Exhibition of Wildlife and Sporting Art
Paintings and Sculpture from contemporary artists including
Sam Charles, Terence Coventry, Daniel Crane, Neil Dalrymple, Geoffrey Dashwood, Priscilla Hann, Tim Jaques, Terence Lambert, Michael Lythgoe, Jonathan Poole, Gary Stinton. The exhibition runs from Saturday 15th November to Saturday 22nd November; please join us at the private views:
Saturday 15th November: 6pm - 8pm
Sunday 16th November: 12 noon - 4pm
We have very much enjoyed putting together this exhibition of wildlife and sporting art and a particular pleasure is to have the work of Terence Lambert and Geoffrey Dashwood. Since Martin Riley exhibited their work when they were relatively unknown over twenty years ago, both artists have enjoyed international success, and we are delighted to be working with them again.
The work on show varies widely, both in style and in price; Tim Jaques’ framed cartoons (original work for books and articles by the renowned sporting writer Piffa Schroder) would make excellent gifts; while the acclaimed bronzes by Coventry and Dashwood are significant and sound investments.
Bright Young Things - September 2008
We are very excited about our next exhibition, which will focus exclusively on the work of young artists, the majority of whom are based close to our gallery in Gloucestershire.
We will be showing paintings and sculpture by Charlie Calder-Potts, Sam Charles, Charlotte Fothergill, George Henriques, Lucy Kent, Gabrielle Masefield and Alex Thornton - examples of the work on display will appear shortly on the "Gallery" section of this site.
The show will run from 27th September - 3rd October, with Opening Parties on
Saturday 27th September: 5pm - 8pm
Sunday 28th September: 12noon - 4pm
Please contact info@rileycontemporaryart.co.uk for an invitation
Featured image: Kneeling Figure, Bronze by George Henriques
Exhibition Calendar
Planned events include:
Exhibition of Sporting and Wildlife Art
25th October - November 7th 2008
Opening Parties: Saturday and Sunday 25th and 26th October
Please contact info@rileycontemporaryart.co.uk for an invitation
Christmas Exhibition - 6th - 19th December 2008
Opening Parties: Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th December 2008
Please contact info@rileycontemporaryart.co.uk for an invitation
Featured Image: A Merry Dance; Limited Edition Print by Daniel Crane
Jeremy Houghton - June 2008
We were delighted with the response to our solo exhibition of the work of watercolourist Jeremy Houghton in late June 2008.
Born in 1974, Houghton first took a Foundation Course at The Slade School of Art, followed by a Law Degree, before travelling throughout Europe, to New Zealand and then to South Africa where he spent five years teaching art at The International School in Cape Town.
Following his return to Britain in 2004, he has established himself as one of the true watercolourists of his generation and has recently been elected a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
His work has achieved great critical acclaim and is increasingly collectable.
Featured image: Venetian Sunset
The Garden - May 2008
There was great interest in the work of new gallery artists Dylan Lloyd and Sara Studd, at our Garden exhibition, held in May to coincide with the Barnsley Garden Festival.
The work on show included pieces by both established and new artists, including Caroline Elkington, Lucy Kent, Dylan Lloyd, Michael Sofroniou, Sara Studd and Karen Wise.
Please look at the "Gallery" section of this site to see more of the work on show at the exhibition
Featured Image: Lotus Bud by Sara Studd
The Horse - March 2008
An exhibition in March 2008 featuring predominantly equestrian paintings and sculpture at our gallery at Far Peak, Northleach, was arranged to coincide with the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham.
The work on show included pieces by established equestrian artists such as Daniel Crane, Priscilla Hann, Eddie Kennedy and Gary Stinton, alongside work by a number of our other gallery artists.
We were very pleased indeed with the response to the exhibition, which will shortly be available to view in full on the Gallery page of this website.
Featured Image: Rock of Gibraltar by Gary Stinton
New Gallery Artists - Update March 2008
We are pleased to welcome a number of new artists who will be exhibiting in our forthcoming Garden exhibition, amongst these exciting young talent Lucy Kent, and painters Dylan Lloyd, Sarah Studd and Karen Wise.
We are also delighted to strengthen our connection with equestrian artist Gary Stinton, whose work proved extremely popular at our recent exhibition "A Celebration of the Horse". Gary will be working with Riley Contemporary Art to produce a series of racehorse heads, similar to the image of "Rock of Gibraltar" sold at the exhibition, and is also available for commissions. Please contact Martin Riley or Susie Hide for further information.
Featured image: Garden 2 by Dylan Lloyd
Head Office and Gallery, Far Peak, Northleach
We are delighted with the response to our Head Office and Gallery at Far Peak, Northleach, Gloucestershire. This provides a base from which we can manage our exhibition programme and galleries in Cheshire and Oxfordshire, which are run under the name of The Albatross Gallery in conjunction with kitchen designers Thomas and Thomas.
All three gallery spaces will have full exhibition programmes running throughout the year, and will feature the work of our gallery painters and sculptors. Details of our exhibition calendar of 2008 can be found on the Calendar section of this site.
We were very pleased with our recent opening exhibition which featured new work by our gallery artists, and have been thrilled by the public's reaction to "A Celebration of the Horse" which is currently on show. "A Garden", our next exhibition at Far Peak, will open in mid May,
Riley Contemporary Art is run by Martin Riley and Susie Hide and is the new trading name for The Albatross Gallery.
Featured image - Still Life with Red and White Onion by Lucy Kent
Oxfordshire Showroom Opening
We are delighted to announce that Thomas & Thomas' new showroom in South Oxfordshire has now opened to much press interest.
Work by our gallery artists is on display in this picturesque village setting, and we will be holding an opening party later in the spring - further details available on this website shortly.
Food, Glorious Food - October 2007
Food is fashionable: television stations abound with celebrity chefs, almost every newspaper or magazine has its resident cookery expert and restaurant reviewer and we have seen an unprecedented demand for paintings of food. Painters Caroline Elkington, Anthony Hodge, Marion Notman, Sophie Macpherson, Nicholas Mynheer. Martin Riley and Michael Sofroniou and sculptor Neil Dalrymple were commissioned in January 2007 to produce new work, loosely based around the topic of food. This was not simply a series of still lives - the painters involved have chosen to interpret the subject broadly, and the work on show included not just fish, fowl, fruit and vegetables, but also markets, farming images, interiors and gardens.
Featured image: Prawns; watercolour by Lucy Vickery