Summer Exhibition (From Saturday 16th July 2022)
Gallery Forty-Nine's summer exhibition is a diverse and colourful collection of original artwork in a variety of media.
Featured artists include Meg Burkill, Ruth Gaden, Rob Moore, Lynne Porter, Karen Turner, and Claire West.
For further information, please read on or contact Gallery Forty-Nine.
Exhibition Catalogue
A catalogue has been produced for this exhibition which details each of the artworks available for sale. Please click on the button below to download the catalogue in PDF format.
All artworks in this exhibition are framed. The dimensions listed in this catalogue refer to the size of the artwork before framing.
Meg Burkill
Meg Burkill hand-builds each of her ceramic pieces in her garden studio in Hornsea with earthenware clay using slabbing and coiling techniques. She makes two distinct different ranges, which is a practice she finds keeps her stimulated and creatively fresh.
Meg's ‘Hornsea Blue’ collection is inspired by living on the Yorkshire Coast. Hand-painted with sea life and nautical imagery, it is joyful, uplifting, and "a lot of fun to create". Her ‘Ernestine’ collection is named after Lady Ernestine Strickland Constable, who once owned Wassand Hall and Hornsea Mere. These pieces are inspired by vintage ceramics and glass. They are all hand-painted with botanical illustrations then highlighted with 24 carat gold.
Meg says: "My aim is to produce beautifully imperfect pieces with individual character that embrace their handmade qualities."
Ruth Gaden
Ruth Gaden's delicate pencil drawings reflect her love for and interest in wild creatures and nature, be it elephants or puffins. Her work alludes to the emotions that we share with other creatures and quietly brings into focus our need to respect nature, and not abuse it.
Living on the coast all her life, she loves to draw the cliffs and bays of this dramatic part of East Yorkshire. Take a moment to enjoy the moments she captures in her drawings.
Rob Moore
Rob Moore's artworks in this show are diverse and lively paintings and mixed media pieces that are inspired by various “natural" phenomena, places and events. The images range from micro-views of human cells and emerging insects to more distant and open spaces and places.
Rob increasingly works imaginatively, making studio-based works whilst retaining elements of what he has seen, remembered, felt and experienced. His pieces are widely collected, and this show includes many recent smaller works preceding an exhibition of larger paintings at Watermark in Harrogate in September 2022.
Lynne Porter
Lynne Porter's series of small paintings in this exhibition capture ‘moments’ in and around the North York Moors National Park.
“My work is built up in layers of acrylic and mixed media," says Lynne. "I aim to capture a sense of place, intuitive feelings rather than realism.”
Lynne also prefers to paint en plein air (outdoors on location).
Karen Turner
Karen Turner has always been drawn to the sea, and loves to paint it with the fluid, often unpredictable qualities of watercolour and inks on paper.
"Living in the wonderful county of Yorkshire I am passionate about our beautiful countryside, rugged coastline, historic cities and working fishing villages," says Karen. "They all have their own individual charm and give endless inspiration to an artist. I also enjoy creating using big brushes and the colourful opaque effects of acrylic paint on wood, capturing marine life and other animals in my unique style.
Exploring colour and bold mark-making, Karen works in a semi-abstract naive style, capturing the landscape, wildlife, and other aspects of the inspirational natural world. "I love to create art which makes people smile," she says, "adding a splash of colour and brightness to everyday life."
Claire West
Claire West is a North Yorkshire artist who paints because it makes her happy, and she hopes that it has the same effect for the viewer. She has a strong belief in the power of colour therapy uplifting the spirit. She has recently completed a Masters degree in painting.
Claire loves vibrant, intense colour and exploring contrast. She likes using colour palettes that are often believed not to work together, hoping to break down the boundaries of what we should do and explore the freedom that is so often lost in art when we are no longer children.
Claire usually produces her highly-textured work with layers of acrylic paint and random drips of ink on canvas. As the painting develops, happy accidents often influence the finished painting,dictating where detail will happen.