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Zimmer Stewart Gallery The First Ten Years: 2003-2013
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Zimmer Stewart Gallery The First Ten Years: 2003-2013 29 Tarrant St, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DG www.zimmerstewart.co.uk
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FORWARD BY OLIVER HAWKINS AND OTHERS... I remember very clearly walking along Tarrant Street ten years ago, noticing in a window that hadn’t previously been a gallery a striking, cruciform artwork, and thinking to myself ‘What on earth is a Keith Milow doing in Arundel?’ What was perhaps more surprising was that it had taken so long for a gallery of contemporary art to find its way to Arundel. The town was, after all, full of artists. When the Gallery Trail was established in the late 1980s there was no shortage of exhibitors. Wellestablished artists were involved, like Derek Davis, whose pots I’d admired since I was a student, and Anne Sutton, whose internationally renowned textiles were woven right next door to me in Tarrant Street. But there was no permanent gallery, and the art one saw tended to be by artists either resident or having a connection with the town. Then along came James with a track record in accountancy, an MBA, a Top: Piers love of art, and a mission to set up a full-time, fully-functioning gallery. And Ottey London what became clear from the start was that Zimmer Stewart was going to and Sussex show a very diverse range of artists: hot on the heels of Keith Milow, paintings in Duggie Fields for heaven’s sake! Then a succession of painters, sculptors November and potters, not excluding the local artists but extending nationally and 2012 internationally to present a constantly changing programme of visual stimulus. Some gallery artists have shown regularly – Felix Anaut’s free-flowing, Above: Nick almost calligraphic figures; Barbara Macfarlane’s works, where the paper Bodimeade plays as important a role as the pigment; Piers Ottey’s scrupulously Beach paintings structured compositions; and Anthony Frost’s dazzling colour shows. in January 2013 The gallery has always been very strong on ceramics, featuring some outstanding local potters – Derek Davis of course, and Eric Mellon, but also a younger generation like Josse Davis and Karen Bunting’s distinctive functional pieces, Lilia Umana-Clarke’ stylised creatures, and in complete contrast the uber-cool pieces of Kaori Tatebayashi. As an outside observer I can admit to favourites -Gary Goodman showing his scary, fairytale ZSG The First Ten Years: 2003-2013 | 3
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characters propositioning each other in a world of deeply sinister innocence, and Gary maybe reading some of his not-entirelysober poems; Nick Bodimeade’s sharply outlined figures on beaches, upstaged by their angular dogs; Giles Penny’s patient men forever pursuing the perfect circle. And then as though to complement the visual feast, the appearance of Johnny bearing platters of delicious refreshments. So congratulations, James, on the first ten years; may there be many more. Oliver Hawkins – Artist, Collector and Cofounder of Arundel Gallery Trail Congratulations to Zimmer Stewart on their 10th anniversary. As a collector it is always a pleasure to visit the gallery and have a refreshing bullshit free conversation about art and their latest artists. No other gallery has maintained such a consistent high quality of work, as well as providing a platform for the work of the best of new artists Zimmer Stewart has become an important focus for quality work by new and existing artists throughout the South East. Gordon Roddick - Collector
Top: Andrea Schulewitz and Piers Ottey in the gallery in June 2010 Above: Painting by Gary Goodman with
My personal view is that this is the best balanced contemporary art gallery on the south coast of England. James Stewart has a discerning eye and really cares about his artists, his buyers and collectors. He gives dedication and great value. Don’t pass through Arundel without calling in or better still make the journey a special one and at the same time enjoy all that this wonderful gem of a town has to offer. Neil Lawson Baker - Chairman of The Chichester Art Trust & Exec Chair of The National Open Art Competition
Standing Figure bronze by Christopher Marvell
It has been a pleasure to work with James over the years and to follow the gallery's progress. James has always had the contacts to make the gallery work, but just as importantly he has always brought to the task a highlyappealing mix of passion and approachability. The gallery's success in its
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first decade - particularly given the economic difficulties which have made life difficult for everyone in recent years - is a true testament to James' skill, determination and vision. Dr Phil Hewitt - Arts Editor, Sussex Newspapers We first met James in 1984, a friend. Then as a collector, quiet, discreet. Next he is a gallery owner with his partner Johnny. The Zimmer Stewart Gallery breathes fresh air into Arundel and the South East, it is more than a gallery, it is about today and about a lifestyle, informal but smart, dynamic but familiar. It is an invaluable window for artists and art lovers. Henry Carey Good Art Historian “No es solo la galeria, es la filosofia.” Felix Anaut - Artist A gallery that shows really well thought out exhibitions of such a high standard is a great asset to any region and the South East is no exception. James is always very professional and pays great attention to detail, He has a good dialogue with all his artists and is great to work with. He doesn't necessarily take the safe route, which means that his exhibitions are always exciting and bold. Barbara Macfarlane – Artist That Zimmer Stewart Galery is flourishing in its 10th year reflects James’ good judgment and patience. He has introduced me, and many others, to a range of artists we had not come across before via his enjoyable regular exhibitions. Over the years I have bought several works from Zimmer Stewart Gallery, all of which I am still very happy with. The gallery is an asset to Arundel and to the area. George Galazka – Collector
Top: Barbara Macfarlane with her Isle of Skye paintings, from April 2012 Above: "Blue Wolf" large dry point by Kate Boxer
The Zimmer Stewart Gallery is the perfect place to buy a little something. It is without doubt the major gallery this side of Cork Street, and not afraid to dip its toe in the water at the Joze Show at Whithurst Park. May we take this opportunity of congratulating ZSG on their fine selection of painters and sculptors . Jose and Alan Waldie – Collectors ZSG The First Ten Years: 2003-2013 | 5
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book is to both celebrate our first ten years of showing artists here in Arundel and present just a selection of the current artists whose work you can expect to see more of in the coming months and years ahead. Since May 2003 we have put on nearly 100 exhibitions and shown the work of over 70 artists in a variety of mediums (painting, The Drawing original prints, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photography & glass). The artists listed on the following pages represent some of our Wall with works favourites and hopefully yours too. They also reflect the variety in the work by Tom we like to show. Hammick, Laura You will always be able to view the latest works from these and other Carlin and Betsy artists on our website, and also see when they are due to exhibit next. Dadd in April We try to hold a small selection of works by many artists in stock, so do 2011 ask to see examples even if your chosen artist is not in the current exhibition. We believe that each piece we show should stand up on its’ own. That is not to say that the artist is unimportant; it is his/her training and experience, which enabled him/her to create the work in the first place. Whether you “love” a work of art or not may depend on a gut reaction, emotional response, or a memory of a place or person. The decision to purchase it depends on other factors such as where it will go, whether it “goes with the sofa”, what your partner thinks of it and availability of funds. The only advice we can offer is that if you love a piece, and you can get it, then you should avoid disappointment and buy it there and then. More times than we can remember people have come back and their chosen piece has snapped up by someone else! On the last page of this catalogue we present our “Art Buyers Guide” with some useful factors to consider when buying contemporary art. Finally, and most importantly, there is no requirement for you to do anything but to look and enjoy our programme of exhibitions: Artists want their work to be seen by as many people as possible, and we love showing it! James Stewart
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PAUL AMEY Paul Amey has created work for public and corporate spaces as well as for galleries throughout the UK and Europe, and has many private collectors. The subjects for most of his sculpture are animals, birds and fish, which are roughly and quickly sculpted in clay before being cast in bronze. He then finishes the pieces himself with patinas, paints or waxes, making each one of an edition unique. His sculptures are engaging, imaginative and show his interest in combining different materials and techniques, and in working in widely varying scales, from domestically scaled ceramic and bronze birds to the room filling bronze Giraffe with Hunting Dogs. He has undertaken numerous residencies abroad, these feed his energy and desire to explore new subjects and techniques. Paul Amey studied at Hornsey College of Art, London, before settling in Oxford. In 1990-95 he was the founder and director of the Chiltern Sculpture Trust. Paul Amey has exhibited throughout the UK, Europe and North America and has completed a number of installations and commissions including: Parc de Sculptures - Le Besset, St Jeures d'Andaure, France; “River” installation - Het Oude Slot, Heemstede, Netherlands; “Giraffe and Hunting Dogs” University Museum - Oxford, UK.
Top: Cast aluminium Salmon Above: Bronze Giraffe and Hunting Dogs
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Top: Various Amphora ceramics 50-60 cm high Above: Terra Blue - oil, conte and charcoal
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FELIX ANAUT Felix studied at the L’ecole de Montparnasse d’Art et Dessin” in Paris in 1978-79, and has lived in Madrid, Tangier, Ibiza, England, Belfast. In 1986 he became a member of the Association of Irish Artists. He currently lives in South West France. In December 2003 Felix Anaut was awarded the "Career Recognition" award at the Florence Biennale 2003 and in 2006 was been listed by the Spanish national newspaper, El Mundo, in their annual year review as one of the most influential personalities in the Arts, 2005-2006 (alongside Antoni Tapies). He has exhibited widely since 1978 and has had many solo and group exhibitions in France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Belgium, USA and the UK. His most recent work concentrates on his interpretation of music, his “Visual Music” as he calls it, inspired from the Baroque period. These abstractions have led to recent exhibitions in London, and 'The Zaragoza Symphony', a large scale public exhibition in homage to his birth city, and which included a musical symphony inspired from Anaut's work, composed by the Spanish composer Gonzalo Alonso, with an aria (words written by Anaut) sung by the international soprano, Marta Almajano. Over the last couple of years parallel to his painting, Anaut has also been developing his work with ceramics, painting very large scale one off pieces. For this he collaborates with Ceramicas Abio, in Huesca, Northern Spain. Works by Anaut are held in the collections of various museums, art institutions and many other public spaces most notably the British Museum, London; the Ulster Museum, Belfast; Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples and Musee Marzelles, France, to name but a few.
on canvas 150 x 120 cm
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NICK BODIMEADE Nick Bodimeade is a painter of everyday life. His subjects are buildings, roads, cars, cattle and people. He likes to flatten and tilt up the terrain, transform it into the abstracted, invented space of painting. Colours become heightened, reversed, associative. Ideas occur. Things are moved around, edited out, others brought in. He regularly goes to Australia collecting source material, and to think about his process: the direct and mediated experience. Nick Bodimeade uses Australia’s mirroring of the UK to find new angles on familiar themes. Composition is important, and Nick Bodimeade encourages the viewer to move his/her eye over the painting using diagonals, horizontals, negative/positive space as well as focal points. Light also plays a pivotal role in the works, with shadows and highlights, with clever use of paint strokes. Nick Bodimeade is also an accomplished printmaker and has recently produced several series of etchings and woodcuts, which follow themes in his canvasses. Nick Bodimeade has extensive teaching and advisory experience at a number of UK art colleges at Foundation, HND, BA and MA levels. These include: Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College; University College Chichester; Canterbury Christchurch University College; Amersham and Wycombe College; Northbrook College, Worthing & North Oxfordshire College of Art and Design, Banbury. Having studied at Wolverhampton, Nick Bodimeade lives and paints at the foot of the South Downs by the banks of the river Ouse near Lewes, Sussex. His work is regularly shown in solo and group exhibitions in London and the South (at Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel; Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden; Porthminster Gallery, St Ives; St Anne’s Gallery, Lewes and Chalk Hill Contemporary, Guildford as well as being a regular at the Affordable Art Fairs in London).
Top: Flood - oil on linen 142 x 106 cm
Left: Beach Cut III - woodcut edition of 12 52 x 69 cm
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MATT BODIMEADE More than most artists Matt Bodimeade has had a direct effect on the landscape he describes in his drawings. As a young adult, employment in agriculture enabled him to change the colour, shape and texture of fields through cultivation and harvesting processes. This was mechanical mark making on a large scale, but with perhaps a bit too much methodical order! As an artist today, thirty years later, Matt drives into a field on the brow of a hill on the South Downs near Arundel and leans a drawing board against the side of his truck. "It's like hunting" he says "Searching for a starting point like that line of poppies. Or that clump of trees spreading down the hill like a fat bloke's belly over his belt." Using oil pastel and charcoal in sweeping marks the large sheet fills with colour and form. He works carefully but swiftly, blending colours with his Top: Long Ditch fingers and scraping back with a blade. - oil pastel & Back at his studio he might trim the paper down in size or recreate the mixed media composition on a large canvas: "But it contains all the information needed. on paper It's a constant process of refining and editing." He's not concerned about 117 x 75 cm recording a moment for posterity or creating a historical document. Fields, borders and tracks are clearly defined, with a confidence that only comes with a deep knowledge of the place. The rich colours and Above: Long layering create an image that is ageless and instantly familiar to all. Furlong - oil on Matt Bodimeade first showed his landscapes in 2010, and they have canvas been in demand ever since. Having studied sculpture at West Sussex 150 x 100 cm College of Art and Design and Brighton Polytecnic, Matt worked on a number of public and private commissions throughout the UK (including the Cass Sculpture Foundation). Matt Bodimeade lives and works in West Sussex.
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KATE BOXER Kate Boxer was born in Sussex in 1961. In the early 1990s she took classes in London art schools and has exhibited in galleries and at art fairs since 1994. The filmmaker Bruno Wolheim has written about her work and her 'idiosyncratic and deeply felt' subject matter. He points out how in her cowboy paintings 'Howard Hawks meets high camp, High Sierra and Frank O'Hara. High fun meets high seriousness.' Discussing her animal images in paint and print, Wolheim notes their 'engaging eccentricity' that comes 'from a fierce understanding of their innate spirit. The snake, bison, or sand-bird are above all themselves, they express their own independence and individuality, with all the implicit comic tragedy they are free.' As George Melly once described Kate Boxer, she is 'a remarkable creative spirit: her images and the means to realise them are at one.’ Kate Boxer uses a number of print techniques in her work including dry point, carborundum and chin colle as well as hand colouring. This gives each print in an edition a slight variation to others, and engenders her works with an individuality akin to that found in the animal and plant worlds. Her prints are exciting, vibrant and sometimes quirky, but always made with integrity and a high degree of skill. It is no wonder that they are much in demand.
Above: Geronimo - dry point, chin colle and gouache 24 x 19 cm
Far left: To All The Pigs I Have Eaten - dry point, hand painted chin colle 75 x 99 cm Left: George Sand - dry point and carborundum 33 x 41 cm
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KAREN BUNTING Karen Bunting's pots are mostly thrown, but sometimes press moulded or slab built. Patterning is usually incised, sgraffito or painted. Muted colours are achieved with a combination of cobalt, iron and manganese oxides. All work is reduction fired to 1280 C in a propane gas kiln. She uses several different varieties of clay and a number of glazes to give different colours and textures to the finished pieces. Essentially self-taught, Karen discovered pottery making after studying chemistry at university. She has worked as a potter for 25 years and has exhibited widely throughout Britain and also in the United States, Japan and France. She was commissioned by Next Interiors to design a range of tableware. Karen's studio has been based in the East End of London for the last 20 years. She has been Professional member for some years and, since 2009, Chairman of the Craft Potters Association.
Top: Turned
Above: Footed platter
incised indigo vase Above: Turned incised bowl Right: Various tea bowls
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Below: Turned incised bowl
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JOSSE DAVIS Josse Davis graduated from Bath Academy of Art in 1981, and has since lived and worked in Arundel, West Sussex. He grew up in a world of colour and form: “My father, Derek Davis, was a full-time studio potter, and his studio was an alchemist's laboratory to me; where dusty sacks of clay powder were dragged in and turned into beautiful treasures”. Also his mother Ruth Davis was a painter. Figurative and often described as traditionally English in his approach to decoration, his work is divided into two distinct styles; the loose and spontaneous and the more subtle and disciplined. Although found in his stoneware the spontaneous decoration is most evident in his Raku pieces. These are decorated with every day scenes such as a pub interior, an escalator on the London Underground or a bus queue. In addition he has used the animal and bird motifs on both the Raku and stoneware pieces. Josse has taught ceramics at Slindon College, Syon House and Portsmouth City Museum (amongst others). In 2010 Shepperton Studios commissioned his work for the film “Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang”. He has exhibited at Beaux Art, Bath; Leigh Gallery, London; Cre Gallery, London; Guildhall, Winchester; West Dean College; London Potters Summer Show; Amalgam Gallery, London; Hove Museum and Pallant House, Chichester.
Top: Apples on red – Raku dish - 18 cm diameter Above: A Little Aperitif stoneware glazed dish 20 cm diameter
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Top: Bluejeans & Moonbeams 61x 89cm mixed media on canvas Above: Glider 91 x 512 cm mixed media on canvas
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ANTHONY FROST Anthony Frost's paintings are bright, full of colour and expression. Although there is an element of planning in each work, there is also a random element, which manifests itself in the creative process: Adding a piece of material or a tie that can change the painting's direction in exciting and unexpected ways. Frost describes his work as abstract, but his titles and compositions hint the influence of music in his work. He says “I want my exhibitions to be like an album – it’s important that I have a title to the show – and the pictures themselves become the tracks on that album” Another major influence is the music of The Fall, for whom Anthony Frost has designed both stage sets and record sleeves, most recently their April 2013 release “Sir William Wray”. Anthony Frost, born in 1951 in Cornwall, studied at the Cardiff College of Art (1970-73). From 1975 to date he has exhibited widely throughout the UK, with regular shows in St Ives and London. His most recent shows have been at Beaux Arts, in Cork Street (2008-13), with Advanced Graphics for his prints and also Tate St Ives ('Art Now' in 2008). In July 2009 Anthony Frost was awarded "Master of the University" in honour of services to the arts by the Open University, via Plymouth University (college of Art & Design). His work is in a number of corporate, public and private collections including Bank of America, Lloyds TSB, The Nuffield Trust, John Moores, Contemporary Art Society, Whitworth Gallery (Manchester) and Standard Life. In April 2009, Chichester University purchased "Ricochet Man" for the Bishop Otter Collection.
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GARY GOODMAN Gary Goodman paints images and writes with a resounding directness - the figure at the forefront, unbothered by artistic self-consciousness, ego and politeness. Simply saying "hello" to the world as it passes him by. Norbert Lynton wrote in a review of Gary Goodman's paintings that "People are disconcerted by the way Gary Goodman paints. They are drawn to the colour and the activity of the brush, in short to his lively painting, and then they are perplexed, just as I was when I first saw his work." Gary Goodman has exhibited extensively: In France, USA, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and throughout the UK (National Portrait Gallery, Art First, Mall Galleries, Charlston Farmhouse and the Royal College of Art for the Hunting Prize). During 2010 he exhibited at the Menier Gallery, London; Emily Ball at Sea White and "Got to be Somewhere" Group Show in Brighton. Whilst Gary's main area of work is painting and drawing, he also makes etchings, 3-d constructions and artists books. In addition he is a poet, winning several prizes at spoken word performances in the UK, Norway and the USA; has also been invited to participate in International Symposia in Estonia, Germany and France; and has undertaken many artist’s residencies and workshops, and won several awards to travel and create new work. Gary Goodman is a featured artist in both "Painting the Figure: a New Approach Printmaking" by Emily Ball (2009) and "Traditional and Contemporary Techniques" by Ann d'Arcy Hughes (2008), and has been published in various poetry anthologies inc. Java Monkey Poetry Anthology (Kodac Harrison USA 2009) and Frogmore Press 2010. For the past 20 years Gary has taught on a variety of courses at various universities and colleges and continues to run workshops in printmaking, drawing and painting.
Top: Friends in the Park - acrylic on board 80 x 80 cm Above: Spotted Dog acrylic on canvas 100 x 70 cm Far left: Ship Mates 40 x 40 Left: Lunch Time 40 x 40 cm edition of 35
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Top: Dreams of Us - reduction woodcut 44 x 59 cm edition of 8
Right: Tree Life reduction woodcut 64 x 99 cm edition of 10
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TOM HAMMICK Familiar scenes are the foundation of Tom Hammick’s works, whether oil on canvas, woodcut or etching. Through them he invites us to reflect on our place in the world, through his eyes and with his palette. Ethereal figures dance on the landscape, in an almost fantastical “mise en scene” created for our enjoyment. Tom Hammick studied at Manchester University (1982-85), and Camberwell School of Art, London (1987-92). He received a Winston Churchill Fellowship (1998), a Robert Fraser Award (1999) and was a prizewinner in The Sussex Open (2003) and also the Jerwood Prize in 2004. In 2009 he won the Monoprint Prize at Originals. He was Artist in Residence on MV. Radnes, to the Artic Sea (1995); O.T. Unit, Royal London Hospital (1999) and Ballenglen Arts Foundation (1996); more recently at Glyndebourne in 2007, 9 & 10 and Charleston in 2008. His solo shows include The Eagle Gallery, London; The Redfern Gallery, London; Terrestial, Northern Print, Newcastle; Atlantic Provinces, Paul Kane, Dublin, Ireland and Studio 21, N.S. Canada. His work has been in many group shows including The Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art, London; Jerwood Drawing Prize; The Royal Academy Summer Show. In 2012 he was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize, Jerwood Prize and Daiwa Foundation Prize. Also in 2012 Tom Hammick's work was shown alongside that of Julian Bell and Andrzej Jackowski in an exhibition called "Dreams of Us" at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Later that year he completed a residency at the Belfast Print Studio, giving rise to several new woodcuts. He also exhibited work in Beijing and Nova Scotia, as well as several exhibitions in the UK. Tom lives and works in East Sussex, UK and Nova Scotia, Canada. He is currently senior lecturer in painting and printmaking at the University of Brighton. His work is held in various public and private collections worldwide, including The British Museum, London; Yale Centre for British Art, Deutsche Bank; De Beers; ING Barings; Arthur Anderson; British Arts Council and The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
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CHRIS KEENAN Chris Keenan makes functional porcelain pots including oneoff bowls, flasks and lidded jars, together with a range of domestic ware - cups, beakers, pourers and teapots. His work is thrown Limoges porcelain and he currently uses two glazes - a glossy, black/brown tenmoku (in conjunction with splashes of the black iron oxide, illmenite) and a vivid, pale blue celadon. All the pots are designed for domestic spaces and will do a job if you want them to function still plays a large role in his work. Chris Keenan likes clean lines and simple forms. Although he uses a limited palette of glazes, he is still finding new ways of working with them to produce fresh decorative effects that complement the forms. Chris trained to be a potter as apprentice to Edmund de Waal following a previous career as a professional actor. He was awarded a Crafts Council setting up grant at the beginning of 1999 and is a professional member of the Craft Potter's Association. He now works from his own studio in South London and is exhibiting and selling throughout the UK.
Top: Celadon tea set Above: Family of Rocking Bowls - various sizes 6-14 cm high
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Top: Across Daymer Bay oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm Above: Summer Walk oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm
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KATHARINE LE HARDY Katharine Le Hardy studied Fine Art at the University of the West of England in Bristol graduating in 2003. Since then she has regularly shown her work in London and throughout the UK, including the National Open Art Competition 2005. In 2005 she was Highly Commended, Young Artist of the year at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and was awarded the NADFAS young artist prize, Guggleton Gallery, Dorset. In 2006 she was runner up at the Royal Bath and West Art Scholarship prize. In January 2008 Katharine was awarded runner up in the biennial Gilchrist Fisher prize, hosted at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London. Katharine is known for her contemporary beach scenes with surfers and people enjoying the seaside, these are of the South West and also in Scotland. She says - "Landscapes are a constant source of inspiration for me. I am particularly interested in approaching this traditional subject in an interesting way by looking at different viewpoints and unusual horizon lines." Working from sketches and photographs, Katharine endeavours to create a window on an imaginary space. The absence of obvious landmarks and identifiable features enables the images to exist as timeless, dreamlike expanses, inviting the viewer into a restorative space and opportunity for reflection in calm solitude. Katharine likes to use gestural marks and loose impasto brushwork to engage the viewer and charge the composition with movement and dynamism, whilst still maintaining balance, building up the paint and alternating transparent and opaque layers, dripping, washing, splashing, allowing it to take its own fluid course and give the image a life of its own.
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JOHN LEACH John Leach, one of the foremost potters working in England today, is the son of David Leach OBE and grandson of one of the founding fathers of studio ceramics Bernard Leach. John was born in Pottery Cottage at the Leach Pottery, St.Ives. He trained first with his father David Leach (1956-62) at Bovey Tracey, had short periods with Colin Pearson and Ray Finch at Winchcombe, and finally, under the critical eyes of his grandfather, Bernard Leach. Muchelney Pottery was set up in 1964 when John Leach's brown stoneware kitchen pots caught the spirit of the times. One of his signature pieces is the faceted bottle Vase: This is a thrown and altered bottle form, reinterpreting the press moulded bottles made by his grandfather Bernard Leach. All of John Leach's work is wood-fired, under-glaze slip and wax-resist pattern to each side. Larch and spruce off cuts sourced from sustainable plantations have been used for firing the kiln, current thinking on conservation has focused John Leach's mind on his fuel source. Pots are packed inside the kiln in such a way that they take full advantage of the rush of flames, vapour and fly ash from the fireboxes. Often pots that emerge from these firings are textured with a build up of ash that creates stunning and vibrant surfaces. People with a sympathy for studio pottery in its rawest sense, are attracted to these pots for their textured and organic qualities and find them an excellent complement for cooking as well as presenting of food on the table. John Leach’s work is in the permanent collections of the V&A Museum, London and The Tate Gallery, St Ives.
Top: Large part-tenmoku wax resist glazed charger - 2004 - 37 cm diameter
Left: Small Cross handled bottle form, with wax resist tenmoku vertical lines 2012 21 cm high
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Above: Red London - oil on handmade cotton rag paper 90 x 130 cm
Below: Waternish Bay oil on handmade cotton rag paper 200 x 80 cm
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BARBARA MACFARLANE Barbara Macfarlane studied at Exeter College of Art & Design. She graduated in 1980 and then spent several years travelling, mostly in India and always painting landscape. Outside she paints in ink and watercolour. In the studio she paints on a larger scale in oils. Barbara’s works are better described as paintings from landscape rather than paintings of landscape. Edward Weller’s map of central London in 1862 was the inspiration for her recent London series. These paintings are a maze of rich reds and oranges cut through with the calm blue line of the river Thames. One of the “Red London” series of paintings was selected for the 2013 Royal Academy Summer Show. Barbara Macfarlanes’s interpretations are more about the painting rather than the map itself. Her considered use of colour and the quality of the painted marks relates directly back to the maps as do her landscapes and seascapes. These paintings are filled with energetic lines, which are drawn in ink with a stick. But unlike her landscape paintings the maps of London (& New York) are filled with intricate patterns of bright and intense colours. Barbara Macfarlane is keen to let her work evolve and in doing so has created some exciting bodies of work shown here over the years (Isle of Skye, Iceland and Terre Rouge), but she then returns to painting the landscape and coastline near her home and studio in West Sussex. Her work is shown at Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel, and Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, with whom her works are exhibited in Europe and the USA.
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CHRISTOPHER MARVELL Christopher Marvell is passionate about sculpture, and makes both large and small bronzes in editions of 5-7. He enjoys the physical work and atmosphere of the foundry, the process of working from drawings and maquettes means that he is never quite sure how the finished piece will look. His subjects include figures, heads and various animals and birds. The sculptures present themselves as seemingly blunt facts, but on deeper reflection they initiate a subtle dialogue that encourages the viewer to consider not only the relationship between human and animal, but also between the human/animal archetype and the human/animal condition itself. Somehow, his animals do not contain individual character, but rather they suggest the character of their species as distilled through human convention and consciousness. His Sea Dog, Cat and Sheep, for example, do not remind one of, say, Fido, Felix or Flossie, they ask us to re-think our concepts of dog, cat and sheep in their own generic terms. Christopher studied at University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and currently lives in St Ives. His sculptures are in public and private collections in the UK, USA, France Spain and Germany. He exhibits widely, mostly in St Ives and London.
Above: Juggler - Bronze figure 88 cm high on an oak base
Left: Seated Figure and Penzance Dog bronze 37 cm high
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Top: Burpham Cows - oil on linen 107 x 86 cm Above: River Arun Mouth oil on linen 160 x 81 cm Right: Hackney Empire - oil on linen 120 x 92 cm
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PIERS OTTEY Born in London, Piers trained at Chelsea School of Art in the 1970's and has been painting ever since. He moved to West Sussex in 1980 and set up The Mill Studio art school in 1994. Painting mostly in oils, his subject matter has often been influenced by his travels to Greece, Spain, France and Denmark but he always returns to painting from the human form and local Sussex landscapes. Pier Ottey's work has been exhibited in London, the provinces and abroad and can be found in private and corporate as well as public collections around the world. The paintings are very personal with a mischievous quality, bordering on the subversive. There is also the issue of the 'code' of colours often seen around the edge of his canvasses. These form a diary, a record of all the colours used to make the image and in the order they were made and used. For Piers, the edges of the picture are important, so is the geometry between the edge and the centre. The square is his most common format; primary red and blue form his initial drawing. Art critic and historian Mary Rose Beaumont said of Piers Ottey “Artists with a sense of humour are agile, deft and defy categorisation, which is wonderfully refreshing when the work is as challenging as is Piers Ottey’s. He revels in his power to puzzle the viewer, both visually in the paintings and verbally in some of his titles. He has a propensity to leave out important features in his landscapes whilst still titling them as if they were there, in other words the artist plays at being a
conjuror.” In June 2007 Piers won the University of Bath painting prize, and has had work aquired by both Worthing and Portsmouth Museums. In May 2010 Piers Ottey has his first Cork Street exhibition in a small group show at the Medici Gallery appropriately titled "The Geometry of Painting". 22 | ZSG The First Ten Years: 2003-2013
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GILES PENNY Giles Penny studied at the Heatherley School of Art, Chelsea and Newport College of Art. He works on large sculpture commissions as well as producing smaller pieces, paintings and original prints. It is interesting to see that most of his ideas usually translate into an abstracted version of the human form, in many ways self-portraits. He is able to convey emotions and feelings through the simple use of the figure, often with an innocent humorous quality. Ideas initiated as drawings are often developed at a later stage into sculpture and/or painting, or vice versa. His preferred way of working is in relief, which he believes is half way between sculpture and drawing. Giles Penny produces large as well as smaller sculptures in bronze. Recent commissions include "Man With Arms Open" for Linden Homes, Truro (2013); "Lo and Behold" temporary installation Chichester and "Rise and Shine" for BBC White City. In addition to his sculpture and paintings Giles Penny has created several new editions of prints (both lithographs and linocuts). These are instantly recognisable to anyone who is familiar with his work. Giles Penny was in the mid-1990’s artist in residence for The Body Shop, his work can be found in many public spaces including Canary Wharf and The Atrium Garden at the BBC.
Top: Man with Arms Open bronze Above: Man with Egg acrylic on canvas 71 x 91 cm
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Above: Moorings
Below: Stone Dyptich
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ANDREA SCHULEWITZ Andrea Schulewitz has an interest in both art and design: She says of the two disciplines. “ design is for others, it’s about problem solving, art is for oneself, it’s harder because it needs to clearly reflect what one observes, understands and feels about life; this means digging deep and that’s difficult “. From this we might think that Andrea Schulewitz’s process of creating art is intensely complicated, but she continues simply that “art is a personal view of life, it is a reflection of ones own life and how to interpret it”. The bulk of her work is composed of squares, circles and crosses: Their significance and symbolism involves religion, light, colour, things both manmade and from the natural environment. She says of her main work (large sculpture), as involving a “ triumvirate of practical, philosophical and aesthetic elements”. Andrea’s design work over 30 years has included work on a number of notable modern and historic buildings and has been rewarded by two prestigious architectural awards. Her career as an artist building a firm reputation spanning nearly 40 years has also rewarded her with numerous drawing and print awards and her work being exhibited in notable galleries nationwide and in London.
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ANN SUTTON Ann Sutton is known, internationally, for her innovative work in woven textiles, and has written nine books on the subject. Unusually, she worked in both the design and the art fields, but never as a craftsperson. After a successful retrospective exhibition instigated by the Crafts Council in 2004 she decided to drop the past, step into the unknown and explore what was to her a new medium, paint. In her work Ann Sutton likes to experiment with unconventional materials, pushing the boundaries of the technique to its limit: Hangings of spun paper and pieces created from Abover: monofilament are shown alongside highly Crossed coloured plain double weaves in her Stocking signature constructivist style or using a textile to create a print. She first did this in 1969 photo litho with a set of eight Stocking Prints: The V & A prints has purchased editions of the prints for their 45 x78 cm permanent collection. Ann Sutton says “These were the only prints I did until 2004, when I Left: Nylon became involved in this special way to use Honeycomb textiles directly in etchings�. A visiting lecturer at the University of Arts, Hanging London Ann Sutton is also a senior fellow of the Royal College of Art. She was awarded an MBE for services to textiles. Ann Sutton is one of the most renowned figures in the field of textiles today. Throughout her fifty-year career she has endeavoured to develop the use of textiles in new, profitable and exciting ways. Ann has been involved in all aspects of the field from designing for industry (for Ralph Lauren, Heals and Liberty) to consulting, writing and lecturing.
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Above: Chinatown - oil on canvas 76 x 101
Right: 48 Heads - oil on board 60 x 60 cm
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PHIL TYLER Phil Tyler (born 1964) studied at Loughborough College of Art and Design, BA Hons Fine Art (1983 to 1986) and Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A. BFA Fine Art (1985). He obtained an MA in printmaking from Brighton Polytechnic in 1990. The shapes people make fascinate him and this is evident in his work. Whether this is a crowd of commuters bustling across a station concourse or a solitary figure engrossed in their own thoughts. These paintings capture the essence of the moment, the spirit of human presence and the space they occupy. Phil Tyler manages to achieve a balance between the opposing forces of gesture and description. He has exhibited extensively throughout the UK including C2 Gallery Bucks; Highgate Fine Art Views of London; Affordable ArtFair; Fairfax Gallery; The Discerning Eye’ Mall Galleries, London; ArtLondon; Bruton Gallery Leeds; ”Works on paper” The Royal College of Art; Chichester Open; Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre. Phil Tyler's work is in various private and public collections in Britain, America, Hong Kong and Finland including, Brian Sewell, I. M. Birtwistle, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. “You remind me that paintings-and other forms of art do not have to be gigantic, do not have to dominate surrounding space, but can, as it were, whisper in the eye. Your self portraits are not kind, but they tell a wholly honest truth and every touch of the brush counts”. Brian Sewell Jan 2011.
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LILIA UMANA CLARKE Born in Colombia, Lilia Umana Clarke trained as an architect at the University of America before coming to the UK in 1979. Lilia Umana Clarke studied Art at the University of Hertfordshire, graduating with a BA (Fine Art) in 1985. She began to specialise in Ceramics in 1989 and studied ceramics at Kingsway College, London before setting up her Albion Square studio, Hackney in 1992. A great source of inspiration in her work comes from the ceramics of early South American civilisations and their symbolic use of human and animal imagery. Lilia tries to explore ideas about relationships and states of mind, combining geometric abstraction with more expressive sculpture. Lilia is currently working on large sculptural forms in stoneware using a combination of oxides and glazes. Lilia has exhibited regularly at CCA Galleries and the Battersea Contemporary Art Fair as well as many other London galleries from 1998 to date.
Top: Horse Head - ceramic sculpture 17 cm high Above: Three Geese Bowl
Left: Tall Standing Hare ceramic sculpture 62 cm high
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RICHARD WALKER Richard Walker studied Graphic Arts (Camberwell Schooll of Art) and Printmaking (Chelsea School of Art). His studies were completed in 1977, the punk era, a radical influence still present in his work today. More recently and post-911, he has introduced more pastoral/mythological elements to his work. Richard Walker has had regular gallery shows at Minsky's Gallery, Thumb Gallery, Jill George Gallery, New Academy Gallery, Curwen Gallery, London; Madison Galleries, Los Angeles, Galerie Meissner, Hamburg, and White Gallery, Brighton. He has completed many installation/commissions including a mural at Axis Restaurant, One Aldwych Hotel, London; Three Window Installations, Barneys, New York; Glass Wall Installation, Hyatt Hotel, Warsaw; and The Cow Parade, London. Recent series of paintings have been based on Barack Obama (2008/9) and Alice in Wonderland (2007/8). Richard Walker is an accomplished printmaker and has produced screen prints and monoprints at all stages in his career.
Top: Cloud Diary screen print 90 x 70 cm edition of 45 Above: Glass Steel Water mixed media on canvas 125 x 150 cm
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NICHOLAS WRIGLESWORTH Nicholas Wriglesworth studied Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art (MFA 2004) and University of Brighton (BA Hons 1998). He has exhibited in UK including Flowers Central, Cork Street, London (Small is Beautiful 20042008), the Mall Galleries (The Discerning Eye 2004 & 2006), and also in USA including Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton (The Big Show, 2008 & 2009) and New York Affordable Art Fair, 2007. Nicholas was chosen as a finalist in the Celeste Art Prize, London 2007 and has won several scholarships including Robert Ross Scholarship (2004), South Square Trust (2003), Apthorp Fund (2003), Painter Stainer Scholarship (2002) and Pocock Award (2002). His work is in public collections including Haringey Arts Council and University of Brighton and private collections in the UK, the Netherlands and USA. Nicholas Wriglesworth's work is concerned with city and landscapes. He can work equally on large or small canvases. The scenes shown rarely include people, although there is evidence of them in the form of lights in buildings and cars on the road. Dramatic light is a key interest in the work, as well as a tendency to find high view-points.
Top: Shoreham - oil on canvas 150 x 100 cm Above: Zebra Wall - oil on canvas 110 x 75 cm
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OUR ART BUYERS GUIDE - FACTORS TO CONSIDER: • Visit a few galleries, talk to staff and try to find out some information on the artist (where they studied, prizes/awards, public collections, artist statement etc) • Use the internet, read publications - find out about artists, art movements and mediums. • Galleries normally have a price list on display, if not ask to see one. • Set yourself a budget, this will help you select work to choose from. • Check to see that the price displayed is the price you pay - does it include delivery? • Buying for investment can be risky, research the market fully or obtain independent advice. • When looking at prints, avoid high editions & look for "original prints". • Decide how your collection is to develop - do you want many varied pieces, work from just a small number of artists, or just a few distinctive pieces? • If you like the artist's style but do not see any individual pieces that you like - ask to see more or to be told about future exhibitions. • Practicalities are important - will the piece fit in the space available? Will it hang easily? • All artwork should be signed by the artist - sometimes this is on the back. • Always retain a dated invoice or receipt, which fully describes the work and price paid. • Artists are often at the private view for their exhibition, and this is a good opportunity to meet him/her and find out more about their work. • Sometimes the gallery will be able to arrange for you to meet the artist at the gallery or at their studio, this can be an interesting way to develop your own thoughts as well as seeing further works in progress. • It is not all right to go to a gallery, view work and then try to contact the artist directly. Some artists have open studios, which are advertised, but many prefer to have their work handled by galleries. • Pricing work is dependent on a few factors - the artist’s experience, the size of the piece, the materials used, time spent creating it - there is also a subjective element as well (two similar works may have different prices depending on how pleased the artist is with one more than the other).
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Garden view showing Angel bronze by Christopher Marvell
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Zimmer Stewart Gallery 29 Tarrant St Arundel West Sussex BN18 9DG 01903 882063 james@zimmerstewart.co.uk www.zimmerstewart.co.uk