Spring Cheltenham

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𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗦⁣
𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝘀⁣
𝟯𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿- 𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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‘𝘏𝘪, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.⁣
𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮.’

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𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗦⁣
𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝘀⁣
𝟯𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿- 𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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For his third solo exhibition at Spring, we’re absolutely delighted to welcome back the incredibly talented and very popular Peter Phipps, with another beautiful collection of his majestic paintings celebrating the local landscape. Peter writes:⁣
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‘𝘏𝘪, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.⁣
𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮.’

Continuing this beautiful weekend and the start of next week, we have a must-see show from Jonathan Oakes

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬⁣
𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀⁣
𝟮𝟯- 𝟮𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
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Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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An exhibition of truly original Contemporary artworks by Jonathan Oakes⁣
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He told us; ‘𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦.⁣
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Jonathan Oakes is an experienced artist who is passionate about the natural world, the majority of his artwork is deeply influenced by environmental concerns. His highly individual paintings are abstract by definition but have an illustrative quality about them. He utilises layers and mark making to add depth and narrative. In general his artworks are created using mixed media on canvas, paper or large abandoned photographs. He hopes to create a starting point for the viewer’s imagination as they contemplate the artwork.

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬⁣
𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀⁣
𝟮𝟯- 𝟮𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
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Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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An exhibition of truly original Contemporary artworks by Jonathan Oakes⁣
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He told us; ‘𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦.⁣
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Jonathan Oakes is an experienced artist who is passionate about the natural world, the majority of his artwork is deeply influenced by environmental concerns. His highly individual paintings are abstract by definition but have an illustrative quality about them. He utilises layers and mark making to add depth and narrative. In general his artworks are created using mixed media on canvas, paper or large abandoned photographs. He hopes to create a starting point for the viewer’s imagination as they contemplate the artwork.

𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗⁣
𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗚𝗮𝘆𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 & 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰⁣
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𝟭𝟲 - 𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am - 5pm⁣
(Final Tuesday 10am - 1pm)⁣
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We are three artists and friends with contrasting styles and complementary beliefs.⁣
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Between us, our work is challenging in its scale, bold and dynamic. It is poetic, atmospheric and dreamlike. It is subtly subversive, revealing and compelling.⁣
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We take our artistic practice seriously and have fun while doing it. As second career mature artists, we have a strong commitment to our work and to our evolving perspectives but aim to do this with a lightness and a sense of enjoyment.⁣
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Our shared inspiration includes freedom, individuality and self-expression. Reflected in our collective work, you will see a range of source inspiration. It may be places of beauty we have lived, places of beauty we live now, nature and changing seascape or our own bodies and self-identity.⁣

✨ 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧-𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬! ✨⁣
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We have a rare 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺 in the run-up to Christmas!⁣
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𝟭𝟲–𝟮𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — £𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟵-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴⁣
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It would be a great opportunity if you have a smaller body of work that could make the 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁, or equally, it could work brilliantly as a 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.⁣
If you haven’t submitted your work to us before, all we need is an email including:⁣
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• 𝟯 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 of work created within the last 12 months, including the title, medium and dimensions⁣
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• A 𝟭𝟱𝟬-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁/𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 introducing yourself, the inspiration behind your work and your process⁣
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• 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 (email and telephone number)⁣
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• 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀, if available⁣
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𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽? No problem! You can make one submission, including an individual example of each artist’s work, along with a short statement introducing the group and exhibition.⁣
🎄 A great chance to get your work in front of Christmas shoppers during one of the busiest times of the year!⁣
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𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱? 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.⁣
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𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺⁣
 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦.

Opening today!

𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗⁣
𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗚𝗮𝘆𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 & 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰⁣
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𝟭𝟲 - 𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am - 5pm⁣
(Final Tuesday 10am - 1pm)⁣
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We are three artists and friends with contrasting styles and complementary beliefs.⁣
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Between us, our work is challenging in its scale, bold and dynamic. It is poetic, atmospheric and dreamlike. It is subtly subversive, revealing and compelling.⁣
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We take our artistic practice seriously and have fun while doing it. As second career mature artists, we have a strong commitment to our work and to our evolving perspectives but aim to do this with a lightness and a sense of enjoyment.⁣
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Our shared inspiration includes freedom, individuality and self-expression. Reflected in our collective work, you will see a range of source inspiration. It may be places of beauty we have lived, places of beauty we live now, nature and changing seascape or our own bodies and self-identity.⁣

𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗬-𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗⁣
𝟭𝟬- 𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
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Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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As a way of exploring the tension between celebration and mortality, pleasure and pain, this exhibition returns repeatedly to motifs associated with the studios, cafés, banquets and bohemian life of the artist: fruit, smoke, oysters, skulls, absinthe, and, in particular, the painter’s table — perhaps the most familiar piece of furniture in an artist’s studio.⁣
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The exhibition is also an exploration of the artist’s ‘myth’ and reflects the broader cultural tendency to romanticize the ‘lone genius’. Something I have always been fascinated with. ⁣
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These paintings exist somewhere between darkness and light, life and death, imagination and reality. I have worked from source material that directly references artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh, entering their worlds and reimagining their subjects in an attempt to create an alternative reality — something grittier, perhaps, and closer to the truth behind the myth of the lone genius.⁣
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Ultimately, the paintings are concerned with the strange space where beauty and decay coexist; where pleasure carries the shadow of mortality, and where the act of painting itself becomes a way of confronting both.⁣
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𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗬-𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗⁣
𝟭𝟬- 𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝟲 - 𝟵𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲!⁣
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Simon Hadley Attard is a figurative painter, whose paintings identify with the landscape and visual surroundings of life in England. Subjects such as whippets and lurchers, the artist’s garden, portraits of friends and family, and the art historical canon all play major roles in his painting process. House flies, pot plants and spiders suggest deeper connections of disequilibrium, as the artist explores themes that evoke climate change and the transience of time. More recent work explores themes such as the crucifixion, employing impasto oil colour and pushing the boundaries of oil painting and the marks and textures it is capable of. ⁣
Simon studied at Falmouth School of Art finishing in 2006 and holds an MA from the University of Arts, London.⁣

Opening next week in our beautifully repaired and redecorated gallery. 🧹✨🫧⁣
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𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗬-𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗⁣
𝟭𝟬- 𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
Open daily 10am – 5pm⁣
(Last day Tuesday 29th 10am – 1pm)⁣
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𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝟲 - 𝟵𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲!⁣
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As a way of exploring the tension between celebration and mortality, pleasure and pain, this exhibition returns repeatedly to motifs associated with the studios, cafés, banquets and bohemian life of the artist: fruit, smoke, oysters, skulls, absinthe, and, in particular, the painter’s table — perhaps the most familiar piece of furniture in an artist’s studio.⁣
The exhibition is also an exploration of the artist’s ‘myth’ and reflects the broader cultural tendency to romanticize the ‘lone genius’. Something I have always been fascinated with. ⁣
These paintings exist somewhere between darkness and light, life and death, imagination and reality. I have worked from source material that directly references artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh, entering their worlds and reimagining their subjects in an attempt to create an alternative reality — something grittier, perhaps, and closer to the truth behind the myth of the lone genius.⁣
Ultimately, the paintings are concerned with the strange space where beauty and decay coexist; where pleasure carries the shadow of mortality, and where the act of painting itself becomes a way of confronting both.⁣