Still, Not Static

STILL, NOT STATIC

STILL, NOT STATIC 14th - 31st January 2016

Private View, Wednesday 13th January 6-8pm Thompson’s Gallery welcomes the New Year with an invigorating exhibition of sculpture and still life painting in STILL, NOT STATIC.

ANDREW HOLMES Devon Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches (above) NOEL BENSTED Spanish Kitchen Oil on canvas

15 x 27 inches (right)

15 New Cavendish St London, W1G 9UB Tel: +44 (0)207 935 3595 Email: enquiries@thompsonsgallery.co.uk www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk

This exhibition puts sculpture and still life in conversation with one another to highlight their differences and dynamisms. Both disciplines revolve around real objects - sculpture produces them, while still life renders three dimensions on a flat plane. Intrinsic to each therefore is the quality of stillness, a capture and communication of the real object. However, still does not mean static- made evident in the variety of style, approach, and concept across the span of this exhibition.

Both practices are ever evolving, changing, and defying the limits of stillness.

The complete exhibition can be viewed online at

Monday to Friday: 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday:10:30 - 17:30 Sunday:11:00 - 17:00

www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk All paintings are for sale upon receipt of the catalogue.

PAUL VANSTONE Honey Onyx Torso Iranian onyx

71 x 14 x 14 inches (left)

VANESSA POOLEY Flip 2, Edition 2/19 Bronze

11 x 8 x 6 inches (left)

TERENCE CLARKE Purple Table, Jug and Oranges Oil on canvas 32 x 42 inches

ANDREW LACEY Witness

CHRIS BUCK

Bronze

Bronze with wood base

18 x 11 x 12 inches (left)

What About Tomorrow 29 x 22 x 8 inches

TONY DE WOLF

Three Blue Glass Vases and a Silver Bowl Bronze resin 23 x 14 x 7 inches (right)

PETER KELLY Sappho in The Ashmolean Oil on canvas

11 x 14 inches

SERENA ROWE Oil on board

Red Tulip

14 x 12 inches

RORY MCLAUCHLAN Rory McLauchlan Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches (left)

JAMES BLAND Green Bottle and Coffee Pot Oil on canvas

CAROL PEACE

16 x 12 inches

Heartbeat Bronze resin 23 x 14 x 7 inches (right)

MICHAEL G. CLARK Champagne Oil on linen 24 x 24 inches

Featured Artists: Chris Buck Richard Chapman Andrew Lacey Carol Peace Vanessa Pooley Johannes von Stumm Paul Vanstone Noel Bensted James Bland Michael G. Clark Terence Clarke Frank Colclough Tony de Wolf Andrew Holmes Peter Kelly Rory McLauchlan Dale Pring-Macsweeney Serena Rowe.

JOHANNES VON STUMM Small Glass and Limestone Cross Glass and limestone

8 x 9 x 4 inches (above)

DALE PRING-MACSWEENEY The Remains of the Day Oil on linen 38 x 42 inches (front cover)

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