Beardsmore Gallery

At the point of looking, the eye of the viewer drifts past the complexities of the surface to inhabit the relative tranquility of liminal space and discover something universal and constant beyond. Rebecca Salter 2013 Plea Please contact the gallery for further images and information

As I was an only child with two parents who both worked in the sweatshops of New York, I spent a lot of time on my own going to the movies.  In a sense they were both company and a diversion for me.  When I first started to learn silkscreen printing in Montreal, Canada I [...]

Artists have often been concerned with conveying the illusion of three dimensions onto a two dimensional surface.  Toni explores this transition through very controlled drawing or by physically reinventing the surface.  In the work the underlying structure of the grid is always present.  The grid offers the means to retrace one’s footsteps, to understand the [...]

  ‘On looking closely it becomes evident that each canvas is the product of much over-painting and rubbing down.  The resulting geometric forms are in fact the remaining traces of an expressive under-painting which, at a later stage, has then been controlled and harnessed by the application of grey paint to determine their final contours [...]

  New paintings by Soizick Freeman following a sabbatical in Sri Lanka, balancing luminous reflective areas of colour with more intricate, densely worked sections.

This is our first visiting show from the Howard Scott Gallery in New York.  We are delighted to be exhibiting a selection of work from David Goerk, Francisco Castro Lenero and Steve Riedell. David Goerk uses wood, enamel, gesso and encaustic to make small wall-sited constructions.  The strong colours and carefully articulated shapes have a [...]

Following the contours of the hedgerows high up on the ancient hills of Long Rock overlooking distant West Penwith, a network of distinct curving lines and enclosures is visible, just like the fine lines of a clearly defined ordinance survey map.  September, October and November provided magnificent skies with spectacular cloud formations, like grand graphic [...]