BIRMINGHAM ART FAIR - Friday 19th - Sunday 21st September 2008

Purple Gallery will have a stand at Birmingham's First Art Fair at Gas Hall, City Centre.
We have some FREE tickets to give away. If you would like one or two tickets, please
email your name and address (by 14/9/08) with the number of tickets you would like to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx jane@purplegallery.com
We look forward to seeing you at the Art Fair if you can make it. (Stand No. 16)

There will also be two NEW EXHIBITORS at Purple Gallery's Stand 16 at the Art Fair:

Dawn Benson (Bronzes)

Dawn was born in Canada and moved to England as a small child. She trained as a Graphic Designer for 17 years before returning to her passion - sculpture and painting.

Dawn produces stylised, figurative sculptures in bronze and bronze resin. Initially working in clay, plaster or wax the pieces have a truly sensitive quality. Most of the work is based on families and relationships.

"Walking the Dog"
Bronze H8.5" L 14.5"

Colin Halliday (Paintings)

Colin Halliday was born in Carlisle in 1964. He graduated in 1992 with a BA Hons in Fine Art (Exeter). Colin has been painting for over twenty years and established himself in the London gallery scene before moving to Derbyshire in 2005.

He now mainly paints English Landscapes and some of his most recent works of the Peak District and surrounding countryside will on show at the Birmingham Art Fair. Colin creates lush, powerful imagery, evoking the richness of nature. He still exhibits in London galleries and the U.S.A. and his work is housed in private collections including those of Adrian Lester and Helen Mirren.

"Dovedale 6"