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Newsletter: September 2018

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SPOTLIGHT ON YVONNE KELLY

Each month a different King Street Gallery artist is featured in our Spotlight Room. Throughout September painter Yvonne Kelly will be showing her work in a stunning new exhibition. We caught up with Yvonne to find out more about her approach to creating fine art…

How would you summarise your approach as an artist?

I am influenced by the sublime – in particular, the oceans and seas of the world. For me, complexity is the key. I strive to create a spontaneous response through vibrant colours and layers of paint.

When and where do you like to work?

I like to work in natural light as much as possible. Mainly I paint down on the Pembrokeshire coast because of the clarity of light – on a clear day the Somerset coast and Lundy in the Bristol Channel are visible as well as Rhossili through to Caldey Island. The vista is awesome!

What are your favourite materials/tools?

Generally I work with acrylic paint combined with extenders such as co-polymer emulsions which are conducive to my layering techniques. Whenever possible I like to use pure pigment for maximum vibrancy. If I want the work to have an organic feel I use impasto and sand to produce texture.

Who is your favourite artist and why?

I don’t have one favourite artist – there are so many that I admire. When I was a thirteen year old girl my mother bought me two amazing books – Botticelli and Picasso. Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus’ is incredibly beautiful while, through the eyes of a thirteen year old, I found Picasso’s work very challenging!

What is the most memorable exhibition you have ever been to?

The Picasso Museum in Barcelona had a great impact on me. The drawings and paintings he produced as a boy are incredible! ‘Guernica’, his reaction to Spain’s civil war, is moving in its savagery but it is also an important political statement. I admire his work enormously!

Find out more about Yvonne Kelly’s work.

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE OUR YEAR OF THE SEA OPEN ART COMPETITION!

The winner of King Street Gallery's ‘Year of the Sea’ Open Art Competition will be announced at a special event at the Gallery on Friday 14th September at 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

At the event the overall winner will be selected by renowned artist and lecturer Peter Spriggs and will be presented with a prize of £100; the winner of a subsequent public vote will receive a KSG voucher to the value of £50.

The event will also see the launch of an exhibition of competition entries in the Chate Room. All are welcome!

The ‘Year of the Sea’ competition exhibition runs from 14^th -26^th September 2018.

PERRYN BUTLER AND PETER ROSSITER IN THE CHATE ROOM

Painter Peter Rossiter and sculptor Perryn Butler join forces in a new exhibition which runs in the Chate Room until 12th September 2018.

Perryn Butler comments: “I have a real affinity with stone; it vibrates for me, whether I cut it, carve it or wrap it. For me the joy of shaping is that it is difficult – I relish the challenge and excitement of what is always a potentially dangerous journey. I have a deep spiritual connection both to the stone and with the land it comes from. I believe it is not a choice to be an artist, it is a compelling force.”

Peter Rossiter said: “I also paint figuratively: landscapes mostly. Showing these abstract works alongside Perryn’s sculpture highlights my current preoccupations: criss-crossing the path between two and three dimensions.”

AUTUMN SHOW OPENS NEXT WEEK!

A new show of King Street Gallery artists’ work opens on 14th Sept - including paintings and ceramics, printmaking, textiles, photography, jewellery and sculpture.

Now the colder weather is blowing in, brighten your day with a look around the Gallery - and take some original art home with you!

MO HASSAN AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Huge congratulations to King Street Gallery artist Mo Hassan whose portrait of Salih Basheer will be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Very well deserved!

SARAH RHYS AT THE HASTINGS ARTS FORUM SHOW

This mixed media piece of the Dhaka disaster by King Street Gallery artist Sarah Maria Rhys has been accepted by Hastings Arts Forum to be included in their new exhibition which is on show until 16th September:

The show takes a look at how women's position in the world has changed since gaining the vote 100 years ago.

Congratulations Sarah!