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OPEN EXHIBITION 2023
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Escape
p parker boerner
charcoal and acrylic on canvas
Description
Birds represent freedom to me. The projectiles you see among the free, flying birds, represent the threat to freedom. This is in response to war.
Location:
Indiana, PA, USA
Price:
$4,000
emperor Haillselase
mintesnot
mixed
Description
emperor haileselase is one of the former Ethiopian leader.not only for Ethiopia its positive impact are all over the world.his positive impact is my inspiration to make this art.
Location:
ethiopia
Price:
50000$
Yorkshire Coast
gunjan saxena
Acrylic and Oil Pastels on Paper
Description
This work, painted on Hahnemuhle Watercolour paper, 30x40cm (300 gsm), is inspired by my life on Yorkshire coast.
Location:
Scarborough
Price:
500
Cottages on Yorkshire Coast
gunjan saxena
Acrylic and Oil Pastels on Paper
Description
This work, painted on Hahnemuhle Watercolour paper, 30x40cm (300 gsm), is inspired by my life on Yorkshire coast.
Location:
Scarborough
Price:
500
Joke
asha-may
Digital work
Description
I am particularly intrigued by layering to give a sense of depth to images, which can trigger a variety of emotions and thoughts for the viewer. I like to marry text with
images in such a distinctive style which prompts viewers to reflect on political issues, leaving them questioning what is happening in the world. Joke the work below became
a forum of the exploration of these issues on both what we see and what we know. Putting the text inside the subject matter is a common technique I have used in my
work, as I consider it to be raw.
Location:
Peterborough
Price:
350.00
No title
Wojciech golonka
Acrylic on canvas
Description
Figurative Surrealistic painting
Location:
Redhill, surrey , uk
Price:
300
Fascinating architecture of the city of Kyiv.
Viktoriia Malaniuk
Ballpoint pen on paper
Description
Architectural sketch of the city of Kyiv.
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Price:
£100
“ Gold Champagne “
Victor Mauricio Rodriguez Romero
Acrylic on canvas
Description
Artwork inspired by the celebration and the passion to share with elegance a night of glasses of champagne
Location:
Costa Rica
Price:
£550.000
The rocking chair
Terry
Oil on canvas
Description
In my painting I wanted to depict a tender moment between my wife and our granddaughter as she rocks her to sleep on our rocking chair. I particularly wanted to capture my granddaughters peaceful innocence.
Location:
Skelmersdale
Price:
£3000
Wasteland
Simon Bastian
Digital Paintwork
Description
Landscape depicting the loss of industry in the UK.
Location:
Kington
Price:
£120.00
ZEN
Shen Fung Lin
Drawing
Description
This series of works is inspired by
The "useless use" of the ancient Chinese thinker Zhuangzi
In addition to the traditional Chinese "碑拓" craft
Action painting that combines the two new "contamination methods''
"Uselessness" in Zhuangzi's Thought
Is to pursue a reasonable state of understanding in time and space
Without being restricted to the “useful” frame
Get rid of the concept of "use"
A prejudice to abandon "tools"
Often after transcending, it leads to a higher realm
I used natural stones with different textures
Rubbing its natural texture on paper
I used: Charcoal pen / charcoal pen / graphite / pencil / white charcoal... and other media
Aiming at the traditional "smoke method" in Chinese landscape painting
Experiments with subversion and innovation
And created this series of Shituo paintings
I use Zen as the core of my spirit
Conducted experimental creations of this series of Action painting
Zen is an abstract concept
As if the air is everywhere
But it's out of reach
What I want to convey through my work is
"Heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, all things have spirits, coexist with each other and exist in the way of harmony."
Such feelings that cannot be explained in words
Location:
Pingtung
Price:
3000
Thai Highlands
Sharon Sycamore
Mixed/collage
Description
Mixed media and collage on canvas framed in a black wooden float frame, I have used unconventional tools, subtle values & colour palettes, the addition of texture, exciting shape, and contrast to create this thought provoking pieces which is mainly collage, acrylic paint and mixed media. It is bright and bold in colour and has a lot of texture.
Location:
Lincoln
Price:
£450.00
Circles
Sandris Masins
Mixed media, oil, ink, mica, plaster of Paris, epoxy on plasterboard
Description
Name of the work- 'Circles'
It comes with the artist poem-
Seasons changing
Cycle of life just made another lap
From dust to dust
Nature doesn't need your trust
Painted on drywall art using upcycled media, collected and grinded mica minerals. Several layers of painting and drywall art captured and solidified with epoxy. This piece is artist's therapy and philosophy about nature and life. Play with ideas and materiality.
Location:
Inverness
Price:
2500
Sunrise over Scarborough
Robin Roemer
Oil on canvas
Description
This piece represents the glorious sunrises experienced along the shoreline of Scarborough Beach in Narragansett? Rhode Island. It captures the hope and inspiration of a new day
Location:
New Haven, CT, USA
Price:
250 pounds ($321 in US currency)
Widgery Cross
Rachel Stubbs
Oil on canvas
Description
An abstract representation of Widgery Cross, Dartmoor.
An emotive piece, carping the essence of the moors.
Location:
Tiverton
Price:
395
Bound II
Philip Vaughan-Williams
Paper, String, Bitumen Paint
Description
Part of an ongoing series of artist book works where content is not revealed to the viewer, to read would be to destroy the artwork itself. Materials reflecting the potential for a book to transfer ideas, sometimes of toxicity as well as knowledge.
Location:
Westhorpe, Suffolk, England, UK
Price:
£135
Chillingham Yew Bowl
Pete Thompson
Turned Wood
Description
This bowl was created from a piece of ancient yew that grew for centuries at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland and was brought down during Storm Arwen on 25th November 2021. The shape of the piece was dictated by the natural growth of the wood during its long lifetime and so evokes a very powerful and distinct sense of place.
Location:
SELBY
Price:
Not for sale
Scatter
Paul Spencer Clamp
Acrylic on canvas
Description
The painting is in the format of a horizontal rectangle.The outward appearance is of organic, segmented columns, or perhaps tubes, which move and disperse from left to right across the canvas. These structures may also be bacteria or plant-like fibres which move from a mass towards separation and ultimately dissolution. Behind this is the premise that everything is in motion,nothing is fixed, be it in the movement of stars across the sky, blood within a vein, sap within a leaf, or the atoms within a rock. All is in a state of flux, nothing is permanent, and although we try to impose order, to construct a narrative with which we feel secure, in the final equation all is chaos.
Location:
Owston Ferry
Price:
£750
Broken heartwood
Paul Ferris
Wood veneer with cork backing, brass wire, waxed thread, sewing needle
Description
As a tree grows it builds, forming ring after ring. Once it's cut down it starts to dry out. The tensions within the wood build and cracks start to form. Eventually the tensions are too much and the wood cracks straight through the heart of the tree breaking many of those rings. The crack will not heal so we try our best to sew ourselves back together but again the pain is too much and our thread burns through. It is only with the help from others that really we can sew us back together again.
Location:
Worthing
Price:
900GBP
Covehithe - Between the Showers
Patrick Will Baker
Watercolour and pastel on paper
Description
A watercolour and pastel study of Covehithe in Suffolk. This part of the coastline is eroding rapidly, the dynamic nature of the landscape here makes it a favourite spot of mine.
Location:
Westhorpe
Price:
£285
Hare I
Patrick Will Baker
Chalk and charcoal on paper
Description
Chalk and charcoal study of a brown hare, running through the countryside
Location:
Westhorpe
Price:
£185
'Ure'
Okeoma Chijioke
Bronze sculpture
Description
This is a stylized, standing bronze sculpture of a maiden.
Name- URE [ Prowess ]
Dimensions-
Weight- 4Kg
Size- 2ft5
Location:
Owerri, Nigeria
Price:
£400
Zohar my daughter, 2.5 years old
Noga Shtainer
Photography
Description
From the series Pandora.
Pandora series captures the tension between humanity and nature, and explores the distant and mysterious worlds that exist beyond our grasp.
Through my photos, I showcase my daughters, with all my fears, worries, and storm of emotions, I seek to capture the beauty and the darkness of life .
Location:
Berlin Germany
Price:
2700 Euro
Neegan walking dead
Michael leeper
Pencil
Description
U can view my art website
Location:
ROCHDALE
Price:
200
Moments
Matilda Walker Evans
Pen on paper
Description
My intimate connection with nature provides a rhythm to my art which makes it relevant to the environment I exist in. I wanted to create a sense of awe in nature, demonstrating that nature can be used to highlight philosophical ideas about our connection with it. I aim to give the viewer a sense of wellbeing, of wholeness and escapism when they look at my pieces, whilst I use nature to help me develop my own artistic language.
Location:
London, UK
Price:
£300
Which Bit?
Mary Rolfe
Collage
Description
This is a collage. It dissects the body. Created into a landscape using collage, of familiar wrapping paper.
Location:
Gillingham
Price:
£180.00
Sonic to the rescue
Marcus Rodger
Paper white white paper
Description
This is my sonic art work . I’m a let young artist
Location:
Edinburgh
Price:
300
Beauty
Marcellinus Onyebuchi Okonkwo
Oil on canvas
Description
Mma
Mma dị n'anya onye na-ahụ ya…
Agwa bu nma nwanyi…
Beauty
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder…
Character is the beauty.
Location:
Umuezeala Uja Amaifeke ancient kingdom orlu Imo State Nigeria.
Price:
£5,440.45
Stranger
Lidia Simeonova
Mixed media
Description
Acrylic painting on canvas
28”x22’
Location:
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Price:
€800
Vale, Mare Tranquillitatis
Lau Suen Yan
Soft pastel on paper
Description
This is inspired by a Cantopop song of Ian Chan Cheuk Yin, literally "Vale, Mare Tranquillitatis" (再見 寧靜海). Its English name is given by a Hong Kong famous lyricist, Wyman Wong, who writes the lyrics for Ian Chan. The artwork shows endless reminiscences of a man's love, who passed away in their times of happiness. They have promised each other to meet again on the moon.
Location:
Hong Kong, China
Price:
30
Broccoli on a vase
Laila Haibe
Acrylic on card
Description
This piece was inspired by my inner thoughts. I knew flowers were for vases, but something about broccolis made me question everything. This piece is in response to that.
Location:
Slough, UK
Price:
Not for sale
Ice-cream
Kristina Maršíková
colored ink, acrylic, wax on canvas
Description
The painting captures the moment when a person is completely absorbed in eating ice cream and there is nothing else at the moment. The endless repetition of ice creams in the background places the image outside of time on a transcendental level. My son Rafael was the model for the painting.
Location:
Prague/Czech Republic
Price:
2000 £
Seascape II
Joshua Obara Norwood
(Assemblage) Recycled Plastic on Acrylic on Recycled Paper on Canvas
Description
In effect, this work uses recycled homemade paper, repurposed scrap plastic and fabric that would have been landfilled. The process behind this is that a painting is created on the paper layer then plastic is overlayed above it and then repainted with a new vision of the seascape after it had been affected by the plastic pollution. Therefore, it results in this beautiful texture and expressive feel for the environment yet albeit fearful.
Location:
Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Price:
£189
Coast
Jemma Keen
Woodcut print on paper
Description
I have always been so mesmerised by the ocean and find it so calming to watch the colours and patterns produced. There is something so therapeutic about being by the coast which I have tried to capture within my work. Often inspired by the Devon coastline, I challenge myself to translate the evoked emotions into a visual representation using various printmaking techniques. The print I have included was printed from a woocut.
Location:
Plymouth
Price:
£60
Many Faces Of Mr X
Igor A
Digital
Description
Digital Abstract/Fantasy painting. Showing variations of a male head.
Location:
London
Price:
350
The Tripe Purveyor
Glen Williams
Acrylic
Description
One of many pieces I have produced from my memories of growing up in a Northern working class town during the 1950s/60s. Tripe was a cheap food source and some shops specialised in tripe and offal. This is based on one that did exist and it really was called a tripe purveyor, which makes it sound very sophisticated indeed.
Location:
Huddersfield
Price:
Not for Sale
Scrubbing the Steps
Glen Williams
Conte crayon on anaglypta wallpaper
Description
One of many pieces I have produced from my memories of growing up in a Northern working class town during the 1950s/60s. This was a common site when I was a child. Even though most people had very little there was still a sense of pride in what we had. Mums would be seen scrubbing the steps and even the pavement in front of the house.
Location:
Huddersfield
Price:
Not For Sale
Girl of March
Georgia Theologou
oil, acrylic on canvas
Description
Oil on canvas
2023
Location:
Perama- Piraeus
Price:
400£
Like a chicken you is
Ellie Sargant
Oil on canvas
Description
The materiality of paint is incredibly significant to my practice, and I now recognize the importance paint, marks and colour have on a ground. This painting explores how paint itself can be equally as important as the subject matter. In response to this, I have been exploring how different textures, thicknesses, and opacity of paint compliment and contrast.
Location:
Crawley
Price:
£1270
"Mirror"
Elena Dobrynina
Oil, canvas
Description
The painting depicts an ancient mirror in which a still life of flowers and fruits is reflected. Also, the mirror is surrounded on the wall by keys, a letter and various papers.
Location:
Helsinki Finland
Price:
3,600
Parallel cities
Divya dodia
Digital
Description
"The design responds to the different levels of the city in two ways – creating different inhabitable spaces for a variety of views, shifting the ground level.The design rethinks the relationship between the ideas of facade and ground, and imagines the way we inhabit the space between them.The spaces are attenuated, echoed and re-echoed before their sources are experienced.Its a powerful incarnation in volumetric-spatial forms of human conceptions which voluminously demonstrates, all of the spaces nonetheless maintain both architectural and narrative coherence.
Location:
Gandhinagar, india
Price:
500£
Lost day at Leadgate
Darren Atkinson
Pencil drawing
Description
This is my way to celebrate the proud mining history of the area I come from , using reference from the mine and creating animals as the main characters as they spend another day working the mine.
Location:
County Durham
Price:
£90
Fragments of the Mind
Daria Ivanovich
porcelain sculpture
Description
"Fragments of the Mind" is a unique porcelain artwork featuring 8 elements arranged in a circular formation. Each element is approximately 17cm in size and depicts a different mental illness, including addiction, PTSD, paranoia, narcissism, anxiety, depression, split personality disorder. The central element features a smaller baby face surrounded by black flowers, symbolizing the lost inner child, whose fragility has been affected by mental illness.
Created from the mold of my own face, this artwork explores the personal and vulnerable and sensitive nature of the human mind.
The delicate porcelain material adds to the metaphor of the fragility of the mind, making this artwork a poignant and thought-provoking
By showcasing the diversity of mental illnesses through art, "Fragments of the Mind" aims to foster understanding and empathy towards those who struggle with mental health challenges. Through this deeply personal and evocative artwork, people are invited to reflect on the complexities of the human mind, and to join in the important conversation about mental health and wellbeing.
Location:
HOOFDDORP
Price:
7000
“Fragility of mind”: Anxiety
Daria Ivanovich
Porcelain sculpture
Description
Part of the series: “Fragility of mind”: Anxiety
This art object represents the experience of anxiety and how it can be overwhelming and debilitating. I am suffering from anxiety for almost whole my life, and I use art as a way to express myself and convey my feelings.
The piece depicts my face with ants crawling all over it. The ants are a metaphor for the intrusive and persistent thoughts that can come with anxiety. The ants are not deadly, but they represent the way anxiety can make a person feel like they cannot function properly.
The sculpture is designed to evoke a sense of discomfort and unease
Location:
HOOFDDORP
Price:
2500
Be Defined
Danying chen
Acrylic on canvas
Description
Folklore transgression and gaze form the basis of my art. uses my own and society's dark memories to create a picture that is humorous, atone, and graphic, leaving the audience wanting to learn more about the weird.
"I discovered my affinity for beauty as a teen. started putting on makeup, short skirts, and nails, and dressing up. My elders accused me of dressing indecently and like a prostitute to draw in guys.
They would ask me things like, "Are you a chicken? Would you like to be a chicken? According to Chinese tradition, calling someone a chicken is disrespectful because the Chinese pronunciation of the word "chicken" is homophonic with the term "prostitute." I developed really poor self-esteem as a result of this.
In ancient China, women had a low status and it was taboo for them to be seen in publicand so they were mostly kept in captivity leaving the home was made very difficult. Their most important task in life was to produce offspring, as though they were merely instruments of fertility. I observed that this was the same fate as chickens that were kept in captivity to lay eggs.
In my project the single chicken in the painting represents the woman as an individual, while thefive chickens in the other painting represent the group.The male gaze is not directed at the individual but rather at the whole female group,reflecting societies propensity to think in terms of stereotypes and generalisations.”
Location:
London
Price:
2000
Home
Cris Motta
color paper
Description
we are lost inside us.
I use portraits as guides focusing on the look and the look being the bridge between the experiences of escape and connection by Alzheimer's and the treatment evidences the feeling and without the medicated masks questioning how much of that person still exists in you? So I'm constantly looking for them and the moments I can interpret through their eyes as traces of them, there's a slight hint of connection and I believe we recognize each other there. and it looks familiar
Location:
Lake Mary, Fl, EUA
Price:
$700
Home
Cris Motta
color paper
Description
we are lost inside us.
I use portraits as guides focusing on the look and the look being the bridge between the experiences of escape and connection by Alzheimer's and the treatment evidences the feeling and without the medicated masks questioning how much of that person still exists in you? So I'm constantly looking for them and the moments I can interpret through their eyes as traces of them, there's a slight hint of connection and I believe we recognize each other there. and it looks familiar
Location:
Lake mary, Fl, EUA
Price:
$550
Reflections
Clare Steward
Acrylic on canvas
Description
Water surrounded and reflecting the plants.
Location:
United Kingdom
Price:
260
Shoe Shining in London Town
Christopher Perry
Charcoal
Description
This piece was created by using a photograph I took to capture a human interaction on the busy streets of West London. The piece was created using charcoal powder and a soft-tipped palette knife.
Location:
Batheaston, Bath
Price:
£2500
FLIGHT OF DREAMS
CHRISANTHI WALDRON
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS WITH LIQUID GEL
Description
The art piece showcases a sneaker's outline set against a breathtaking sunset.
The surrounding butterflies imply that dreams can take flight, and the artwork represents a new beginning and the potential for dreams to come true.
Location:
EPWORTH DONCASTER
Price:
500.00
Black Sea
Buruk Hanna
Oil canvas
Description
Black Sea
Location:
Odesa, Ukraine, Germany
Price:
80
Sanflowers
Buruk Hanna
Oil canvas
Description
Ukraine.sunflowers
Location:
Odesa Ukraine . Germany
Price:
100
Tulip Shower
Becca Conn
Drypoint engraving
Description
The ornament denotes time, effort and vision; this handcrafted mode of decoration engages one in a relationship of exchange with their surroundings.
The body of work Tulip Shower (2023) is a series of
monochrome, drypoint engravings. Looking closely at the surface of the prints, hatching by the drypoint needle can be observed in a solely
horizontal manner. The lengthy process of incising these parallel lines to coalesce into form slows down time for me, being brought to a state of forgetting time
completely. The fragility of the drypoint is pertinent in my work; the delicate
burr created by the incisions of the needle wears away so quickly in comparison to the time consuming process and hand labour of engraving the plate.
Location:
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Price:
£250
Wrapped
Barbara Renkiewicz
Oil paint
Description
This painting speaks about mystery. The woman's posture and the way she gazes into the distance suggest a sense of contemplation, as though she carries a secret burden or holds an untold tale within her soul.
Location:
Doncaster
Price:
85
"HEARTS' CONNECTION"
Antonino Pilade
ANTONIO PILADE Contemporary art, photography, painting, and sculpture My artistic research focuses on exploring social and psychological issues from a personal and intimate point of view, utilising various artistic media. I am particularly drawn to themes such as identity, relationships, and social inequality. By working across a range of mediums, I can engage with these subjects in diverse and thought-provoking ways, inviting viewers to consider them from multiple angles and perspectives. As an artist, I am interested in experimenting with different approaches to connect with. "HEARTS' CONNECTION" Installation Heart in acrylics made from clay, feathers, ribbon, oxygen mask and plastic pipe.
Description
Hearts connection, as feelings of love, empathy, and understanding.
The heart is often considered the center of emotion and love, and thus the term "heart connection" emphasizes the importance of emotional and spiritual connections in our lives. When we connect with others on a heart level, we are able to establish a deep bond that goes beyond superficial interactions or shared experiences.
Heart connections can occur between romantic partners, family members, friends, and even strangers. It is a powerful force that can bring people together and create a sense of belonging and fulfillment. When we experience heart connections, we feel seen, heard, and valued, which can boost our sense of self-worth and confidence.
However, it is important to note that heart connections do not always come easily. It requires vulnerability, authenticity, and a willingness to be open and honest with ourselves and others. It also requires active listening, empathy, and a willingness to understand and accept others for who they are.
Overall, heart connections are essential for our emotional and spiritual well-being. They provide us with a sense of belonging, purpose, and connection to the world around us. By nurturing and cultivating heart connections in our lives, we can create deeper and more meaningful relationships with those around us.
Location:
London
Price:
1700
Garden fairy
Anne Schofield
Acrylic on canvas
Description
As a child I always believed there were fairies at the bottom of the garden. With this in mind I decided to paint a meadow garden with a fairy climbing up the stork of a plant.
Location:
Barnsley
Price:
120
Pandemonium
Angela Malone
Watercolour
Description
A row of fresh Parrot tulips, purchased for my watercolour students initially but I ended up keeping them and painting them myself. I developed this drip technique along the way. It’s painted onto best quality cotton rag paper using top quality French pigments. It is one of a series.
Location:
Westgate on Sea, Kent
Price:
£1,250
Heart of Glass
Angela Malone
Watercolour
Description
I wanted to challenge myself to paint complex reflections so I created this heart from Swarovski crystals. It took 3 months and much eye strain, but it was very satisfying to complete. Also, I managed to finish it in time for Valentines Day.
Location:
Westgate on Sea, Kent
Price:
£1,500
Ordeal, from the series: The Journey Within, 2022
Aliz Kovacs-Zoldi
Digital Photography
Description
'Ordeal' symbolises the height of desperation, anxiety and overwhelming thoughts during the time spent in isolation.
It is part of the series 'The Journey Within' which depicts the inner conflict, troubling thoughts and the journey through the subconscious.
Through the stages of the hero's journey, the series explores the similarities between the personal and the collective experience of lockdown and isolation.
Location:
Cambridge
Price:
£480
'Reward' from the series: The Journey Within, 2022
Aliz Kovacs-Zoldi
Photographic print
Description
'Reward' depicts the realization that after the ordeal of depression and anxiety felt during isolation, I was rewarded with the ability to look at my experience with distance and regard it as one that can make me grow stronger.
'Reward' is part of the series 'The Journey Within'. It depicts the inner conflict, the overwhelming thoughts and the journey through the subconscious during and after isolation during the pandemic.
Location:
Cambridge
Price:
£480
Discipline I
Alexander Hayden
charcoal and pastel on paper
Description
When we lack self-discipline and don't prioritize our mental health, we hurt others. When we meditate and focus on self-control, we don't hurt others.
Location:
NYC, USA
Price:
5000
Blue Sea Anemone
AIMI KAIYA
Mixed media on canvas
Description
I created this artwork out of my profound fascination with the mesmerizing underwater world and the captivating nature that surrounds us. Inspired by the delicate beauty of the Blue Sea Anemone, gracefully existing beneath the enchanting sea, I've crafted an abstract expressionist masterpiece that seeks to convey its essence in a simple yet stunning manner.
Location:
bangkok thailand
Price:
1000 pounds
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