We are showcasing recent paintings by Suffolk based Eileen Coxon and Fen based Danny Seeley's willow-weaving projects including baskets and sculptural works.
Eileen Coxon's subject matter is her 'experience' of nature. Walking provides her with material in the form of photos, drawings, collected leaves, twigs etc., but most of all, memory. Back in the studio, source material is set aside and the process of painting takes over. It is very much a two way ‘conversation’ between the painting and herself.
Suffolk resident Coxon was born and grew up in an area of rural Hampshire famed for its natural beauty. This instilled a life-long love of nature. She has always drawn and painted and trained at Norwich School of Art. Following graduation Eileen taught in part-time in Adult Education for ten years, at Norwich School of Art and private classes.
She is not seeking to romanticise the landscape and so her subject matter encompasses both the beauty she finds in the trees, hedgerows, wild flowers and grasses found in field margins and verges as well as in this intensively farmed landscape, huge fields of monoculture and industrial style farm buildings. When walking Eileen frequently looks up from the detail of the near to a distant horizon across fields marked only by the traces of cultivation and occasionally, of previous use. Frequently this translates to a play with perspective which reflects her subjective experience.
Danny Seeley is a willow grower, basket maker and teacher based in the small village of Tilney St Lawrence, just outside of Kings Lynn.
He is passionate about local produce, provenance and the ancient craft of willow basketry. His work is focused on functionality and beauty, combining traditional and contemporary techniques to create eye catching pieces that serve a purpose.
"I strive for self-sufficiency in almost all aspects of my day-to-day life, and willow has become an invaluable ally on this journey".
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WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: 11am to 4pm
SATURDAY: 11am to 2pm
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