Monday 4 May 2015

Bank Holiday Monday


After five years of only opening on Saturdays and Sundays, today we are experimenting with opening on Bank Holiday Monday. I usually have visitors calling by on the off chance so we'll see what happens when we're officially open.

Yesterday was a lovely day at the Open House. The rain stopped just in time for opening and held off all day. Today is looking bright and sunny with no rain forest until this evening.

Although most of my artists are the same as Christmas and last May, there is plenty of new work to be viewed. Margaret McGregor Betts has new watercolours, etchings and collagraphs for sale.






Ruth Mullan has some new pieces of her exquisite stained and fused glass, including these fish diamonds.




I have a selection of new photographs including some almost abstract ones of black swans and the bizarre neck of the Greylag goose. I don't know why I take so many pictures of birds given my bird phobia - maybe it's some kind of aversion therapy for me.










Leonor Berdichevsky is back with her beautiful, detailed watercolours. This one, The Wish, sold yesterday but she will be bringing a replacement soon and it can be ordered in the meantime.



Saturday 2 May 2015

Start of the May Open Houses


Here we go again with the start of the May Open Houses in Brighton. I'm happy to say I have six of the same artists who were with me at Christmas with the welcome addition of Araboushikha, a stone sculptor, who has brought along two stunning, wonderfully tactile pieces which are in the garden as well as some smaller ones. "Harold" is a limestone hare and "Fire In the Belly" is a piece in serpentine.








Vicky Scott has brought along one of her original pieces to show the process that is carried out before her prints are made. "Alice in Wonderland" is a collage of detailed card pieces cut by hand (even the whiskers on the mice and cats) which is pieced together to make the finished article.




In addition to his detailed postcard sized original works, Del Thorpe has for sale some larger size prints. Theseus and the Minotaur is a recent work, the original of which was created for a charity auction raising money for Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice. Having missed out on the auction for the original work, I'm thrilled to see the prints here.





Why not come along and see what we have? You can find us at 45 Westbourne Gardens, Hove, BN3 5PN. We are open the weekends (including Bank Holiday Monday) until 24th May from 11am till 5pm.