John Roberts Solo Winter Exhibition

3rd - 17th January 2026

open every day between 10am-3.30pm

The winter exhibition by local artist John Roberts, pays homage to

our wonderful old town with some new work featuring the glorious

architectural mix. In addition there is aspecial focus on the town’s

 pubs which also includes many from the surrounding localities in a 

series of drawings.

Louise Sant - Jeweller

Garry Magee - Ceramicist

Wendy Raynsford - Painter

Claire Fried - Painter

Suffolk Artist Kate Roocroft studied Textile's specialising in surface print at the University of Central England in 1998 and later focussed on her love of oil painting in 2021 she began selling her work through galleries and exhibitions.

Kate’s creative process is very experimental  and includes building layers with acrylics and oils and mixed media. Creating abstract  and interpretations of local landscapes with simplified blocked areas of colours and many layers to incorporate texture and depth. 

Kates work takes inspiration from artist Paul Klee.

About the Connection Project

How connected are you to your local landscape and if you had to depict that connection through a series of photographs what would you portray?

The Connection Project was set up by Suffolk Landscape Photographer Gill Moon. The inspiration came from the question above.

The project began in January 2025 with the connection of 8 photographers from different parts of Suffolk who all came together through a shared love of photography and the landscapes of Suffolk.

The bodies of work that make up this project explore our connection with landscape and nature, with rural traditions and with our emotional wellbeing and the past. Each story is personal to the photographer who photographed it but each tells of a deep connection with the landscapes of Suffolk

Remembering in Paint

Klair Bauly -Artist of Natural Materials

Brigitte Girling - Painter in Acrylics and Mixed media

Klair Bauly -Artist of Natural Materials

Klair specialises in working with natural materials. She uses paints made from pure minerals, paper from plants and natural fibre textiles. It is important to her to create art without causing environmental impact, both as a working artist and in the work left behind in the future.

Being in nature is a constant inspiration, walking the coastline and countryside, to inform abstract paintings she creates work to portray the feeling of being in a place, a moment in time. Using repetition and minimalism to create a sense of calm contemplation; to allow space to breathe and be still, in the moment.

Balance, harmony & simplicity bringing a sense of calm contemplation is at the heart of her ethos. Creating art without harming the environment brings a purity to her expression.

She has work in collections in USA, Canada, Norway and the UK.

Graduate of West Surrey College of Art & Design 1976-79

Instagram: @klairbaulyartist

Brigitte Girling - Celebrating the humble humdrum of life.

Brigitte Girling is a self-taught, contemporary still life artist living in Suffolk, UK.

Brigitte celebrates the beauty of the ordinary and every day. Those precious small moments of whimsey and charm often unnoticed and overlooked. The mundane and domestic. She sees and feels the underlying beautiful narrative of life, whether busy and messy or quiet and still.

Working primarily with acrylic paint and some mixed media, She creates intuitively, from her imagination, until the painting chooses to reveal itself. This process leads to the build-up of many layers. A process resulting in a beautifully textured surface full of past ideas, scratches, scrapes, washes, marks and colour.

Brigitte states ‘I hope my art brings you joy, smiles and fills you up with happiness too.’

Instagram: @brigittegirling

BIRDS AND LANDSCAPES

by BRIN EDWARDS SWLA

with Jewellery by HELEN WALLACE

Brin Edwards is a wildlife and landscape painter who works from his straw bale studio near Sudbury in Suffolk. A member of the Society of Wildlife Artists his work focusses on light and atmosphere giving a contemporary twist to natural subjects. The paintings are the result of direct field observation and are worked up in the studio from on the spot sketches and compositions. The show includes some thrown ceramic bowls and sculptures also of wildlife subjects.

Instagram brinedwards_art

www.brin-edwards.com

Helen Wallace

Helen Wallace has always had a love of jewellery and a fascination for how pieces are put together. She has an advanced jewellery diploma through the Jewellers Academy in London working on intricate stone settings and designs. She has worked for many years with fine silver clay enjoying the tactile experience and flexibility it allows and finds the enhanced texture and detail in the final pieces very rewarding. She takes much of her inspiration from the natural world and incorporates the ides, shapes and forms into her bespoke handmade jewellery.

Title of show: WildWire

Paul Green is a self-taught artist and sculptor.

He draws inspiration from his love of nature, passion for birds, and his previous career as a nature reserve warden at Minsmere. Paul’s work has been featured on Channel 4’s “Grayson’s Art Club” and displayed at the Manchester Art Gallery.

Paul specializes in sculpting wildlife by observing various species and capturing their essence through the use of wire. Each piece is unique and can take many hours to create, using only wires and pliers. You might find him twisting wires at any of the birding hotspots along the Suffolk coast.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul.green_wildwire/?hl=en

Colour / Form, is a joint exhibition between painter Gabriella Buckingham and ceramicist Karen Byford. Gabriella Buckingham's colourful art juxtaposes beautifully with the bold shapes of Karen Byford's vessels. Both artists appreciate strong form, which Gabriella explores in her experimental still life paintings and her intuitive abstracts. The artists became lifelong friends while studying different BA Hons art degrees in Kingston Upon Thames in the late 1980s and have been working full time in art and design ever since. Gabriella has been a fine artist for several years and her work featured in the 2025 RA calendar after her second showing at the RA Summer Exhibition. Karen works internationally as an architectural designer and runs her own gallery and pottery practice in Kent. This will be the launch of her new collection. 

Gabriella Buckingham Painter

https://www.instagram.com/gabriellabuckingham/

Karen Byford Potter

https://www.instagram.com/KlaybyK/

IAS SMALL WORKS 25

Artists from the Ipswich Art Society show Small works for the ninth year here in Artspace Woodbridge

NICOLA COE 'YEARTIDES'

Nicola Coe will be exhibiting a solo show of new works inspired by a year of seasonal changes in nature.

Nicola uses natural inks and tools to create both her works on paper and her sculptural pieces.

A gentle and peaceful exhibition reflecting a deep love and respect of the natural world.

EAGMA - East Anglian Group of Marine Artists

We are a small group of professional and semi-professional artists with a shared enthusiasm for depicting marine subjects.

Together with holding exhibitions the group also meet socially and take part in outdoor painting days several times a year, usually including one 'afloat' on members' yachts, or often aboard a Thames Sailing Barge. 

'Way Beyond' - A solo show of paintings and sculpture by Lisa Berry

Lasting Impressions An Exhibition of Printmaking

Artists;

Brian Whitely

Julie Orpen

Anne Townsend

Julie, Anne and Bryan are all printmakers making relief images mainly from lino and wood block, also some engravings.

Jacinta Nalpon

Jacinta’s first showing at Artspace exhibits abstract art and painted ceramic.

It flaunts her eclectic mix of cultural and travel experiences.

Jacinta welcomes you to experience the essence of life and art, painted not on just a canvas.

Join her on her voyage of metamorphosis.

Instagram: Nalpon_art

The Shape of Colour, a collaboration where sculpture and painting collide. Mark Croxford’s striking and colourful sculptural forms juxtapose with the decorative figurative works by Naomi Munuo. Both artists making dynamic use of colour and shape. Both studied a BA with Hons degree, Mark Croxford, Fine Art at Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic and Naomi Munuo Fashion Design at Central St Martins. They crossed paths in Suffolk through the art scene, where they both enjoy careers as full time artists. Both artists exhibit their work regularly and are collected widely.

https://www.instagram.com/naomimunuo/
https://www.instagram.com/markccroxford/

Mark Croxford

Naomi Munuo

Alice Ridley, painter and Spadge, sculptor show new work.

Spadge Hopkins

Elizabeth Williams

Emily Keith

Alice Ridley

Amedeo Castellani will be showing street photographs and portraits in monochrome and in colour. Castellani has been a photographer since the mid 1970s from when he attended art school and worked at Cinecittà film studios in Rome. This will be Amedeo’s last UK exhibition prior to moving abroad after living almost thirty years in and around Woodbridge.

East Anglian Artists will show recent work.

James Power,

John Shave,

Susan Williams

Suffolk Summer Creative

Louise Sant - Jeweller

Kate Reynolds - Potter

Claire Baldwin - Painter

Mike Hughes - Painter

David Gillingwater - Painter

Richard Dack - Painter

Ruth Simpson

‘A Solo Exhibition’ of landscape and botanical paintings.

Ruth’s work will be familiar to anyone who has spent time in the Suffolk countryside. She captures the beauty and special character of the county’s woodlands, heaths, coasts and farmland.  Her work is particularly known for its incredible detail and realism, capturing the intricacies of the smallest flowers and seed heads, through to summer wildflower meadows in full bloom and magnificent ancient trees. Every one of Ruth’s paintings has the ability to connect you to a little bit of Suffolk.

This will be Ruth’s first solo exhibition at Artspace.

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ruth_simpsonart

John Roberts summer exhibition

Celebrating the everyday architecture of country towns - especially Woodbridge - is a passion for John Roberts.The casual siting of structures on narrow streets over time produces an exciting mix of shapes, textures and colours.

He has been a resident artist in Woodbridge since 1960 and as well as townscapes paints landscapes and natural forms.

Artworks artists taking part are: Valerie Armstrong; Lyn Aylward; Hazel Bradshaw; Terry Bryan; Louise Chapman; Martin Coe; Nicola Coe; Cathy D'Arcy; Gillian Crossley-Holland; Nicci Dedman; Judith Glover; Jazz Green; Julia Groves; Janet French; Simon Kimmins; Christine McKechnie; Joe Pattison; Elisabeth Rutt, Rick Tomasi.

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A Brit Abroad by Will Thompson

Travel photography from Japan,The Philippines, India & Sri lanka.

Will Thompson is a street and travel photographer based in Hackney, London. He captures candid moments and overlooked details, both in urban and remote settings across the world. His work has been featured in publications such as the Financial Times, The Telegraph, Metro, Evening Standard and NME. A Brit Abroad is his first solo show, which brings together his images from Japan, Vietnam, India, The Philippines and Sri Lanka.

instagram.com/shotbythompson

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Pete Hawkins

 https://www.instagram.com/phawkart/reels/

Alexandra Oliver’s artwork is focused upon an exploration of the serene beauty of the English countryside that surrounds her in Suffolk. She emboldens the viewer with a sense of immersion within the landscape, capturing the animate energy that flows throughout the natural world.

 She integrates her experiences exploring her local countryside landscape and alchemises them into her own visual language.

 Oliver’s influences span the poetic sensibilities of Constable and Gainsborough, the drama of Turner, and the ethereal opulence of Rococo aesthetics. Her art blends these elements to infuse her work with a representational flourish.

 Her traditional approach to painting has evolved from a background following a BA in Fine Art with History of Art at the University of Leeds, practical art training in Florence and art history at Sotheby’s Institute of Art where she completed her MA in Fine and Decorative Art & Design.

Exhibition:

 Title: Viridis

(Latin: green, verdant, vitality) 

While the literal translation of 'Viridis' denotes the colour green, it also suggests playfulness and evokes visions of lively, abundant vegetation. Green echoes throughout this exhibition – a dreamscape of a temporal realm. Viridis draws upon the artist’s connection with the Suffolk landscape where the artist grew up. Interwoven with memories of these places and art historical influences, the exhibition presents a world where nature becomes sanctuary and source. 

Instagram: @alex_oliver_art

A mixed media exhibition by three artists from Essex and Suffolk.

Hanna Buck Abstract Artist

Emma Wren Watercolour Artist

Kim Croysdill Ceramicist

Theycome together with their combined passion for flamboyant colour and organic forms.

Hanna Buck

Hanna uses colour to commit feelings and ideas onto canvas. Painting in acrylic, she lets each piece establish its own course. Allowing the colours and shapes to dictate the final outcome of her work. She gradually builds up layers of colour, complimenting and sometimes clashing one another. Expressing her feelings on canvas and seeing where it leads is her favourite part of the process. 

www.hannabuck.com

Instagram: @hannabuck

Emma Wren

Emma works primarily in watercolours but not necessarily in a conventional way. Using the bleeding effects from the vivid pigments to her full advantage she allows the paints to flood and flow, thus letting the paint do most of the work! Along with painting soft meadow flowers, Emma creates bold, large scale florals, capturing their delicate details and soft forms. Nature is an awesome mixer of colours, so why look anywhere else for inspiration? Emma’s work has sold to collectors all over the UK and Internationally. 

www.emmawren.co.uk

Instagram: @emmawrenart

Kim Croysdill

Kim is a small batch ceramicist working from a garden studio in the heart of Suffolk. Working with stoneware her inspiration comes from the garden, nature and organic forms. Wabi-sabi, embracing imperfections, is a practice she follows and enjoys. Glazes are kept minimal to allow the work to speak for itself. Oxides, woodfiring and raku are other finishes used which capture the organic beauty and no two pieces are the same. 

Instagram: @kim_c_design

Open evening Fri 23rd 6.00 – 8.00pm

Psycho-Geometries 

by Jim Nind                                                                                    

It’s 3.10am on August 6th 2024. Jim has just awoken from a powerful dream into the darkness of his bedroom. He knows the dream has aroused in him such strong emotions that he won’t get back to sleep immediately. Downstairs he makes a cup of tea and sits at the kitchen table trying to make some sense of the dream.

It started in a dark and cold place and he was struggling to escape. Falling backwards through the circular hatchway he dropped at speed into an abysmal emptiness. Every sinew of his being screamed out as he fell into the empty void. It was at this point that he became aware of a network of vivid colour rising towards him. His speed slowed to a still point and he discovered that he was held, wrapped around, and safe within the rainbow womb that now embraced him.  Having found his way through some mysterious transition he knew that now he was safe; he was on the other side.

The dream prompted a shift in Jim’s artwork as he continued to ponder what had occurred, finding fresh energy within the new geometries which featured there, and exploring the nuances of subliminal meaning he began to uncover within the colours and forms he found held within the rainbow web.

https://www.instagram.com/jim.auto/

Cherry Beesley is a Professional Commercial and Food Photographer based in Suffolk. 

With a personal attitude and mantra of “always look up” I tend to see things from a different perspective, challenging the normal view. An inanimate object to anyone else may go unnoticed, it may even seem mundane, but to me, I see something interesting, beautiful from a unique angle. So while harnessing natural light I find I can create photographs that tell a story with intrigue, drama and instant engagement. I apply this to my work when capturing a business and for my personal projects. 

https://www.instagram.com/simplycphotography/

Bluebird Pottery Charity Sale

Founded in 2018, Bluebird Pottery is a ceramics workshop / showroom for ceramic artworks made by the founder Christopher New. It is also an active pottery school with over 40 resident potters.

From 8th to 14th May we are holding our annual charity sale of work contributed by our resident potters. The work promises to be creative, diverse and highly individual from our 40+ talented artists who have donated work to raise money for charity. The venue is the ArtSpace Woodbridge.

100% of all income (with no overheads deducted) will be donated to the following causes:

• Medecins Sans Frontiers (50%)

• St.Elizabeth Hospice (50%)

Please come and support us. Our work is amazing, well priced, and ideal as a gift. In doing so, you will be supporting the work of two very deserving charities.

Christopher New

Abundance

Corinne Peacock is a self-taught Suffolk-based acrylic artist, who paints in a distinctive semi-abstract style. Her paintings are brightly coloured and joyful, characterised by patterns, shapes, mark-making and symbolism. Full of energy, movement & vibrancy, evoking a myriad of emotions.

Corinne is a dual-heritage artist, having a South-African and British mix. Her style is naturally influenced in some way by this, although aboriginal influences can also be found within some aspects of her work. With no formal art training her style has evolved intuitively through the natural process of consistently painting and enjoying her craft.

Abundance is the name of her show. Her collection of paintings are inspired by nature & reflect the riches that life has to offer. It is an invitation to be reminded that we are surrounded by riches at all times: from the sky, the moon, the stars, trees, flowers and everything in between. They are all about connection & the cycles of life. With a thread of love running through them all.

Instagram Name: corinnepeacockart