Order and Chaos 2024

Jim Nind - Artist

The relationships between order and chaos, the structured and the random, the studied and the spontaneous, the thoughtfully reflective and the emotively expressive, have recurred time and again throughout Jim’s work. 

In the body of work represented here these process dimensions surface in new ways, counterpointing each other and heading off in fresh directions to explore the ways in which signiturisation can feature within tight structures and the ways in which these structures themselves can break down or break out.

Ewan Graham -Artist writes

“Through spring, and as summer approaches, Woodbridge is alive with art.
I’m delighted to announce my exciting inaugural major solo exhibition in Suffolk, featuring original oil paintings and limited-edition Giclee Prints. 
This retrospective will present a varied body of work from early to recent work, incorporating atmospheric landscapes, seascapes, and abstract paintings in oils, all under one roof.

Join us for what promises to be an exciting week in Woodbridge.

Curated by Nial Adams FRSA  

The event will run from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm each day and is completely free; Friends, supporters, and the public will all be made most welcome.

Ewan will be present throughout to discuss the work and working methods.

The artwork on display will be available for purchase.

(Purchasing art is a very personal experience, and exhibitions give one the chance to buy direct from the artist, with full provenance.)

www.ewangrahamart.com

@ewangraham_art

Christine Drane and Shirley Easton are two local Artists who paint the sea and the land around them. Shirley is inspired by the sea and sky at Aldeburgh. Chris paints landscapes and, in particular, trees.

Christine Drane: Instagram – chris.drane56

Shirley Easton: Instagram – s.easton.art   

Emma Wren - Watercolours

Emma Lock- Abstract artist

Frankie Atkinson - Ceramicist

As a group of Artists from Essex and Suffolk, we are passionate about using bold, vivid colours and the feelings they evoke.

Our exhibition embraces the concept of “Living Colour” inspiring and enlightening, mirroring the beauty found in the natural world around us.
Nature is an awesome mixer of beautiful colours, so why look anywhere else for inspiration? The colours we naturally gravitate towards, as well as how we blend them into our living spaces, reflects an intimate connection with our inner selves. There is a scientifically proven correlation between uplifting colours and their capacity to stimulate energy, along with the release of the joy-inducing hormone, Dopamine. Art, has a magical ability to influence mood and emotions, becoming a conduit for positivity. In a world that currently feels heavy with melancholy, embracing a burst of colour can offer a much-needed boost as we move through 2024.

EMMA WREN

Primarily I work in watercolours but not necessarily in a conventional way. I love the effects you can achieve using watercolour pigment and I never tire of flooding the colours and letting the paint do the work!

Along with large floral canvases, I draw quirky animals capturing their personalities and bringing them to life.

My work has sold all over the UK, and has brought a splash of joy to many client’s homes.

www.emmawren.co.uk

Instagram @emmawrenart

EMMA LOCK

Emma’s work pulls inspiration from the natural world and is then re-imagined into contemporary landscapes of her own. Drawing from her emotions and instinct whilst using a variety of materials, mostly acrylic paint, pastels and graphite as her mediums. Emma’s work brings a sense of serenity and depth, balancing the chaos against moments of calm. This latest body of work was inspired by floral bouquets and wild gardens alongside self-reflection.

I am Interested in making the viewer feel some sort of connection or emotional response, and for them to then question that response and feel it deeply. There is something that draws me in emotionally to abstract art. Feelings are attached to colour or a shape, they are emotive. It’s visceral for me, a gut feeling and for me painting this way is how I can truly express myself.

www.emmalockart.com

Instagram @emmalockart

FRANKIE ATKINSON

Frankie is a ceramic artist based in East Anglia – with a gallery in Suffolk and a studio in Essex. She enjoys working in a spontaneous fashion inspired by the colours and textures of the surrounding landscape. Coming from a creative background, Frankie moved to Suffolk having studied in London at Camberwell and Chelsea Art schools. Her BA (Hons) degree is from the University of the Arts, London and she is extremely experienced at both hand built and thrown ceramics, as well as teaching pottery to both adults and children alike.

instagram: @frankieceramics

                  @frankies.studio_

https://frankies.studio

The exhibition presents interpretations of landscape from across two centuries drawn from the collection of Nicholas Holloway Fine Art and the contemporary vision of Helen Taylor. With fine examples of the work of Thomas Churchyard, Harry Becker and Helen’s beautiful evocation of the river Deben there is a local focus which broadens out to include British and Continental landscape painting.

The paintings and drawings in the exhibition have their roots in nature and the landscape whether constructed en plein air or in the studio. The artists here seek to make connections and tell tales. They remind us that Nature is more powerful than all else.

For Helen Taylor, responding to and recording landscape is a way of communicating an image of home and of her affiliation with place. Daily walks in Woodbridge, provide a time for observation and reflection on this. Noticing the way, for example, the substance, the hue, the texture of the riverbed is altered in the changing light, which might be re-told in the paintings via tint and tone, lively brushwork and mark making.

‘Places seem to me to have some kind of memory, in that they activate memory in those who look at them.’ WG Sebald

‘Landscape painting catches at those unexpected ideas and emotions that come, and so easily go, on days of no particular importance.’ Christopher Neve

‘My paintings talk in colour and any of the shapes are there to express colour, but not outline.‘ Winifred Nicholson

www.nicholasholloway.co.uk

https://www.instagram.com/helentaylorpaintings/

Julia Gooch comes back to the gallery bringing beautiful 20th century artworks from across East Anglia. with a few chosen contemporary works.

Dan Hussey and honor Surie show new work.

https://www.instagram.com/honor.surie/

Featuring work by Zoe Everett, SuzanneMinshaw & Kevin Holmes

We are a trio of enthusiastic artisans who enjoy the creative process. We are continually looking at ways to develop and improve our varied disciplines and encourage visitors to give honest critique. 

Zoe Leverett - Lowestoft, Suffolk.

I have always held a keen interest in all things relating to Art and Craft. Although primarily known for painting with acrylics, I also enjoy stitch and assemblage art and more recently  I have taken up pottery.

The subject matter is diverse and varied in that it can change from landscapes to quirky creations, a small selection of which will be on show at this exhibition. Further examples of my work can be found at the Ferini Art Gallery in Pakefield, Lowestoft.

My name is Suzanne Minshaw.

I am an artist, designer and illustrator living in Oulton, Suffolk. I am inspired by our beautiful countryside, seaside villages and wildlife. I paint in acrylics on board.
  I have produced artwork in the past for Suffolk Tourist information centres and Suffolk Wildlife Trust, I have recently illustrated a book called ‘Puddle Creatures ‘ by local Ipswich author Ray Hopkinson.
   My artwork can be found on my Facebook pages ‘Pathways Gallery’, ‘Suzie’s Britain’.and local galleries and exhibitions.
 I hope it brings as much joy to people as it does to me when I create it.

Kevin M HOLMES of N Suffolk. Assemblage artist with a leaning towards items of a vintage & steampunk vibe.

Suffolk Women artist group show recent works;

Brenda Nash,

Susie Mendelsson

Lisa Berry,

honor Surie,

Claire Fried,

Gerry Spiller,

Val Armstrong,

Alice Ridley -painter and Spadge - Sculptor

The work is mainly looking at a different perspective in life.

our instagrams are 

@alicesarthouse

@spadgeart

Brian Coetzee is a local artist working in mixed media and collage.He also prints his original works onto Silk. He brings his work to Artspace Woodbridge along with other artists; Tobias Ford, Anna Toppin, Ian Sedge & Hassina Khan .

Winter Exhibition by John Roberts

NEAR & FAR

Woodbridge and the western Isles

The favourite subjects for this artist (a resident  of Woodbridge for over 60 years)

are still from this glorious old town of ours but after a summer trip to the outer 

Hebrides some very different and engaging vistas emerged. A mixture of wonder

and beauty never ceases to inspire…

Open every day from 10am - 6pm

Artists;

Wendy Raynsford-Painter

Claire Fried - Painter

Garry Magee - Ceramicist

Louise Sant - Jeweller

An exhibition of painting and sculpture

presented by Jessica Oliver -Painter & Gus Farnes -Sculptor

Jessica Oliver

Jessica Oliver (MFA, BFA) is an award-winning landscape artist, working predominantly in the medium of oil on canvas. Following extensive classical training in Florence, she has worked as a full time artist and curator for
over ten years.

Central to her work is a nuanced, often romantic observation of landscape and vista. Inspired by her surroundings on the Suffolk coastline, Oliver’s most recent series centres on the dramatic, ever-shifting cloudscapes of her native environment.

With its skilled and attentive eye for the interplay of light and atmosphere, this collection of paintings experiments with the boundary between observation and abstraction – to transcendent effect.

Ig: @jessoliverart | w:jessoliver.co.uk

Gus Farnes

Gus Farnes is a British artist working within a contemplative domain, fomented by human activity and the social milieu.

Led by an interest in history, mythology and lore Farnes sculpts using materials sampled from his local situation – remnants from a landscape, prehistoric monuments, organic matter and found objects are collaged using digital and analogue processes giving rise to figurative forms.

At the age of 16 Gus was introduced to alchemy of bronze casting by Laurence Edwards, captivated by this experience it set his course leading him to study Fine Art at NUA in 2000. After leaving Norwich, he moved to London and began working for Sotheby’s. In 2016 Gus left London to pursue his practice as an artist, establishing a studio and building a foundry located in Suffolk.

Ig: @gusfarnes | w: gusfarnes.co.uk

Meryem Siemmond - Sculptor

Emma Green - Painter

Sophie Crockett - Painter

Tobias Ford - Sculptor

Don Hawkley - Ceramics

John Barker - Painter

Richard Oliver - Sculptor

Deborah Thompson - Ceramic

Alex Dipple - Multidisciplinary artist

Mike Crockett - Painter

“Swimming is a passion, wilderness, the ultimate habitat, soaking in the landscape while suspended and cajoled into surrendering to peace and joy. With senses tuned to stillness, sounds are pristine, sights hushed, troubles dissolved in the baptism. Emerging new born, the warmth sings into your body, each cell reverberating, euphoric. To blend this experience into paint, is my indulgence, and hope, to share the joy. Competitive swimming was my skill, triathlon, skimming the French Alps on my trusty stead of pale blue steel. Now, just floating happily is the perfect achievement.

 Currently painting large murals, building sculptures and theming mini golf parks is the ‘job’, building artificial rockscapes and swim ponds. Portrait commissions are welcome interludes to playing in the mud on building sites, the extreme flavours in life satisfying a healthy appetite for experience.” Dawn Pretty

Instagram; dawnprettyart

www.dawnpretty.co.uk

info@dawnpretty.co.uk

Art Seven is a gathering of artist friends who have known one another for many years and who are, or have been, a Sudbourne Printmaker. This exhibition will be show-casing their varied work, using etching and relief printmaking, painting, collage, mixed media and botanical watercolours.

Jennifer Hall @jenniferhall805

Chrissy Norman @chrissynormanprint

Tessa Hale

Jan Tagg

Jan Brown

Sara Harrington @saraharringtonart

Dorin Elvin

BRIN EDWARDS SWLA   NEW PAINTINGS OF BIRDS AND LANDSCAPES

JEWELLERY BY HELEN WALLACE

A new collection of lively expressive contemporary paintings of wildlife and landscapes by Brin Edwards.

Brin is a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and lives near Sudbury in Suffolk and his inspiration comes from 

walking through the fields and coastal landscapes of East Anglia. Also some prints and ceramics on a similar theme.

Helen Wallace designs and makes beautiful silver jewellery inspired by natural forms which incorporate traditional silversmithing and sliver clay techniques.

www.helenwallacejewellery.com

www.brin-edwards.com

facebook brin edwards wildlife art and illustration

instagram @brinedwards_art

Small Works by Ipswich Art Society is an unselected show and open to all Members with works in many styles and mediums. With a maximum of 40cm either way, works are sold ‘off the wall’ and can be taken on the day.

It’s always a pleasure to come back to Artspace Woodbridge for our annual Small Works exhibition, one of a series of annual exhibitions.

We have recruited some talented young artists and have had some very experienced ones joining us in recent years. Our numbers continue to grow.

Find out more about the artist at. www.ipswich-art-society.org.uk

Four female nature artists return, to present a calm and immersive experience into the beauty of nature

Nicola Coe + 3

Cathy Outen, Carolyn Hinchcliffe and Kate Roocroft show new work

Cathy Outen

Working with clay has always been Cathy's passion! She loves to explore the feel of it in her hands as a simple ball of clay is transformed into its finished ceramic form. 

    She works with stoneware clays in her Suffolk garden studio and enjoys experimenting with a variety of glazes and firings to create contrasting colours, finishes and textures.

Carolyn Hinchcliff

 Carolyn paints colourful and bold acrylic paintings inspired by nature. Growing up in the Suffolk countryside she has always had a fascination with the natural world. 

     Carolyn's favourite subjects to paint are botanicals,  birds and butterflies. She is captivated by fleeting moments such as the turquoise flash of a kingfisher in flight. She is also fascinated by the transient ever-changing state of flowers. Her paintings are often a close up view, capturing delicate details in colour tones,  of a flowers petals, or a birds feathers. Carolyn's paintings invite you to look closely at nature's details, and make perfect statement pieces for your home.

Kate Roocroft

Beyond Stitch Textile Group

Marion Leach, Trudie Kram, Sue Emmerson, Ed Blanchard, Tres Barnett, Mandy Bouttell.

A very varied collection of exciting new work by the six members of the group.

beyondstitch.co.uk

LASTING IMPRESSIONS

AN EXHIBITION OF PRINTMAKING

Lasting Impressions brings together three experienced and exciting printmakers who work mainly in lino printing. The skill and versatility of the three artists using this simple material is outstanding.

Julie Orpen is inspired by the natural world around her, attempting to convey the movement in nature and the sense of depth when she designs her work. Her recent prints have been focussed on birds and animals using their collective noun as a theme. She is also an excellent engraver.

Constantly inspired by her surroundings, Anne Townshend can often be seen sketching and drawing in the Suffolk lanes or somewhere along the beautiful East Coast. Having always been involved in with art, it was the acquisition of her own Albion press that initiated a love of printmaking.

Bryan Whiteley is also drawn towards landscape and an expression of nature through pattern and colour. He loves the art of engraving and the chance effects created by printing. His prints are often experimental, combining different techniques and etching the lino blocks to create a softer more painterly effect.

Instagram: @orpenjulie @annetownshend @bryanwhiteleyart

Jill Draper

I live in a “ borderland” in Suffolk, where sky meets sea, and sea pushes its fingers deep into the countryside. Surrounded by creeks and rivulets where the distinction between what is sea and what is not is blurred, and the sky melds both in an ever changing Kaleidoscope of blues,greys, golds and greens. 

Try to capture this? We can but try!

This is the inspiration for my watercolour paintings and drawings.

Instagram.     jill.draper.artist

'Figmental'

by Lisa Berry

Pots and paintings of pots

A fusion exhibition

As the pots take shape, the unique curves and textures of the ceramic forms provide an exciting starting point for painting. Painting allows me to transcend the constraints of realism, adding an imaginative layer that pushes the boundaries of the ceramic's inherent physicality. The journey then becomes a dynamic feedback loop, where each art form continuously informs and fuels the other.

Instagram: lisaberry2013

"Threshold" a photographic response to three disparate houses

For Tassie Russell photography has always been an extension of her work as a painter.

She has used a medium format camera together with a selection of specially constructed pinhole cameras to create images for the exhibition titled ‘Threshold, a photographic response to three disparate houses

Instagram @TASSIERUSSELL

Four artists; Claudia Silva, Holly Scholfield, Christian Aldridge, Alice Garland

Our instagrams are;

@Claudiasilvaartist

@Hollyscholfield

@studioaldridge

@garlandceramics

QUARTET

Four artists from Suffolk get together to show their varied work – Mary Gundry (figurative), Wil Harvey (line and wash), James Power (landscape), Alan Rutter (linocut).

Mary Gundry

Mary's work has been recognised in the East Anglia area for over 25 years, particularly for her paintings of children on the beach and the Suffolk coastline. In recent years she has broadened her approach and referred to the work of Harry Becker and many of the more impressionist artists. This has led to her current interest in figures at work- in particular local fishermen of which there are several examples in this exhibition.
www.marygundry.com
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James P Power. SEA. IEA. AEAGMA.

James retired in 2011 and today he gives his time and knowledge to the Horse racing industry and charities to which he has become involved. As an accomplished painter, he works in oils and pastels. James has been an active member of the The Society of Equestrian Artists and has now exhibited in major galleries in London and throughout the UK. Prize winner of the Best Racing Picture in 2000, sponsored by Horse & Hound Magazine. James has a portrait hanging in the Garrick Club, London. Currently tutoring equestrian art at the Munnings Museum, Dedham through the summer months. September 2018 helped form the East Suffolk Plein-air Painters. Joined the EAGMA in August 2022 as associate. Chairman of the Southwold Art Circle.

Instagram: jamespowerartist

Alan Rutter

Alan Rutter is a Blythburgh based printmaker who studied graphic design at Hornsey College of Art and practised as a graphic designer in London for over twenty years. He eventually trained as a teacher and taught graphics until retirement. Using his design experience and love of the local countryside he produces linocut prints from around Blythburgh.

Wil Harvey

Since childhood, drawing has formed the basis of Wil’s work, and his main medium is ink and wash – largely landscapes, buildings and industrial scenes.

Wil exhibits and runs workshops with local art clubs.  He particularly enjoys painting en plein-air, working in a loose, energetic style, trying to capture a feeling of spontaneity and energy. Together with Jim Power, he formed the East Suffolk Plein Air Painters who meet on the last Sunday of each month at various locations (a nearby café is important…)

Although ink drawing is his ‘default mode’, he also likes to experiment with a range of other media, and took up portraiture (oils and charcoal) in 2002.

Website: www.wilharvey.co.uk

Ruth Simpson, a Suffolk based Contemporary Artist lives near Ixworth. From here she explores enchanting rolling farmland, ancient woodlands and hedgerows, the captivating heaths, flower rich meadows and wonderful wetlands. Ruth draws inspiration from natures changing moods and seasons and her work, in acrylic and inks, often depicts wildflowers and grasses in exquisite detail.

“A simple grass stem or woodland copse can capture the imagination and help us to see the beauty all around us, so often taken for granted or overlooked.”

Lucy Perry’s work seeks to record fleeting moments of light, pattern and colour in the natural world through painting and printmaking.  Her approach to drawing and painting is instinctively bold and expressive, sometimes using mixed media and printmaking techniques within paintings. Lucy’s love of colour is key in her vibrant and celebratory artworks which lift any interior space with feelings of joy.

Lucy also produces cyanotypes, capturing the power of the sun to record nature directly.

"My hope is that when you hang my work in your home it will bring you moments of joyful distraction in our frantic modern world - the impetus to pause, to escape, to relax and to restore your mind.”