Our third viewing room will be open Wed - Sat from Wednesday 1 October through to Saturday 1 November - read on and book your visit by appointment.
We are weloming visits to see the work of two wonderful artists. One is Norfolk based painter Linda Jamieson who is joined by Suffolk based ceramic artist, Steven Will.
It will be a chance to see their work before others get a chance to add them to their collections. Make a date to come visit us without the distractions of a larger group exhibition. There will be an opportunity to hear more from the artists directly.
As Linda says:
How do we make sense of the world around us? A question that has teased humanity over the centuries can require political, philosophical or spiritual thinking. From a young age I used painting to explore the environment around me, following a very English tradition from Turner to Hockney , I felt that by painting everything I could see (and much that I couldn’t) that I would come to own and understand the nature of existence. Many years later I am still engaged in this attempt to capture meaning through working, and although the outcome always falls short I am compelled to continue painting.
If the observation and practice has not answered all the questions it has at least thrown light on the problems of translating sometimes complex ideas into a limited piece of canvas or board.
I retreated from outside observation,after initially working from the landscape, there was just too much information available. I needed to distance myself from source material and in the studio found a new way of working with the images I had laid down over many years. I was able to process selected ideas through use of new materials, that helped to move my practice to where I felt I was able to develop as a painter and print maker.
Living on the East Anglian coast I was already familiar with the depredations of water on fragile land and it became the subject of early work, but later in the studio it became the interference of human activity on fragile places that demanded my attention.
Colour has become a primary tool for me in these more recent paintings. I hope to exploit its ambiguity of interpretation, so dependant on personal experiences and connections.
Human presence that has been absent in my work now is feeling necessary. There is no Message, overt or obvious to the viewer, only a dialogue with myself ongoing and never resolved , I believe that the work must stand for itself.
Seven Will
Located on the Suffolk coast I am making pots rooted in the local landscape. Developing a colour palette and sourcing natural materials (mud, clays and wood ash) to decorate thrown and cast porcelain.
All work starts with walking, even the litter found on a walk can be transformed into something beautiful. The spoils of our throw away culture made permanent. A range of cups, bowls and bottles that capture the beauty of everyday detail that is often overlooked Espresso cups, bowls, and mugs are thrown in the colours of the Suffolk coast.
Other work explores our relationship with the land more sculpturally. Walking the marshes, heaths and woods I collect interesting finds and record the landscape through photographs and drawing. Native plants are encased in glass and other finds are presented in specially made porcelain containers.
