Autumn 2017 - Catalogue

AUTUMN EXHIBITION

M I R C E A T E L E A G A
B L A C K F I R E
Oil on canvas
90 x 140 cm
Mircea Teleaga was born in 1989 in Radauti, Romania. He studied fine art at
Coventry University and is currently working towards an MA in painting from
the Slade School of Fine Art. He lives and works in Radauti, Romania and
London, U.K. Mircea was selected by Dinos Chapman for a scholarship from
The Sarabande Foundation, which seeks to ensure that the creative talent of
gifted students can flourish regardless of financial status.
Mircea writes:
I paint landscapes that bear clear marks of their troubled past. Avoiding a very
descriptive or self-explanatory approach, I intend to show distortions or scars in
these landscapes. I am exploring these spaces from the point of view of the
person who has lived there, not knowing the past events, and juxtaposing this
with the point of view of the person who is fully aware.

G A R D E N
Oil on canvas
87 x 107 cm

T H E B L A C K T R E E B U R N S A T
N I G H T
Oil on canvas
87 x 107 cm

U N T I T I L E D
Oil on canvas
67 x 76 cm

K AT E S H E R M A N
S O M E W H E R E ( T R E E S )
Oil on panel
80 x 40 cm
Born in 1970, Kate Sherman grew up on the Jurassic coast of Dorset. After
graduating in 1993 with a degree in Fine Art, she continued her painting
practice, while working at a fine art screen-printing studio.
Now living and working in Sussex. Kate Sherman’s paintings have a delicate
impasto surface and brisk brush marks which belie their intricate structure -
where compositions of skylines, horizon lines and road lines are sensitively
balanced by fence posts, signposts or trees. Her oil paintings originate from
photographs she has taken of her surrounding landscape. This photographic
source is important because the paintings capture a reflective notion of
memory, of the emotional distance between a real landscape and a
photograph, between experience and longing. It is a poignant and quiet
melancholy reminiscent of Edward Hopper, that is expressed both by the
portrayal of sparse unpopulated landscapes containing elemental traces of
man, and by her restrained palette which is often suffused in a reserved
northern European light of chalky blues and pink-blushed greys.

A F T E R 3
Oil on board
21 x 21 cm

A F T E R 6
Oil on board
21 x 21 cm

A F T E R 8
Oil on board
21 x 21 cm

A F T E R 1 0
Oil on board
21 x 21 cm

C A R A V A N P A R K 2
Oil on board
23 x 17 cm

A N N E T T E P U G H
W E W E R E N E V E R R E A L L Y
T H E R E
Acrylic, photographic transfer and oil on linen
25 x 30 cm
Born in 1969, Birmingham based artist Annette Pugh uses a diverse
range of media to investigate the point at which, and how, a photograph
becomes more than just a copy. She sources imagery from a range of
archives and often references subjects and locations which are at once
both familiar and yet anonymous. Drawing upon the lives and aspirations
of the working classes, Annette creates new narratives, imbuing original
photographic sources with a powerful sense of place.
Annette writes, 'I seek to engage with lost identities and uncertain
moments, drawing upon a notion of collective memories, of watching
and being watched'.

S E A T E D
Acrylic, photographic transfer and oil on linen
25 x 31 cm

I N T H E E V E N I N G L I G H T
Acrylic, photographic transfer and oil on linen
20 x 31 cm

I N T H E P A L E B L U E L I G H T
( S M A L L )
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 cm

T H E J U M P
Acrylic, photographic transfer and oil on linen
24 x 30 cm

S E C O N D W E E K
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm

M A R K G O D W I N
M A R G I N
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
A recurring theme in Mark's work is the romantic idea of the 'sublime', a
notion strongly associated for him with the sea and coastline.
Born in Birmingham in 1957, Mark Godwin graduated from the Royal
College of Art in 1982 with a MA in Printmaking. Mark worked for several
years as a copperplate printer and plate-maker at various London print
publishing studios. His technical skill and ability to transpose ideas into a
successful print were eagerly sought after. These years working closely with
individual artists had a profound effect upon Mark and gave him added
confidence to pursue his own artistic vision.
Mark's development as an artist gathered pace after moving into an ACME
Studio space in the east end of London. Here Mark combined his
undoubted skill as a printmaker with his other passions for painting and
collage. His confident use of colour, and complex compositions, often on a
large scale, were the hallmarks of his work over this period of time.

S H E L T E R
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 110 cm

E D G E O F T O W N
Oil on board
30 x 40 cm

D A R K H O U R S R A I N
Oil on board
30 x 40

M A R K L I P P E T T
B r i t i s h , 1 9 7 4
S I G N I N G O F F
Acrylic on panel
45 x 61 cm
Mark Lippett's work explores themes of abandonment and
dereliction within the urban landscape. Burnt wood, rusted
metal, broken windows and collapsed roofing are all signs of the
movement of time evoking feelings of sadness, nostalgia and also
beauty. These derelict spaces remind us of our own fragility and
the debris and abandoned objects show evidence of human
existence.
Mark has visited various locations across the West Midlands
documenting the environment through photography and then
working on the images back at his studio. He has accumulated
hundreds of pictures which are then used to create compositions
for drawings and paintings.

E X I T
Acrylic on panel
60 x 44 cm

B Y T H E T R A C K S
Acrylic on panel
92 x 31 cm

R I C K G A R L A N D
B r i t i s h , 1974
T H E C O R N E R O F
K E N M A R E
71 x 51 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Rick Garland studied at Gemini, one of the premier illustration
colleges in Europe. His four-year training course was very much in
the tradition of The Old Masters. The first year focused entirely on
black and white drawing to fully understand tonal values. The
benefit of this rigorous training is now demonstrated in all of rick
garland's work.
In 2009 Rick decided to focus purely on his own painting practice.
After a few small exhibitions in galleries close to his then home in
Dorset, Rick Garland made contact with Reuben Colley, an artist
whose career he had been following and whose work he admired.
This conversation led to Rick being involved with the exhibition to
mark the opening of Reuben Colley Fine Art in February 2010.

L . S . L O W R Y
B r i t i s h , 1 8 8 7
T H E F O O T B A L L M A T C H
Signed limited edition of 850
36 x 25 cm
Lowry was an ardent football supporter. ‘The Football
Match’ forms an interesting contrast with Lowry’s
popular painting ‘Going to the Match’, which depicts
crowds of supporters heading for their local football
ground. In this drawing, we see a game in progress,
against an industrial background. The drawing is
carefully composed, the ball forming the apex of a
triangle formed by the central group of players.

L . S . L O W R Y
S T L U K E ’ S , L O N D O N
Signed limited edition of 850
46 x 62 cm

H E N R I M AT I S S E
F r e n c h , 1 8 6 9 – 1954
P E T I T I N T E R I E U R B L E U
( 1 9 5 2 )
Signed Limited Edition Aquatint on Paper
Edition of 250
51 x 43cm.
Created near the end of Matisse’s long career,
this lovely aquatint encapsulates the vibrant
colours and sinuous forms for which his work is
known.
Matisse came to fame in 1905, when he and his
collaborators were dubbed ‘fauves’ or ‘wild
animals’ for their unorthodox use of colour. He
became one of the most significant artists of the
20 th century.

P A B L O P I C A S S O
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
L A F A M I L L E D E S
S A L T I M B A N Q U E S
( 1 9 5 0 )
Soft-ground etching on chine collé paper 3/300
41 x 49 cm.
Throughout his career, Picasso took inspiration from acrobats
and entertainers. This etching was published in an edition of
300 by Crommelynck, Paris, in around 1950. It has a strong
and defined plate mark with wide margins all around, and
carries the publisher’s blindstamp.
Unusually, Picasso has signed this particular etching twice,
once in the lower right margin in pencil and again in the top
left in red crayon.

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