Ars Poetica ... The Land 8th - 29th September 2012

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Paul Lewin .............................. 4 - 7

Gareth Edwards .............................. 8 - 11

Louise Balaam .............................. 12 - 15

Teresa Pemberton .............................. 16 - 19

Bo Hilton .............................. 20 - 21

Fran Donovan .............................. 22 - 25

Ruth Stage .............................. 26 - 28

Julia Giles .............................. 30 - 31

Ars Poetica ... The Land 8th - 29th September 2012

Louise Balaam - Fran Donovan - Gareth Edwards - Julia Giles - Bo HiltonPaul Lewin - Teresa Pemberton - Ruth Stage

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Paul Lewin‘Daffodils and Pines, Borough’oil on board 30 x 52cm£950 4

Paul LewinPaul Lewin was born in Manchester in 1967. He studied at Stockport College and went on to complete a BA (hons) degree in Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic in 1989.

Since leaving college he has lived and worked in the South West of Britain, and he now resides in the western tip of Cornwall. A fluent “en plein air” painter, his work has developed in response to the characteristic coastal fringes of the peninsular. In exploring its rugged coastlines and wild interiors of moorland and valleys, the resulting works evoke a strong sense of atmosphere, through a sensitivity to the changing light and weather conditions.

Of his working method the poet Christine Evans has written:His relationship with landscape is intense; he seems absorbed, almost subsumed into it, driven by a restless energy that is characteristic of the sort of places he is drawn to - the extreme edges of land, jutting promontories and tidal shores where frontiers between land and sea are blurred and perspectives ever changing as the sky. His practice is to complete a painting at a single sitting if possible. Sometimes a piece will resolve itself quickly, in a couple of hours or so; more often, he will be working out in the open for five or six hours or until the light goes.

Whilst living near Bideford in North Devon, Paul began to use a locally historic pigment called “Bideford Black”. This coal like seam ran close to his studio from the cliffs and on towards Bideford. By collecting the raw material, processing it into paints and pastels, and then returning to the landscape to work with it, he was able to achieve a deep level of connection with the local landscape. The Burton Art Gallery and Museum in Bideford has purchased one of these paintings for its permanent collection.

His paintings can be found in collections throughout the UK, Germany, Mexico, USA, Australia and the Far East. One recent commission includes six works for Cunard to be hung in their new cruise liner Queen Mary II, launched in 2004. Paul has taught a number of School groups on their field trips to the

Paul Lewin‘Daffodils and Pines, Borough’oil on board 30 x 52cm£950 5

opposite page top:‘St. Martin’s Beaches’oil on board14.3 x 42.4cm£400

bottom left:‘Cliffs near Gunwalloe’mixed media on canvas590 x 785mm£2,250

bottom right:‘Through the Pines and over the Great Pool to St. Mary’s’mixed media on canvas60 x 80cm£2,250

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Gareth Edwards‘From the Coastal Path’oil on canvas25 x 30cm£850

Gareth EdwardsBorn 1960Currently Lives and works in West Penwith, Cornwall

Education1988 Goldsmiths College, Post Grad (A.T.C.)1981 University Of London, B.A. Hons Art History

Solo Exhibitions2011 The Sea The Sea, Millennium Gallery St Ives2010 Man Of Flowers, Hart Gallery London2008 Frequencies, Hart Gallery London2007 Pretty Things, Lemon Street Gallery Truro2006 The Rivers Dark Urge, Falmouth Festival2004 Geometry of Life, Hart Gallery2004 Drawing in the Light, Lemon Street Gallery Truro2004 Wind Light Sea Spray, National Maritime Museum Cornwall2002 Emotional Weather, Hart Gallery London2001 White Light 2000, Hart Gallery London2000 Ocean, Hart Gallery Nottingham2000 Running With Butterflies, Hart Gallery South West Cornwall1999 Coast, Hart Gallery London

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Gareth Edwards‘From the Coastal Path’oil on canvas25 x 30cm£850

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‘Ages Beat Like Rain in the Secret Bays of Ocean’oil on canvas91 x 101cm£3,875

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‘Summer Cove’oil on canvas25 x 30cm£850

‘Najizal Zorn, Penwith’oil on canvas26 x 31cm£850

‘Whitesands Bay, Gwinver, Cornwall’, oil on canvas25 x 30cm£850

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Louise BalaamEducation1997- 2002 BA in Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury2005-2007 MA in Fine Art, Christchurch University College, Canterbury

Solo Exhibitions2010 Cadogan Contemporary, London2008 Trinity Art Centre, Tunbridge Wells2006 Ashford Library, Kent2005 Portico Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

Selected Group Exhibtions2011 Threadneadle Prize 2009 Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries2011 Discerning Eye 2009 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries2011 Cadogan Contemporary: An Exhibition in Hants 2009 Ruthven Gallery, Auchterarder2011 Cadogan Contemporary: Spring Exhibition 2009 Cricket Fine Art, London2011 Cadogan Contemporary: Abstraction 2009-2011 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2008 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition2010 Royal West of England Open Painting 2008 Royal Society of British Artists2010 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries 2008 Royal West of England Open Exhibition2010 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries 2007 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries2010 Royal West of England Autumn Exhibition 2007-2011 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives2010 Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge 2007 Work on Paper Show, Royal Academy2010 Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries 2006-2010 Abbott and Holder, London2010 Porthminster Gallery Summer Show, St Ives 2006-2010 Rowley Gallery, London2009 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2005-2006 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries2009 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2005 Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art

Left: From Adam’s Grave, Summer Cornfields, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, £3,850 13

Near Silbury Hill, Late Summeroil on panel20 x 23 cm£675

High blue sky over Wiltshire oil on panel20 x 23 cm£675

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Walking to West Kennettoil on panel20 x 23 cm £675

Cornfields up to the horizonoil on panel20 x 23 cm£675

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Teresa Pemberton‘Looking Down, Cadgwith Cove’oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm£2,300

Teresa Pemberton1996 First Class BA Hons Degree in Fine Art University of Hertfordshire.l997 City & Guilds Certificate in Further Education for Adults

Solo Exhibitions2008 Brownston Gallery Innocent Fine Art: Bristol2007 Wren Gallery, Burford Oxon Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon 2005 Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Bushey Herts. 2003 Colour Sensations, Hemel Hempstead The Pavilion Gallery, Chenies Manor, Chenies, Bucks 2002 Fragile Boundaries, London SW1 Painting Barefoot in the Park, Palace Theatre, Watford 2001 Recent Work Moreton Street Gallery, London SW1 Landscapes Buckenham Galleries Southwold, Suffolk2000 Selected Work, Hinton, Cambridge Landscape in Mind The Music Gallery, Snape, Suffolk1999 My Place or Yours? Palace Theatre, Watford

Group Exhibitions2008 Natural Inspirations: Cambridge 2007 Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh Fresh Paint: Two Person Show Plymouth Wren Gallery, Burford 2007 Hunter Gallery, Long Melford: Summer show 2006 City Museum & Art Gallery Plymouth Morley Contemporary Art, summer show Cube 3 Gallery, University of Plymouth Artmill, plymouth, summer & Winter show Morley Contemporary Art, Tredis, Cornwall Brownston Gallery Modbury D’Art Gallery, Dartmouth 17

‘Memories of a Wet Walk’oil on canvas30 x 70cm£1,000

‘Path under Sunset’oil on canvas30 x 30 cm£600

‘My Back to the Sea, Dartmoor’oil on canvas30 x 30cm£600 18

‘A Walk on the Wild Side’oil on canvas100 x 120cm£2,500

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‘Looking at You, Looking at Me’oil on board25 x 30cm£750

‘Beach Families’oil on board 25 x 30 cm£750

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Bo Hilton

Bo Hilton was born in 1961 to the artists Roger and Rose Hilton and grew up near St Just in West Cornwall. This was his home until University beckoned in 1984 leading to a BSc in Biology from London in 1984 and an MA in Fine Art from Brighton in 1988. Bo Hilton established Hilton Fine Art in 2011.

Coming from an artistic background, it is no wonder that Bo has been a practicing artist for most of his adult life. His work has been exhibited at Royal Academy Summer Shows in ’94, ’96, ’98, 2002 and 2004. He showed work at Cassian De Vere Cole, London in 1994 & 1996. Since 1992 he has been represented by Manya Igel Fine Art of London and his work has been seen at all major UK Art Fairs.

Fran Donovan‘The Moon Lies Fair’oil on canvas70 x 70cm£1,450 22

Fran DonovanEducation1994 BA (Hons) Fine Art Winchester School of Art1995 MA European Fine Art Winchester School of Art ,Barcelona, Spain

Commissions1994 Mural Southampton General Hospital2008 Paintings Mosborough Hall Hotel, Nr Sheffield2008 Painting Private Collection

Awards1994 Bibliotec Award, Winchester School of Art1994 European Studies Award, Coopers and Lybrand

Solo Exhibitions1996 Winchester Contemporary Art Gallery 1998 Artists’ Showcase Beatrice Royal Gallery2000 Recent Works Morgan Gallery, Southampton2000 New Work The White Gallery, Brighton2001 New Work The White Gallery, Brighton2003 In All Directions The Link Gallery, Winchester2004 In The Mind’s Eye Russell-Cotes Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth2005 Groundworks Town Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis2006 On the Edge Salisbury Art Centre

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‘Crosscurrent I’oil on canvas 15 x 15cm£450

‘Crosscurrent II’oil on canvas 15 x 15cm£450

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‘Clear View’oil on canvas 30 x 30cm’£600

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Ruth Stage‘Floodplain, Suffolk’egg tempera on board71 x 94cm£4,200

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Ruth StageEducation1987 - 88 Cleveland College of Art and Design1988 - 92 Newcastle University1992 - 95 Royal Academy Schools

Awards - Ruth Stage2003 Winner, Villiers David Prize2001 Runner-up, Villiers David Prize2000 Runner-up, Villiers David Prize1996 Prize from M&G for best painter under 35, Royal Academy 1995 Nat-West Art Prize1995 David Murray Scholarship1994 British Institute Fund1994 Tony Smith Landscape Award

Selected Solo Exhibitions - Ruth Stage2003, 01, 99, 97 New Grafton Gallery2002 “Light and the Landscape”, John Davies Gallery, Stow2002 J.H.W. Fine Art at the Air Gallery1999 Hiscox Art Cafe1998 “Creative Exchange” A.T.Kearney, London with Leonard Rosoman, OBE, RA1998 Samling Foundation, Windermere1994 Trevelyan College, Durham University

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‘Dissolving Light Through the Borders’egg empera on board26 x 35cm£750

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Julia Giles‘Summer Painting II’oil on canvas 125 x 110cm£1,800

Julia Giles

‘Offshore’oil, oil bar and pencil on paper37 x 48cm£800

‘Beachmark’ oil, oil bar and pencil on paper30 x 41cm£800

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