Gallery Tresco May Show 2013

GEOFFREY BICKLEY

NICOLA HANCOX

SOPHIE HARDING

GARY LONG

MAGGIE MATTHEWS

TOM RICKMAN

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May Show 13 May - 5 July 2013

Maggie Matthews

2 Quay 28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

3 Islands 28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

Cover image: 1 Bryher 28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

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“These islands seem to create a bond, a certain connection for most visitors, but none more so than our artists. For them there is a joyful return to the challenge. A renewed dance: an elusive chase to pin down their very own Scilly. This show is evidence to each; their success and pleasure. View life on Scilly through the artists’ eyes and sense the magic of colours blended, marks made, a composition and story unfolding.

A vision shared for all to enjoy.”

Anna Parkes, manager

How to buy our art All of the art shown is available on receipt of this brochure. If you are interested in making a purchase please phone 01720 424 925. www.gallerytresco.co.uk The exhibition can also be viewed on our web site from Monday 6th May 2013.

Colours may vary between the originals and these reproductions. All measurements shown are in centimetres and are image size only excluding the frame.

Maggie Matthews

4 Plumb Island 28 x 41cm pastel on paper ÂŁ500

5 Appletree Bay 28 x 41cm pastel on paper ÂŁ500

6 Blockhouse 28 x 41cm pastel on paper ÂŁ500

Nicola Hancox

7 Palace Row, New Grimsby 25 x 37cm watercolour £460

8 Breaking wave 45 x 45cm watercolour £590

9 The wave 66 x 38cm watercolour £790

10 Time for thought 47 x 62cm watercolour ÂŁ790

11 Patterns in the sand 47 x 64cm watercolour ÂŁ790

Geoffrey Bickley

12 Curlew 4 51cm high wood £265

13 Curlew 1 54cm high wood £265

14 Curlew 3 53cm high wood £265

15 Curlew 2 51cm high wood £265

16 Woodcock in flight 72cm high wood £265

17 Cormorant 1 84cm high wood £490

18 Cormorant 2 84cm high wood £490

Gary Long

19 Blue boat 30 x 30cm oil on canvas £600

20 Path by Borough Farm 61 x 46cm oil on canvas £1120

21 Green mood 51 x 61cm oil on canvas ÂŁ1200

Gary Long

22 Round Island 30 x 41cm oil on canvas £700

23 Being there 30 x 41cm oil on canvas £700

24 North end 51 x 51cm oil on canvas ÂŁ1100

Tom Rickman

25 Evening walk 15 x 21cm gouache on paper £425

26 Two swans 21 x 15cm gouache on paper £425

27 Borough evening 21 x 15cm gouache on paper £425

28 In ember 71 x 41cm oil on canvas £2500

29 In shadow 71 x 41cm oil on canvas £2500

30 Jet stream 71 x 46cm oil on canvas £2500

Geoffrey Bickley

31 Woodpeckers, pair 25cm high wood £320

32 Duck 22cm high wood £320

33 Turnstones, trio 30cm high wood £330

34 Kingfisher 44cm high wood £160

35 Oystercatchers, trio 29cm high wood £410

Sophie Harding

37 Gull, bay and beach 20 x 20cm acrylic on canvas £450

36 Horse, pail and palm tree 21 x 26cm acrylic on canvas £500

39 Fields, fishing boat and gate 26 x 26cm acrylic on canvas £550

38 Clouds, cottages and gate 20 x 20cm acrylic on canvas £450

40 White house, fence and sailing boat 24 x 30cm acrylic on canvas £595

41 Seagulls, islands and red boat 31 x 41cm acrylic on canvas £650

The Artists

Maggie Matthews The colours of Tresco seem to fill your mind, from the crystal clear turquoise waters to the vivid pink sunsets. I’m always totally absorbed by the fast changing light and weather conditions along Tresco’s coastline.

These pastel drawings were created “en plein air” focusing on my favourite stretches of beach.

Working outside intuitively choosing vivid colours and weaving them quickly onto the page. My choice of bold and vibrant colour allows me to express the atmosphere of these places I know so well.

Nicola Hancox This year’s collection takes me back to days spent walking along Tresco’s beautiful beaches, where time stands still and I can be alone with my thoughts.

I watch the rise and fall of the tide, as the crystal clear water, with soothing sounds, gently laps over the sand, then with the receding rhythm, draws back, pulling tiny shells and pebbles, leaving smooth wet sand, which reflects all the colours of the sky. A shimmer of light plays over the water, buoys bobbing, sea birds running in and out, seaweed tangles and distant views over the islands. Heaven.

I hope these paintings bring back memories of your special times spent on Tresco.

Geoffrey Bickley This last 12 months has been a busy time, I was delighted to be short listed for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year, from entries worldwide.

The cormorants are a popular bird especially on the islands. They can often be spotted on isolated rocks drying their wings, I find them full of character and I like to exploit their lazy-looking stance.

I’ve seen quite a few curlews this year so have included these in this exhibition along with other favourites and some new carvings.

Gary Long I travelled over to Tresco from Penzance on one of the last helicopter flights savouring the feeling of leaving the bustle of the mainland behind arriving on the tranquil island.

My time was spent making sketches of familiar locations and also looking for new ones.

The weather plays a very important part in the way that a place is portrayed. My preference is the more dramatic landscape and the mood that is created when conditions change.

As always the experience was memorable.

Tom Rickman I would think that over the years of coming to paint on Tresco that it would be possible to run out of inspiration and ideas from such a small landmass. But this place has a most canny way of re-inventing itself and showing me its many facets.

The time I spend here in the winter is quite special. The island is left as if to sleep and I wander around its empty spaces within its own dream quite alone within the beauty and my thoughts.

Sophie Harding Our visit to Tresco in January was wonderful as my son is now old enough to walk for significant distances which meant that we enjoyed plenty of windy, wintry walks along as many beaches as we could collecting sea glass as we went.

I filled a whole sketchbook with drawings so that on my return I had a large collection of sketches to work from for my new paintings.

My aim, as usual is to capture the beauty, simplicity and charm of the island.

Tresco is one of my favourite places to be and I'm so lucky to have this opportunity to visit every year.

42 Tresco tree line (detail) by Nicola Hancox 36 x 54cm watercolour £640

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2013 Exhibitions JULY SHOWS 6th July » Neil Pinkett, Ian Shearman, Rosemary Trestini 16th July » Paul Lewin, David Rust, Ellen Watson 27th July » Imogen Bone, Anthony Garratt, Maggie O’Brien AUGUST SHOWS 6th August » Tom Holland, Marie Mills, Mungo Powney 17th August » John Dyer, Stewart Edmondson, Paul Wadsworth 27th August » Chris Hankey, Myles Oxenford, Nicky Walker AUTUMN SHOW » 9th October John Bampfield, Stuart Kettle, Wendy McBride, Richard Stanley, Andrew Tozer