A room within a room!
A painting can be a room within a room; all it needs from you is the time to appreciate it. Christmas finds many of us inside – apart from bracing winter walks, for those who embrace them – spending time with family and friends. Seeing an artwork alongside another person always adds to it: your surprise at what they noticed; the delight in sharing the same response. For an experience sure to be original all works on our website come directly from the artists, both those who continue to build on the name they have made for themselves, and the ones in their thrilling first stages.
Below you can explore various ways in which to navigate our collection. If you know that you are drawn to paintings of Objects and Still Life, this section is the place to start. Lisa Petterson’s blend of modern and older styles has an intriguing effect in ‘Bonsai (Growing Up)’, a work that spurs a meditative response. Landscapes & Interiors have the capacity to lend immensity to a space. Take Glib Franko’s large-scale ‘Secret Garden’: its lush verdure is atmospheric and immersive, and would transform a room.
If you are curious, or passionate, about exploring the Abstract section, the reiteration – and revelation – that structures the process of Lindsay Mapes’ work unfurls in a vibration of bold colours. Lindsay is one of our Art Masters, and in her oeuvre, as in the most exciting abstract work, the notion of visual truth is invigorated. Her use of stitching in ‘Restorative’ in a scattered mosaic-like formation, and in ‘Golden’ (pictured), adds further elements of detail to these works which are a feast for the eyes.
ABSTRACT
Featured image Golden by Lindsay Mapes
PEOPLE
Featured image Untitled (Bathing Cult Study) by Ed Saye
OBJECTS/STILL LIFE
Bonsai (Growing Up) by Lisa Pettersson
LANDSCAPES & INTERIORS
Featured image Secret Garden by Glib Franko
NATURE
Featured image Cadmium Hello Lone Tree by Sophie Baker
ANIMALS
Red Onderwind Moth on Crimson by Jennifer Hooper
DECORATIVE ARTS
Featured piece The Echo Box by Iona Hall
