Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture at Moncrieff Bray Gallery

6 MAY – 13 AUGUST 2022

We have extended the Summer Exhibition until the 13th August and the gallery is open every Friday and Saturday until then. Our opening times are 10-4pm and at other times by appointment. 

50 artists and sculptors selected from Land’s End to Ullapool. 

New work by some of our best-loved artists are shown alongside exciting new talents throughout the gallery and blossoming landscaped gardens.

The Moncrieff-Bray Gallery presents its Summer Exhibition which takes place in our converted barn and landscaped gardens with stunning views over the Rother Valley. Over 50 artists and sculptors are drawn from all corners of the British Isles. The work is selected with a commitment to quality, integrity and originality from established and emerging artists alike. Sculpture ranges from small-scale intimate works for interiors to stunning large pieces for the garden. Established 17 years ago, the Summer Exhibition has become a highlight in the West Sussex art calendar.

New work by some of our best-loved artists such as John Hitchens, Jilly Sutton and Oona Campbell, are shown alongside exciting new talent, including Michael Chaikin’s giant articulated fish which ‘swim’  in the wind, and Jeremy Moulsdale’s lyrical figures.

We are proud to show work by many leading British contemporary stone carvers, among them: Jonathan Loxley, Paul Vanstone, Dominic Welch, Guy Stevens, Aly Brown and Tim Pomeroy. Complementing these pieces are Mike Savage’s organic pod forms in beaten copper, Jilly Sutton’s striking carved wooden heads, and kinetic works by Will Carr and Michael Chaikin.

Within the gallery, vibrant work by Scottish Colourists Jean B Martin and Ann Oram are complimented by sweeping landscapes of the South Downs by Rosie Copeland and Lucy Marks. Gareth Edward’s elegiac abstract landscape is contrasted with the dynamic abstraction of Spencer Shakespeare and Malcom Taylor.

This is an exhibition which celebrates many of the finest aspects of contemporary British art. This, combined with its spectacular rural setting, only five minutes from the antique and artistic hub of Petworth, make it a unique destination.