NEWSLETTER September 2011			Autumn Exhibition: Opens Sunday 4th September from 2.15 pm- 5.15 pm You are cordially invited to the opening of our new exhibition which brings: • a wonderful range of watercolours and linocuts by Italian born Giuliana Lazzerini • bold new work from Terence Clarke • still-life paintings by David M Martin (RSW, RGI), Cathy Cambell , Vladmir Titov & Bing Wang • a wide variety of etchings by Jenny Devereux, Ian MacCulloch & Vicky Oldfield • a new series of bird sculptures handcrafted by Stephen Henderson • around 50 new designs of fine art / artists's cards We are also pleased to introduce new artists Anneliese Appleby, Claire West & Sarah Uff Our ONLINE CATALOGUE will be available next week. For a full list of all Purple Gallery artists please click on the ARTISTS link above. Anneliese Appleby Anneliese initially studied for a BA in Graphic Design. She taught printmaking for ten years and then completed an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking at UWE Bristol. Her influences are predominantly found in and around her home and garden in rural Herefordshire and her preferred media are Lino Prints and Silk Screen. Whilst gardening, Anneliese came across a fragment of blue and white kitchen ceramic. The glaze was crackled and the pattern only told a fraction of the "big picture". She put the chard in her pocket and later cleaned it up and left it on her kitchen window sill. She wondered who it might have belonged to and what history our ephemeral possessions and belongings tell of our existence. This tiny piece of china directed her on a journey that resulted in her researching the historic context of the garden and led to her creating a series of blue and white prints centred around the garden. Tempus Fugit by Anneliese Appleby Claire West Claire studied at Humberside University and gained a B.A.Honours in Fine Art. Her earliest memory from school was of drawing a house and feeling proud that her work was the most colourful! Claire paints mostly in acrylics and mixed media and likes to use colours that are often believed to not work together. In doing this, she hopes to break down the boundaries of what should be done, resulting in a freedom to fully explore and experiment with paint. Memories of Summer by Claire West SOLD Sarah Uff Sarah is a textile artist with a passion for feltmaking. She lives and works in a rural East Leicestershire village where she individually hand crafts her products from rare breed British wools. Sarah loves working with natural forms and finds the real beauty of handmade felt lies in the irregularities in the final product. She enjoys working with colour and gains inspiration from combinations found in nature and the landscape. Her work aims to give the traditional art of feltmaking a modern and contemporary twist. This exhibition introduces a wide range of Sarah's felt jewellery which has been exquisitely crafted from the finest quality merino wool tops in a wonderful array of colours. top image: felt stick pin brooch bottom image: necklace with ceramic beads   New Work from Recent & Established Artists: (Click on thumbnails for larger images/further information) Lavender and Penstemons Sally Ann Fitter Orange Reveal Bing Wang Still Life with Pomegranates Vladmir Titov x Small Azalea Cathy Campbell The Straw Hat Terence Clarke Close Encounter Ian MacCulloch Two Pears and a Bottle David Martin RSW, RGI SOLD Bluebells Jenny Devereux SOLD Shorebird Panel Stephen Henderson Woodland Walk 1 SOLD Elaine Davis
		Autumn Exhibition 4-9-11 to 20-11-11
		NEW ARTISTS:
		Anneliese Appleby (Prints)
		Sarah Uff (Jewellery)
		Claire West (Paintings)
		Gallery Opening Hours:
		Mon/Tues: CLOSED
		Wed/Thurs: 9.15 am - 5.15 pm
		Fri/Sat: 9.15 am - 6.15 pm
		Sundays: 2.15 pm- 5.15 pm
		FEATURED ARTIST: Giuliana Lazzerini
		Giuliana Lazzerini was born in Seravezza near Pietrasanta in Tuscany. She studied at the Instituto D'Arte Stagio Stagi in Pietrasanta, gaining a Master of Arts Diploma. This was followed by a further four years studying painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara.
		Headland Houses Watercolour 18cm x 19cm	Day Moon SOLD
		The Tuscan landscape and childhood memories still bear a strong influence upon Giuliana's current work. In an earlier statement she describes her first encounters with art in Italy as a child in her father's mosaic studio. She refers to the "translucency of the mosaic fragment" and her "fascination with the vibrancy of colour" from the juxtapositioning of the pieces. These early perceptions, several years on, provide a language and a vocabulary for her pictures in terms of colour, surface, scale of which she uses in the construction of her tapestry-like, interlocking, angular-surfaced village landscapes.
		Tall Tree Watercolour 13cm x 18cm	City Rooftops Watercolour 13cm x 18cm
		For this exhibition, we are pleased to present a lovely range of Giuliana's framed watercolours along with new open and limited edition prints.
		Sunset Square Tuscany Watercolour	Ancient Path Watercolour SOLD
		Gallery Opening Hours:
		Mon/Tues: CLOSED
		Wed/Thurs: 9.15 am - 5.15 pm
		Fri/Sat: 9.15 am - 6.15 pm
		Sundays: 2.15 pm- 5.15 pm
		New Cards in stock
		Around 50 new designs of fine art cards from the V&A / Wedgewood Museums, Museums and Galleries and various new Artists Cards
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