June - Latest News

Michele Turriani's  'Early June' - selected for the RA Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Congratulations to Carol Robertson, Michele Turriani and Max Angus who have all had work accepted into this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. 

The Summer Exhibition opened for the first time in 1769 as a place where members of the Academy could exhibit their works with one another to compare and improve their skills. Today it is the largest open submission art exhibition in the world, which means that any artist can submit their work, regardless of age, country or status in the art world. This year, more than 11,000 people submitted work but less than 10% were successful so our three artists really do deserve.

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Ben Fenton's 'Bottle Alley' - featured in his Radio 4 interview

Ben Fenton - Radio 4 Interview

For those of you who missed it, Ben Fenton's Radio 4 interview for 'Living on The Edge', is available on BBC Sounds.  In the interview, he visits his muse, Bottle Alley in Hastings, to talk about his love of concrete coastal architecture. We have a limited edition print of one of Fenton's Bottle Alley works available along with a selection of his original oil paintings, you can see them all in the gallery and on line.

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Richard Friend's 'Morning Sun' - one of several new pieces

New In - Richard Friend

Blue skies are here at last and this brand new painting from Richard Friend, 'Morning Sun', has its very own glorious blue sky. It depicts that perfect time of year when the sky is cool and clear, the trees are abundant and the grass is green. At 40 x 40cm it's a neat size for a spare space on a wall. We also have some other new pieces by Richard Friend, available to view on the website as well as in the gallery.