Galleries - July 2011

Grace Gardiner. Ask to peep upstairs for further fine paintings and to breaththe ambience of a working artist’s studio. Finally, for those wishing to go a step further, artist Paul Wadsworth in Penzance holds painting and drawing courses “in an atmosphere of unprecious creativity.” His next one runs from July 11 to 15: see www.paulwadsworth.co.uk Pip Palmer is a regular contributor to Galleries who lives and works near Penzance finest selections of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and beautiful jewellery by well established local names and I defy you not to find something to please and inspire. New Street Gallery , situated close to The Exchange , recently celebrated two years of trading as an artists’ co- operative. Run by the makers themselves prices are accordingly affordable and an ever changing array of work in various media means that there is something for everyone; look out for Dave Griffin’s stoneware noodle bowls, they make the neatest presents. Similarly artist led but with a provenance that goes back over thirty years, The New Gallery in idyllic Porthscatho has a special and singular attraction for buyers seeking work from a coterie of artists that includes Chris and Andrea Insoll, Trevor Felcey and ART IN CORNWALL 27. GALLERIES JULY 11 Continued from page 21 Rose Hilton and Janet Lynch, is followed by a solo show by Maggie Matthews, an abstract artist who moved to West Cornwall in 1988 and has made the area her inspiration, integrating the shapes and colours found along the coast and in Cornwall’s famous subtropical gardens into paintings that are both lively and lyrical. In addition the gallery is showcasing ‘Bridge‘, Neil Pinkett’s evocative and personalised views of structures as diverse as Canon Street railway bridge and Bath’s Pulteney bridge at the Gallery in Redchurch Street (London) before bringing it to Penzance in August. For work by local artists, two galleries spring to mind. Glass House Gallery has one of the 6 3 &- 2 % .%' / 7% 1 8% 40 - 2 & 3 & + 6)) 2 ,% 0* % 2+ ) 0 % ,%6(- 2+ .YP] 8 YIW 7EX /IMK[MR RV 1SVZEL [[[ ]I [ XVII KEPP IV] G S Q YEW TREE GALLERY &KLFNHQ JODVV 5RELQD -DFN NEWLYN SCHOOL GALLERY www.newlynschoolgallery.com www.newlynschool.com www.strandbergfineart.com 58 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2AE 01736 366448 newlyn-s-gallery@btconnect.com Images page 21: A ndrea Insoll ‘Stained glass flowers, Arum Lilies’, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm at New Art Gallery, Portscatho Images this page: Maggie Mathews ‘Eden’, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 100 cm at Cornwall Contemporary Tony Shiels, ‘Still Life with Seahead, Sculpture & Curious Harpoon’, 1998, mixed media on board, 9 x 6.5 inches at Market House Gallery