Autumn/Winter Programme 2024
We are delighted to share with you all our Autumn gallery programme.
As the nights grow shorter, allow our exhibitions to transport you from the lushness of the garden to the majestic sweep of the high moors, and from under the hill to the eye of the storm.
Chloe Bonfield, Only in the Garden
Saturday, 7th September - Friday, 20th September 2024
“Only in the garden / Could you arrive. / There, the fullness already exists /And happiness. / Your presence will be something more, / Tasted for itself, /Non-confused with the whole. / The human appears /” Luce Irigaray, 1998.
Chloe’s paintings are a mediation between the subconscious, the body and the vegetal, the garden. She employs images from a history of art, known mostly through painting, from books that narrate strange orders of the world (Observer books, found catalogues and gardening manuals), and from a regular drawing practice bring forth information and ideas. Chloe says of her new works, ‘The paintings are working on a symbolic and felt level, and at this point in my practice feel like they might be beginning to speak a bit.’
Chloe Bonfield teaches and works in painting, sound and text, in Cornwall, UK.
Anita Reynolds, Pedester *on Foot/Land
Thursday, 26th September - Saturday, 19th October 2024
We are hardwired to walk through the landscape. Humans have an innate sense of safety when on hilltops and when hearing birdsong. We feel calm when amongst trees and by water. Anita’s works are a reminder that we are deeply rooted to landscape and have an intrinsic need to access it. She captures the unpredictable nature and ever shifting moods of Dartmoor, the images are both elegant and tender, reflecting her deep appreciation of this unique place. Anita Reynolds is a painter and Printmaker based in Devon. She is a member of MAKE Southwest (contemporary craft & education centre), and a tutor and mentor at Newlyn School of Art.
Web: https://www.anitareynolds.com
Mark Jessett, Paranatural and Supernormal
Thursday, 24th October - Tuesday, 5th November 2024
Mark’s work is colourful, abundant and immersive, tinged with a flavour of mid-century illustration and folkloric imagery. His paintings draw on nature, turmoil and the esoteric, searching for a feeling of ceaseless movement and the dark intoxication of old fairytales. He makes his work from a place of optimism, believing Art is evidence that humankind is not entirely, irredeemably awful.
Martin Shaw, INIS OIRR (Inner-Seer)
Thursday, 7th November - Wednesday, 27th November 2024
In the middle of last winter the writer and artist Martin Shaw braved a three day storm to go pilgrimaging on the smallest of the Aran Islands. This is a gathering of drawings, paintings and recordings responding to the adventure. Dr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed teacher of myth and author of the award-winning Myth teller trilogy. He founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University, and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.
Field System’s group exhibition, Brighten Ye Corners
Friday, 29th November - Thursday, 2nd January 2025
Brighten Ye Corners, our group show spanning Winter Solstice and Yule is back. We will announce the participants in the Autumn.