Author: Stuart Fleet

Marisa Saunders Visions of Sugar-Plums (ring to View)
22nd November to 23rd December 2011
Open eve: 23rd November 2011 7-9pm

For me, Christmas has always been a special and magical time and throughout my artistic career I have always longed to have an exhibition that is wholly dedicated to the spirit of Christmas. A show that exists to bring joy and bursts of nostalgia to the spectators, a show that is appealing to both adults and children – I want visions of sugar-plums dancing in everyone’s head. I want everyone to feel the excitement and anticipation of the festive season, just like the children did in Clement C. Moore’s classic poem The Night Before Christmas as they lay snug in their beds. So here it is, Merry Christmas!

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Christine Hopkins SGFA Seeing without looking (New Gallery Space)
25th October to 18th November 2011

Mixed media paintings and prints of urban landscapes by Christine Hopkins SGFA
Christine’s work examines how we are influenced by the vocabulary of place. Her subject matter is rarely a recognisable landmark, yet evokes a response from the viewer ‘I know where that is’. Christine explains ‘ We all see without looking – absorbing detail subconsciously. Editing this with an artist’s eye produces work that has a comforting familiarity, whether in paint or print’.

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