Press Release
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Colin Orchard RBA
19 February - 5 March 2022
Bunkers Hill, oil on board| Colin Orchard
Opening their 2022 exhibition season this February, New Craftsman Gallery present an exhibition of work by painter Colin Orchard of the Royal Society of British Artists. This special collection marks an important moment in the story of St Ives, and the ongoing career of one of Cornwall's most distinguished artists. Having been resident in the town for 40 years, Colin has established himself as a respected painter of interior scenes and landscapes. In more than 30 years, however, he has not put brush to canvas on the subject of St Ives, until now. For more than a year before the pandemic Colin did not paint at all, but in the quietude of lockdown when the streets of St Ives were empty, he was inspired to wander its lanes, recording intimate glimpses of its silent streets. Taking us from high on Bellair Terrace down to the Hepworth Sculpture Garden, the Palais de Dance, past Ayre Lane to Wills Lane and through Market Place, along the harbour to Bunkers Hill, Love Lane, through the Digey and over to Porthmeor, the resulting works offer a portrait of St Ives at an usual time, seen through the eyes of an artist familiar with its every twist and turn.
Back of Bellair Terrace(left) andSunrise, Street An Garrow(right) | Colin Orchard
Colin Orchard was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 2007. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and galleries including David Messum, Medici, Walker Galleries, Ainscough and New Grafton, and in 2015 he held his landmark 80thbirthday exhibition here at the New Craftsman.
Colin Orchard will be on show from19 February to 5 March at New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE,info@newcraftsmanstives.com, www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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Print Ready 300dpi images for press use:
COLIN ORCHARD Back of Bellair Terrace
COLIN ORCHARD Sunrise Street An Garrow
Editors Notes
New Craftsman St Ives
With an international reputation amongst art and craft collectors for its painting, sculpture and quality studio ceramics, the New Craftsman is regarded as one of the most important spaces for contemporary artists in St Ives. Founded in the mid-1960s by potter Janet Leach, it holds an unrivalled reputation as one of the country's leading art and craft venues. Today the gallery's annual programme of mixed and solo exhibitions continues to support the work of Cornwall's and the UK's very best painters and craftspeople.
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore Street, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 1HE | Tel: +44 (0)1736 795652 |info@newcraftsmanstives.com|www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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