Category Archives: Art

Ofili Cum Ovid

Posted on March 4, 2013 by hamer the framer

This is a giclée print from a watercolour, pastel and charcoal drawing by Chris Ofili, Study For Ovid-Windfall. In 2012 Ofili painted a huge backdrop for the Royal Opera House production of Diana & Actaeon, a collaboration between the National … Read more…

Blues For Miró

Posted on March 2, 2013 by hamer the framer

Duke Ellington and Joan Miró at Fondation Maeght in St Paul de Vence, Côte d’Azur, France.

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Posted on February 27, 2013 by hamer the framer

There was a lot of fuss last week about Edward Gorey’s 88th birthday, even though he died at the age of 75. There was a Google doodle and he featured in The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and at … Read more…

Paintings, Drawings & Etchings

Posted on February 25, 2013 by hamer the framer

See more by David Stubbs at The Rowley Gallery.

The New Louvre | Small

Posted on February 24, 2013 by hamer the framer

Aaron Kasmin is showing a small selection of small still-life drawings in an exhibition entitled Small at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York together with 19th century photographic prints by Edouard Baldus entitled The New Louvre. More details here.

Radio Carbon

Posted on February 22, 2013 by hamer the framer

When cosmic rays strike the atmosphere they create the radioactive isotope carbon 14, which can be detected in living matter and decays at a fixed rate over many millennia. Radiocarbon dating is the method by which we measure prehistoric time, … Read more…

Port Meadow

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Andrew Walton

Dear Chris, As mentioned here are a couple or so photos and two sketchbook pages of bird images. I could write for a thousand pages about Port Meadow. I’ve been there ever since I was six years old. It floods … Read more…

The Great Cow Of Snape

Posted on February 14, 2013 by hamer the framer

This is one big cow. It’s a new painting by Jelly Green called Water Meadows Herd #7. It measures 6ft x 4ft and for the next six months it can be seen at Snape Maltings in Suffolk.

Goodnight Moon

Posted on February 11, 2013 by hamer the framer

Once upon a time three bears came to The Rowley Gallery to find a picture frame. They were from a story called Goodnight Moon. They just wanted to go to sleep but they couldn’t relax until they were safely tucked … Read more…

For Evelyn Hallewell

Posted on February 6, 2013 by hamer the framer

I was reminded of this book by Bewick’s Nature Print. It was given to us by Evelyn Hallewell. She discovered The Rowley Gallery late in life and explored it via the website from her home in Scotland. We never met … Read more…