Two Harrogate galleries have collaborated to launch a new exhibition.
Watermark Gallery will partner with Walker Galleries, which closed its doors on Montpellier Parade in December last year to move its operations online.
The two businesses have launched a new exhibition, A Brush With Colour, which opened on Saturday and will run until May 31.
Liz Hawkes, owner of Watermark Gallery, said she felt her business could learn from working with Walker Galleries.
She said:
“When we heard that Walker Galleries was closing, we were very disappointed to lose a quality gallery across the road.
“Through our sister business, Artworks Conservation, we have worked with Ian and Shirley Walker for many years and have a mutual respect for the gallery business they built up.
“We felt we had a lot to learn by joining forces and are only too pleased to be working with them on this exciting new programme of work.”
Lilies and Lemons – one of the exhibits by Caroline Bailey
Ian Walker, owner of Walker Galleries, said:
“We were delighted when Liz approached us with the offer of a venue so we could continue exhibiting the work of our artists.
“This current show with Caroline Bailey now promises to be even bigger and better than ever before as it combines our established way of working with the online and digital marketing focus of Watermark Gallery.”
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A Brush With Colour is a solo exhibition by acclaimed artist and colourist Caroline Bailey RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour).
It will be held at Watermark Gallery on Royal Parade.
The exhibition is the first in a series of three joint events, with future exhibitions by Mike Bernard RI and Katharine Holmes both planned for the Autumn/Winter 2023.
Walker Galleries in Harrogate moves onlineThe Walker Galleries has closed its shop on Montpellier Parade in Harrogate and moved its operations online.
Established in 1972, the family-run contemporary gallery is one of Harrogate’s premier art destinations.
It has a large number of 19th and 20th century English and European paintings and watercolours.
Managing director Ian Walker said the property was due to be renovated and stressed the gallery would continue to operate online and at art fairs.
Mr Walker said:
“We are continuing as a business, we are merely shutting down as a retail site. We have written to all our clients explaining the situation.”
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Joint contemporary art exhibition opens in Harrogate
Two titans of contemporary art, Peter King and Peter Wileman, are showing a collection of works in a joint exhibition at Walker Galleries starting this weekend.
The paintings draw on natural landscapes and still life, and while the artists’ approaches vary in degrees of abstraction, each piece is striking. All the art displayed will be on sale and priced individually.
A spokesperson for the Walker Galleries in Harrogate said:
“We felt that the two artists complimented one another. Both artists concentrate on traditional landscape subjects but give them a slightly abstract ‘edge’.
“Both of the artists are already well established at Walker Galleries and there has already been a lot of interest from regular and new clients.”
Peter King: ‘Winter Light, Arran’ £2,800
Contemporary Scottish artist Peter King takes inspiration from the light and landscape of his homeland, evoking nature through texture and free paint.
He was born in Glasgow in 1953 and studied art, specialising in drawing and painting, at the Glasgow Art School under the tutelage of David Donaldson RSA and Duncan Shanks RSA.
Walker Galleries described King’s style as “a range of motifs which he constantly returns to and reinterprets, focusing on aspects of changing moods of light, weather and season”.
Peter King: ‘Autumn Reflections, Arran’ £2,800
On the other hand, Walker Galleries called Peter Wileman‘s more abstract work “vigorous and full of drama”.
He was born in Middlesex in 1946 and has spent 40 years developing his bold, vigorous style to evoke atmosphere and explore the effect of light, winning many awards along the way.
Peter Wileman: ‘The Kiss of Dawn, Bamburgh’ £3,500
Wileman is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the former president and a fellow of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the East Anglian Group of Marine Artists.
The exhibition will be open between 10am and 5.30pm until July 10, and entry is free.
Peter Wileman: ‘Castle Nick, Hadrian’s Wall’ £5,850
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