art trails & open studios

Lines of Enquiry, Shades of Meaning part of Artists Open Houses

An exhibition of drawings and hand-made sketch books by Angela Edwards, Tim Gwyther, Karin Hay-White and Gaynor Williams. These drawings can be an end in themselves but often they are made as a step on the way to creating a final work – a practice that was once described as “the most marvelous elaborate, complex way of making up your mind”.

The artists work with pencils, charcoal and chalk pastels, all of which are highly responsive to their ‘touch’ – the movement and pressure of the hand. Simple tools and unimpeded techniques provide them with the most direct means of visualising an idea. Above all their work reveals the link between looking, thinking and doing. To complement the exhibition, bookbinder Gaynor Williams, whose practice is based on the concept that a book can be made out of practically anything, will be showing her recent collection of hand-crafted sketchbooks.

During the exhibition each artist will lead a free drawing activity in the gallery based on their own practice: Saturday 13 May 2-4pm, Two-minute Scribble with Tim Gwyther | Saturday 20 May 2-4pm, Playful Lines with Karin Hay-White | Saturday 27 May 2-4pm, Experiment with Charcoal with Angela Edwards.

Lines of Enquiry, Shades of Meaning is part of Brighton’s Artists Open Houses and runs from 3rd to 28th May at the Grange Gallery, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA. Open Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm. Tel: 01273 301004.

Angela’s studio @Town Quay Studios, Shoreham by Sea will also be open Wed to Sun 11am to 5pm for the whole Open Houses trail in May.