Gallery
Current exhibition Gallery Open Mon-Fri 10am-3pm
Lesley Ann Bartrop
Monday 2 September – Friday 27th September
Lesley is a Somerset based artist with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art who works in acrylic and ink on canvas often employing heat and glazes to enhance or affect the paint. The majority of her work is on reclaimed canvases purchased from charity shops and often allow the colours of the original printing to inform her choice of subject.
She is lucky enough to live within open farmland on the edge of the Quantock hills, only a short distance from the sea and the subject of her paintings reflects that. Whilst she mostly paints the scenery and animals that live around her home, she does admit to often adding an element of fantasy or humour to the compositions!
Future exhibitions
Jill Lister & Frances Allerton
01.10.2024-29.10.2024
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Paintings inspired by the Somerset Levels, and beyond.
As a child Jill was a thinker and a dreamer with her head in the clouds.
After 44 years working for the NHS with her feet firmly on the ground, she still has her head in the clouds. She walks over the Levels and along the river Parrett every day, taking joy and inspiration from the colours and textures around her.
Jill is a member of SAW and has exhibited her paintings at Heron House for the last three years. Jill and Frances have also had a joint exhibition.
Jill mainly paints in soft pastels, enjoying the immediacy of blending colours with her hands to form atmospheric landscapes. She also likes to experiment with oil paints and inks.
Frances has painted in oils and other media all her life alongside a career in social services. The horizontal lines of her Levels home are a recurrent feature in her paintings, amongst departures to other landscapes and subjects.
Jill and Frances are very conscious of environmental issues in the wider world and on a local level. They have participated in several art projects, organising community art groups, drawing, flag making and have recently contributed to the new Community Garden in Langport.
Jill and Frances hope you enjoy their paintings.
Frances Allerton Jill Lister
Chandos Society
05.11.2024-29.11.2024
En Plein Air
The Chandos Society are delighted to be having their En Plein Air exhibition.
Throughout the year members have been out painting local scenes including Taunton Museum and Axbridge Market. Plenty of beautiful new creations to inspire you.
