We are delighted to introduce to our gallery, Brighton based artist Kate Lulham. Kate’s work incorporates anything from a quirky juggling fish in a tin to burlesque ladies frolicking in lillies to fishmongers and gossiping women in tea-rooms. Kate uses vintage tins, enamel paint and wire to create her painted metal wall sculptures and wire
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Our next exhibition at For Arts Sake features work by the internationally recognised artist and printmaker, Brad Faine. Born in 1945 in Brighton, Faine studied painting and printmaking at Leicester College of Art and at Goldsmiths College. He then taught printmaking part-time at Farnham College of Art and St. Martin’s School of Art as well
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On latest window display features ceramics and linocuts by Caroline Nuttall-Smith. Caroline has a background in in textile design and during her time as a designer developed many techniques of textures, marks, layering and drawing in different media. About eight years ago, after working in print and textiles, Caroline started to produce ceramics as well
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We are delighted that our next exhibition in the Gallery Downstairs will feature new works by the internationally acclaimed performance artist and painter, Bruce McLean. As one of the major figures of contemporary British Art, McLean’s approach has proved influential to his contemporaries and also to a generation of younger artists. McLean is an artist
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Artist Barry Goodman originally intended to become an architect but studied Graphic Design instead, before pursing a successful career in Design and Illustration. He later studied printmaking at The London College of Printing where his long-standing fascination with the world of architecture and automotives soon started to be reflected in his work. His design background
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We are delighted to have recently taken a delivery of Carys Davies pottery at For Arts Sake. Carys Davies throws pots in porcelain – then marks and alters them before glazing with shiny crackle glazes or volcanic rough ones, sometimes both. After a ceramics degree at Harrow, Carys worked for Edmund de Waal for five
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An artist whose playful narrative runs throughout his work, Martin Grover’s strengths lie in observation and anecdote. His work captures and recalls childhood recollections, minor street incidents and states of mind. Since leaving the Royal Academy Schools in 1987 Grover has exhibited in France, USA, Australia, Holland, Belgium and Hong Kong, as well as at
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We were delighted when artist, printer and painter Louise Davies got in touch last week to share with us some of her most recent work and update us about the new direction she is taking. Louise’s work is primarily concerned with the landscape. Some of the prints are based on childhood memories, reflecting on the
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Mychael Barratt, our current Featured Artist, was born in Toronto, Canada but thinks of himself as a Londoner since arriving for what was meant to be a two week stay twenty years ago. He has a great zeal for his adopted home and includes local settings that have a personal resonance in much of his
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Today we wish happy birthday to printmaker Helen Hanson. Helen Hanson is a professional Printmaker who shows her work in galleries throughout Britain. She exhibited with Greenwich Printmakers for many years and was a founder member of South Bank Printmakers before moving to Deal. She is a member of the Society of Botanical Artists and
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The winner of the 8th Ealing Open 2014 art prize at Pitzhanger Manager House & Gallery was chosen last week and we were delighted to be asked to present the prize to Stuart Pound of Northfields, who has worked in film, digital video and the visual arts since the early 1970s, and won the prize
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Today we wish happy birthday to printmaker Brad Faine. Born in 1945 in Brighton, Brad Faine studied painting and printmaking at Leicester College of Art and at Goldsmiths College. He then taught printmaking part-time at Farnham College of Art and St. Martin’s School of Art as well as lecturing at numerous colleges before setting up
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