Category Archives: Art

Winter’s Herald

Posted on December 22, 2012 by hamer the framer

Over the last few weeks David Hollington has regularly been bringing us new paintings. Sometimes he brings just one, other times he arrives with a couple, and each time they’re increasingly more seasonal, almost like an advent calendar counting down … Read more…

Time Mayfly

Posted on December 21, 2012 by hamer the framer

Fanny Shorter was asked to design the packaging for a new 24 hour watch by Mr Jones. She used it as an opportunity to illustrate the life-cycle of the mayfly, which as an adult lives for just one day.

Apocalypse Now (Or Maybe Tomorrow)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Will Smith

So we’re all looking forward (in no particular order) to Christmas, The Mayan ‘Apocalypse’ 21/12/12, The Euro Apocalypse / the imminent Bond Market collapse, the next high flying celebrity to crash and burn, the next Flood, the first nuclear war, … Read more…

Autumn Statement

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Greg Becker

In his recent autumn statement, the chancellor George Osborne, as far as I know, did not make any reference to either falling leaves, early frosts, golden hues or mists and mellow fruitfulness and not that I am an admirer of … Read more…

The Walls Of Toledo

Posted on December 12, 2012 by hamer the framer

Lottie said, ‘I don’t know why you’re wasting your time photographing autumn leaves, the story of Toledo is in its walls’. So, never one to ignore an idea for a blog post, and because there are few trees in Toledo, … Read more…

Word Origins

Posted on December 10, 2012 by hamer the framer

Mary Kuper is presently exhibiting a series of prints and illustrations, inspired by the ever changing meanings of words, at the Free Word Centre in Clerkenwell.

Kite Paintings

Posted on December 6, 2012 by hamer the framer

Last Saturday, as a break from Christmas shopping and to escape the hectic West End crowds, I found a few moments of calm at the Gimpel Fils gallery amongst these wonderful Richard Smith paintings. The exhibition is called Kite Paintings … Read more…

Notes From St Ives

Posted on December 4, 2012 by David Wiseman

Just a few notes and pictures after a wonderful trip to St Ives. I was down to exhibit again with the National Acrylic Painters Association who were showing in the famous Crypt Gallery which in the 1940s was the venue … Read more…

Christmas Card

Posted on December 1, 2012 by hamer the framer

Our Christmas card this year has been designed by Mary Kuper. Each year we ask a different artist to transform our Rowley Gallery logo into a seasonal Yule Logo.

Sladers Yard Winter Show

Posted on November 30, 2012 by hamer the framer

Howard Phipps phoned to say he’s exhibiting his wood engravings at Sladers Yard in Dorset, alongside Julian Bailey, Angela Charles, Stewart Jones, Alex Lowery, Simon Quadrat and Alfred Stockham. It looks like an interesting show. More information here.