Exhibitions /

October 2007

Garrod Roberts: Recent Paintings
1st – 14th October 2007
Lower Gallery

Paintings from a former schoolteacher with a special fascination for relocation, depicting scenes of childhood and holidays enjoyed as an adult.

Garrod Roberts, Flowerbed_She loves me…she loves me, 69x62 cm, £1000
Garrod Roberts, Flowerbed She loves me… she loves me, 69x62 cm. £1000

Duddley Diaz: Recent work
16th October– 5th November2007,
Lower Gallery

Italian based Filipino artist Diaz shows a collection of small relief sculptures exploring the relationship in mythology between the sacred and the individual.

Duddley Diaz, White Goddess n.2, 23.5x21.5cm, Gold leaf, acrylic and ox bone on wood
Duddley Diaz, White Goddess n.2, 23.5x21.5cm, Gold leaf, acrylic and ox bone on wood

On the Cusp… House or Home
22nd-5th November 2007
Upper Gallery

The exhibition House or Home takes a dynamic and fresh twist on the furniture and products that we place in our homes.

Those showing include Max Lamb, Deadgood Design, Kirsty Patrick, Lee Kirkbride, Anna Jones, Rachel Horrocks, William Jones, Claire Alderdice and also featuring Howies clothing.

Baroque Wall Decoration, Rachel Horrocks
Baroque Wall Decoration, Rachel Horrocks

The curator Kirsty Patrick is a graduate of Camarthen College. She moved to Penarth after graduation and is currently working at Ciric, based at Swansea Institute, the creative industries research and innovation centre to produce a prototype model of her current work.

The acrylic light and newer birch ply “Sphery” is being reproduced in low production with the help of the latest technology; once completed, the designer will hope to place her products.

Harmonic Hoover, Claire Alderdice
Harmonic Hoover, Claire Alderdice

Over the weekend of October 27 & 28 Kirsty will present her own work and that of seven other young crafts designer at On the Cusp- House or Home.

She is available to discuss her designs and inspiration from the home with visitors to the Upper gallery where the exhibition will be held over two weeks.

Earlier this year she was a participant in Designer Crafts at the Mall Gallery London. She has also had work shown at the Islington Business Centre, London

Travelling Chair, Anna Jones
Travelling Chair, Anna Jones

Table, Will Jones
Table, Will Jones

Sphery, Kirsty Patrick
Sphery, Kirsty Patrick

Noosa, Lee Kirkbride
Noosa, Lee Kirkbride

David Burke
5th-19th October,
Upper Gallery

David Burke brings together a number of the artists who showed work with him at the Adam Gallery, Penarth. Among those showing will be David Knight, Derek Howarth, Shirley Anne Owen, and Mark Samuel.

David Knight
David Knight

Laetitia Rocke
Laetitia Rocke

Mark Samuel
Mark Samuel