Trees ’r Us

Annie Ovenden - Lightning Bolt, oil on canvas

THE ARBOREALISTS, an exhibition at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire, will showcase works by 36 contemporary artists on the theme of trees. The exhibition opens on April 23 and runs until June 3. 

In 2013, the gallery mounted a successful two-part exhibition Under the Greenwood – Picturing the British Tree; the second exhibition featured contemporary artists’ responses to the subject. Such was the impact of this show, and the spirit of camaraderie engendered in a diverse group of artists, that they took on a more permanent identity as the Arborealists.

Their artworks are at turns dramatic and contemplative, demonstrating that trees still have relevance in contemporary art and are a vital element in the British landscape and sense of national identity.

Simon Dorrell - An Alder in Winter,
Stapleton Parish, ink & gouache

Tickets, which include entry into the museum, cost £6 for adults, £5 for senior citizens and students, £3 for children aged 5-15 years and £12 for a family of two adults and up to four children (including a voluntary gift aid donation). Under fives are admitted free of charge.

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New Isle of Wight ferry service

A NEW Isle of Wight ferry service has been launched. 

Scoot Ferries’ first vessel runs between Yarmouth and Lymington with room for 12 passengers and a 25-minute crossing time.

Other routes are planned from Cowes to Portsmouth, followed by Cowes to Hamble in June next year with a larger vessel.

The start-up company plans to run services across the Solent seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Fares on the Lymington route start at £9 single and £16 return.

Scoot boats will be equipped with charging points and USB ports in every seat, with free Wi-Fi access.

The company said: ‘New boats are currently being purpose-built to add to our fleet, which will enable us to launch our new Cowes to Portsmouth and Cowes to Hamble routes, and to run two boats on some of our more high-demand routes.’

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Prints for sale!

THE Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers is holding a selling exhibition at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire, from August 1 to September 12, showcasing some of the very best contemporary printmaking by today’s artists.

Among the many of the society’s members exhibiting at St Barbe are Angie Lewin, whose work focuses on intricate interlocking plant forms; figurative artist Trevor Price; and Karen Keogh, for whom colour is the most interesting part of the printmaking process.

Other artists showing their work include John Duffin, whose recent etchings have focused on London, rendering the city in a personal cinematic style, and Jeremy Blighton, a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and Mall Galleries in London.

Open Monday to Saturday (10am-4pm), the exhibition provides an excellent opportunity to acquire affordable original art by some of Britain's best printmakers.

Tickets, which include entry into the museum, cost £6 for adults, £5 for senior citizens and students, £3 for children aged 5-15 years, and £12 for a family of two adults and up to four children. Under-fives are admitted free of charge.

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Artists on the coast

Shorelines – Artists on the South Coast at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire, will explore how artists have drawn inspiration from the cliffs, beaches, and harbours of the Channel #coast. Showcasing works by some of the most important names in British art over the last few centuries – including Constable and Turner – it also reveals work by lesser known artists. 

Shorelines runs from September 19 to January 9.

As an island state, #Britain has literally been defined by its coast, its identity bound up with a seafaring heritage and maritime history. The south coast has often been the first line of defence against the threat of invasion, but it’s also been a gateway for trade and a popular destination for those seeking fun, sun, and sea air. 

This exhibition looks at the contrasting approaches taken by resident and visiting artists who drew inspiration from the shoreline. Early marine painters such as Charles Brooking depicted the naval and merchant fleets, which were busy establishing Britain's global empire. The fashion for the picturesque, popularized by William Gilpin, also encouraged artists such as JMW Turner to visit the south coast, while Pre-Raphaelite landscape painter John Brett revealed the grandeur of the Cornish coast. 

The south coast’s changing moods are demonstrated, with the terror of storms captured in wreck paintings by George Morland and Richard Eurich, contrasted by the serene calm of Sussex ports portrayed by Eric Ravilious. Its function as a defence frontier is depicted by Thomas Rowlandson, who drew Henry VIII's Hurst Castle during the Napoleonic Wars, and JD Fergusson and Christopher Nevinson’s paintings of the docks at Portsmouth and Southampton in the Great War. WW2 brought Eric Ravilious, Richard Eurich, and Norman Wilkinson to portray air battles and convoys under attack.

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Creatures of the night

NOCTURNAL ENCOUNTERS, a new exhibition at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, running from September 27 until November 8, will display a mix of new and earlier prints of the natural world by wood engraver Colin See-Paynton.

Self-taught, Colin began to make wood engravings in 1980 and soon established himself as one of the world’s most revered printmakers. His work is based on meticulous observation of the natural world, inventing complex compositions that link species and their habitats.

This exhibition mixes new work, focusing on a family of hares that made their home in Colin’s garden, and a selection of earlier work. 

Try: www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk and www.see-paynton.co.uk

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