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In the picture Art lovers are in for a treat, says Amanda Loose, with North Norfolk’s galleries putting on a fine show for autumn
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HROUGHOUT THE AUTUMN, EAST Anglian artist Glynn Thomas will be showing his complete series of original copperplate etchings of North Norfolk at Quay Art, in Blakeney. Glynn has created two new studies of Blakeney and a number of other pieces inspired by places along our coastline. Glynn’s etchings are hand drawn and painted onto a copperplate which is then intricately hand inked for each copy produced: it is this process which makes every copy an original work of art. At the other end of Blakeney Quay, The Flint Gallery will be exhibiting a new series of lifesized birds cast in bronze, by leading wildlife sculptor, Eddie Hallam. An award winning nature reserve warden and former wildlife park director, Eddie uses his years of observing wildlife to create detailed sea, shore, field and garden birds finished with beautiful individual patinas. Due to the success of Stephen Page’s Bronze Exhibition at Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, Pinkfoot are extending his show until Christmas. Stephen’s Beasts collection, which includes Bear, Blue Boar, Bison (pictured), Ram and Rhino have sold so well that the editions of 50 are drawing to an end, not surprising, considering each lost wax bronze is only £175. His large pieces haven’t escaped attention either. The gallery also has another new bronze by new artist, Scott Shore – they just couldn’t refuse his Little Owl!
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1. ‘Anemones Closer’ by Sarah Caswell, Sarah Caswell Studio & Gallery 2. ‘Avocet with Chicks’ bronze by Eddie Hallam, The Flint Gallery 3. ‘Bison’ bronze, edition of 50, by Stephen Page, Pinkfoot Gallery 4. ‘Blakeney - Who’s Watching’ linocut by Ruth Tillyard, Great Walsingham Gallery & Framing 5. ‘Blakeney Channel’ original copperplate etching by Glynn Thomas, Quay Art
The bronze theme continues at Bircham Gallery in Holt. They will be showing bronze sculptures by Stuart Anderson from 10th October to 4th November, well known for his bronze sculptures of animals. Alongside Stuart will be paintings by Chris Prout and contemporary blown glass by Gillies Jones, a creative alliance between glassblower Stephen Gillies and artist Kate Jones spanning more than 20 years. Staying in Holt, The Red Dot Gallery is renowned for its selection of paintings, prints and sculpture with a canine theme. Fine artist Stephen Hanson is showing with the gallery for the first time this autumn, and the association looks set to run and run. Who could begrudge the most endearing mutt the ‘Sunday Roast’ (pictured)? From the end of September to 18th November, Great Walsingham Gallery & Framing, at Great Walsingham Barns, is holding a mixed exhibition including linocuts by Ruth Tillyard, etchings and monoprints by Sarah Bays and studio ceramics by Jane Bygrave. Next door, Sarah Caswell is showing her current collection of upscale floral paintings at her Studio & Gallery, with an increasingly wide range of reproductions available. As well as prints and cards there are practical items including tablemats and worktop savers. From 21st November, the two neighbours will hold a joint exhibition with a selection of new works from Sarah plus original art and applied arts from many artists and makers.
6. ‘Circus Bareback Rider’, charcoal by Dame Laura Knight, Pocock’s The Artmonger 7. ‘Kite’ by Brian Hinton, Burnham Grapevine Gallery 8. ‘Sunday Roast’ by Stephen Hanson, The Red Dot Gallery 9. ‘The Whisper of an Incoming Tide’ by Chris Prout, Bircham Gallery 10. Nigel Wallace’s print of Burnham Market, Fineline Frames & Gallery
Heading over to Fineline Frames & Gallery at Creake Abbey, gallery favourite, Nigel Wallace has added to his existing collection of vintage style travel prints of North Norfolk (already including Holkham, Wells and Cley) with a print of Burnham Market, commissioned by the gallery. New to Fineline for the autumn is Norfolk landscape artist, Garry Hobbs, who works in oil, pencil and charcoal. Garry is fascinated by the expanse of the local landscape and the interplay of light and dark. November will see an exhibition in the gallery of works by Lilian Shaw, predominantly North Norfolk pastels. The autumn season at Burnham Grapevine Gallery, Burnham Market, continues with a mixed exhibition including a new sequence of beach paintings by local artist Brian Hinton and more new oils by Michael Chapman and Pamela Noyes. The exhibition will also feature work by award-winning printmakers Penny Bhadresa, Louise Davies and Angela Brookes, as well as a selection of work by artists new to the gallery. And finally, just down the road, Pocock’s The Artmonger will have a selected group of watercolours, oils and prints of views of North Norfolk as well as continuing her ‘Burnham Market Royal Academy Summer Exhibition’ into autumn. The show features the work of RA members past and present, including Dame Laura Knight, Sandra Blow, Ken Howard and Maurice Cockrill.
NORTH NORFOLK LIVING AUTUMN 2015
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