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The Essence | Alice Sheridan
With contemporary ceramics byNicola Martin, Yvette Glaze, Sue Mundy, Sarah Dunstan,
Tiffany Scull and Lucy Burley, and handcrafted jewellery by Lucy Spink
14th September to 1st November 2024
Alice Sheridan | Rhythms of Nature
Throughout the autumn, The Sanctuary Studio and Gallery presents The Essence, a new exhibition by respected British painter Alice Sheridan. Alice's paintings explore landscape through the lens of abstraction, by distilling essential visual elements down to a simplified language of colour, and articulating the vitality of the natural world through the expressive potential of the painted mark.
Her works respond not just to the visual experience of landscape, but to the sensory, to the movement of air and to sounds, capturing the very essence of what it means to exist in the beauty and majesty of the world and linking our outer experiences with our reflective inner world.
First taught by Robin Child, the acclaimed artist and former Head of Art of Marlborough College, Alice graduated with a BA Hons in Graphic Design from Nottingham Trent University and then worked in a number of London design studios. Her graphic design background is evident in the structure and balance of her beautiful paintings.
Alice has been selected for Discerning Eye at London's Mall Galleries, and for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and has exhibited at The Society of Women Artists. She is also widely known as the co-host of the Art Juice podcast, which has so far achieved over 4.4million downloads, and as the founder of membership club The Connected Artist, which helps working artists build a sustaining creative practice.
On show beside Alice's paintings are ceramics by artistsNicola Martin, Yvette Glaze, Sue Mundy, Sarah Dunstan, Tiffany Scull and Lucy Burley, all of whom make works which demonstrate original and inspiring approaches to contemporary ceramic practice. The gallery also presents a collection of handcrafted organic jewellery by Lucy Spink, which is inspired by the ancient landscape of the South West.
SeeThe Essencefrom 14thSeptember to 1stNovember at The Sanctuary Studio & Gallery, High Street, Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1BB.www.thesanctuarygallery.com
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ALICE SHERIDAN Rhythms of Nature
Editors Notes
The Sanctuary Gallery & Studio
Established in 2022 by artist Sharon Harvey, The Sanctuary Studio & Gallery exhibits the best in contemporary painting and craft in an intimate and historical setting at the heart of the village of Newnham-on-Severn. With an ever-changing program of exhibitions, the gallery offers a broad spectrum of work from figurative to abstract, and represents emerging and established British artists.
www.thesanctuarygallery.com
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