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Transition by Lorna Fellas
26th March - 13th April
Main Gallery
Blurring the lines between drawing, painting, sculpture and photography and the multidisciplinary nature of my work are essential facets of my practice.
Drawing in two and three dimensions is critical to my work and is used as a means to develop and explore ideas further and as an end in itself.
My ideas are inspired by my immediate environment and in the sounds, language and dynamics of everyday life.
My work is largely non figurative and references autobiographical and personal narratives found in either ‘place’ or in ‘journeys,’ emotional and physical. Some journeys are straightforward, others less predictable as I embrace the opportunities of the unexpected.
Main Gallery
Blurring the lines between drawing, painting, sculpture and photography and the multidisciplinary nature of my work are essential facets of my practice.
Drawing in two and three dimensions is critical to my work and is used as a means to develop and explore ideas further and as an end in itself.
My ideas are inspired by my immediate environment and in the sounds, language and dynamics of everyday life.
My work is largely non figurative and references autobiographical and personal narratives found in either ‘place’ or in ‘journeys,’ emotional and physical. Some journeys are straightforward, others less predictable as I embrace the opportunities of the unexpected.
Illumination by John Balman
26th March - 14th April
Front Room
Illumination brings together a body of work created by artist John Balman in 2023.
John has been professionally painting for 9 years since retiring from architecture following a stroke in 2014. Creating art has given him a deep sense of calm that was not present during his commercial career, the paint brush moves much slower than the mouse!
The perfect expression of this is still life. As an architect he was necessarily concerned with the juxtaposition of form that is evident in the paintings on show.
The title reflects the importance of light as it grounds objects and gives colour to the work that focuses on compositional balance and the interplay of forms in space. Taking inspiration from more classical traditions there is a sense of realism that invites personal reflection and engagement in the work allowing the viewer to settle much as John does whilst painting.
Andrew Graham Dixon referring to Caravaggio stated “Creating paintings is a way of focusing the mind...To paint something is to isolate it for the purposes of contemplation. Still life painting is not an assemblage of objects but a theatre of forms”.
Front Room
Illumination brings together a body of work created by artist John Balman in 2023.
John has been professionally painting for 9 years since retiring from architecture following a stroke in 2014. Creating art has given him a deep sense of calm that was not present during his commercial career, the paint brush moves much slower than the mouse!
The perfect expression of this is still life. As an architect he was necessarily concerned with the juxtaposition of form that is evident in the paintings on show.
The title reflects the importance of light as it grounds objects and gives colour to the work that focuses on compositional balance and the interplay of forms in space. Taking inspiration from more classical traditions there is a sense of realism that invites personal reflection and engagement in the work allowing the viewer to settle much as John does whilst painting.
Andrew Graham Dixon referring to Caravaggio stated “Creating paintings is a way of focusing the mind...To paint something is to isolate it for the purposes of contemplation. Still life painting is not an assemblage of objects but a theatre of forms”.
Passing Through by ArtCan East Anglia
16th April - 28th April
Front Room and Main Gallery
ArtCan East Anglia is a regional group of ArtCan which is a non-profit arts organisation run by artists for artists.
We mark our time here through our experiences and imagination in our work. How do we see, how do we experience the world? How do we interpret our external and internal landscape?
Linda Chapman creates colourful abstracts of urban areas with natural light and reflections.
Jennie Sharman-Cox is interested in what lies within, through and below, inspired by rust, decay and containment.
Jill Desborough makes sculpture about storytelling and mythology, folklore and the natural world.
Liliana Dobbs explores through memory and painterly mark-making, her Levada walks in Madeira where she spent her childhood.
Lee Eveson captures the essence of movement, energy and colour in his urban home environment.
Rebecca Guyver is passionate about colour. This is reflected in the carefully assembled objects she paints, in the clothes she wears, and the flowers and fruits she grows.
Jane Hindmarch’s aluminium sculptures are derived from the energetic, physical movements of drawing and sketching landscape.
Sarah Milne’s work reflects changes in her life through portals as she moves, from one life to another, from figurative painting towards abstraction.
Deborah Pendell describes her work as “playing with pixels” because every artwork evolves from a photograph that she has taken.
Sarah Pooley’s artwork is inspired by her travels. She expresses the feeling while travelling with people you love, forgetting the worries.
Amy Wormald celebrates the vibrant colours in nature near where she lives in the Fens.
Front Room and Main Gallery
ArtCan East Anglia is a regional group of ArtCan which is a non-profit arts organisation run by artists for artists.
We mark our time here through our experiences and imagination in our work. How do we see, how do we experience the world? How do we interpret our external and internal landscape?
Linda Chapman creates colourful abstracts of urban areas with natural light and reflections.
Jennie Sharman-Cox is interested in what lies within, through and below, inspired by rust, decay and containment.
Jill Desborough makes sculpture about storytelling and mythology, folklore and the natural world.
Liliana Dobbs explores through memory and painterly mark-making, her Levada walks in Madeira where she spent her childhood.
Lee Eveson captures the essence of movement, energy and colour in his urban home environment.
Rebecca Guyver is passionate about colour. This is reflected in the carefully assembled objects she paints, in the clothes she wears, and the flowers and fruits she grows.
Jane Hindmarch’s aluminium sculptures are derived from the energetic, physical movements of drawing and sketching landscape.
Sarah Milne’s work reflects changes in her life through portals as she moves, from one life to another, from figurative painting towards abstraction.
Deborah Pendell describes her work as “playing with pixels” because every artwork evolves from a photograph that she has taken.
Sarah Pooley’s artwork is inspired by her travels. She expresses the feeling while travelling with people you love, forgetting the worries.
Amy Wormald celebrates the vibrant colours in nature near where she lives in the Fens.
Sublime Norfolk by Peter Norton and Mary Gilonne
30th April - 26th May
Main Gallery and Front Room
Peter Norton:
Having always had a passion for art and for the countryside, I’ve been able to indulge these interests more in recent years as time became available. The combination of exploring our fascinating county and photography, has led me to an abiding interest in the abstract images that can be found in nature.
The most exciting images are often the most fleeting, whether it be the shadows of cloud scudding across sand flats, or the rays of sun penetrating deep undergrowth and illuminating objects which are reflected on dark water surfaces. In this exhibition three themes are presented, water reflections, landscapes exposed be the retreating sea, and artefact of the seashore.
Mary Gilonne:
Norfolk is a county that holds a very special place for me, my parents used to live in Aylsham and family summers and get-togethers have been part of my life for years. I have always expressed myself with poetry. I find words fascinating, how they can be jig-sawed together in an emotive and musical fusion to form images and thoughts that are even surprising to the writer. There are several layers in my poems. Description of course, but more than that, a story atmosphere, something that can link me and the reader to situation, and time.
In my book SUBLIMITY – NORFOLK, this most secret, mysterious nature of land and seascapes, had me searching for its deeper stories, the ones that are an intrinsic part of Norfolk, or those that thread through its people and lives.
Main Gallery and Front Room
Peter Norton:
Having always had a passion for art and for the countryside, I’ve been able to indulge these interests more in recent years as time became available. The combination of exploring our fascinating county and photography, has led me to an abiding interest in the abstract images that can be found in nature.
The most exciting images are often the most fleeting, whether it be the shadows of cloud scudding across sand flats, or the rays of sun penetrating deep undergrowth and illuminating objects which are reflected on dark water surfaces. In this exhibition three themes are presented, water reflections, landscapes exposed be the retreating sea, and artefact of the seashore.
Mary Gilonne:
Norfolk is a county that holds a very special place for me, my parents used to live in Aylsham and family summers and get-togethers have been part of my life for years. I have always expressed myself with poetry. I find words fascinating, how they can be jig-sawed together in an emotive and musical fusion to form images and thoughts that are even surprising to the writer. There are several layers in my poems. Description of course, but more than that, a story atmosphere, something that can link me and the reader to situation, and time.
In my book SUBLIMITY – NORFOLK, this most secret, mysterious nature of land and seascapes, had me searching for its deeper stories, the ones that are an intrinsic part of Norfolk, or those that thread through its people and lives.
Lines + Places by Haychley Webb / Stellabox Designs
28th May - 9th June
Front Room
Lines + Places: A Life in Lino is the first solo exhibition by Norwich printmaker Haychley Webb / Stellabox Designs.
The collection brings together her experience of travelling in North America and living in Norfolk as shown in original limited edition linocut prints. This exhibition is a celebration of the stories simple linocut lines tell about the artist’s life over the past two years.
Works created on Vancouver Island are displayed side by side with works created in the fine City of Norwich, with themes of the natural world bringing the two together. The works are all in black and white – reflecting the way the artist, being neurodivergent, interprets the world.
This exhibition also features the entire series of works created for the new album of East Anglian musician, Holly Lerski. Holly will be performing live at the Open View on 30th May.
Front Room
Lines + Places: A Life in Lino is the first solo exhibition by Norwich printmaker Haychley Webb / Stellabox Designs.
The collection brings together her experience of travelling in North America and living in Norfolk as shown in original limited edition linocut prints. This exhibition is a celebration of the stories simple linocut lines tell about the artist’s life over the past two years.
Works created on Vancouver Island are displayed side by side with works created in the fine City of Norwich, with themes of the natural world bringing the two together. The works are all in black and white – reflecting the way the artist, being neurodivergent, interprets the world.
This exhibition also features the entire series of works created for the new album of East Anglian musician, Holly Lerski. Holly will be performing live at the Open View on 30th May.
Homebody by Pinch
28th May - 9th June
Main Gallery
What is “Home”? Is it a physical reality or a mental state? Many individuals find a sense of connection to Home, but for an increasingly large number of us, Home is a melancholic shadow of a feeling, perpetually out of reach. As our society grows ever more dependent on globalism, it's now in our blood to be in transit, but what have we lost in the process?
Homebody is a collection of figurative paintings and drawings exploring three key themes to the meaning of Home - Physical Space, Interpersonal Connections, and connection with The Self. As a person who has moved house ten times in as many years, the exhibition focuses on the conclusion of my findings being a combination of each, and reflects the emotion realised during the creation of the works.
Main Gallery
What is “Home”? Is it a physical reality or a mental state? Many individuals find a sense of connection to Home, but for an increasingly large number of us, Home is a melancholic shadow of a feeling, perpetually out of reach. As our society grows ever more dependent on globalism, it's now in our blood to be in transit, but what have we lost in the process?
Homebody is a collection of figurative paintings and drawings exploring three key themes to the meaning of Home - Physical Space, Interpersonal Connections, and connection with The Self. As a person who has moved house ten times in as many years, the exhibition focuses on the conclusion of my findings being a combination of each, and reflects the emotion realised during the creation of the works.
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