Real Remembered Imagined
Saturday 6th April to Thursday 18th April
Launch Event
Saturday 6th April, 12 - 3pm. Open to all.
Join us to celebrate the opening with artists, refreshments provided.
Meet the Makers Event
Saturday 13th April, 12 - 3pm. Open to all.
A chance to talk to the artists, discover the range of techniques they use.
6 artists expressing a love of nature in their own unique ways ...
Common Ground are six artists from Bristol and its surrounding area who share a love of nature. In this exhibition Real Remembered Imagined, they take inspiration from the coast, the land and skies. Established artists in their own right, they are excited to exhibit together for the first time at Prior! Painters on show include Sarah Boden, Susannah Crook, Clare Orr and Louise Wilmot, joined by ceramicist Yvonne Elston and glass artist Claire Hall.
Common Ground are:
Sarah Boden MA, a Bristol based, full time professional artist and art tutor with over twenty years of experience in painting, previously exhibiting in Europe, Australia and Asia. Her abstract landscapes and botanical paintings draw on both her travels and her training as an architect.
Susannah Crook, a professional artist living close to the North Somerset coast. She is inspired by rocks, pebbles, geological features and the ever-changing coastal skies. Using natural earth, mineral and botanical pigments as much as she can is an essential part of her practice.
Instagram @susannahcrookart
Clare Orr who lives in the South West, and paints landscapes in watercolour. Country walks and landscape photographs are the main source of her inspiration. She looks for rhythms and patterns of enclosures, lines, lanes and the trees that surround our cities.
Instagram @clareorr
Louise Wilmot, whose paintings explore the beautiful and vivid structures of the natural world around us. Her calming work captures the intensity of colour and light through bold and graphic compositions, inspired by the seasons. She is based in the city of Bristol.
Instagram @by_louisewilmot
Yvonne Elston, a ceramicist, whose contemporary bird forms explore the beauty of the curve. Inspired by mid-century design she creates pieces that interpret the world we see. Based in Bath, she uses ancient glazing methods such as Raku and smoke-firing for unique finishes.
Instagram @yvonneelstonceramics
Claire Hall, a glass artist working from her studio in Brockley, North Somerset. She has a BA Hons in Fine Art, her installations, wall art and sculptural vessels are exhibited internationally. Clare’s work captures remembered sensations and experiences within the landscape.
Instagram @clairehallglass
Free admission. All works on sale.
