Our second viewing room will be open Wed - Sat from from Wednesday 3 through to Saturday 27 September - read on and book your place by appointment.
This is our second Viewing Room of the season and gives local artists, collectors and the curious the opportunity to see some of the leading East Anglian artists and makers producing new work in our area.
This new Viewing Room brings together Essex based artist Simon Carter with a London based ceramicist, Ella Porter. Ella has long standing family ties to the region and a new body of work that uses material and references from the region's landscape.
Simon Carter says: "I make paintings based on walking and drawing on the local Essex marshes. I have several regular routes, usually along the seawalls. I carry with me an A4 paper and a small tin of graphite sticks and crayons. I want to respond quickly to things seen, often returning to the same spot month after month, enjoying the quiet, seeing what comes to light, hoping for the unexpected"
Ella Porter is a UK based artist working across contemporary craft and fine art. Informed by a background in painting, printmaking and ceramics; Ella’s work displays a strong relationship between surface and form; exploring ideas surrounding the mark of the maker, temporality, trace and place.
Ella’s work displays a strong relationship between surface and form; exploring ideas surrounding the mark of the maker, temporality, trace and place. She makes work informed by both the urban architecture of the city (London), as well as the rural and coastal landscapes of North Norfolk, where she has spent much of her life and where her family currently live.
We will make some days available for those interested to meet Simon and Ella whilst their work is showcased in this viewing room event .
