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A very colourful and diverse contemporary exhibition which not only includes a variety of paintings but also sculpture, installation, collage, and drawing.  The group of 8 artists met on a Fine Art Degree course and produce both conventional and experimental pieces which give this exhibition an exciting range of artistic interest.

 One artist, for example, creates little worlds in boxes, another makes large soft sculptures and yet another produces books.   All items, small or large, are original works and will be displayed among sketchbooks, cards and mounted work.

 Please come, browse and give them your comments!

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An exhibition by Claire Christie Sadler (drawings) and Judie Waldmann (photographs)

Looking at the space where earth and sky touch…

Sensing a space but barely engaging with reality.

This is an exhibition of drawings and photographs exploring the objects of our gaze; our feelings; and the relationship/interaction between the landscape (both external and internal) and ourselves.

Meet and chat with the artists on Sat 17th & 24th Sept

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"Summer Exhibition by Michele Field". This exciting large display will include British landscapes and contemporary floral paintings. If you have a love for rural Oxfordshire then this exhibition is a must see! Michele’s large vibrant flower paintings, and detailed landscapes and canal scenes have captured the beauty of Oxfordshire.

Michele will be doing a live demonstration on Saturday 3rd September from 12 - 2pm. This is free of charge and members of the public will have the chance to meet Michele and see her working process. 

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AN EXHIBITION BY OXFORD SCRIBES

Western calligraphy has been much influenced by the impressionistic freedom of oriental calligraphy in recent years which makes for much more exciting work. ‘ Eastern’ can also involve Hebrew and Arabic for example.

Their logo for the event with its Chinese dragon and English heraldic dragon has been designed by Timothy Noad who works for the College of Heralds – he is also a member of the society.

2 Fridays 12th and 19th August 2.00 - 4.00pm

Free LIVE Demonstrations What Would you like to know about Calligraphy?

Scribes answering questions and demonstrating - also an opportunity for visitors to try their hand - literally!

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An Exhibition of Paintings and Ceramics, By Delia Taylor-Brook

In the Vesey Room at Bampton Library

'I have always been strongly connected to nature and the countryside and have a passion for gardening. My decorative flower bowls are inspired by my love of flowers and their individual characteristics, and my Heart of the Garden Sculptures have been inspired by the sense of peace being in nature. Working with the clay itself and getting my hands dirty feels both therapeutic and meditative, especially the stillness and presence required in hand-building my work.

Colour is also a strong element of my paintings and I like the intensity of colour that is possible from acrylics and watercolour combined with soft pastels. I also work with mixed media.

My exhibition at the Vesey Room reflects my sources of inspiration and my developing artistic style over the past couple of years.' Delia Taylor-Brook.

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A lively exhibition of paintings, original prints, sculpture, photography and crafts by around 60 talented and enthusiastic WOA members. A wide range of media, styles and techniques will be on show.

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A lively exhibition of work by 20 of the county's top craft designer-makers. Showcased at West Ox Arts, a lovely, spacious gallery on the first floor of Bampton’s Grade II listed Town Hall.

Come along and explore this exhibition of beautifully hand crafted items created by Oxfordshire Craft Guild members. Bursting with a large variety of high quality crafts including contemporary jewellery, ceramics, wood turning, textiles and glass.

The exhibition will feature regular demonstrations by designer-makers.

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Chimney to India and Back showcases the work of David and Marguerite Evers. David and Marguerite take their paints with them when they travel - oils, canvases, easels, chairs, the lot - and that is why a number of exotic locations are depicted in the work. The paintings in Goa are unusual for Indian art because the subjects tend to be local people, and peasant cottages rather than the grand buildings.

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An Exhibition of work by a local art group.

This Exhibition is at The Robert Vesey Room which is in the library building near bampton church.

Opening hours- Mon and Thurs 2.30 - 4.30pm and Wed and Sat 10.00 - 12.00pm

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An Exhibition of New Tin-Glaze Earthenware and Reduction fired lustre by Andrew Hazelden and a selection of recent works ranging from landscape to portrait work in various media by Martin Beek.

As ever Martin’s work continues to use diverse techniques and approaches to picture making. His collaboration with Andrew Hazelden has been since 1995 when they met at Aldermaston pottery.

Andrew Hazelden started his professional career in 1984 working for Alan Caiger-Smith and the team of potters at the Aldermaston Pottery. It was March 2007 that he started The Yarnton Pottery in the old smithy stable building. Andrew has carried on the earthenware tin-glaze tradition, and has recently started producing reduction fired lustre.

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West Ox Arts has bought together the county’s best abstract artists to put on this large group exhibition. This exhibition is a visual feast that emphasizes moods and impressions, the showcase uses color and form in a non-representational way across a range of mediums including painting, photography, ceramics and glass work. It characterizes the use of bold colors, shapes and lines, rather than recognizable forms or a picture you can identify.

This exhibition builds history with Jenny Eadon’s paintings that are a metaphor of the complicated processes involved in thought and memory. Explore the effect of elapsing time with Jane Strother’s paintings which look at the ever changing effect of light and weather perceived in the colour of the landscape. Also included are simple hand built forms by Lucy Butterwick decorated with glaze and lustre, who’s pieces create a sense of stillness and contemplation with Echoes of ancient cultures and the natural world.

Other artists include paintings by Marion Hebblethwaite, photography by Kevin Wood portraying vibrant alien landscapes. Wendy Newhofer who creates expressive glass pieces, using metal to draw within the glass. Heather Gulliver who uses graphite, pastel and charcoal to show an abstract phase into her journey of seeing. Wendy A Wilson who’s work explores the play between order and chaos and George Taylor who’s large paintings are explorations of possibilities.

Come along to explore and discover that lines, forms and colors hold aesthetic values which may be arranged into beautiful compositions devoid of normal subject matter

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A unique exhibition comprising the work of thirteen image makers. The ‘Not Just Illustration’ exhibition honors artists from around the UK who have explored different ways in which to showcase their imagery. The variety of styles and themes that are explored range from textiles to wood engraving.

The collection starts with Richard Evans who is best known for his iconic images that have graced classic album covers for various artists including The Who, Van Morrison, and Robert Plant. Johnny Bull who is known mostly for his colour-drenched images that celebrate locations and people that inhabit them. He’s a unique presence in British art and his popularity is slowly widening. Grace Gallagher who’s prints explore the similarities and differences between the creative process and the academic one, focusing closely on Mathematics. Pete Lawrence whose prints are engraved on Resingrave, a synthetic material designed especially to replicate the quality of boxwood, his prints are collected in the SWE/Ashmolean Print Archive.

Other artists include Sue Lashmar who explores illustration within the unusual field of fused glass. Gill Gilroy’s coherent surrealist illustrations. Will Clarkes screen prints, his detailed line work depicts the intricacies of urban landscapes. P.S Design Agency specialize in producing one off hand crafted design. Etchings by Flora McLachlan inspired by medieval poetry. Margaret Charlton’s 3d textile balls work around and into a subject with drawing, photography, wrapping and stitch. Katy Hudson’s playful illustrations. Specializing in embroidery Victoria Croker gives old fabrics new life, evoking the emotion of reminiscing memories. And finally explore three dimensional lettering with Alice Saunders’ carefully drafted works which are bursting with 1950′s pop images in a collage of pattern and colour.

This exciting exhibition showcases illustration but not as you know it.

Image by Grace Gallaghere

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Julia Fry’s pastels of landscapes and flowers are inspired by the Wiltshire countryside; she also makes prints, mosaics and tapestry. Screenprints by Rachel Fry use photography, drawing and embroidery to portray urban and woodland landscapes. This exhibition will be on display in th Robert Vesey Room

Image by Julia Fry

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Our popular Christmas Craft sale will be showcasing an exciting array of unique Christmas gifts that are not available on the high street. This is a high quality display of beautifully hand crafted items created by our carefully chosen artists, who include WOA members and other local artists. Bursting with a large variety of gifts, including contemporary jewellery, ceramics, textiles, glass woodwork, handmade books and original prints.

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Many artists work with just paper - making paper by hand, dying it, cutting it, creating collage, sculpture, handmade books, screens, hangings, jewellery – the list goes on... This large group exhibition is a celebration of paper and what can be done with it. The artists include: Brian Aldiss who is a world famous Science Fiction writer. It is little known that he is also an artist; this exhibition will show his cut and collaged paperwork’s which are both serious and comic. Alison Cockcroft’s playful sculptures and collages are about nature, wildness and the sense of place. Toni Clarke makes handmade paper pictures, hangings and jewellery from a wide range of recycled materials. Anita Bell is inspired by the frescos of Romanesque churches and makes framed pieces, hangings and vessels. Heather Hunter creates intricate 3 dimensional books and boxes containing prints and poems.

Image of Heather Hunter's Paper Sculptures

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This exhibition is about the human encounter with the built environment. Emmie van Biervliet travels to diverse cultures around the world and records in her mixed-media paintings the colourful ambience of crumbling Cuban buildings or the sensory kaleidoscope of India. Helen Colling's mysterious multilayered images of shadowy figures standing in the streets of European cities. These printed textile collages explore the transitory nature of the human presence in the city.

Katherine Shock is inspired by the beauty of cities like Paris and Oxford; she captures the evocative qualities of light on mellow coloured stone, the narrow alleys and the magnificent set-pieces of architecture. Nicola Jenkin also paints the iconic buildings of Oxford and the surrounding area using oil, watercolour and mixed media. Mary Robinson’s photographs focus on abandoned interiors and the simultaneous sense of presence and absence in empty buildings.

Kerry von Zschock’s new range of hand painted pottery features architectural designs. Sculptor Emma Ablitt carves into stone to reveal figures that express the human feelings that we all share, such as attachment, protection and loss.

Image by Mary Robinson

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A lively exhibition of paintings, original prints, sculpture, photography and crafts by around 60 talented and enthusiastic WOA members. A wide range of media, styles and techniques will be on show.

Painting by Kathy

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This is a touring exhibition of calligraphy to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Oxford Scribes. The main part of the exhibition consists of 26 pieces for the letters of the alphabet. Each one shows an example of an original style together with a modern version and explanatory text.

Picture from the Oxford Scribes

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A mixed group exhibition of paintings, photography and ceramics celebrating the summer through gardens, flowers, landscapes and the sea. Neville Crowson’s oil paintings of flowers display his lively and enthusiastic enjoyment of colour in nature. Patsy Jones’s oils and mixed media focus on the underlying structure of the country and also qualities of space and light on the chalk downs. Photographer Gordon Stokes captures the changing effects of light and colour on landscape and the Scottish and Cornish coastline. His emphasis on seasonal changes as well as the textures and patterns in nature result in prints that are half-way to abstraction. Neil Ions will be showing his ceramic ‘Voyagers’ who are people on some sort of journey in a boat often accompanied by an animal. Fish and bird ocarinas by Neil are also in the exhibition. Robin Walden’s pots have been strongly influenced by early Chinese ware from the Song dynasty; they are also inspired by vessels from the Japanese tea ceremony and by contemporary Japanese ceramics.

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Denise Mason, Gill Salway and Geoff Smith return to the Vesey Room with an exhibition showcasing some of the varied work they have produced over the past year. Denise works primarily with silk screen, often using plant and floral images; Gill concentrates on collagraph choosing subjects with a strong sculptural or textural quality; Geoff prefers etching and finds subject matter in the wildlife and old buildings near his home.

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Grace and Grit shows work by two artists who seek beauty of line and form in materials which are both hard and intractable. Pat Elmore carves directly into stone and wood to reveal human and animal forms, as well as more abstract shapes. Barry Cottrell engraves into copper plate using a burin to produce his semi-figurative ‘poetry of the driven line.’ He is also showing lino and woodcuts, and a series of monoprints based on a meditative understanding of the natural world.

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Denise Mason, Gill Salway and Geoff Smith return to the Vesey Room with an exhibition showcasing some of the varied work they have produced over the past year. Denise works primarily with silk screen, often using plant and floral images; Gill concentrates on collagraph choosing subjects with a strong sculptural or textural quality; Geoff prefers etching and finds subject matter in the wildlife and old buildings near his home.

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