Apothecary Gallery CIC » Local Artists

2019 | Winter Collection

Rosey — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:16:40 +0000

Drawings, Painting and Photography

This collection features three artists: Ann Bradford (Paintings), Siân Armstrong (Skye Tree Drawings), and Caroline Forbes (Landscape Photography).

Ann Bradford:

After studying fine art I managed to avoid painting or ‘doing art’ for almost 25 years. It was only after my sons decided to buy me a huge box of art materials for my birthday one year that I rediscovered my love of drawing and painting.

I enjoy exploring combining different materials and mediums. At present I have been working with ink, often combined with other materials such as watercolour, fabric, paper etc and generally just having fun on my journey to growing old disgracefully….

Siân Armstrong:

Original Pen & Ink Drawings

Sîan Armstrong lives and works on the Isle of Skye, which is a mountainous and beautiful island. ‘Trees in this part of the world have a hard time of it due to the climate, especially the constant onslaught of the wind and the frequent storms. As a result, over time they often develop interesting and marvellous forms and shapes which appeal to my imagination.

Trees have always been important to the human race and everyone relates to them in their own way. Over the last few years I have been exploring possibilities in the forms of trees – both real and imaginary ones – as they are infinitely variable; each one is unique and each one seems to have has its own personality.’

Sîan resumed art about fifteen years ago after doing other things such as farming and environmental psychology. Her trees are drawn mostly in pen and ink on Aquarelle paper with limited use of watercolour and gouache. Being interested in form, detail and pattern, her trees are often mistaken as woodcuts, but they are all hand drawn.

Caroline Forbes:

Over the years Caroline Forbes have been involved with many publishing companies including Faber and Faber, Harvill, Secker, Penguin, Harper Collins and Atlantic Books also various magazines – The Independent, Wire and Gardens Illustrated.

Her literary work continues today with work for the National Poetry Archive which was set up by Andrew Motion and Richard Carrington as a national resource for people to listen to poets reading their work.

As well as literary portraits Caroline was commissioned to take photographs for a couple of landscape books – The 3 Peaks of Yorkshire and The Drovers Roads of Wales – part 2.

Now photographing landscapes for pure pleasure remains a great enthusiasm.

Exhibitions of her landscape work and portraits of writers and musicians have been shown nationally and internationally at venues including The British Library, Shaw Theatre in London and various regional Arts Centres in UK and Northern Ireland as well in Minneapolis.

2018 | Warren King

Rosey — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:26:14 +0000

Warren King grew up in Belfast and from an early age was given a thorough grounding in painting and drawing by his cousin Brian Audley, a lecturer at Queen’s University. Frequent trips to the Antrim coast set in motion a lifelong love of nature and as a result, references to vibrant colours of rural Ireland and the endlessly kinetic power of the sea can be found in almost every painting he produces.

He studied at Medway Art School in Kent and in 2017 he was awarded a year long scholarship with SoFAP (the Society of Fulham Artists and Potters). He currently has paintings on display at The Waterside Gallery in Barnes. His Instagram Page (@kingsweny) is followed by world-renowned painter Hughie O’Donoghue and his work is endorsed by British Female Artist of the Year, Sarah Shaw. He is alo a member of Artists At Home, has sold paintings at Chiswick Auction House and has exhibited at Brick Lane Gallery, Fulham Exhibition Hall, The Hogarth Club in Chiswick and The Tideway Gallery in West London.

2017 | Janet Moussavi and Elizabeth Goldsmith

Rosey — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:50:42 +0000

Janet Moussavi is an enthusiastic amateur painter of flowers, fruits and people. She enjoyed drawing from an early age, took A level art and attended life drawing classes at both Goldsmith College and West Dean College. She then went on to study portraiture at Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Wye Valley Arts Centre. Janet loves colour and has dabbled in fauvism. Until recently she lived in Hammersmith and took part in the annual Artists at Home event.

Elizabeth Goldsmith loves nature, colour, form and contrast. She studied painting at Camberwell School of Art and has worked as both a gardener and garden designer. With her still lives and flower paintings she aims to capture the ephemeral seasonal beauty of the world around us. Having recently discovered ceramics, she enjoys exploring the use of shapes and glazes within this new medium.

2016 | Tandoori Imagery Susan Taylor

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Susan is inspired by the conservation of animal species, her love of animals and looking around parks, hamlets and gardens. She is also inspired by her own imagination and from watching Sir David Attenborough’s programmes.

Susan started drawing at the age of 6 and honed her painting skills from the age of 16 years old when she enrolled at Sunderland College of Art. She then went on to study painting further at Arkwright Road School of Arts in London and developed her drawing skills under the tutelage of John Cass at Whitechapel.

Susan has previously exhibited her work at the Baron’s Court Project and at Barons Court Library. All of Susan’s work is acrylic on canvas, and she is influenced by the work of David Hockney, Stanley Spencer, Gauguin, Matisse and Magritte.

2013 | Ealing Art Group Exhibition

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2013 | Sonya Vine Solo Exhibition

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2012 | Robin Wait: Out of Time Contemporary Palladium Prints

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2011 | Christmas Exhibition

Rosey — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:56:21 +0000

2011 | Fruit Flowers & Landscapes: Janet Moussavi and Elizabeth Goldsmith

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2010 | Captured Shadow: Angela Easterling

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