Follow Christine Hester Smith Ceramics on Facebook. Sunday, 24 September 2017. A run of tricky Commissions. Over the summer I have been working my way through a host of rather tricky commissions, time consuming both in thought and execution. All now collected and thankfully appreciated. This tile panel is for the back of a range, each panel of six to be mounted on either side of a stove pipe. After that a celtic design plate seemed pretty straightforward.

New work; current and forthcoming exhibitions. This month, September 2016, I begin what I expect will be a productive relationship with the Castlegate House Gallery in Cockermouth, Cumbria. See the making of this S. For my live painting demo, May 22nd 2016, Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen. Proceeds will support two humblingly admirable causes, Medecins Sans Frontiers.

Settle in one place for a week or two, and get into the local rhythm. What you need for a real holiday. My first experience of Gelston was memorable and great fun. 4 houses in the historic Gelston Castle Courtyard.

You can see my latest work here, find out where I am exhibiting and, if you wish, purchase cards, unframed prints and copies of my book online. You can also book a place on one of my workshops here and you can find out more about the techniques I use and what inspires me. New prints added to shop. Fantastic print show in Cumbria. Award winner at SWLA exhibition.

IAN RAWNSLEY - IRISH ARTIST. Art and creative personal development. My influences are too many and diverse to list . I will always seek to capture an essence, a feeling, a memory that can both be shared, but also a deeply personal experience. Art is about having faith, believing in your own individual artistic voice, sometimes self sustaining, but never without the support of others.

Art for the Love of Sark. 8220;Living on the Urr estuary off the Solway Firth in South West Scotland. I am surrounded by a constant source of inspiration, influenced by the ever changing light and the ebb and flow of the tide. The Bay and surrounding hills echo with the calls of a wide array of birds. Website Design by Copland Creative.

An Art Gallery in Castle Douglas, South West Scotland, Selling Scottish paintings from the 19th Century onwards, and Contemporary Work by National and International artists and makers. Sunday, 29 May 2016. Wednesday, 2 March 2016. JOHN THRELFALL - Hide and Seek. John Threlfall will be taking us through the techniques that he has used in some of the work in his current exhibition with us. JOHN THRELFALL - Pied Flycatcher.