Nature

Nature 18th March-25th April 2021

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CONTENTS

1-4 Bridget Bailey 5-8 Melanie Goemans 9-12 Sally-Ann Johns 13-18 Wendy McBride 19-24 Fletcher Prentice 25-30 Louise Shotter 21-34 Helen Ward 35-36 Vanessa Whitehouse 37-38 JJ Vincent 39-42 Vicky Yates 43-44 Mud + Water 45-46 Sarah Grove

Bridget Bailey Bridget Bailey comes from a fashion background, having studied textiles at West Surrey College of Art. In1990 she co-founded the Bailey Tomlin brand, designing and producing millinery for labels such as Jean Muir, Mulberry, and Liberty. Since 2010 Bridget's practice has changed direction to using the techniques and materials of textiles and millinery to make artworks.

The materials and textiles that Bridget used while working in millinery are still heavily present in her works. However, she has found new ways to use them; whether it's laying velvet under veiling for a furry bee's bottom, winding thread to make a tiny midge, or sewing lavender stems into a flowing tangle with tiny stitches.

Blue Eyes Mixed-Media 15 x 15 cm £430

Flying Eyes Mixed-Media 25 x 25 cm £710

Well Spotted Mixed-Media 10 x 10 cm £345

Spindle Shanks Mixed-Media 10 x 10 cm £345

Eye to Eye Mixed-Media 10 x 10 cm £345

Tiger's Eye Mixed-Media 15 x 15 cm £430

Melanie Goemans ‘In the early morning I walk between the railway line and the river. Small seasonal shifts, incidental things we might rush past usually, become more noticeable walking the same paths like a ritual. I look at what is permanent and fixed, and what is transient and temporary, and conclude that everything is changing, even in this moment. What I photograph and paint is not there now and the painting becomes like a ghost, a trace of a memory of something that inevitably will never be exactly the same again.’

Working from projections of photographs she has taken, Melanie traces loose lines with a fine square ended brush, the resulting marks building up the complicated patterns of the whole. Using traditional materials and composition, her work gives these fleeting moments status and draws attention to their value.

Rococo V Acrylic and Oil 63 x 63 cm (framed) £1450

Rococo II Acrylic and Oil 43 x 43 cm (framed) £785

Rococo III Acrylic and Oil 43 x 43 cm (framed) £785

Rococo VI Acrylic and Oil 43 x 43 cm (framed) £785

‘...just to be alive on

Goldfinch Diptych I Acrylic and Oil 63 x 63 cm (framed) £1450

this fresh morning’

Goldfinch Diptych II Acrylic and Oil 63 x 63 cm (framed) £1450

Sally-Ann Johns Sally-Ann John's work plays on the reflective qualities of gold leaf. Her gold-backed drawings are boxed into deep frames, capturing the luminescence of the gold, and inviting the viewer to imagine a whole other world within the case.

Her stand-alone images constantly change with the effects of the light. The result is a magical drawing captured in reflected light.

Sally-Ann has produced light installations for Cafe 52 in Aberdeen and the Bongo Club in Edinburgh, and has hosted a number of solo exhibitions at venues in both cities. Byard Art have showcased her art at major art fairs abroad and at our Cambridge gallery.

A Pair of Jays Mixed-Media 50 cm diameter £2385

A Pair of Goldcrests Mixed-Media 31 cm diameter £1485

A Pair of Wrens Mixed-Media 31 cm diameter £1485

A Pair of Lovebirds Mixed-Media 31 cm diameter £1485

Kingfisher Mixed-Media 31 cm diameter £1485

Golden Eagle Mixed-Media 74 x 50 cm £3885

Wendy McBride Taking inspiration from 19th century masters Monet, Morrisot and Degas, Wendy McBride chooses to work in pastel, taking advantage of the medium's translucent quality with which to render her transient subject matter.

In 2004 Wendy was awarded The Finalist Fine Arts Trade Guild Anniversary Award and later claimed Prize Winner at the Southwest Academy of Arts 2006.

She has been commissioned by public and private institutions including Kingsley Napley Solicitors, Tresco & Bryher Hotels and De Montfort Fine Art Ltd. Wendy lives and works in Dartington and St Ives and is a Member of Plymouth Society of Artists and 21 Group.

Old Enchantments Pastel 61 x 58 cm (framed) £1265

Where Curlews Cry Pastel 42 x 62 cm (framed) £990

Gorse and the Moon Pastel 42 x 63 cm (framed) £990

Only the Gulls, Tresco Shore Pastel 46 x 52 cm (framed) £1530

Sky Water Pastel 52 x 50 cm (framed) £1530

Crow Country Pastel 67 x 67 cm (framed) £1485

Storm Force Pastel 58 x 62 cm (framed) £1510

Fletcher Prentice My work is a constant striving to balance on the one hand my fascination with the object, using paint and enjoying the qualities of paint, breaking down and semi-abstracting the subject matter and surface... and on the other hand my desire to retain and capture the natural beauty of the subject, whether the human figure, an animal or a single bird’

Fletcher's work is a celebration of the natural world, but also a celebration of paint itself. The textures, colours and freedom of paint fascinates the artist, and through his work he explores this medium in the same way as he does his chosen subject.

Summer Hollyhocks Oil on Canvas 70 x 70 cm £1200

Great Tit Oil on Canvas 15 x 15 cm £190

Bullfinch Oil on Canvas 15 x 15 cm £190

Chaffinch Oil on Canvas 15 x 15 cm £190

Bluetit on Blossom Oil on Canvas 15 x 15 cm £225

Spring Goldfinches Oil on Canvas 50 x 20 cm £450

Early B Oil on C 100 x 1 £30

Blossom Canvas 100 cm 000

Blossom o Oil on C 60 x 12 £26

on Yellow Canvas 22 cm 600

Louise Shotter Self-taught artist Louise Shotter works with an array of disparate art mediums including paint, sculpture and jewellery. Her vivacious and characterful animals are her most popular works.

Louise has exhibited widely across the UK, at our Cambridge gallery and her work can be found in private collections abroad. Louise also has work in the Hertforshire County Arts Archive Collection and has previously exhibited at the Mall Gallery in London.

White Rhino Standing Ink and Acrylic 100 x 150 cm £1250

Single Playful Elepant Ink and Acrylic 100 x 100 cm £1000

Sisters Ink and Acrylic 100 x 100 cm £1000

White Rhino Standing Ink and Acrylic 100 x 100 cm £1000

Black Rhino Running Ink and Acrylic 100 x 100 cm £1000

Elephant Gro Ink and 100 x 1 £12

oup Walking Acrylic 150 cm 250

Helen Ward Helen Ward is a Bristol based artist and designer. Having graduated from UWE Bristol in 2001 with a graphic design degree, she started working as a paper engineer making pop-up books while training as a traditional bookbinder.

Nowadays, Helen works from home on her dining room table, armed with a scalpel and a very large stack of paper.

The original idea for her paper entomology artwork came from acquiring a collection of Victorian hand marbled paper during her time working at the bindery.

‘The papers were all just so beautiful, I had to have them and I hoarded them in a box for years before I knew what I was going to do with them all!” Some of the patterns in the papers reminded her of butterfly wings- and so the idea progressed...!’

Orbit Mixed-Media 60 x 60 cm (framed) £1380

Take Flight 1 Mixed-Media 30 x 30 cm (framed) £450

Take Flight 2 Mixed-Media 30 x 30 cm (framed) £450

Blue Orbit Mixed-Media 70 x 70 cm (framed) £1850

Flight Patterns Mixed-Media 90 x 90 cm (framed) £2900

Vanessa Whitehouse ‘In my paintings I have tried to capture a sense of distance, I want the viewer to feel they are standing in a field of flowers or on the beach looking out to the horizon.’

Vanessa creates vibrant landscapes using a range of mixed media, materials and techniques. Grandaughter to the Bloomsbury artist Alfred Jobson Brown, she comes from a highly artistic background and was introduced to painting from a young age.

The artist works from her studio in Kent, close to the River Medway. She exhibits her paintings through prestigious galleries across the UK that showcase her work as far as New York, Toronto and Singapore.

Escape Acrylic on Perspex with Gold Leaf and Crystals 90 x 90 cm £3250

Higher Ground Acrylic on Perspex with Gold Leaf and Crystals 32 x 32 cm £1200

Higher Ground Acrylic on Perspex with Gold Leaf and Crystals 32 x 32 cm £1200

JJ Vincent Cambridge based artist JJ Vincent creates handmade ceramic animal sculptures.

Initially self-taught, JJ has always had a natural tendency to do, make and understand everything. He is fascinated by clay- the fact that we can take what is essentially mud, and, using a little imagination, produce something that has the potential of invoking emotional response for decades, if not centuries.

In the artist's own words,‘I will probably not be around then, but it is reassuring to think that my fingerprints will be.’

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Tall Hare Ceramic 40 cm tall £220

Small Hare Ceramic 20 cm tall £95

Medium Hare Ceramic 30 cm tall £130

Vicky Yates Vicky is fascinated by hares and many other wild animals she has seen both in the Cumbrian countryside and on safaris whilst working in Tanzania. The artist usually works in stoneware so the sculptures can be safely left outside. She decorates her work with oxides and underglazes and occasionally gold leaf.

Vicky came upon ceramic sculpture rather late in life, having had a totally unrelated professional background in the NHS. During her training, she attended courses run by outstanding professional sculptors such as Brendan Hesmondhalgh, Annie Peaker, Lorri Aucott, Beth Cavener Sticher and Paul Priest.

Kingfisher Sitting on a Log Ceramic 20 cm tall £110

Single Dipper Sitting on a Rock Ceramic 16 cm tall £110

Pair of White Throated Dippers Sitting on a Rock Ceramic 25 cm tall £165

Red Squirrel Sitting on a Log Ceramic 31 cm tall £210

Resting Fox Ceramic 19 x 22 x 16 cm £275

Moongazing Hare Ceramic 29 cm tall £200

Mud + Water Ceramics ‘Our style is Victorian High Tea with a splash of Tim Burton darkness. We gravitate towards rich colours and lots of pattern- florals and foliage. Each piece is unique and designs are made only in small batches.’

Mud + Water Ceramics was formed in 2017 on the Cambridgeshire and Essex borders, by Gaelle Curtin and Lynn Parsons. The artists call it a kitchen table business- the idea was thought up around a kitchen table, the works are often created on the same surface, and objects made often find their home there again.

Ceramics include handmade stoneware for everyday use, decorative raku pieces and ceramic art dolls.

Posy Vases Ceramic with 24 ct Gold and Pearlescent Lustre £55-£75

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Tealight Holder Houses Ceramic with 24 ct Gold and Pearlescent Lustre £25-£45

Coastal Dishes Ceramic with Platinum Lustre £12-£20

Sarah Grove Sarah plays with the concept and texture of textiles with her work, pressing porcelain slabs into plaster casts of deeply stuffed upholstered padding, buttoned silk, waffle and mock ostrich.

She says of her work, ‘There is a contrast between the soft pillow forms of the fabric and the cold, unyielding nature of the porcelain’” The interiors of her ceramic pots reveal the artists workings and finger prints, left to reveal the presence of the maker with each individual piece.

Coastal Jugs Porcelain Left: £46 Right: £42

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Coastal Jugs Porcelain Left: £29 Centre: £29 Right: £33

Bird Jugs Porcelain Left: £29 Centre: £33 Right: £46

Byard Art 14 King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ info@byardart.co.uk

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