The show, by four emerging artists, runs from 5th – 27th August 2010 and aims to challenge established notions of contemporary art. Featured works includes photography that exists in ‘a permanent state of development’, paintings that are torn between 2D wall hangings and 3D sculptures and objects that are in conflict between function versus aesthetic.

Four artists are involved in this group exhibition; Martin Billingham, Richard Eveleigh, Zoe Snelson and Sarah Sanger. Each artist has a different specialism ranging from painting to installation. This contributes to the overall theme of the exhibition as does the Oxfam Gallery venue itself. The gallery is something of an unexpected contradiction i.e.: a space filled with character that generates funds for the charity whilst allowing considerable artistic freedom.

‘The Oxfam art team are delighted to welcome Richard back for his third exhibition with us. We are looking forward to seeing the inspiring work that his colleagues will contribute to this show.’ Chris Watts, Gallery Administrator.

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Oxhibitions Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm, above Salisbury Oxfam Bookshop at 10, Catherine Street.

Commission from sales will be going towards Oxfam’s work overseas to end poverty and suffering.

For more information regarding this Exhibition, please contact Salisbury Oxfam Art Team on 01722 337187 or by emailing art@salisburyoxfam.org.uk

Fifteen artits from the Romsey area of Hampshire are offering the opportunity to view their latest exhibition themed ‘Art in the Wild’.

In this, their fourth show, ArtSeen are pleased to show their interpretation of wildlife from around the world. Personal experience and a lifetime of travel contribute to this unique collection of their art.

Exotic animals and fleeting moments will catch the energy of vergant jungle life. Nature’s wilderness at its best, caught on canvas.

recycled emotions; two artists’ views

Lynne and Gill graduated from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, in 2000. Their work has been seen previously in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury Library, Hanger Farm Gallery, and the Project Room at the Millais and the Stables at Mottisfont.

This latest exhibition at the Oxfam Art Gallery at Catherine Street links two very different approaches to work, both responding to a continuous recycling of human emotions which evolve according to the global social and economic climate.

Horn’s wire sculptures “drawing in the air” and museum pieces use vintage images and objects which re-invent the past and offer an opportunity for reincarnation.

Savege restores a utilitarian household object and recreates an object of desire. Life drawings complement themes of obsession, youth and notions of beauty, which also complement drawings and prints produced in response to loss.

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Oxhibitions Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm, above Salisbury Oxfam Bookshop at 10, Catherine Street.
Commission from sales will be going towards Oxfam’s work overseas to end poverty and suffering.
More information regarding this Exhibition, please contact Salisbury Oxfam Art Team on 01722 337187.

Decoupage and Collage under the knife!

10th March – 1st April 2010

Craig Ennew is an artist and graphic illustrator based in Salisbury, who is well known to school boys and their parents as the Head of English at Bishop Wordworth’s School.

Craig creates unique collages and works of decoupage, drawing from an eclectic range of images and patterns, frequently bringing in original compositions of text. Works capture eccentricities of the English psyche, often focusing on vintage and retro imagery and design. Craig is influenced by all things nostalgic, lonely and strange, from the wonderful little films of Oliver Postgate, to the eclectic music of Tunng, Adem and Four Tet.

The process of producing the original pieces involves a significant amount of time working on an initial collage. This can be done either by hand or in Photoshop. Many prints are then made of the final image, and section of these prints are then cut out and layered to produce the depth and dimension in decoupage. Often, sections of text are sourced from a range of writings to create an original text composition that forms a part of the final piece.

He is regularly exhibiting his work, including galleries in Pewsey, Salisbury and Waterstones Book Stores. He has produced collages and decoupage that illustrate particular years, for example, as well as working on advertisements and magazine layout.

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The Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm.
Commission from sales will be going towards Oxfam’s work overseas to end poverty and suffering.

Something Different Exhibition
by Marilyn Allis

4th – 26th February 2010

This is an interesting and colourful selection of experimental work, of vibrant collage, acrylics and oils, plus some of the known watercolour style works.

Marilyn Allis, one of the most popular watercolourists in East Dorset, won the Daler Rowney front page competition,which offered the opportunity to hold a trio exhibition in the Royal Commonwealth Society, London.

In the year 2000 her work was accepted by the Royal Institute in Watercolour while 2003 saw a painting reach the final of the International Artists competition.
Marilyn appears regularly on SKY TV teaching channel, teaching art and has written three books, ‘People aren’t scary really’, ‘Animal on the loose’, and brand new ‘Painting Dorset in watercolour’

She teaches regularly at Gussage All Saints village hall, where people can learn mixed media, collage or watercolour techniques.
Marilyn held her very first solo exhibition in Salisbury.

Recently, she ran a workshop at “Tea at the top”, the cafe in The Antique Market in Salisbury.

Salisbury based photographer Clare Allen Crook is holding an exhibition of photographs entitled Accident of Birth documenting her work with the Sri Lankan people following the tsunami in 2004.

Clare has worked as a photographer in London, New York, Afghanistan, Italy, Africa and Bermuda. In 2004, Clare was caught up in the tsunami in Sri Lanka and decided to remain there to make a photographic record of the aftermath and subsequent rebuilding process. On her return to the UK she became co-founder of a charity called Rebuilding Sri Lanka, which has remained operational ever since, providing sustained support and rehabilitation to the coastal villages and communities affected by the tsunami.

Clare says: “It is an accident of birth that separates us from the millions of people living in acute poverty throughout the world and the answer is not a complicated one. They need our help and we can give it to them. It is my hope that this exhibition will generate an understanding and compassion for a scarcely known country and the serious plight of its remarkable people.”

All sales and proceeds raised by Accident of Birth will go to Rebuilding Sri Lanka and Oxfam International.

Rebuilding Sri Lanka is a registered charity (No. 1109622). For more information on its work, visit www.rebuildingsrilanka.org.uk

Since we opened our gallery in April 2008, we have been contacted by many local artists, so this prompted us to have this wide ranging exhibition, we will be show casing the works of more than 15 artists until Christmas.

Also, please join us for “Meet the Artists” day, on Saturday 21st November between 11am and 2:30pm, where you will have opportunity to enjoy a variety of art works with drinks, nibbles, and meet the exhibitors.

There will also be a chance to Meet the Artists and get a further insight into the work at a special event on Saturday 17th October between 10am and 4pm.

Victoria Maxwell

Victoria has spent much of her life travelling down to South Devon, exploring the dramatic coastline, whether it be rock pooling on a hot summers day or battling along the coast path against the sea mist and horizontal rain in the depths of winter.

‘This is where my inspirations lie – my bolt hole and sanctuary from the stresses of everyday life. My paintings respond to the physicality of the landscape that inspires me and try to portray the crashing, dramatic beauty which fills all of our senses.’

She graduated Nottingham Trent University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and she spent a year travelling and working through New Zealand, Australia and Asia. On returning home she began working with various art organisations and for a council in their Art Development Office running art workshops and youth club activities.

Victoria has lived in Salisbury for five years and currently teaches Art and Design at Bishop Wordsworth’s School. She is also the school leader for a number of expeditions across the world.  Along with groups of students she has travelled to Morocco, Peru and Africa where they have done hugely rewarding charitable work as well as exploring the countries and cultures.  Spending time in such dramatically diverse landscapes has continued to fuel her passion for capturing the world around her.

‘It is so wonderful to have the opportunity to draw inspiration from different climates and cultures and I know that all these experiences inevitably filter into my work.’

For the moment though, her artistic heart remains firm to the coastal paths of South Devon and she is delighted to have the opportunity to share some of her work with you.

Odyssey is a group of textile artists who met whilst studying embroidery and stitched textiles at East Berkshire College in Windsor. Formed in 2001, the group organises exhibitions to showcase the work of its members, as well as meeting regularly to provide support and encouragement to each other.

In autumn 2003, we booked our first exhibiting venue, signed the contracts and committed ourselves to putting on a joint exhibition. As well as scary, it was exhilarating, a lot of fun – and we haven’t looked back since!
The strengths of our group lie in our shared history, our willingness to support each other, and our diverse approaches to textiles. By continuing to meet regularly and offer critical support to each other, we hope that we will be able to continue to develop our skills and expertise in order to explore further the expressive potential of textiles.

Members: Ann Beare, Ewa Exley, Judi Fairbairn, Elizabeth Hinkes, Jackie Langfeld, Caroline Leonard, Pennie Marsden, Jacqui Nash, Nicky Ransom

Deb O’Shaughnessy
Deb O’Shaughnessy studied English Literature at University before training in Probation work. She has spent 20 years working as a Probation Officer in London then Wiltshire, being based in Salisbury for the last 11 years working with offenders on a part-time basis.

She is a self-taught artist whose work has been exhibited at a variety of galleries in Wiltshire and has sold privately across the country. Her art is driven by a love of colours: over the last few years, she has become increasingly interested in colour for its own sake rather than as a means to represent form. She is inspired by the way in which colours can jostle, sit, clash or glow on the canvas, taking on a life and a mood of their own.

Painting primarily with a knife, her work is also characterised by texture, with shapes building up on the surface of the canvas through the process of painting.

As well as larger paintings in oil or acrylic, she makes small collages. These “re-cycle” old paintings on paper by cutting and re-assembling them in a similar way to the 19th century quilt-makers who used scraps and remnants of fabric to make crazy quilts.

Deb O’Shaughnessy paints from her studio in Wiltshire which she shares with two guinea pigs and a collection of wellington boots.

Gill Marriner-Edwards
Gill began her formal art training at 13 when she attended Sutton East School in Surrey. It was a unique and exciting educational experience. Pupils were encouraged to develop their artistic skills with a curriculum that dedicated almost 50% per cent of each school day to the Arts.

At 18,Gill studied Art at Bretton Hall in Yorkshire. She has taught, worked for the Nature Conservancy and been a Careers Adviser. Gill is now a full time artist and occasional sculptor.

Her current works trace the vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines that enclose and silhouette the manmade structures and shapes seen by the dock and harbour side. With echoes of an extremely cold Purbeck Coast at New Year (a ‘real winter‘ in Swanage) the abstracted and etched forms of the work represent the wintery bleakness of the quayside with its’ weathered structures, engineered to hold back the tides, the vertical masts reaching to the sky and the steps down to the sea.

• Access to education for all Children
• Improvement of basic health care
• HIV/AIDS awareness
• Access to water
• Reducing violence towards women
• Sustainable farming

The ‘Africa Week’ will run from Saturday 25th July – Friday 31st July 2009.

There will be events running throughout the week including:

• Saturday 25th July – African Drummers performing in the main shop throughout the day, Fairtrade Food tasting in the Art Gallery (Oxhibitions), Local artist Rod Hague will be having an Art Workshop in the Art Gallery to run alongside his current exhibition ‘African Afternoon’
• Wednesday 29th July – Rita’s African Art Workshop for Children. To sign up for this visit the Oxfam shop where further details will be available.
• Friday 31st July – A talk by Mary Malpas, an Oxfam employee, on Oxfam in Africa, in the Art Gallery at 11.30am.

For further information please contact the Media Team on 01722 337187 or email media@salisburyoxfam.org.uk

What can I do?

• Come along to the many events we are having!
• Let your friends know! You can even download and display a poster from here.