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Piccadilly Nocturne
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Norman Long – The Painting Process

23-09-2024

Norman Long

“Summer Observations” In connection with this exhibition, currently on display at the Low Wood Bay Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria.

The Painting Process. An illustrated talk by Norman Long about his work. 

Saturday 19 October 2024

This immersive exhibition of twenty one large and small scale oil paintings includes cityscapes, landscapes and large figurative compositions. Locations painted include
London, Venice and Windermere.
Norman is the author of a popular book on Oil Painting technique and a trustee of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art.

Gavagan Art in conjunction with the Low Wood Bay Hotel is delighted to offer the
opportunity to hear Norman talk about his work and his painting process.

Saturday 19 October 2024

Meet the artist 12.30 – View the exhibition
Buffet Lunch 1pm
Illustrated Talk 2 – 2.45
.
£22 to include a buffet lunch. To reserve a place:
email [email protected] or telephone 07799797961

 

City Girl
City Girl. Oil on board.

Norman Long – Summer Observations

03-08-2024

Twenty one paintings by the Lancashire artist Norman Long will be on display at The Low Wood Bay Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria this August. 

The exhibition – Norman Long Summer Observations – is to be held in the entrance Atrium space of the lakeside hotel, which has been the venue for Lancaster based Gavagan Art exhibitions since September last year. 

The works are all oil paintings and demonstrate Norman’s versatility as an artist. The exhibition includes vibrant cityscapes, landscapes, and large figurative compositions, capturing relationships between people in public spaces. Locations painted include London, Venice and Windermere. 

Sketching people unawares is one of the most exciting, unpredictable experiences an artist can have. There is an urgency to capture character and relationships before the subject moves or the light changes. Norman Long 2024

Late Summer
Late Summer

Field of Marks

26-05-2024

Coming Soon

Fields of Marks: Living with Milan by Roz Ivanič

A book about Milan Ivanič’s life and work. It tells how he was born in the 1940s in former Czechoslovakia, was an immigrant to the UK in the 1970s, and has lived and worked as an artist in different parts of the UK and California, settling in the North West in 1986.  There are over 160 colour plates of his work, spanning 65 years.

Due to be published later this year. If you would like to receive more information about this book or to reserve a copy, please email :

[email protected]  Thank you.

White Lilies, Blue.
White Lilies, Blue.

Still Life Paintings

27-04-2024

New Exhibition For May

Still Life Paintings

Tina Balmer  Rebecca Scott

1 May – 31 July 2024

This new exhibition which will be in The Atrium at The Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1LP, is a celebration of still life paintings by two painters from Cumbria, Tina Balmer and Rebecca Scott.

Simba, 1999.
Rebecca Scott. Simba, 1999.

Still Life Paintings

23-04-2024

 

1 May – 31 July 2024

Tina Balmer & Rebecca Scott

This new exhibition which will be in The Atrium at The Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1LP, is a celebration of still life paintings by two painters from Cumbria, Tina Balmer and Rebecca Scott.

Vase of Flowers
Vase of Flowers

New Work – Kitty North Exhibition

30-03-2024

New work has been added to Kitty North’s exhibition at Low Wood Bay, Windermere.

A selection of paintings which are in the exhibition can be viewed on the exhibition pages of this website.

The exhibition continues to 24 April 2024.

Levens Hall, 2011. Oil on canvas. 90 x 107 cm
Levens Hall, 2011. Oil on canvas. 90 x 107 cm

Kitty North – Paintings at Low Wood Bay

09-01-2024

A New Year & A New Exhibition for 2024

An exhibition of paintings by Kitty North, is the second Gavagan Art exhibition to be held in the Atrium at the Low Wood Bay Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria.

The exhibition can be viewed from the 19 January 2024.
Light, Birds, Sea, Rocks and a boat full of frightened people.
Norman Adams. Light, Birds, Sea, Rocks and a boat full of frightened people.

Exhibition Talk – Saturday 25 November 2pm – Norman Adams RA – The Paintings at Low Wood Bay

08-11-2023

Join us for a Walk and Talk Tour of the Norman Adams exhibition currently on display in The Atrium at Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa Windermere. 

This insightful talk about the paintings will be given by Ben Adams, the painter’s son. This is rare opportunity to find out more about the work of this celebrated British painter, teacher, stage and costume designer, and mural artist. 

An exhibition of Norman’s work is on display throughout November and December at Low Wood Bay Resort. All the work in the exhibition is for sale. Please note: There will be a selection of unframed works on paper available at the talk on the 25 November. 

If you would like to attend this free event, please reserve a space by emailing: 

[email protected]  or telephoning mobile: 07799797961

Norman Adams RA. The Flight of Phaethon, Sunflowers. Oil on canvas
Norman Adams RA. The Flight of Phaethon, Sunflowers. Oil on canvas

September Exhibition in Windermere

09-09-2023

In September 2023 an exhibition will be held of Norman Adams RA paintings in Windermere at the Low Wood Bay Hotel. Further information regarding this exhibition will be posted here on our website.

Dun Cow - steel
Dun Cow - steel

Inscape – A new online exhibition: Sculpture by Marjan Wouda

26-06-2023

Inscape

The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, used the word ‘inscape’ to describe the various characteristics that give each thing its uniqueness. The term could be used to describe Marjan Wouda’s animal sculptures. Marjan is able to capture in clay, bronze or steel the essence of an animal’s character, how it moves, its structure and the bones beneath the creature’s fur, hair or feathers. 

Katharine Holmes - Ink drawing.
Katharine Holmes. Ink drawing.

Katharine Holmes – Works on Paper

08-03-2023

Katharine Holmes (b.1962) is best known for her paintings and drawings of her native Yorkshire landscape. A graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne she returned in 1990 to live and work in the Yorkshire Dales. She paints outside in all weathers and currently works from her studio at the Malham cottage where her mother and grandmother lived and painted before her.

 

Gorse heath Bowland. Oil on canvas.
Gorse heath Bowland. Oil on canvas.

Autumn

12-10-2022

Autumn – A new body of work by Lancaster based Milan Ivanic will feature in our next online exhibition.

The Forest of Bowland, South Cumbria and the Lune Valley, all locations close to the City of Lancaster have provided the subject matter for large studies on paper and works on canvas.

The Storey Gallery Lancaster. Photography J.Olsen.

Lancaster Exhibition

06-06-2022

The exhibition held at the Storey Gallery in Lancaster attracted visitors from all over the British Isles. The impressive gallery space proved an ideal venue for Norman Adams paintings.

Norman Adams - Great Tree among Olive Trees. Oil on canvas.
Norman Adams - Great Tree among Olive Trees. Oil on canvas.

May 2022

02-05-2022

Although we have been operating exclusively online since 2001, we will have an actual exhibition in Lancaster from 9 – 25 May 2022.

A Date For Your Diary :

Our exhibition in Lancaster at the Storey Gallery takes place between  9 – 25 May 2022. The Storey Gallery is in the Storey Building, Meeting House Lane, LA1 1TH. Very close to Lancaster Castle, in the historic centre of the city. The Storey Gallery is five minutes walk from Lancaster train station.

There are a number of car parks close by. On Saturdays the train station car park is £4 for the day. If you are not already on our email list please sign up to receive our email newsletters and an invitation to the Private View for this exhibition.

Norman Adams  – The Artist in His Environment  – An actual exhibition in Lancaster. 9 – 25 May 2022

Open Times for this exhibition:

Monday – Saturday 11 – 5pm. Late night Thursday 11 – 7pm

Edward Hughes - Tenmoku bowl.
Edward Hughes - Tenmoku bowl.

Edward Hughes Ceramics

13-04-2022

A group of ceramics by Edward Hughes has been added to the website. A small group of bowls, plates, vases, wine beaker and  tea bowls are yet to be added. Please sign up for our email newsletter to receive updates of additions to our website.

Please note: Gavagan Art will be at the Storey Gallery, Lancaster in May 2022. If you are interested in a particular item which you have seen on our website please contact – [email protected]

1963 Sutherland Suilven

Lancaster Art Exhibition

05-04-2022

Norman Adams

The Artist In His Environment

An Exhibition of Paintings

9 – 25 May 2022

Opening times: Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm & Thursday 11am – 7 pm www.gavaganart.com

The Storey Gallery, The Storey, Lancaster, LA1 1TH.

The Storey Gallery is five minutes walk from Lancaster train station, in the historic centre of the city, close to Lancaster Castle.

Please note: If you would like to be invited to the Private View, of this Exhibition, please sign up for our e.mail mailing list, if you are not already signed up to receive our News Letters – Thank you.

Dawn Window
Norman Adams - Dawn Window detail. Oil on canvas

An Actual Exhibition – May 2022

01-03-2022

Norman Adams – The Artist In His Environment

May 2022 – An actual exhibition in Lancaster at the Storey Institute Gallery.

Watercolours, Oil Paintings and Drawings

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Snakes Head Fritillaries. Copyright the artist.

Derek Setford – Online Exhibition

11-02-2022

An online exhibition of the artist Derek Setford will be presented on our website later in spring 2022. The exhibition will include works on paper – wood engravings and gouache botanical studies. Many of the original prints and paintings will be for sale. The exhibition will also include a number of works which although not for sale will show a more representative view of Derek’s work.

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Anna Lambert Grass Woods bowl stack
Grass Woods bowl stack

Ceramics are in focus this weekend in Oxford

29-10-2021

Ceramics are in focus this weekend in Oxford with the return of the large and popular Ceramics Fair.

A number of ceramicists who we have featured in our exhibitions in recent years have stands with a representative selection of their work.

Image: Anna Lambert – Grass Woods bowl stack

Brian Hindmarch. Silver Birches. Etching.

Summer Holiday in the British Isles

07-08-2021

With reports of full campsites and  accommodation in favourite destinations like the Lake District being fully booked this year, more than ever we are aware of iBritain’s contrasting landscape. Our summer exhibition Vacation Landscapes presents a range of work by artists on our website.

The printmaker Brian Hindmarch is one of the many artists on our site who have work in exhibitions this summer. Brian is exhibiting at St Helen’s Church Denton Yorkshire later in August. Paul Kenny currently has a solo exhibition at Southport’s Atkinson Gallery and Anna Lambert’s exhibition at London’s Contemporary Ceramics gallery – opposite the British Museum 40 YEARS IN CLAY – continues to 21 August 2021. 

Kitty North. Summer Farm, watercolour on paper

Vacation Landscapes 2021

01-08-2021

We have a new exhibition on our website.

As many people are choosing to holiday in the United Kingdom this year, our summer exhibition presents views of Britain through the eyes of artists represented on our website.

31 July – 11 September 2021

Norman Adams 1979 Hebridean Study watercolour 24h x 26.5w cm

News

15-05-2021

Gavagan Art has been based in Settle, North Yorkshire since 2010 presenting temporary exhibitions of contemporary painting, original prints, drawings, sculpture and ceramics from Easter to Christmas.

From spring 2021 the gallery will operate exclusively online. We will continue to present temporary exhibitions of contemporary and Modern British Art. Later in the year we hope to be able to stage an exhibition in a northern venue.

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