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Our January artist Tim Mellors, who originally trained as a landscape architect, has recently graduated in fine art, says of his wor k: “My work explores ideas around the interface of two and three dimensions and how we perceive them. I like to take the conventions and expectations of diagrams from textbooks, and play around with their logic. In a sense I’m trying to overcome frustration at the limits of our perception; that we can only see from one perspective at any time and tend to limit our interaction with the world around us to just looking at the surfaces of things. I tend to work in 2D using a variety of methods including collage, painting and drawing. The images are not intended as visual puzzles, but as open-ended enquiries”.

Some of our past exhibitions are listed here. Please click 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 or 2001 to see earlier exhibitors. Artists who are interested in being considered for future exhibitions sh ould please contact Roland Blunk

Our April exhibitor is painter Alison Malcolm. The artist says of her wo rk:“I like to present an emotional response to the landscape, finding inspiration in the countryside and our changing seasons. Working in oils and acrylics, I employ a bold palette, rich surface texture and a fluid style. My paintings have a semi-abstract quality, with colour and texture heightening the impact of the composition”. Alison has had solo exhibitions at the ACA Manchester; Quattropani Zurich and the Buckingham Gallery Southwold amoungst others. The artist will be here this evening.

Our February artist, Tristan Stevens, says of his work: “Many shifting changes have naturally occurred in the developing process of making work that explores an attempt at looking at the psyche and experiences as functions for making work. These variant concerns have allowed me to produce work I now see to be to do with an individual vision for life as previously thought. I have dealt with the notion of humans holding on to child-like qualities throughout their adult lives, physically and mentally”.

Our March exhibitor is
digital artist Sharon Teague. The basis of her work is often details from nature, such as close-up views of flowers and plants. Sharon then alters these source images by applying a succession of digital effects to produce finished art that is both striking and unique. The artist says of her work: “I love creating purely abstract images that give an impression of fluidity”.

Our May artist is Frances Crowley who says of her work: “My work derives from the concept of the container; its physicality, function and relationship with the female body. Ideas inspired by creation, reproduction and growth pervade my work. Most of my work is photographic. The subject matter is sculptural textile pieces. In my more recent work I have been focusing on the textile as the finished piece, inspired by the same influences, but not photographed. The process of making has become very important. I spin my own yarn from fleece, then the yarn is dyed or left in its natural state, then crocheted into sculptures”.

Our June exhibitor is Lucia Thompson who says of her work: “These paintings represent my unfolding curi-osity with wallpaper. As a mass-produced article it is an attainable, decorative device used by almost everybody as a cheap, creative visual aesth-etic. However, it is often regarded as a disposable entity that holds little value and in a short amount of time looks cheap and tasteless. My intention is to create a work that is visually enticing as well as satisfying, whilst combining unexpected and unconventional elements with that of the recognisable kitsch and cliché”.

Our August exhibitor is the textile artist Yvonne Brown. Yvonne says of her work: “Working from such diverse sources as worn and weathered stone work, rusted metals or objects from nature, this collection of textile and mixed media work shows my continued fascination with the surface qualities of my subjects. I explore my subjects through fabric, paper and stitch, building up layers of texture which are distressed and aged using a soldering iron and heat tools”. Yvonne will be at Swan House this evening.

The July artist is Gemma Burgess who is currently studying Fine Art at the Norwich City College, for a National Diploma. Gemma says of her work: “I am aiming to continue with my creative practice at Higher Education, where I can explore media and visual communication further and am looking forward to a career within creative industries”. Gemma will be at Swan House this evening to meet and discuss her work.