 Alder Hey Children’s Charity.

Registered Charity Number 1160661 Alder Hey Children’s Charity, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP

www.alderheycharity.org

W ELCO M E T O

In addition, British artist Rachael Howard worked with patients at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to create their own artwork through printmaking.

The individual pieces have been interconnected to produce a single striking artwork that will also be sold at auction. This unique opportunity was met with great excitement from the young people involved in the project and they also enjoyed creating their own pieces to keep and take home with them.

Welcome to Brighter Futures, Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s first ever art exhibition and auction, showcasing the work of celebrated artists who have come together to support our brave young patients.

All artworks are for sale by online auction between Thursday 24th February and Sunday 13th March – please visit www.alderheycharity.org/brighterfutures to view them and place your bids. Further details about the bidding process can be found on page 38. The exhibition is open to visit at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool on Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13 March between 12 and 4pm. We can also arrange private views outside of these times from Friday 11 – Sunday 13 March – please get in touch for details.

We started planning this exciting event early in 2021, during a time of uncertainty about future restrictions. Our aim was for supporters and art lovers alike to have the opportunity to participate in an experience offered both in person and online – we really hope you enjoy it.

Based on first-hand experience of our Arts for Health programme, we know that art and creativity can have a transformative effect on mental health and wellbeing. Funds raised through the art auction will support the Alder Hey Charity 7 in 10 Children’s Mental Health Appeal.

The appeal will help to create bright futures for young people by providing bespoke facilities from which Alder Hey can deliver the highest levels of care and support for mental health.

Brighter Futures has been made possible thanks to the support of many individuals and organisations. Volunteered time and expertise from Adam Partridge Auctioneers and Valuers and the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, as well as generous donations from Savills, Rathbones and Galliford Try, has enabled us to organise this unique event. We extend our gratitude to every supporter who has stood by our side throughout our £3m appeal for children’s mental health.

The exhibition has been organised with the help of our Brighter Futures Exhibition Committee.

The committee of incredible volunteers has broad expertise in the arts, including professional artists, dealers and curators, and is chaired by Peter Woods, Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.

Brighter Futures has been curated to offer a wide range of valuations, making it accessible to a variety of art lovers and collectors.

Thank you Fiona Ashcroft Chief Executive Alder Hey Children’s Charity

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LOT 1

LOT 2

LOT 3

Artist

Matt Sherratt

Artist

Matt Sherratt

Artist

Paul Curtis

Title

Swell

Title

Solar Cycle No.2

Title

Estimate

£1,275 - £1,700

Estimate

£1,050 - £1,400

“Strength, Hope, Recovery”

Size

50 x 50 x 20 cm

Size

50 x 50 x 20 cm

Estimate

£400 - £600

Year

2019

Year

2021

Size

60 x 50 cm

Format

Original

Format

Original

Year

2021

Medium

Ceramic

Medium

Ceramic

Format

Original

Description

Ceramic sculpture.

Thrown form which has been hand-built and carved. Finished with porcelain terra-sigillata slip and platinum lustre.

Description

Ceramic sculpture.

Thrown form which has been hand-built and carved. Finished with porcelain terra-sigillata slip and platinum lustre.

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

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Artist’s Description The painting tries to sum up 2020.

It was a pretty dark year and many people have suffered. But undoubtedly, we’ve seen heroes emerge from that darkness, in particular the NHS staff on the frontline.

LOT 4

LOT 5

LOT 6

Artist

Steve Gatley

Artist

Dave Smallman

Artist

Anne Desmet

Title

Fenham, Edinburgh

Title

Sundown

Title

Estimate

£50 - £75

Estimate

£150 - £250

Irene Irving (1928 - 2020) Surgeon

Size

50 x 60 cm

Size

42 x 30 cm

Estimate

£250 - £400

Year

Not provided

Year

2020

Size

7.6 X 5.4 cm (30 x 30 cm framed)

Format

Original

Format

Soft pastel

Year

2020

Medium

Watercolour

Medium

Ceramic

Format

Description

En plein air landscape in watercolour. Framed.

Description

Created from imagination after working over an older painting of a street the artist used to live on.

Framed.

Limited edition original print on Japanese paper

Medium

Wood engraving

Description Tiny wood engraving print showing Anne Desmet’s mother, Irene Irving, a Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Alder Hey, performing an operation. One of only 15 prints from a very small edition made for close family members, none have previously been made available for sale. Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Matt Sherratt

Space, time, material and attention are vital elements in Matt’s work. When Matt creates he uses a form of meditative practice to allow himself to be present and attentive to the creative process. He attends to the ‘nothing’ and allows ‘something’ to form. This connects him to deep modes of generative force. Just as the Universe holds distinct reflective forms and spaces of dark matter, the forms that emerge in the studio create worlds within worlds.

www.mattsherratt.com

Matt’s forms are honed and shaped to balance aesthetic surface tension with framed spaces.

The play between negative and positive shapes is important and create lines for the eye to dance over, flowing between surface and space, edge and void.

The finishes on his pieces hold and reflect light. A lustre glaze will bounce light while a terra-sigillata surface absorbs light, either dramatically or sensitively, through minimal colour. From earth bound materials to framing space his work explores deep questions of existence, of why there is something and not nothing.

Matt Sherratt trained at Loughborough College of Art & Design graduating in 1992 with a First Class BA Hons Degree in Ceramics. In 2004 he gained an MA in Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art. He has been resident artist at the National Portrait Gallery and South Hill Park in Bracknell and taught at the City Lit College in Covent Garden London for over ten years. He has recently made another move from North Wales to Cheshire where he is now settled.

Matt Sherratt Swell, 2021 Ceramic sculpture 50 x 50 x 20 cm LOT 1

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LOT 7

LOT 8

LOT 9

Artist

Anne Desmet

Artist

Pete Clarke

Artist

Lisa Milroy

Title

QEH

Title

There is a sense

Title

Thread

Estimate

£450 - £600

Estimate

£300 - £400

Size

10 x 13 cm

Size

60cm x 60cm

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

Year

1998

Year

2010

Size

60cm x 50cm

Format

Limited edition original print

Format

Original

Year

2007

Medium

Oil and Acrylic on canvas

Format

Original

Medium

Oil on canvas

Description

Painting and poetic text.

Description

Oil on canvas

Medium

Wood engraving

Description

Small wood engraving with linocut, commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in Hackney, east London. Framed.

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LOT 10

LOT 11

LOT 12

Artist

Lisa Milroy

Artist

Clement McAleer

Artist

Julia Midgley

Title

My uniforms age 5 -17

Title

Path to the Sea

Title

Albert Dock Gates

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

Estimate

£750 - £1,000

Estimate

£450 - £650

Size

50cm x 40cm

Size

58cm x 76cm

Size

50cm x 59cm

Year

2007

Year

2022

Year

2008

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil on canvas

Medium

Acrylic on paper

Medium

Watercolour and pencil

Description

Oil on canvas

Artist’s description “The coastlines of Ireland and Britain have always been a source of inspiration for me; the exhilaration and excitement of arrival at the sea, the wide-open spaces, big skies, changing light and shifting tides.” Framed.

Artist’s description “A Watercolour which looks towards the construction of Liverpool 1 through the Albert Dock Gates. This work is from a series documenting the changes to Liverpool during 2008 when the city was Capital of Culture.” Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Anne Desmet

Anne Desmet was born in Liverpool, UK, in 1964. She gained a BA & MA at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking at Central School of Art and Design, London, UK. Desmet was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and is only the third wood engraver ever elected to the RA in its entire history. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE). In 2018, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.

www.annedesmet.com

Anne Desmet’s mother, Irene Irving, was a Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Alder Hey working with Professor Rickham and Isabella Forshall in creating and developing Alder Hey’s pioneering neonatal surgery unit - the first to be opened in the World. A few months after Irene Irving died in March 2020, Alder Hey launched an ongoing research/analysis App in which doctors and medical students log in the mortality and morbidity of various surgical procedures. It has been named the “Irving App” in memory of Irene Irving and her pioneering role as a senior female surgeon at Alder Hey. Anne’s print, QEH, was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in Hackney, east London, near where Anne Desmet lives and works. The hospital had a longer history than Alder Hey but, unlike Alder Hey, it has not survived and thrived and the print was commissioned to mark its closure. Most of the prints in the edition of 420 were given as leaving gifts for all the long-serving staff at the time it closed in 1998. The commission was instigated by Vanessa Wright, then Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at QEH, who had trained at Alder Hey as a registrar under Anne Desmet’s mother, Irene Irving. Prints from this edition are also in the collections of HM The Queen (the Royal Collection); the Ashmolean Museum, UK; the Municipal Art Gallery, Lodz, Poland; and the Museo della Stampa, Mondovi, Italy.

Commissions include engravings and drawings for the Royal Mint, V&A, British Library, British Museum, National Gallery, Sotheby’s, The Times, Vital Arts (London) NHS Trust, Worcester College & Balliol College Oxford and Oxford University Press.

Public and private collections holding Anne Desmet’s work include the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; V&A, National Art Library, The Museum of London, British Museum, British Library, London Metropolitan Archive – all London; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Ex Libris Museum, Moscow, Russia; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Chamalières, France; Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa, Finland; Lahti Art Museum, Finland; Museu de Arte do Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil; Museo Civico, Cremona, Italy; The National Grid PLC; Slaughter & May, London and IMG Corporate, New York, USA.

Anne Desmet QEH, 1998 Wood engraving, limited edition print.

10 x 13 cm LOT 7

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LOT 13

LOT 14

LOT 15

Artist

Julia Midgley

Artist

Julia Midgley

Artist

Julia Midgley

Title

Albert Dock – Old and New

Title

Albert Dock & Helicopter

Title

New Liverpool

Estimate

£450 - £650

Estimate

£450 - £650

Estimate

£450 - £650

Size

44 x 54 cm

Size

44 x 54 cm

Size

44 x 54 cm

Year

2008

Year

2008

Year

2008

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Watercolour and pencil

Medium

Watercolour and pencil

Medium

Watercolour and pencil

Artist’s Description “This work, a watercolour, looks across the Albert Dock itself where traditional boats sit alongside the original dock warehouses.

Through a gap it is possible to see the construction of Liverpool 1. This work is from a series documenting the changes to Liverpool during 2008 when the city was Capital of Culture.” Framed.

Artist’s Description “This watercolour is one of a series which recorded construction in Liverpool during 2008 Liverpool’s year as capital of Culture. It looks across the Albert Dock to the rooftop of an original warehouse building. Beyond, the Liver Birds can be seen and a new building under construction.

A helicopter appears to sit on top of this building but in reality, is a crane.” Framed.

Artist’s Description “This watercolour is one of a series which recorded construction in Liverpool during 2008, Liverpool’s year as capital of Culture.

Liverpool 1 is nearing completion. A new multi-story glazed building is visible through heras fencing as contractors walk by. Trees and plantings are in place.” Framed.

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LOT 16

LOT 17

LOT 18

Artist

Julia Midgley

Artist

Julia Midgley

Artist

Frieda Hughes

Title

Capriole

Title

Holiday Diary

Title

Suspension

Estimate

£1,125 - £1,500

Estimate

£150 - £200

Estimate

£1,650-£2,500

Size

67 x 86 cm

Size

29 x 40 cm

Size

25.4 x 35.6 cm

Year

1989

Year

1991

Year

2015

Format

Original

Format

Print

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic & pastel

Medium

Etching with aquatint

Medium

Oil on canvas

Description

Framed

Artist’s Description “This artwork is owned and kindly donated by Mrs Jill Rickitt to the Charity Auction. It is by artist Julia Midgley who had visited a performance by the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. This work was developed from sketches made at the time. The Capriole movement illustrated here was originally designed for military purposes, the horse kicks back mid-air in attack or defence.” Framed.

Artist’s Description “Holiday Diary is an etching with aquatint. A model horse hangs from a framework during a curious dramatic performance at Arley Hall, Cheshire, set amongst dramatic topiary. Observed during a visit with my children during school holidays.” There are ten copies of this etching available for sale - the exhibited piece is framed; nine unframed copies are also available.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Lisa Millroy

Lisa Milroy was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives and works in London.

Still life is at the heart of Milroy’s practice. In the 1980s her paintings featured ordinary objects depicted against an off-white background.

Subsequently her imagery expanded to include depictions of objects within settings, as well as landscape, architecture, people and the body.

As her approaches to still life diversified, so did her manner of painting, giving rise to a range of stylistic innovations. Throughout her practice, Milroy has been fascinated by the relation between stillness and movement, and the nature of making and looking at painting.

www.lisamilroy.net

Milroy won First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize 1989, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2005. Milroy was Artist Trustee at Tate from 2013 to 2017 and Liaison Trustee to the National Gallery from 2015 to 2017. She has taught at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL since 2009. Milroy’s work is held in many public collections, including Tate, Frac Occitanie Montpellier, France, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA and Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan. Recent solo exhibitions include If the Shoe Fits/Bien dans ses pompes, Frac Occitainie Montpellier, France, 2021; Exchange – Paintings by Lisa Milroy, White Conduit Projects, London, UK, 2021; Taking the Side of Things, m2 Gallery, London, UK, 2020 – 2021; Same and Different – Paintings by Lisa Milroy, One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya, 2021; Wearing and Staring: YANAGI Miwa and Lisa MILROY, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2020; Ensemble/Together – Paintings by Lisa Milroy, FRAC Occitanie Montpellier, France, 2020; Here & There – Paintings by Lisa Milroy, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK, 2018.

Lisa Millroy My uniforms age 5 -17, 2007 Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm LOT 10

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LOT 19

LOT 20

LOT 21

Artist

Frieda Hughes

Artist

Frieda Hughes

Artist

Frieda Hughes

Title

Salt Pools

Title

All that effort and then the Champagne explodes

Title

Narrow Escape

Estimate

£1,650 - £2,500

Estimate

£1,650 - £2,500

Estimate

£1,650 - £2,500

Size

25.4 x 35.6 cm

Size

25.4 x 35.6 cm

Size

25.4 x 35.6 cm

Year

2016

Year

2016

Year

2016

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil on canvas

Medium

Oil on canvas

Medium

Oil on canvas

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

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LOT 22

LOT 23

LOT 24

Artist

Joanne Risley

Artist

Joanne Risley

Artist

Joanne Risley

Title

Pollen Bomb

Title

Virus

Title

Sunseeker

Estimate

£7,500 - £10,000

Estimate

£1,875 - £2,500

Estimate

£1,875 - £2,500

Size

130 x 130 x 130 cm

Size

100 x 100 x 100 cm

Size

27 x 27 x 27 cm

Year

2017

Year

2020

Year

2019

Format

Original (2 of an edition of 5)

Format

Original

Format

1 of an edition of 9

Medium

Cor-ten Steel

Medium

Cor-ten Steel

Medium

Bronze

Artist’s Description “Pollen Bomb” was the first of five large forms I have created which are derived from botany and biology but fabricated using multiple geometric shapes to create strange otherworldly objects reminiscent of munitions and spacecraft. “Pollen Bomb” was based on a pollen grain form. Its size and use of rusted Cor-ten steel evokes sea mines and creates an air of menace.”

Artist’s Description “Virus was created in response to the pandemic. I was trying to create something beautiful out of something which was wreaking havoc with our lives and society. The resulting form is flower like and almost delicate, created by building a structure from 180 identical shapes.”

Artist’s Description “Based on a seedpod this sculpture is made from multiple single forms which create a sphere. Each individual element has a spike, elongated by increasing degrees to one side as if little growths are reaching out to find the sun. We need to try and find the positives in life.”

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ARTIST FOCUS

Julia Midgley

Julia Midgley is a professional artist printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Society Painter Printmakers, and a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. Until retirement in 2013 she was Reader in Documentary Drawing at Liverpool School of Art & Design, LJMU. Julia’s specialism is drawing with a focus on reportage alongside her printmaking practice. Projects as Artist in Residence have been undertaken at locations including Stonehenge, Granada TV, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the Tactical Medical Wing RAF Brize Norton. A recipient of National awards for painting and printmaking, frequent exhibitor RA Summer Show, examples of her work are held in private and public collections in the UK and abroad.

Midgley’s acrylic and pastel composition, Capriole, has been kindly donated by Mrs Jill Rickitt, in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s appeal. The artist developed the work from sketches made whilst visiting a performance by the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.

The Capriole movement illustrated here was originally designed for military purposes, the horse kicks back mid-air in attack or defence.

Julia Midgley Capriole, 1989 Acrylic and pastel 67cm x 86cm LOT 16

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LOT 25

LOT 26

LOT 27

Artist

Rachel Sheridan Morrisroe

Artist

Mark Power

Artist

Jason Jones

Title

The Tale of Titania

Title

Turning Tide

Title

Untitled I

Estimate

£750 - £1,000

Estimate

£200 - £300

Estimate

£150 - £250

Size

121.9 x 76.2 cm

Size

44 x 44 cm

Size

20 x 15 cm

Year

2021

Year

2015

Year

2021

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Mixed Media on Canvas

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

Description

The Tale of Titania was painted to capture the jovial and sometimes dark magic of her favourite of Shakespeare’s plays.

Artist’s Description

“The painting is part of a series of works depicting the changing light and tides viewed from the North Cornwall coastline.”

Framed.

Artist’s Description “Untitled 1 is a study and continuation of a theme of works first exhibited in 2018. The theme of the artwork draws upon inspiration of and compositional studies of the epic biblical paintings by John Martin, atmospheric sci-fi film noir cinematography, emotional responses to musical compositions and most importantly, the process of and responses within the act of applying paint.” Framed.

LOT 28

LOT 29

LOT 30

Artist

Jason Jones

Artist

Sharon Hannah

Artist

Paul Brandford

Title

Untitled II

Title

The Red Shoes

Title

Manet Flower Study

Estimate

£150 - £250

Estimate

£90 - £120

Estimate

£300 - £400

Size

20 x 15 cm

Size

58 x 48 cm

Size

60 x 42 cm

Year

2021

Year

2016

Year

2020

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Screenprint

Medium

Ink, charcoal, pastel.

Artist’s Description

“The Red Shoes is a 6 colour screenprint, edition of 21. Based on my favourite film and ballet.” Framed.

Artist’s Description “Mixed media interpretation of one of Manet’s late flower pieces. As I made my picture, I was attempting to be both spontaneous and specific - potentially quite a selfdefeating objective. The decision making process is not tidied up, although based on a particular image the work’s own evolution as an independent entity is as important truth to the original.”

Artist’s Description “Untitled II is a study and continuation of a theme of works first exhibited in 2018. The theme of the artwork draws upon inspiration of and compositional studies of the epic biblical paintings by John Martin, atmospheric sci-fi film noir cinematography, emotional responses to musical compositions and most importantly, the process of and responses within the act of applying paint.”

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ARTIST FOCUS

Frieda Hughes

Born in London in 1960 Frieda Hughes is a poet and figurative and abstract painter. She was the UK Times Poetry columnist from 2006 – 2008 and over the years has written for magazines and newspapers such as The Times, The Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Tatler and more, about poetry, motorbikes, wind turbines, gardening, raising a magpie and keeping owls among other things.

Having written a number of children’s books Frieda turned her attention to poetry and her collections to date include Wooroloo, Stonepicker, Waxworks, Forty-Five, The Book of Mirrors, Alternative Values and Out of the Ashes. Alternative Values became her first illustrated collection in which the subject of the poems informed the accompanying abstract images, describing her feelings about a gamut of events from the humorous to the deeply personal, including the deaths of her mother, the poet Sylvia Plath, and her father, the poet Ted Hughes.

One of Frieda’s most memorable art exhibitions was in Chichester Cathedral in 2017, where they included her mammoth project, ‘400 DAYS’, which was an abstract visual diary of 400 consecutive days painted in oils on 400 10x14 inch canvases. The finished work was approximately 13 feet high and 29 feet long and is now being sold as individual pieces.

Frieda has exhibited regularly, mainly in London, since 1993, her most recent art exhibition was at the Chris Beetles Gallery in October 2021, and her most recent poetry collection, Out of the Ashes, is a selection from four of her earlier collections (not including Alternative Values) and is published by Bloodaxe Books UK. She is currently working on two new poetry collections and an art exhibition for the opening of her private gallery in Wales in 2022.

Frieda Hughes Suspension, 2015 Oil on canvas 25.4 x 35.6 cm LOT 18

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LOT 31

LOT 32

LOT 33

Artist

Jessica Slack

Artist

Trushi Hunter

Artist

Trushi Hunter

Title

Believe

Title

Snowdonia Journey

Title

Enigmatic Carrier Bag

Estimate

£650 - £850

Estimate

£270 - £360

Estimate

£200 - £260

Size

50 x 50 cm (65 x 65 cm framed)

Size

38cm x 108 cm

Size

59.5 x 49.5 cm

Year

2020

Year

2015

Year

2011

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on cotton canvas

Medium

Water based oil

Medium

Acrylic

Description

Description

Artist’s Description

Panoramic view of mountains. Framed.

“Inspired by saturated sunsets, pastel skies and glistening seas, this original painting is sure to add a pop of colour to any space.”

Framed in a hand-made white double-tray frame.

Bright palette knife still life, featuring lemon, tangerines, sunflowers and green carrier bag at the back. Framed.

LOT 34

LOT 35

LOT 36

Artist

Susan Ryder

Artist

Penelope Timmis

Artist

Graham Painter (1947-2007)

Title

Moroccan Interior

Title

The Happy Cockerel

Estimate

£2,400 - £3,200

Estimate

£550 - £750

Title

Coral Reef

Size

50.8 x 50.8 cm (64.8 x 64.8 cm framed)

Size

95.3 x 96.5 cm

Estimate

£1,300 - £1,750

Size

76.2 x 86.4 cm

Year

2021

Year

2021

Year

2007

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil

Medium

Mixed Media

Medium

Pastel

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

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ARTIST FOCUS

Joanne Risley

Joanne studied Fine Art at Mid-Cheshire College, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and then at The University of Ulster. She was elected a member of Manchester Academy of Fine Art in 2017. Specialisms; Sculpture and public art. Born in and now based in Cheshire, Joanne has had her work commissioned for public sites throughout Britain and Ireland. Clients include Aldi, Tesco, various councils and several healthcare trusts. She regularly exhibits her work at outdoor sculpture events and has pieces in The Old Courthouse Gallery, Ambleside, The Broomhill Art Hotel, Muddiford, Devon, The Sculpture Park, Churt and The Kildare Gallery, Maynooth. She also has work in private collections throughout Britain and Ireland, including The Irish Times and The Department of Finance for Northern Ireland.

“My work follows a tradition of sculptural object making where craftsmanship and hand finishing remain important. I use a range of media including bronze, Cor-ten steel, oak and mosaic. A range of techniques are also employed in the production of my art. I am interested in the repeated forms found within diverse natural elements, linking the microscopic with the monumental. I often use mathematics in the construction and planning of my forms. I do not seek to copy nature, rather to absorb, filter and create something new from the things I have seen and the experiences I have had. I like to be playful in my work and am drawn to quirkiness.

I find the processes of conception, growth, flux and evolution endlessly fascinating and seek to capture something of the wonder and power of nature in my artwork. I am currently exploring forms which are derived from botany but fabricated using geometric shapes to create strange otherworldly objects which echo munitions and spacecraft.”

“Pollen Bomb” was the first of five large forms I have created which are derived from botany and biology but fabricated using multiple geometric shapes to create strange otherworldly objects reminiscent of munitions and spacecraft. My intention was to reflect some of the anxiety I feel about the times we live in and the uncertainty about the future. I am reminded of Pandora’s Box; the lid has been opened and chaos unleashed.

The unchecked rise and reach of social media means we live in a world where we must constantly question the sources of the information we receive and be alert to how social media can be manipulated to subvert democracy in a post truth age. My current work explores this state of increased suspicion and sense of the invisible enemy in our midst. “Pollen Bomb, “Astropod” and “Space Flower” were all created using multiple triangular shapes and mathematical precision. They hint at infiltration, spyware, malware, bots and viruses.

“Pollen Bomb” was based on a pollen grain form. Its size and use of rusted Cor-ten steel evokes sea mines and creates an air of menace.

Joanne Risley Pollen Bomb, 2017 Cor-ten steel 130 x 130 x 130 cm LOT 22

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LOT 37

LOT 38

LOT 39

Artist

Diana Calvert

Artist

Diana Calvert

Artist

Linda Poggio

Title

Summer Flowers

Title

Wild Strawberries

Title

Coming back to you

Estimate

£400 - £525

Estimate

£400 - £525

Estimate

£550 - £750

Size

17.8 x 16.5 cm (27.3 x 26 cm framed)

Size

15.5 x 16.5 cm (24.1 x 24.1 cm framed)

Size

76cm x 51cm

Year

2021

Year

2021

Year

2020

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil

Medium

Oil

Medium

Oil on canvas

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Not provided

LOT 40

LOT 41

LOT 42

Artist

Ruth Ball

Artist

Christine Wylie

Artist

Christine Wylie

Title

Unknown

Title

Otara IV 7/9

Title

Cootie Catcher III 7/12

Estimate

£1,800 - £2,400

Estimate

£150 - £300

Estimate

£150 - £300

Size

40 x 50 x 4 cm

Size

15.2 x 20.3 cm

Size

40.6 x 30.5 cm

Year

2012

Year

Not provided

Year

Not provided

Format

Original

Format

Limited edition Print

Format

Limited edition Print

Medium Gold Plated Enamel on Silver with fine gold wires, embossed paper, perspex frame

Medium

Photogravure etchings

Medium

Photogravure etchings

Description

Mounted, not framed.

Description

Mounted, not framed.

Description “Unknown consists of 12 gold plated silver medal shapes, hung in a circle format, on a hand embossed paper surface. The images in the small medals are made in fine gold wire and foils. Fired onto transparent white enamel, they are based on drawings of matter in petri dishes, and inspired by an illustration of work done by German scientist Robert Koch, who became one of the founders of bacteriology. The ribbons are white to symbolize hope of new discovery and the circle shape is for continuity. The title “Unknown” refers to scientists in any time that go unmentioned, but work heroically towards the discovery of medical solutions to our troubles.” Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Susan Ryder

Susan Ryder studied at the Byam Shaw School of Painting under Bernard Dunstan RA from 1960-64. She was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1980 and to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1992, and later became their Vice President from 2002-2008.

Bernard Dunstan first introduced her to the work of the post-impressionist Edouard Vuillard, whose gentle scenes of intimate interiors, domestic spaces and gardens in soft blurred colours proved a significant influence on her painting style and choice of subject for the rest of her career.

www.susanryder.co.uk

Sue was only 18, and still a student, when she first exhibited often in The Royal Academy.

Although well known for her interiors and portraits, it was as a landscape artist that Susan received her first award. Many prizes followed for both her portraits and interiors, with commissions to paint at fine houses both in this country and abroad.

Her portrait commissions include a wide range of people. Most notably, in 1981, HRH The Prince of Wales invited her to paint The Princess of Wales in her wedding dress. Further recognition came in 1997 with a commission to paint HM The Queen for the Royal Automobile Club’s Centenary. Sue’s work away from portraiture has proved even more successful, to the extent that the name Susan Ryder now conjures up images of the glorious interiors and sunlit terraces for which she is so well known. She occupies a place amongst the great names of contemporary British impressionism as represented by the New English Art Club – a society of like minded artists that can trace its philosophical roots from John Singer Sargent and Augustus John, through Stanley Spencer, to the present day, which now includes Ken Howard, Tom Coates, Fred Cuming and Jane Corsellis.

Susan Ryder Moroccan Interior, 2021 Oil 50.8 x 50.8 cm LOT 34

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LOT 45

Artist

Anita Klein

Artist

Anita Klein

Artist

Jeanette Barnes

Title

Betty & the Leaves

Title

Watching Maisy Together

Title

Estimate

£500 - £700

Estimate

£500 - £700

Outside Lime Street Station Liverpool

Size

40 x 60 cm

Size

40 x 60cm

Estimate

£150 - £250

Year

2016

Year

2020

Size

41 x 30cm

Format

Print

Format

Print

Year

2022

Medium

Linocut (original print)

Medium

Linocut (original print)

Format

Original

Description

Unframed

Description

Unframed

Medium

Pen and chalk

LOT 46

LOT 47

Artist’s Description “I have always loved the architectural grandeur and energy of Liverpool Lime Street and made many drawings of its interior as a student at Liverpool Polytechnic in the early 1980s. Drawing the station’s outside allowed me to include people and traffic and I tried to capture the feel of liveliness of this area.”

LOT 48

Artist

Tony Wells

Artist

Tony Wells

Artist

Frances Seba Smith

Title

Our Ken

Title

Look this way

Title

Estimate

£450 - £600

Estimate

£275 – £375

Farm Near Ty Croes, Anglesey

Size

86 x 60 cm

Size

70 cm x 60 cm

Estimate

£200 - £260

Year

2021

Year

2021

Size

46 x 55.7 cm framed

Format

Original

Format

Original

Year

2018

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Format

Original Print

Artist’s Description

“I wrote to Ken Dodd with examples of my work, and he kindly gave me permission to paint his portrait. I met him to take photographs and of course he was a wonderful model.”

Unframed.

Artist’s Description

“There is a very large field close to my house with many sheep. It is the perfect location to draw and paint from life. The sheep ignore you after repeated visits and the opportunity for close observation is excellent.”

Unframed.

Medium

Relief print on paper

Description

Reduction linocut print.

Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Adrian Henri

Trained as a painter at King’s College, Newcastle, and taught at Liverpool Art College in the 1960s. Urban landscapes and comic book heroes betray his early Pop Art sensibility, whilst his crisp hyperrealist “Meat” series contrasts with his later atmospheric landscapes and hallucinatory “urban fantasies.”

Henri came to prominence as a writer alongside Roger McGough and Brian Patten in the groundbreaking and irreverently contemporary Penguin anthology The Mersey Sound (1967), one of the best-selling poetry books of all time (over a quarter of a million copies to date). He went on to publish numerous poetry collections for adults and children. He was also a playwright, novelist and librettist.

(1932-2000)

Performance was central to his practice: he staged the first ever Happenings in Britain and from the 1960s onwards, he performed his work widely in the UK and abroad. He fronted the poetry and rock band Liverpool Scene, prompting John Peel to call him “one of the great non-singers of our time,” and he collaborated with jazz, rock and classical musicians throughout his career.

Brighter Futures is proud to display for sale an example from a suite of original prints made

by Adrian Henri to recreate the landscape and atmosphere of Normandy, Easter 1981.

Signed by Adrian Henri it is inscribed Artists Proof V/X111 and dated 1981. The original print features elements of found objects and ephemera collected during the visit to France.

The image is printed on hand made Barcham Green paper with an accompanying Colophon (explanatory document). This original print has been generously donated by Catherine Marcangeli, Adrian Henri’s partner.

Adrian Henri Souvenir of Normandy 4, 1981 Print with accompanying colophon 77 x 52 cm LOT 49

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LOT 50

LOT 51

Artist

Adrian Henri

Artist

Adrian Henri

Artist

Stephanie De Leng

Title

Souvenir of Normandy 4

Title

Title

People of Liverpool

Estimate

£300 - 500

Poster for International Garden Festival 1984

£35 - £50

77 x 52 cm

£150 - £200

Estimate

Size

Estimate

29 x 36 cm

1981

67 x 49 cm

Size

Year

Size

2008

Print

1984

Year

Format

Year Format

Print

Format Limited edition signed publication by author Stephanie de Leng 997 / 1000

Medium

Poster on 200 gsm paper

Medium

Medium Original lithograph artists proof on handmade Barcham Green paper with accompanying Colophon Description This is an example from a suite of original prints made by Adrian Henri to recreate the landscape and atmosphere of Normandy, Easter 1981.

Signed by Adrian Henri it is inscribed Artists Proof V/X111 and dated 1981.

This original print has been generously donated by Catherine Marcangeli, Adrian Henri’s partner.

Artist Focus on Page 19

LOT 52

Signed Publication

Artist Focus on Page 19

Artist’s Description “People in Liverpool” is a signed limited edition publication by the photographer Stephanie de Leng produced to celebrate the people of Liverpool for the city’s Year as Capital of Culture in 2008. This copy is signed by the author and numbered 997 / 1000. Generously donated by Catherine Marcangeli who features in the book.

The author’s aim was to record a cross section of the varied characters who make up the colourful fabric of Liverpool.

LOT 53

LOT 54

Description This is a poster which was produced for the International Garden Festival, Liverpool 1984, and bears an Adrian Henri image “Corner of a Garden” 2. This historical poster has been generously donated by Catherine Marcangeli, Adrian Henri’s partner.

Framed.

Artist

Tony Ross

Artist

Joyce Vick

Artist

John Pellowe

Title

Original Artwork from The Picture of Dorian Gray

Title

Bathtime

Title

Estimate

£350 - £500

Estimate

£150 - £250

Looking towards Pots and Pans, Greenfield £150 - £250

16 x 25 cm

33 x 25.4 cm

Estimate

Size

Size

38.1 x 50.8 cm

2000

Not provided

Size

Year

Year

Not provided

Original

Original

Year

Format

Format

Original

Watercolour and Ink

Watercolour

Format

Medium

Medium

Oil

This beautiful original signed artwork for Oscar Wilde’s “Portrait of Dorian Gray” commissioned by Gallimard, Paris. Framed.

Framed

Medium

Description

Description

Description

Unframed

Artist Focus on Page 21

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ARTIST FOCUS

Tony Ross

Tony Ross has illustrated over 800 books, which are published all over the world. Dr Xargle’s Book of Earth Tiggers was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and he was the British choice for the Andersen Medal 2004. Tony never thought about a career in art, but says he fell into it after his dream of being a cowboy disintegrated when a letter he wrote to John Wayne was never replied to. After studying at Liverpool College of Art, Tony became an art director at an Advertising Agency but after a particularly bad day in the office he gave up his job to go into teaching at Manchester Polytechnic. His first book was published in 1976 and as well as his own, he has illustrated over 1000 books for authors including Roald Dahl, David Walliams, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin, and published all over the world. His series of books written with Jeanne Willis featuring extra-terrestrial teacher, Dr Xargle, has established a huge following of fans. He has been named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK libraries’ most-borrowed illustrator.

We are pleased to offer at auction a beautiful original signed artwork from Oscar Wilde’s “Portrait of Dorian Gray” commissioned by Gallimard, Paris. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil “Une semaine plus tard, Dorian Gray etait assis dans la serre de Selby Royal” and in ink “The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde Gallimard, Paris”. No. 17 refers to the chapter no. The artist’s delicate light touch with watercolour is brilliantly demonstrated here as is his trademark sense of humour and wit.

Tony Ross Original Artwork from The Picture of Dorian Gray, 2000 Watercolour and Ink 16 x 25 cm LOT 52

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LOT 55

LOT 56

LOT 57

Artist

David Edwards

Artist

Glynis Thorpe

Artist

Cliff Murphy

Title

West Kirby

Title

Morecambe Bay

Title

Water Street, Liverpool

Estimate

£225 - £300

Estimate

£150 - £250

Estimate

£500 - £625

Size

50.8 x 38.1 cm

Size

94 x 94 cm

Size

53.3 x 43.2 cm

Year

Not provided

Year

Not provided

Year

Not provided

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil

Medium

Oil on canvas

Medium

Acrylic

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Framed.

Print also available.

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LOT 59

LOT 60

Artist

John McCombs

Artist

Helen Campbell

Artist

Helen Campbell

Title

Saddleworth Clog and Garland Dancers

Title

Happy Cat

Title

Bird Watching

Estimate

£150 -200

Estimate

£100 - £120

Estimate

£100 - £120

Size

86.4 x 68.6 cm

Size

27.9 x 45.7 cm

Size

27.9 x 22.9 cm

Year

Not provided

Year

2021

Year

2020

Format

Print

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Print of an Oil painting

Medium

Collagraph

Medium

Solar Etching

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

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ARTIST FOCUS

Paul Mellor

“My paintings explore memory, history, loss, and mortality, as I seek to question the idea of both private and collective memories, their illusion and ambiguity. Taking my own personal memories – of remembered places, real or imagined - as a starting point, I use source materials from film stills, postcards and old photographs to affect a distance from the subject so the final image is viewed atmospherically rather than descriptively.

www.paulmellorart.com

Colours are expressionist in palette. My paintings feature distant horizons, empty spaces and landscapes, but I’m not painting directly from nature. I paint straight onto canvas with only a rough sketch as a guide, and my work evolves through the physical act of painting itself, undergoing multiple changes in colour, perspective, and composition. The finished works are removed from their point of origin, creating a psychological space, more representative of a state of mind than any specific, real-life place.

Painted on medium to large canvas in acrylic and often using sand, pastels and shellac, my work often deliberately references, both obliquely and directly, artists such as Velazquez, Gauguin, Munch, Hopper and Bacon, as well as filmmakers such as Herzog and Tarkovsky.

It is informed by my lifelong passion for historical and contemporary painting and my belief in the continuing relevance of painting in a digital age.”

Available at auction is Oliver’s Island, an original acrylic on canvas depicting a small island in the River Thames. Part of an ongoing series of paintings following the river from it’s source in Gloucestershire, through Oxford and London to the estuary and the North Sea. The eyot is near Kew Bridge where Carla Lane, Dylan Thomas, Nancy Mitford and Donald Pleasance lived nearby.

Paul Mellor Oliver’s Island, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 90cm LOT 74

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LOT 62

LOT 63

Artist

Helen Campbell

Artist

Janis Bowie

Artist

E B Watts

Title

Sailing Round the Hebrides

Title

Setting Sail Dovestones

Title

Blue Tits in a Hedgerow Nest

Estimate

£100 - £120

Estimate

£150 - £200

Estimate

£250 - £315

Size

17.8 x 38.1 cm

Size

40.6 x 30.5 cm

Size

76 x 66 cm

Year

2020

Year

Not provided

Year

2019

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Print

Medium

Reduction lino print

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Giclee Print

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

LOT 64

LOT 65

LOT 66

Artist

E B Watts

Artist

E B Watts

Artist

E B Watts

Title

The Indian Box

Title

The African Box

Title

Cats in the Plant Room

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

Estimate

£1,150 - £1,550

Size

40 x 50cm

Size

40 x 50 cm

Size

45 x 35 cm

Year

2020

Year

2020

Year

2020

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Artist’s Description

“I wanted to paint wild animals in a different way.

I thought, why not put them in a box? It is a safe place for these precious, endangered and beautiful creatures.” Unframed.

Artist’s Description

“This unusual chaise longue just caught my eye. Each cat is unique with its temperament, size, colour and texture of fur. It was like decorating an almost empty space with wonderful textiles and patterns.”

Artist’s Description “We spent our 25th wedding anniversary in Kenya and our 50th anniversary in India. The tigers we saw filled us with utter excitement, wonder and were the highlight of our trip.

Places of captivity cannot compare to seeing them in the wild and in the open spaces they command.” Unframed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Terry Duffy

Terry Duffy is an international artist with a reputation for unique, challenging work with abstracts and issues of victimhood. He has exhibited in London, Paris, Berlin, Cape Town, Dresden, Venice, New York and more. Duffy was born in Liverpool and at the early age of 13 won a scholarship for Art School. Following this, he trained as a lithographer and photographer and then for several years worked in print and design studios in London.

www.terryduffy.info

From 1973 studied at Liverpool Art College, where he met and worked with Joseph Beuys, John Cage and later worked with Roy Adzak in Paris. In 1975 and 76 he was selected for the then radical New Contemporaries ‘Live Art’ show in London, from there he exhibited at the ICA, Air and Acme London and in West Germany. His work experimented with line, form and space and the then avant-garde issues concerning Live Art within the gallery space.

In 1981 he returned to painting and produced the “Victim Series” which was exhibited nationally and in the USA. This led to major Arts Council awards and international media coverage including BBC World News and C4’s The TUBE. The 90s saw further success and recognition with the British Council Fellowship in Budapest and other major shows including The John Moores and the Hunting/Observer Prize.

In 2008 his MONUMENTS installation of abstracts was included within Liverpool Biennial, sponsored

by Barclays Bank. In the same year, exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery. In 2009 it was included in the internationally prestigious Venice Biennale, sponsored

by Sotheby’s. Following this, it was used to launch the Bloomsbury Arts Festival London and opened by the Duchess of Bedford. Other important works such as ‘Victim, no resurrection’ has been exhibited around the world. More recently he has received several commissions to create religious vestments for Coventry Cathedral, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Windrush and WW1 Centenary Commemorations.

Another recent commission is a robe for the judges at the International Criminal Courts, The Hague.

Terry Duffy For a moment, 1996 Oil on hot pressed board 88 x 78 cm

We are delighted to offer for sale by auction his work, For a moment, a minimal spacial colour field abstract, oil on board.

LOT 82

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LOT 68

LOT 69

Artist

E B Watts

Artist

George Drought

Artist

George Drought

Title

Tulips in Cabbage

Title

Rialto Venice

Title

South Dock Liverpool

Estimate

£675 - £900

Estimate

£180 - £200

Estimate

£100 - £150

Size

46 x 36 cm

Size

41 x 32cm

Size

31 x 25.5cm

Year

2018

Year

Not provided

Year

Not provided

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Watercolour

Medium

Watercolour

Artist’s Description “I am drawn to cabbages and their spectacular leaves, and to tulips particularly in the spring. I wanted to paint a still life with no background, just the leaves bleeding out to the edges of the canvas. Naturally, your eyes gravitate to the centre where you instantly see the coloured tulips, and suddenly, the green parrots of various sizes.” Unframed.

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

LOT 70

LOT 71

LOT 72

Artist

George Drought

Artist

Jago Max Williams

Artist

Jago Max Williams

Title

Broken Boat

Title

HERODIAS

Title

‘Fisherman’

Estimate

£180 - £200

Estimate

£200 - £250

Estimate

£150 - £200

Size

50 x 37cm

Size

Size

Year

Not provided

49 x 57.5 cm (59 x 67.5 cm framed)

64 x 90 cm (74 x 100 cm framed)

Format

Original

Year

2006

Year

2005

Medium

Watercolour

Format

Original

Format

Original

Description

Framed

Medium

Oil study on Canvas

Medium

Pencil sketch

Artist’s Description This study came

from a series of paintings that hoped to draw parallels between Faith and fandom.

I saw the image of the Baptist’s head on a salver as a symbol of the loss of Religion in the modern world,as well as a warning for the transience of celebrity. I took inspiration from Caravaggio’s paintings of St John and set about my own cast of characters. I chose Cecil Beaton’s vision of Dame Edith Sitwell for my Heriodias because she’s sad, powerful and extraordinary.

Framed.

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Artist’s Description Pencil drawings

on paper. These drawings were created as part of the preparation for a series of works inspired by the desire for a greater understanding of the physical and spiritual connection between artist and devotional painting. I found myself in awe of Michelangelo’s drawings in an exhibition at the British museum. I was moved by the presence of the master within each hatched mark. I sought to explore and develop my own narrative through this form of ‘calligraphy’ in the series of drawings that followed. These eventually led me to Rome and the resulting series of paintings entitled ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’.

ARTIST FOCUS

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono is an artist, musician, and activist.

Born in Tokyo, 1933, Ono was the first woman admitted to the philosophy program at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, where she studied before moving to New York in 1953.

By 1960 Ono had become a vital part of the New York avant-garde and the international Fluxus movements. Her boundary-pushing early works include the pioneering feminist performance work Cut Piece, and her book of collected conceptual instructions, Grapefruit, both 1964. By 1968, Ono began collaborating in art, music, and peace activism with her partner and husband John Lennon.

www.imaginepeace.com

As a singer and songwriter, Ono has released fourteen studio albums and eight collaborative albums, including the Grammy award winning Album of the Year, Double Fantasy, in 1982.

Ono’s artworks and films are widely exhibited internationally and are included numerous prestigious museum and private collections.

In 2009 she was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Biennale.

Yoko Ono currently lives and works in New York City.

This work was originally conceived as a song on Ono’s 1985 album Starpeace and later made into a standalone text piece and public artwork. It acts as a gentle provocation, setting up an active relationship between artist and viewer. I LOVE YOU EARTH is a reminder to those who see it to ask themselves: do I love the Earth? How am I expressing that love?

Could I do more?

We hope I LOVE YOU EARTH encourages you to pause for a moment and reflect on your own feelings of responsibility to the ground beneath your feet, your home, garden, neighbourhood, region or even the planet.

Yoko Ono I LOVE YOU EARTH, 2021 Silk screen print on Coventry Rag 335gsm Artist Proof from the edition. Edition of 250 + 50 A/P. 46 X 61 cm LOT 86

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LOT 73

LOT 74

LOT 75

Artist

Jago Max Williams

Artist

Paul Mellor

Artist

Paul Mellor

Title

‘Sybil’

Title

Oliver’s Island

Title

Estimate

£150 - £200

Estimate

£1,250 - £1,650

Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide

Size

64 x 90 cm (74 x 100 cm framed)

Size

60 x 90 cm

Estimate

£1,250 - £1,650

Year

2020

Size

75 x 100 cm

Format

Original

Year

2019

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Artist’s Description

“The view from Richmond Hill is the first and only view protected by an Act of Parliament. A view previously painted by artists including JMW Turner and Constable.”

Year

2005

Format

Original

Medium

Pencil sketch

Artist’s Description Pencil drawings

on paper. These drawings were created as part of the preparation for a series of works inspired by the desire for a greater understanding of the physical and spiritual connection between artist and devotional painting. I found myself in awe of Michelangelo’s drawings in an exhibition at the British museum. I was moved by the presence of the master within each hatched mark. I sought to explore and develop my own narrative through this form of ‘calligraphy’ in the series of drawings that followed. These eventually led me to Rome and the resulting series of paintings entitled ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’.

Framed.

LOT 76

Artist’s Description “A small island in the River Thames. Part of an ongoing series of paintings following the river from it’s source in Gloucestershire, through Oxford and London to the estuary and the North Sea. The eyot is near Kew Bridge where Carla Lane, Dylan Thomas, Nancy Mitford and Donald Pleasance lived nearby.” Unframed.

Artist Focus on Page 23

Artist Focus on Page 23

LOT 77

LOT 78

Artist

Jennifer Dodd

Artist

Jennifer Dodd

Artist

Jennifer Dodd

Title

The Illuminating Liver

Title

Bears Lake Haven

Title

Love at first Sight

Estimate

£1,350 - £1,800

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,300

Estimate

£650 - £800

Size

109.2 x 73.7 cm

Size

99.1 x 83.8 cm

Size

48.3 x 58.4 cm

Year

2019

Year

2019

Year

2020

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Mixed media

Medium

Mixed media

Medium

Mixed media

Artist’s Description

“My eyes were upon the liver which was so splendid. With the tall ships and Beatles entwined, good times we’ve had.” Framed.

Artist’s Description

“Staring moments of glorious light.” Framed.

Artist’s Description

“My spirit was lifted when I saw the colours of the Kingfisher.” Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Jonny Hannah

Jonny was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. He studied at Liverpool School of Art and The Royal College. He now lives in Southampton.

A consummate professional, Jonny’s got the look that backs up his work. He will be attired in brogues or correspondence shoes, perhaps a bow tie or a wide collared wool shirt. It’s true his appearance maybe more immaculate than his work, an immediate and fervent style of painting and drawing with techniques that mimic the process of screen printing and lino cuts. He is greatly inspired by music, something that complements both his sartorial aesthetic and the themes depicted in his work. Jonny’s great love, Hank Williams, will often make an appearance.

www.heartagency.com/ artists/jonny-hannah/ biography/

It’s evident that Jonny loves what he does and works profusely whether on commercial projects or something of his own invention. He creates limited edition screen prints and lino prints and is part of the St Jude’s collective. He regularly exhibits around the UK or with St. Jude’s. In 2015 Jonny had a one man show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, creating a fictional ‘main street’ a celebration of a bygone era.

Many of his exhibitions feature painted objects of wooden cut-outs. These could be dresses, guitars, toy cars, two dimensional figures, record players.

Jonny describes Heart and Hand Emporium, available at auction in aid of our 7 in 10 Children’s Mental Health Appeal.

“In the imaginary hinterlands that is Darktown, shops come and go. And for a short period, The Queen of Fado, Amalia Rodriguez opened up up her Heart & Hand Emporium, selling only votive hearts and hands, strangely enough. It lasted a year or so, but alas closed down due to it being a wee bit too specialised... even for Darktown. But the shop sign, painted on cut out plywood was luckily rescued just as Amalia, who was back off to sunny Portugal, closed her doors for the last time. It was first put on show at Main Street at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2015, but here it is, in the here and now, for you to enjoy and possibly re-house... a genuine slice of Darktown memorabilia... Mare Vivimus...”

Jonny Hannah Heart and Hand Emporium, 2015 Paint on plywood 190 x 40 cm LOT 87

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LOT 79

LOT 80

LOT 81

Artist

Jennifer Dodd

Artist

Adrian Sumner

Artist

Leo Duff

Title

Flower power within the dove and the sloth

Title

Lovely Plumage

Title

Scale

Estimate

£850 - £995

Estimate

£250 - £400

Estimate

£250 - £350

Size

78.7 x 58.4 cm

Size

30 x 24cm

Size

48 x 33 cm

Year

2019

Year

2021

Year

2017

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Mixed media on canvas

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Medium

Pencil, pearl powder

Description

Framed.

Artist’s Description

“A posthumous portrait of the much-lamented Norwegian Blue, having ‘gone to meet its maker, shuffled off this mortal coil, bereft of life it rests in peace’ (yes, it’s the one from the Parrot Sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus).”

Artist’s Description “This drawing was made in response to digs on Dartmoor and at Stonehenge and the precision used to measure trenches and grade earth to finer and finer consistency in the search for ‘finds’.

From an expansive landscape of fields and forests (thus the aerial drawing) a find can be made, just the size of a pinhead.” Unframed.

LOT 82

LOT 83

LOT 84

Artist

Terry Duffy

Artist

Terry Duffy

Artist

Terry Duffy

Title

For a moment

Title

Blue Yonder

Title

No 3. To the past

Estimate

£1,875 – £2,500

Estimate

£1,125 - £1,500

Estimate

£375 - £500

Size

88 x 78 cm

Size

60 x 55 cm

Size

32 x 35 cm

Year

1996

Year

1996

Year

1990’s

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oils on Hot pressed board

Medium

Oils on Hot pressed board

Medium

Oils on Hot pressed board

Description

Minimal spacial colour field abstract.

Description

Minimal abstract.

Framed.

Description

Abstract.

Framed.

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ARTIST FOCUS

Willy Russell

Willy Russell’s career spans more than four decades; born in Liverpool in 1947, he left school at 15, became a women’s hairdresser, part-time singer/ songwriter before returning to education and becoming a teacher.

Russell’s breakthrough work, commissioned by Liverpool Everyman, “John Paul George Ringo… and Bert” transferred to the West End winning Best Musical - Evening Standard and London Theatre Critics Awards. Two of Willy’s best-known plays have female protagonists, “Educating Rita” (Olivier Award for Best Comedy and “Shirley Valentine” (Olivier Award - Best New Comedy & Best New Actress, Tony Awards, Broadway – Best Actress). Both became successful films - Julie Walters and Pauline Collins who played the roles on stage received Oscar nominations as did Willy Russell for the screenplay of Educating Rita. “Blood Brothers,” (Laurence Olivier Award, Best New Musical, 1983), played for 24 years becoming the third longest running West End musical.

www.willyrussell.com

Major foreign productions include a two-year run on Broadway, with recent productions in South Africa and Korea and current productions in Australia and Japan. The UK tour is still playing to packed houses.

“Our Day Out,” originally written for TV, about a school outing, has been adapted for the stage as “Our Day Out - The Musical”. Premiered at Liverpool’s Royal Court in 2010 to rave reviews it was revived a year later for another sell out season.

The critically acclaimed novel, “The Wrong Boy” was published in 2000 and translated worldwide.

For the last few years, Willy has been working on painting, developing his ideas and experimenting with line, colour and form. Willy’s first exhibitions, “Another Aspect” was exhibited in Liverpool and in November, “Seeing Better” will be at the Coningsby Gallery, London.

Willy Russell continues to be one of the most celebrated and widely produced writers of his generation with works regularly being produced throughout the world as well as in the UK.

Willy Russell April Wood, 2017 Acrylic ink on paper mounted to board 48 x 29cm LOT 99

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LOT 85

LOT 86

LOT 87

Artist

Stephen Broadbent

Artist

Yoko Ono

Artist

Jonny Hannah

Title

Reconciliation

Title

I LOVE YOU EARTH

Title

Estimate

£1,125 - £1,500

Estimate

£500 - £625

Heart and Hand Emporium

Size

43 x 14 cm (without base)

Size

46 x 61 cm

Estimate

£350 - £450

Year

1990

Year

2021

Size

190 x 40 cm

Format

Original

Format

Year

2015

Medium

Cast Iron

Artist Proof from the edition.

Edition of 250 + 50 A/P

Format

Original

Medium

Silk screen print on Coventry Rag 335gsm

Medium

Paint on wood

Description Two embracing universal figures, emerging from a common single base. This sculpture was the inspiration for the Reconciliation Project, that joined Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast and their young people who helped model the larger sculptures, unveiled in each of their cities in September 1990. It also inspired the 2009 Reconciliation Triangle Project that connected Liverpool, Cotonou Benin and Richmond Virginia, concerning issues around the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

LOT 88

Description This work was originally conceived as a song on Ono’s 1985 album Starpeace and later made into a standalone text piece and public artwork. It acts as a gentle provocation, setting up an active relationship between artist and viewer.

Description Painted shop sign on cut out plywood from Darktown, the fantastical creation of artist Jonny Hannah.

First exhibited at Main Street, the artist’s 2015 exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Unframed.

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LOT 89

LOT 90

Artist

Attila Olah

Artist

Tony Parr

Artist

Susan Dodd

Title

Onion vase

Title

Who’s a Ram

Title

Peaches in Sunshine

Estimate

£90 - £120

Estimate

£100 - £200

Estimate

£55 - £75

Size

15 x 12 cm

Size

46 x 27 x 45cm

Size

24 x 19cm

Year

2022

Year

2021

Year

2020

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Stoneware/Ceramic

Medium

Mixed media sculpture

Medium

Acrylic

Description

Wheel-thrown vase

Description Rams skull found on hike in the Isle of man. Spray painted with gold. Metal rod painted with black gloss.

Horns painted red gloss. Placed on a wood base, found on Crosby Beach.

Description

Framed

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ARTIST FOCUS

Rachael Howard

During December 2021 and January 2022, artist Rachael Howard led workshops on the wards at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Children and young people were given the opportunity to get creative as part of our Arts for Health programme. The concept for the final piece was to encapsulate the words that bring each individual child happiness and create a collective work of art using screen printing techniques on fabric.

The finished piece was brought together by Rachael Howard, guided by the children’s bright colour palette of orange, red and yellow. The striking piece will bring a sense of sunshine into any space and embodies the playfulness and creativity of our brave young patients.

in collaboration with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital patients, Aleena, Annabelle, David, Hallie, Harry, Lily-Mae, Lola, Niamh, Peatr, Sam and Zainab

Rachael Howard is an experienced Arts for Health practitioner at Alder Hey, leading on numerous charity-funded projects over the years. Watching her work with young people is a joy; her empowering, child-led approach providing opportunities for patients to learn new skills and express their feelings and emotions through creativity.

Vicky Charnock, Arts Coordinator at Alder Hey, explained “My favourite word is... is a celebration of children’s creativity and testament to the resilience and fortitude of our patients when facing the challenges of long term stay in hospital.

Rachael’s printing workshops were part of a wider programme of Arts for Health projects that run across all areas of Alder Hey, funded entirely through charitable donations and grants. We use the creative arts to support children and young people’s wellbeing and recovery, and work in partnership with many renowned arts organisations and artists across the region.”

Rachael Howard added “It’s been such fun sharing the joy of screen printing with the children on the wards. I asked the children to think about their favourite word which they wrote on paper and cut out to make a stencil to screen print with. The beautiful and unique handwriting of each participant was transferred into a print using pigment dyes on brightly coloured cotton fabrics. The children blobbed orange dyes onto a screen and used a squeegee to pull the dye across the fabric. Their delighted faces when a print is revealed is a wonderful sight. The collaborative artwork brings together all of the favourite words each child printed, taking shape in the form of a cheerful yellow sun.”

My favourite word is...Animals, Axolotl, Cookie, Happy, Marble, Monkey, Peppa pig, Sloth, Summer, Sunshine, Toothless and Unique, 2022 Fabric and card 96 x 96 cm LOT 101

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LOT 91

LOT 92

LOT 93

Artist

Steven Des Landes

Artist

Peter Beckett

Artist

Linda Poggio

Title

Fall Out

Title

Rowing boat

Title

Festoon in Pink

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,300

Estimate

£250 - £350

Estimate

£400 - £550

Size

60 x 60 cm

Size

25 x 30 cm

Size

74.9 x 91.4 cm framed

Year

2016

Year

2021

Year

Unknown

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Medium

Oil on canvas

Medium

Gouache

Description

Framed

Description

Framed oil on canvas; landscape showing river poles and rowing boat.

Description

Framed

LOT 94

LOT 95

LOT 96

Artist

Linda Poggio

Artist

Linda Poggio

Artist

Karen Edwards

Title

Lady with a hat

Title

Liverpool Waterfront

Title

Beautiful You

Estimate

£400 - £550

Estimate

£400 - £550

Estimate

£55 - £75

Size

74.9 x 91.4 cm framed

Size

55.9 x 69.9 cm framed

Size

42 x 29.7 cm

Year

Unknown

Year

Unknown

Year

2022

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Medium

Gouache

Medium

Watercolour and Ink

Description

Framed

Description

Framed

Original A/P signed in pencil. Other single colour editions available

Medium

Letterpress print, fluorescent ink, watercolour paper

Artist’s Description “Beautiful You is a new piece created to show the people we love how special they are and that there is a place for them in this world.

Its bright colours will hopefully bring cheer to dull days.” Framed.

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LOT 97

LOT 98

LOT 99

Artist

Rachael Howard

Artist

Rachael Howard

Artist

Willy Russell

Title

Yellow Cat

Title

Grey Cat

Title

April Wood

Estimate

£50 - £65

Estimate

£50 - £65

Estimate

£500 - £650

Size

36 x 36 cm

Size

36 x 36 cm

Size

48 x 29cm

Year

2020

Year

2020

Year

2017

Format

Original

Format

Original

Format

Original

Medium

Screen print on cotton hanky

Medium

Screen print on cotton hanky

Medium

Acrylic ink on paper mounted to board

Description

“Yellow Cat is a screen-printed sketch of a cat sitting in a sketchy landscape of colourful printed shapes and textures.” Framed.

Description

“Grey Cat is a screen-printed sketch of a cat sitting in a sketchy landscape of colourful printed shapes and textures.” Framed.

Description

Framed

LOT 100 Artist

David Ogle

Title

Dunes.6 [Edition No.2/10]

Estimate

£90 - £120

Size

59.4 x 42 cm

Year

2020

Format

Print

Medium

Mixed-media drawings on paper (giclée print)

Artist’s Description “One of a series of drawings based upon past projects in the sand dunes of the Sefton coast. The coloured spheres in the drawings (representing light, space, air, immateriality) become swallowed by the dunes then re-emerge, suggesting the cyclical quality of light in nature (the sun and moon overhead like the pendulums of a clock) and the effects of this upon our understandings of place.”

Framed.

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LOT 101

LOT 102

Artists Rachael Howard and Alder Hey patients - Aleena, Annabelle, David, Hallie, Harry, Lily-Mae, Lola, Niamh, Peatr, Sam and Zainab

Artist

David Ralston

Title

Lost Horizon 11

Estimate

£100 - 150

Title My favourite word is... Animals, Axolotl, Cookie, Happy, Marble, Monkey, Peppa pig, Sloth, Summer, Sunshine, Toothless and Unique

Size

53.3 x 48.3 cm

Year

Not provided

Format

Original

Estimate

£250 - £350

Medium

Tissue Paper

Size

96 x 96 cm framed

Description

Framed

Year

2022

Format

Original

Medium

Fabric and card

Description Created by patients at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital during Arts for Health workshops in December 2021 and January 2022. The young people’s individual pieces have been assembled by artist Rachael Howard, to create one collective piece.

Read about the project and the final piece on Page 33

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LOT 103 Artist

Eileen Jones

Title

Haymaking

Estimate

£55 - £75

Size

33 x 45.7 cm

Year

2020

Format

Original

Medium

Acrylic

Description

Framed

HOW THE AUCTION WORKS All pieces will be online for auction from Thursday 24th February until 5pm on Sunday 13th March via Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers’ website.

To access the online auction, please visit: www.alderheycharity.org/brighter-futures Bidding online is easy and fun. To get started, you will need to create an account and register to bid in the auction.

A guide explaining how to do this can be found by clicking on the link below: How to register & use live bidding Please note that Buyers Premium will not be charged on any items in this auction.

Payment If you are successful in winning an item in the auction, you will be emailed an invoice containing all the details of how to make your payment to Alder Hey Children’s Charity for your auction item.

LOT 104 Artist

Kirsti Brown

Title

Seascape Bottle

Estimate

£100 - £125

Size

25 cm x 13 cm

Year

2021

Format

Original

Medium

Stoneware Ceramics

Description

A slab built stoneware ceramic bottle with a vivid turquoise glaze.

Collection Following confirmed payment of your item, Alder Hey Children’s Charity will contact you, by phone or email, to make arrangements for collection.

Viewing An exhibition of all the works included in this catalogue is open to the public at the Merseyside Maritime Museum Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ Saturday 12th March 12pm – 4pm Sunday 13th March 12pm – 4pm P R I VAT E V I E W I N G AVA I L A B L E B Y A P P O I N T M E N T Please email info@alderheycharity.org for any enquiries.

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Corporate Supporters At Alder Hey, we are incredibly lucky to have corporate partners who are as forward thinking, and as passionate about the communities they work in as we are. Over time, these partners become friends, and it’s thanks to these friends that we’ve been able to cover the costs of our Brighter Futures event, meaning that the proceeds from the sale of the artwork can go directly to our 7 in 10 Children’s Mental Health Appeal.

W ITH SPECIA L T HA NK S T O OUR F R I E NDS A T Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world’s leading property agents with experience and expertise that spans the globe. Savills UK are advocates for responsible, sustainable real estate. As well as striving to deliver a more sustainable future, Savills aims to provide healthy workplaces, encourage healthy lifestyles and raise awareness of mental health & wellbeing.

“Savills is committed to having a positive impact on the world around us. We are very proud to be supporting this event, and the fantastic work of the hospital which will have a lasting impact on the way children in the area and beyond receive care.” Geoff Bather, Savills UK

Rathbones provide individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted

for generations to manage and preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward.

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups, working to improve the UK’s built environment and delivering lasting change for the communities they work

in. Alongside their incredible fundraising efforts, Galliford Try are leaving a lasting legacy for Alder Hey as the main contractors for Sunflower House and the Catkin Centre.

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Acknowledgements Alder Hey Children’s Charity would like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported our Brighter Futures exhibition & auction. We couldn’t have brought this event to life without the support from our exhibition committee, Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum and our amazing group of artists who have so generously contributed their work to the event.

With special thanks to Savills, Rathbones PLC & Galliford Try Adam Partridge is one of the UK’s best known antiques and fine art personalities, and regularly appears as an expert and auctioneer on television programmes including Flog It!, Bargain Hunt, Dickinson’s Real Deal and Cash In the Attic.

PETER WOODS DL Chair of Brighter Futures exhibition committee

Exhibition Committee Peter Woods DL (Chair) Vicky Charnock Jeannie France-Hayhurst Eileen Jones Julia Midgley Adam Partridge Sue Poole

In 2008, he opened Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, which has rapidly become the largest and most

illustrious independent auction house in the North West, with salerooms in Macclesfield and Liverpool, a valuation office in Altrincham, and a satellite office in the South West. The team of valuers, saleroom staff and administrators have an expert knowledge that covers the entirety of the world of antiques, fine art and the auction market as a whole, offering an impeccable level of service.

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead opened to the public in 1928. It was funded through Birkenhead Borough Council by the philanthropists John Williamson,

a Director of the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, and his son Patrick Williamson.

The gallery displays include artworks, ceramics, sculptures, and maritime history.

“It has been both an honour and pleasure to chair the Brighter Futures committee for Alder Hey. The response from the artists whom we approached has been fantastic and many responded with stories of how they or their families had wonderful support from Alder Hey at some point in their lives. None of this would be possible without the

support of a most enthusiastic committee, who approached all their artist contacts, Adam Partridge Auctioneers, who have put all their faculties at our disposal and of course the Fundraising department at Alder Hey who did so much to guide and support us. Please enjoy this great exhibition and support us in whatever way you can.”

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As one of the leading children’s hospitals in the country, the welfare of young people is at the heart of everything we do. At Alder Hey we care for hundreds of thousands of children and young people - and their families - every year and we are immensely proud of that. But we also feel passionately that for every child to thrive it is vital that we support their mental health as much as their physical well-being.

That is why we are building a state-of-the-art Mental Health and Community Hub at Alder Hey as part of our Campus in the Park, right next door to our world-renowned hospital, ensuring children and young people receive essential mental health support as soon as they need it.

The NHS has already funded the bricks and mortar needed to build the hub, featuring two amazing child-focussed centres - one for outpatients and one for those who need inpatient care. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is raising £3m to fund enhancements to the hub - or as we like to call them - the magic! All the extras that help create an amazing environment for children to heal. Everything from games and toys to sofas and softly lit study areas - everything to make it feel like a home from home. The great news is we are nearly there! We just need help to get us over the line, and that is where the auction comes in!

Our incredible new Mental Health Hub will transform the lives of many young people and you are key to helping them.

7 in 10 children do not access the support they need early enough. By developing the facilities and services needed, Alder Hey can change the future of children’s mental health, helping to build brighter futures for children and young people.

Thank You On behalf of everyone at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, thank you for supporting a brighter future for children’s mental health.

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