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Christmas Exhibition November 13th to December 31st
A solo show of paintings by Ray Mutimer called
'A Little Imagination'
Ray lives in Knaresborough and is well known for his numerous Postman Pat books and annuals. But he has also worked on an impressively wide range of art and design projects in a career as a professional freelance illustrator, that has spanned 30 wonderfully productive years.
After training as a secondary school teacher Ray ended up as Head of Art and Craft at St.Aidan's CoE High School in Harrogate.
Whilst teaching during the day, he developed his semi abstract paintings at night and gradually moved from landscape to more figurative work. Two paintings were featured in the Royal Watercolour Society's Contemporary British Watercolours exhibition and many solo shows followed throughout the sixties and seventies.
Ray's first cartoon illustrations appeared in the Times Educational Supplement and not surprisingly were humorous reflections on teaching. Subsequent educational commissions were undertaken on behalf of industry and Ray's illustrated Time Charts (50 or so pictures blended into a montage which depicts the history of an industry or institution) were created for the likes of the Inland Revenue, British Steel, British Aerospace, The Stock Exchange and the Royal Mint.
However, having a young son meant discovering children's' story books with illustrations, revealing to Ray an inspirational world of colour, inventiveness, composition and drawing - everything and more of what he aimed for in his art and more if you include the magic of his story telling imagination.
Ray became a freelance illustrator, limiting his teaching to recreational painting classes and demonstrations and in 1989 Ray started his first series of 12 Postman Pat picture books. During the nineties he drew eight whole annuals including all the stories, picture strips and activity pages. His work also contributed largely to the Postman Pat Weekly children's' picture strip magazine.
Over the years, Ray's illustrations have been used by many publishers and can be seen in an impressively wide range of character-led stories, from Rupert, Noddy and the Starhill Ponies through to classic nursery rhymes brought to life.
Ray will be at the preview, with a portfolio of work covering his years as a professional freelance illustrator.
Watercolour Workshop and Demonstration
featuring Derwent's new Inktense range
presented by
award winning artist Leslie Child.
Workshop title 'The Urban Landscape'
The workshop will appeal to all levels and will focus on the urban landscape and capturing interesting buildings/architecture. Bring along an image to work from if you like.
There'll be ample chance to use Derwent's Inktense range during the workshop.
Venue and date:
Sunday November 20th 11am to 1pm, £10
Art in the Mill, Green Dragon Yard, Off Castlegate.
Knaresborough.
For further information and to book your place,
ring 01423 8629632011 feva time in Knaresborough!
Festival starts Friday 12th August and runs for ten days to 21st August.
See full details of the programme at www.feva.info
ART IN THE MILL presents~
SUMMER SHOW : fasci-NATION
from August 12th - September 30th 2011
Creative glimpses if this fascination nation seen through the eyes of selected artists and sculptors.
Featuring Lauren van Helmond, Sue Jenkins, Mandy Long, Victoria Sayers, Richard Snowden, Mark Sofilas, Jack Stancombe, Eddie Tibbs, John Wilson, Rebecca Wright. Peter Mattinson.
The Artist by Lauren Van Helmond
Royal Baths by Jack Stancombe.
Life Stands Still in Green Dragon Yard during feva!
Treat yourself to an art-full sight of real-life still life, sculpture and artists drawing and painting al fresco. Why not come along and create a masterpiece yourself!
Summer Ladies by Sue Jenkins
Also announcing for feva:The Van Gogh Lecture
"The best lecture heard in over 25 years"
Grange Lecture Society
Frazer Theatre 2.30pm Tuesday 16th August £6
Professor Anthony Slinn illuminates Van Gogh's work with wit, intelligence and meticulous research. Using a two-screen system to compare the pictures with the places they depict, he takes you on a fascinating journey into the artist's world.
He has given over 2,500 presentations and he has given his 'Vincent' talk close to 900 times!
Anthony continues to be a full time painter and lecturer giving close to 200 presentations a
year.
Professor Slinn is appearing in Knaresborough as part of the annual feva event.
Bookings: Post, Phone, In Person: Knaresborough Tourist Information Centre, 9 Castle Courtyard, Knaresborough. HG5 8AE tel 01423 866886. Mon - Sat 10am - 4pm.
More Info www.feva.info
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Art in the Mill proudly presents
Mark Sofilas Solo Show:
'First Impressions'
June 3rd - July 15th 2011
An exhibition of new oil paintings by Mark Sofilas.
An invitation to attend the opening night, June 2nd, may be requested via email.
Art in the Mill proudly presents
Mark Sofilas Solo Show:
'First Impressions'
June 3rd - July 15th 2011
An exhibition of new oil paintings by Mark Sofilas.
An invitation to attend the opening night, June 2nd, may be requested via email.
Spring Exhibition:
~ Mood and Matter ~
Lesley Birch John Thornton Neil McBride
Three artists combine technique with style; colour with texture and present this collection of imaginative and atmospheric semi-abstract landscapes.
Exhibition runs 8th April to 6th May 2011
'Turn Back Time'
Turn Back Time 100 Years........
Local Yorkshire Scenes continuing the tradition of the Yorkshire Union of Artists with a collection of original works painted some 100 years ago and depicting well known scenes around Knaresborough and Harrogate and the Dales
Runs Feb 25th to March 25th 2011
FEVA SHOW STARTS AUGUST 13TH 2010
Ten on Top
Ten talents in attendance for a special top floor showcase for the 10th feva
~ Amy Charlesworth ~ Peter Donohoe ~ Matt Forster ~ Richard Harpum ~ Paula Hickey ~ Charlotte Hughes-Martin ~ Kate Lycett ~ Richard Snowden ~ Mark Sofilas ~ Phil Stuttard ~
Photography Exhibition: 'Change My View'
Carl Shilleto, Neil Stevenson, Nikki Bowling, Peter Lyth.
An exhibition of images on canvas by four Yorkshire Photographers starts on July 9th and runs to July 31st.
Spring Exhibition runs throughout May
'Branching Out'
Textiles~Embroidery~Woodwork
The Small Group of Harrogate have collaborated with the North Yorkshire Woodworker's Club
The Four Seasons at Hay-A-Park
Exhibition runs 12th February to 26th March 2010
A visual diary of the flora and fauna in paintings and photographs by local artist Mark Whorley. This exhibition reveals the beauty and diversity to be found at this local site of special scientific interest. Mark brings to us a year in the life of the flora and fauna on our doorstep with sensitive acrylic paintings that change gradually with the seasons and photographs of the wildlife and flowers that he discovered there.
The Boys are Back in Town!
Peter Stanaway, Steve Capper, Kevin Haynes and Russell Howarth
Preview event Sunday 8th November 12-4pm
Meet the artists
Four artists from Manchester return to Yorkshire to showcase their latest work. They will be joined this time by sculptress Jean Fenton also from Manchester.
The show starts on Sunday 8th November and runs until 24th December at Art in the Mill, Green Dragon Yard, Off Castlegate, Knaresborough HG5 8AU
Tel: 01423 862963 www.artinthemill.co.uk
Opening hours: 11-5.30pm Wed-Sat, 11-4pm Sun
Peter Stanaway returns to the Mill with more sharp geometric images. This year he has produced a series of oil paintings in response to and depicting his love of folk music. A keen folk musician himself, he has produced lively scenes evoking good vibes amongst musician friends.
Kevin Haynes paints from his chidhood memories of life in the mill towns. His nostalgic images tell a story, often very amusing, as seen through the wide eyes of a small boy growing up in Northern England.
Steve Capper is inspired by the hills and valleys of the Pennines where he lives and works. His use of strong vibrant colour and stylish shaping produces fascinating landscapes with almost luminous qualities. He often focuses on trees and foliage as his subject and one can usually find a landmark or mill building within his flowing landscapes.
For sculpture this year Jean Fenton will show her latest figurative work in terracotta which uses line and form to find underlying emotions and feelings. Her dance figures aim to trap a burst of energy and strength in a frozen moment.
FEVA SHOW AUGUST 2009
Richard Snowden is well known in these parts for his relentless productive and creative energy and he is now seeing the fruits of his labours flourishing. By day the challenge is to harness mother nature on his working farm and by night it is to release his abundant creativity. The result is a rich body of work imbued with a joie de vivre which lights up even the darkest walls. The subjects are luscious and diverse, but each work is a performance, expressing the artist's empathy for nature in all its wonderful forms; dramatic landscapes one day and seductive femmes fatales the next!
Peter Stanaway returns to the Mill with more sharp geometric images. This year he has produced a series of oil paintings in response to and depicting his love of folk music. A keen folk musician himself, he has produced lively scenes evoking good vibes amongst musician friends.
Rosemary Abraham's floral paintings create intense visual statements. The surfaces are enriched with thick gesso allowing colour saturation which is often further enhanced by metal foils and pearlescent pigments producing heady floral pieces that are attracting the bees!
John Sibson is well known across Yorkshire and a respected artist now concentrating solely on his painting after a career in the quarrying industry. He likes to paint in watercolour, oil and acrylic with a pleasing rhythmical style that evolves from his understanding of the complex vibrations in nature within landscapes and a precise eye for technical details in his industrial images.
For sculpture this year Jean Fenton will show her latest figurative work in terracotta which uses line and form to find underlying emotions and feelings. Her dance figures aim to trap a burst of energy and strength in a frozen moment.
Mandy Long also exhibits. Her raku sculptures aspire to capture the extraordinary passion and electricity, strength and grace of athletes and dancers in motion. Mandy is fascinated by the relationships in performance between impetus, power, strength and the point of balance about which motion hinges often defines an iconic pose for Mandy to recreate.
'Out of Africa' ~ May 23rd- June 21st 09
Tony Hill presents an exciting collection offrican Tribal Arts for s, including masks, figures & furniture. Knaborough artist, Julie Cope, will help to set the scene at the Mill with original paintings from her African wildlife collection.
'Landscape Expressions'
April 3rd-April 26th 09
An exhibition responding to the Yorkshire landscape and beyond, with atmospheric semi-abstract photographs by award-winning photographer Mark Sunderland, and beautiful monoprints and linocuts by Harrogate Printmakers (Lesley Birch, Yvonne Elvin, and Mandy Maynard)
Autumn Exhibition: 'Under the Microscope!'
Exhibition runs Wednesday October 8th - Sunday October 26th 2008
A collection of intricate textile works to celebrate the complex beauty and form of nature by the Small Group from Harrogate. Ten artists from the group exhibit wall hangings, bags, jewellery, and more.
Amazing digital art on canvas by Andy Northing from his 'Hidden Worlds' series. A collection of images of diatoms taken with an electron microscope and enhanced to reveal the true beauty and design in nature up close.
AN EXHIBITION FOR YORKSHIRE DAY:
July 19th to August 3rd
An exhibition by ten Yorkshire Artists who are Fellows of the International Guild of Painters or Members of the British Society of Painters. On August 1st, Leslie Simpson, artist and book illustrator, will be here to sign his latest children's book about the lovable collie dog, 'Ollie and the Vanishing Scarecrow'.
HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY TO THE OLD FLAX MILL!
We are focusing on the history of this charming old linen mill throughout this year to mark its special birthday. The mills and especially the linen trade are the focus of our attentions. We are building up to the finale during Knaresborough's FEVA Festival starting August 8th when we will launch the Summer Show 'A Journey thro' Time'. This exhibition will feature a rich tapestry of work by five very different artists who seek to capture the spirit of the mills and moors they are so familiar with. Further details to follow shortly.
Lock Gates by Peter Stanaway
LINEN PRODUCTS
We have introduced many new items this Spring with the linen connection, we think they are very special in their own right but we can feel a real sense of purpose and nostalgia to bring linen back into the mill! We have Gail Kelly's linocuts hand printed onto Irish Linen. These framed pictures of her enchanting garden series and Celtic tree designs will look attractive in almost any setting.
We have also introduced a beautiful range of handmade high quality vintage linen home accessories and fashion wear made by Yorkshire company 'Angel Linens' using vintage linen fabrics.
We are pleased to exhibit very special silver jewellery by Portcullis Jewels. The designs for the brooches and bangles take inspiration from Viking designs such as those found in the Goldsboro' hoard of Viking treasure just outside Knaresborough. Linen threads have been woven into one forged silver bangle which has been especially designed for the Mill.
FREE RANGE ART!
It's time to set your art free! Bring the WOW factor to your garden with our new range of garden sculpture and garden wall art!
CHINESE ART EXHIBITON-THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2008
An exhibition of Chinese paintings by established and respected artists in China. This collection has been sourced in China by historian Brian Morgan, an expert in Chinese painting and calligraphy. A wide range of styles is on display at the Mill starting at £25 each. This show represents only a fraction of the paintings that are available from Brian's collection and anyone interested in sourcing a specific style or in finding out more should conact the Mill in the first instance.
Also featured at the Mill are Silk Paintings/Batiks by Angela Rawlings, oriental inspired floral/textile paintings by Louise Nash and Vietnamese Lacquer paintings and embroidery. We also have a range of genuine Chinese rice buckets, framed calligraphy, silk scarves & ties, and cards.
CHINESE LANTERN WORKSHOPS- FEBRUARY 15TH & 16TH 2008
Enthusiastic children worked very hard to produce beautiful chinese lanterns under the expert guidance of visiting Chinese Artist Brain Morgan. Many thanks to Brian for making this half-term activity such a success and for his endless patience! And a very big well-done to all who took part - there were plenty of willing lantern makers, one as young as three and a little angel!
All things Bright &Beautiful~ Autumn 2007
