One of our very favourite artists, Judith Levin is back with another selection of sublimely beautiful views for her new ‘Moor and Mis’t Exhibition, but we’ve added in a strong supporting cast of 3D craft artists, many new to the gallery to make this one just a bit more special – perhaps classier than our usual shows.
Do come along to the preview 7-9pm Weds 27 Sept
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Judith Levin
Judith explained that she’s spent the past 24 months, primarily solitary, painting variations on a theme. This exhibition is about the beauty of the natural landscape of the region, especially when the moors are full of purple heather, the changing light, the distant mists, surprise brooks and waterfalls, walking through cloud.
Her medium is oil on canvas, but with huge differences in size, from miniature to wall size. The landscapes are predominantly of the moorland for which our region is famous, but further canvases include few still lifes: orchids, peonies and wild heather, in the same colour palette.
Judith Levin in Studio
Judith Levin JL75 30x40ins Waterfall £1,850
Judith Levin JL54 ‘A Distant Valley’ oil on canvas 27.5×39.5ins £1750
Judith Levin JL62 ‘Heather Basket’. Oil on canvas 16x40in £850
Judith Levin JL60 ‘Moorland Stream, August’. Oil on canvas 12x16in £350
Judith Levin JL61 ‘Fairweather Cloud’. Oil on canvas 16.5x23in £650
Judith Levin JL68 ‘Winter Moorland Stream’. Oil on canvas 20x30in £850
Judith Levin JL53 ‘Heather Moor with Brook’ oil on canvas 16x40ins £980
Judith Levin JL63 ‘Path down to the Valley’. Oil on canvas 16x40in £850
Judith Levin JL64 ‘A Summer Breeze’. Oil on canvas 20x30in £850
Judith Levin JL65 ‘Misty Morning Triptych’. Oil on canvas 24x54in £1,850
Judith Levin JL66 ‘Rainwater Brook’. Oil on canvas 27×39.5in £1,850
Judith Levin JL67 ‘Purple Orchids’. Oil on canvas 16x12in £350
Judith Levin JL69 ‘Cow and Calf Rocks’. Oil on canvas 36x48in SOLD
Judith Levin JL71 ‘Changing Light’
Judith Levin JL72 ‘Overgrown Path’ 36x60in £3,200
Judith Levin JL74 24x36ins Peonies £1,200
Judith Levin JL73 (4) Seasons 8.5×11.5ins £650
Judith Levin JL76x7ins small study, Early Evening £120
Judith Levin JL58 ‘Top Withens after Snow’. Oil on canvas 5x7in £120
Judith Levin JL59 ‘Stream after Rain’. Oil on canvas 5x7in £120
Judith Levin JL57 ‘Brook with Leaning Tree’. Oil on canvas 5x7in £120
The Rustic Route
The First of our new stars are the two Matts who work together under the name of ‘The Rustic Route’ in nearby Eldwick. Between them as Joiner and Electrician they produce items decorated with Fractal Burning – dendritic patterns charred into the wood by sending high voltages aross the wood’s surface . They stress that all timber is from local sources, seasoned in their own woodyard. The technique is undoubtedly dangerous, but the effects are beautiful. Just don’t try this at home!
Rustic Route RR01 Table – English Walnut lr £700
Rustic Route RR04 5 Hook Coat Rack- Ash £110_lr
Rustic Route RR08 Oak Coffee table on Steel Legs £750
Rustic Route RR09 Oak Bench on Steel Legs £750
Rustic Route RR10 Cherry Fractal Serving Board £120
Richard Gibson
Our second new exhibitor is Richard Gibson, who works under the banner of Wold Wire Sculptors. He’s not the first person we’ve come across working humble chicken wire, but few can match his abitity to infuse life into the media.
Richard Gibson (Wold Wire Works) open wire owl RESERVED
Richard Gibson RG02 Open Wire Hare £305
Richard Gibson
Kath Bonson
After many years working in a family business, Kath studied Fine Art at Bradford College, graduating in 2010. During these studies, she rediscovered her schoolhood love of ceramics. Since then she has developed her own characteristic style and her work has been successfully shown across the country. The work is inspired by the upland landscape of Pennine Yorkshire.
Traditional techniques, refined over centuries, are combined with experimentation ‘to push at the boundaries of what clay can do’. Pieces are hand-built from stoneware or porcelain-based clays and Kath’s own paperclays which allow her additional freedom to develop the forms and structures. Individual pieces may have up to a dozen different glazes, created by Kath, layered together such that firing at a temperature of 1200°C causes them to interact and create additional texture. Kath’s “image” pieces incorporate screenprinted photographic images, to which oxide pigments are applied, to add colour and further texture.
Kath Bonson KB2665 Sheep and Barge Vase £75
Kath Bonson KB2668 Landscape Wall Curl Vase £55
Kath Bonson KB2672 Herdwick Sheep Vase £75
Kath Bonson KB2674 Cow and Calf Vase £65
Kath Bonson KB2676 S-curve Landscape Vase £100
Kath Bonson KB2684 Bike Lad Vase £20
Kath Bonson KB2690 Bird Vase £120
Kath Bonson KB2692 Riders Vase £75
Kath Bonson KB2701 Leisure Scenes Vase £120
Gavin Edwards
Having previously worked as a Cartographer, Field Archaeologist, Archaeological Curator and finally as Museum Collections Manager, working with wood is Gavin’s latest career choice. An unconventional background perhaps but, having always enjoyed working with wood, he took the opportunity to explore where his love of wood might take him.
“There is an intrinsic beauty in the fine detailing of the internal structures that are created as the tree grows, with many variations in grain quality and colour. It is this finer detail that really attracts my attention and which I hope to enhance through the way I prepare the surfaces, and by using very simple forms”
Gavin uses a wide range of native and non-native woods, birch plywood and reclaimed wood. In most cases the design element of his work is intended to showcase the character and quality of the wood itself. It is sometimes an unusual feature in the wood that provides the inspiration for the design.
Surfaces are hand sanded to a very fine level, then finished off with wood wax, rather than varnish, to allow items to develop their own character over time. Stains or paint, are used only on baseboards and designs. He believes it is the quality and appearance of the wood is that matters most.
Gavin Edwards photo lower res
Gavin Edwards GE04 Lime.beach panel 23x36cm £135
Gavin Edwards GE18 Conifer panel 38x39cm £140
Gavin Edwards GE23 Recycled Indonesian Pallet Panel 41×44.5cm £130
Mike Bentley Wood turner
Mike Bentley is a traditionally trained wood turner with over forty years experience, Mike first took up turning as a teenager to meet his mother’s demand for lace bobbins. Initially these were produced using a lathe attachment for a Black and Decker drill! Mike estimates that he has now made in excess of twenty thousand bobbins for customers across 4 continents.
Mike particularly likes working with British native timbers, hand working each piece of this natural material to reveal the beauty within the wood and letting its shape and form suggest the design of the finished piece. Mike predominantly uses either reclaimed or locally sourced timber and his pieces are hand finished using natural waxes or oils.
Mike Bentley MB11 Large natural edged Oak burr bowl £120
Mike Bentley MB32 Bocote Wood Grass Vase h14cm £30
Mike Bentley MB26 Deep Mahogany sp. Bowl20cm dia £45
Mike Bentley MB33 Walnut Grass Vase h17cm £30
Mike Bentley MB06 Large rippled sycamore dish £60
Mike Bentley MB27 Oak Moon Bowl 13cm dia £40
Mike Bentley MB23 Yew Bowl 17cm dia £35
Mike Bentley MB17 Laburnum Grass Vase h16cm £25
Mike Bentley MB19 Cherry large Grass Vase h25cm £35
Jane Hurford Ceramics
Jane is a tutor at Hive community arts charity in Shipley and seems to turn her hand to a range of styles of work, often with an element of fun. Many of these are designed to be weatherproof for outdoors display.
Jane Hurford JHU28 ‘One sheep on a wall’ ceramic h8cm £30
Jane Hurford JHU18 ‘Capercaillie’ ceramic 36cm tall £100
Jane Hurford JHU32 ‘Two sheep and lamb near bridge’ ceramic h8cm £50
Jane Hurford JHU31 ‘Boo – sheep with two lambs in lunkey ‘ ceramic h9cm £45 b
Jane Hurford JHU29 ‘Two sheep on a hillock’ ceramic h8cm £30
Jane Hurford JHU12 ‘Bridge’ ceramic 23cm long £40
