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Exhibition 'A Rhapsody of Spring' continues until 12 July.

We can hardly put into words the excitement and joy of visiting Silvi in her studio to select works for her upcoming exhibition, A Rhapsody of Spring. It’s always a deeply inspiring experience, one that we’re proud and thrilled to share with you.

This marks Silvi’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, and we can’t wait for you to experience the beauty and vitality of her new work.

The artist explains:

“This series, A Rhapsody of Spring, grew out of a long, wet autumn and winter. The days were short, the natural world quiet and bare. In response, I turned to my canvases and painted what I longed for – sunlight, renewal, the wild emergence of life and colour. A rhapsody is an enthusiastic expression of feeling, and these works are just that: my joyful wish for spring’s return, captured in paint.

My studio is always filled with the rich, earthy scent of oil paint. Canvases lean quietly against the walls – each one thick with texture, layered with marks and alive, carrying moments of hesitation and bursts of certainty. I find deep joy in the slow unfolding of a painting, letting the feeling of the day shape my brushstrokes, following where the paint wants to go.

I know when a work is complete. There’s a quiet satisfaction in those last, carefully placed strokes and dabs of colour – an unspoken harmony that tells me the conversation is over, and the painting can rest.”

Silvi is an expressive contemporary oil painter living and working in Oxfordshire. Her work is rooted in a desire to share a personal experience of place, inviting viewers to visually explore and engage in the same adventure. Silvi’s paintings radiate energy and playfulness, Her creative process is an evolving journey, shaped by a series of painterly decisions, all contributing to the visible traces that become an essential part of the finished work.

At the core of Silvi’s practice is a desire to express something deeply personal, subjective, and emotive through a lyrically abstracted form. Her passion for lush, rich oil paint is reflected in both its application and the dynamic surfaces of her paintings.

To view available work by Silvi please click here

The Art of Summer opens Saturday 19th July

Our summer exhibition features new work by many of your favourite artists, and introducing Simon Palmer.

We’re excited to announce our upcoming summer exhibition, The Art of Summer, featuring vibrant new work by many of your favourite artists.

This year, we’re also delighted to introduce the celebrated British watercolourist Simon Palmer, whose evocative landscapes beautifully capture the spirit of the English countryside.

Born in Yorkshire in 1956, Simon Palmer graduated from art school in 1977 and has exhibited extensively since 1980, including ten solo exhibitions in London with JHW Fine Art. He is widely recognised as one of Britain’s leading watercolourists.

Palmer’s evocative paintings explore the North Yorkshire landscape, capturing the intricate relationship between natural surroundings and man-made structures. Working primarily in watercolour and gouache on paper, his distinctive style combines atmospheric depth with fine observational detail.

His work has been featured multiple times in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, where he was awarded the 2007 Turner/Winsor & Newton Watercolour Award. Other notable group exhibitions include:

The National Trust Centenary Exhibition, British Landscape Painting in the Twentieth Century at Crane Kalman Gallery, Dreamers of Landscape at Bohun Gallery, Art & Yorkshire: Turner to Hockney at the Mercer Art Gallery, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Exhibition

Simon is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

His monograph, The Art of Simon Palmer, was published in 2011. His work has been widely reviewed, and past exhibition catalogues have featured essays by prominent writers and curators including Alan Bennett, Martin Drury, Tom Flynn, Iain Gale, Lynne Green, Ronald Maddox, Elspeth Moncrieff, and Jane Sellars.

In addition to his painting, Simon has written and illustrated three books, including Pebbles on a Beach. His artwork is frequently reproduced on book and magazine covers, as well as in calendars, brochures, and programmes.

Simon Palmer’s work is held in many private collections across Europe, America, Australia, and Japan.

To view the full exhibition, The Art of Summer, please click here.

Em Isaacson

Graduating with an honours degree from Loughborough College of Art, Em’s career began with teaching and lecturing in art and design involving both the British Craft Council and The Royal Society of Arts. Leaving the academic world in 1983, she soon became head of one of the country’s largest woven textile studios.

In 1998 she left the UK for South Africa establishing her first studio where she became noted for her pastel paintings of African women and her work was hung at The Everard Reed Gallery in Cape Town as well as the Residence of the British High Commission.

In 2013 Em returned to the UK and now lives and works in the Cotswolds where the study of colour, line and texture continues to be central to all her work, whether through the medium of either pastel or oil.

Her paintings express her love of colour, her fascination with texture and exploration of line. A unique style of painting influenced by her heritage of weaving and her greatest influence. It is her tapestry on paper or on canvas.

In London, her work has been exhibited at the Boundary, Thompson and Catto galleries, the Affordable Art Fair as well as being held in both private and worldwide corporate collections.

Articles about Em and her work have been published in The Independent magazine, Cotswold Life and Cotswolds Home magazines.

To view available work by Em please click here