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David Humphreys Exhibition

14 – 22 APRIL11.00am -4.00pmDavid Humphreys has lived in Sussex for over fifty years. We first exhibited his work over a decade ago and now at 80 he is still at the height of his powers and pushing his work in new directions. David’s work is rooted in the landscape, He loves to walk, to Cissbury or Chanctonbury and down to the sea. Otherwise as Far as Black Cap or the Kingly Vale … across the vinyards and down through the park to Petworth. Influenced by the poetry of Edward Thomas he is a lyrical painter in the British pastoral tradition.When not in Sussex, David is drawn to the far flung corners of the British Isles, setting forth in his red camper van. He responds to the purity and geography of these places. The vast sweeps of deserted beaches running into sheltered coves, the ancient hills swathed in mist, the bare rocks, coarse grass and whitewashed cottages hugging the shore or nestled in the dip of a farmland. With his luminous but restrained palette, his feeling for rhythm and form Humphreys celebrates the land as a life force. He has shown throughout Britain, New York, South America and on the Continent. A regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy he is represented in many private, corporate and museum collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain and the National Library of Wales.14th to 22nd April    Open daily: 11am to 4pm     (Sunday: 11am to 1.30pm)And by appointment until 29 AprilPRIVATE VIEWSSaturday 14 April 5pm – 7pmSunday 15 April 11am – 1.30pm

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION WEEKEND

25 – 26 NOVEMBER10.00am – 6.00pmWe are pleased to announce our Christmas Exhibition Weekend which will be running from 10am-6pm on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th November.  We have been collecting some beautiful original artwork from some of the most popular Forest Gallery artists as well as some exciting new artists!Join us for a glass of bubbly to welcome in the festive season amongst some fabulous art.  An exciting display of artwork from select British and International artists will be on show to help you find the perfect painting this Christmas.  A small selection of the artworks are featured below and are available to reserve before the event itself so if anything catches your eye please get in touch with us.  There are also a limited number of printed invitations available.  To request one of these please email the gallery sales@forestgallery.com 

Autumn Exhibition at Moncrieff Bray Gallery

30 SEPTEMBER – 21 OCTOBEROpen Wed to Sat:  11 am to 4 pm and by appointment at any time please just call ahead.Oona Campbell: Recent PaintingsAbstract landscapes by Jonathan Gibbs, Susie Leiper, Tuëma Pattie and Sarah Warley-CummingsOona Campbell’s recent paintings are united by the dramatic cloudscapes that roll across our skies and nature’s light effects especially at dawn and dusk.  A group of paintings of Petworth Park Lake at sunset forms the focus of the show together with images of  the long sandy beach of West Wittering.  Further afield, Oona exploresthe mist of an early morning onthe Jurassic coast of Dorset and the wild moors  of Scotland’s Applecross Peninsular.  The paintings are a combination of observation and memory; enablinga vivid reliving of the dynamic qualities of  watery mist, the setting of the sun, lashing storm rain, or the aural turbulence of thunder.Juxtaposed with Oona’s figurative work is an exhibition exploring the use of abstraction in the landscape.  Tuëma Pattie lives in Duncton and has painted both the Sussex landscape and further afield. She is a long-term exhibitor at the gallery with her exuberant paintings celebrating the joy of nature.  Sarah Warley-Cummings is another Sussex artist who has made a series of abstract prints exploring the shapes and colours of the countryside. We are very lucky to exhibit two Scottish artists.  Susie Leiper, whose work combines calligraphy and landscape.   One of the country’s finest calligraphers she is also trained in the techniques of Chinese art.  Her work unites eastern and western traditions of painting.   Jonathan Gibbs is a senior tutor at Edinburgh College of Art and a leading wood engraver his multi-layered paintings  combine present observation with a life-time of images and motifs remembered.