Exhibitions of Contemporary Art in Settle, North Yorkshire 2012
The next contemporary art exhibition of the new season at Settle’s Linton Court Gallery is a solo exhibiton of paintings by Chris Rigby.
Chris Rigby - Island Paintings and Other Works
10 April - 19 May
Oil Paintings and Watercolours
Chris Rigby lives in Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire and studied illustration at Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall.
During his time in Falmouth he states that he, ‘developed an interest in the techniques of the old masters, I realized this was the foundation for much of what I was taught in illustration, through the Old Masters I sought what I saw as the source.’
His painting ‘Cut Throat Rock’, a large oil painting of rocks off the coast of the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry Ireland, won first prize last year in Kendal’s ‘Open Up North Exhibiton’ which was held at various venues in the town including the Abbot Hall Gallery.
The West coast of Ireland is a place Chris has painted many times and a number of paintings of the area feature in the Linton Court Gallery’s exhibition, the first of the new season.
Various island locations from Shetland to Tresco as well as the West coast of Ireland are the subject of many of the paintings. Working in both watercolour and oil he has painted seascapes of calm water at dusk to rough seas beneath high towering cliffs.
Chris has returned to Tresco many times over the years and its subtropical coast bathed in a strong light feature in many works.
Closer to home other paintings are of the grassy slopes of the high peaks of the Lake District and Howgill fells. Chris has always depicted urban scenes as well as rural locations and his solo show in Settle will include studies of Lancaster and a windswept Carnforth Station with its distinctive curved platform.
29 May - 30 June
Collecting Original Prints including: Terry Frost RA, Geoffrey Clarke RA, John Bellany RA, Mary Fedden RA .
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Katharine Holmes -Paintings and Drawings from Ireland
10 July - 11 August
Art and the Garden - Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Collage, Glass.
Including: Shellie Byatt, Adrienne Craddock, Sue Campion,
Michael Bennett, Professor Ronald Pennell,