Summer Exhibition

Hugh Buchanan | Isabel Coulton | John Croft CBE | Parastoo Ganjei |

Jeremy Gardiner | Stephen Lavis | Margaret Lovell Ben Lowe | Jackie Philip

8 - 29 August

Hugh Buchanan

Isabel Coulton

John Croft CBE

June 2002
JOHN CROFT CBE

oil on canvas

60 x 60cm

John Croft CBE (born 1923) who has painted for more than seventy years, has always had an interest in abstract expressionists such as Nicholas de Stael and his own painting has become increasingly simplified in form. A postgraduate of Christ Church, Oxford, John Croft spent most of his career working for the Home Office and Foreign Office before focusing on painting. He has exhibited in France, London, Suffolk and Bath. In 1967 he was one of 15 painters featured in the ‘Survey ‘67’ exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, which included Basil Beattie RA and Jennifer Durrant RA.

John Croft’s work can be found in the collections of Oxford University, Cambridge University, London School of Economics, Manx Museum Isle of Man, Reform Club London and London Borough of Camden. He is included in Who’s Who in Art and continues to paint in his studio in Bath.

Stephen Lavis

Pears and Olives
STEPHEN LAVIS

oil on canvas

61 x 76cm

Still Life
STEPHEN LAVIS

oil on canvas

50 x 50cm

Ben Lowe

Ben Lowe’s work uses layers of abstract forms to capture atmosphere and emotion through landscape painting.  One of six finalists in BBC2’s ‘School of Saatchi’ – a significant achievement considering that he his largely self-taught, but yet he has developed a unique and powerful style. 

Jeremy Gardiner is a graduate of Newcastle University and the Royal College of Art. He exhibits regularly in London and his paintings have been exhibited in Europe, the USA, South America, Japan, Australia and China. He has won numerous awards throughout his career including a Churchill Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and a Harkness Fellowship. Gardiner’s paintings are represented in public and corporate collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Government Art Collection, BNP Paribas, Pincent Masons and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi. In 2013 Gardiner was awarded the prestigious Discerning Eye Art Prize.

Parastoo Ganjei

Parastoo Ganjei, comes from an artistic family, with a grandfather who was a prominent painter in Iran. She paints still lifes as well as landscapes, roses are a favourite subject for her and she captures the weight of the flower heads beautifully whilst keeping a strong sense of movement. Using this common subject as a vehicle to portray feelings and emotions, there is a vitality as well as balance to her work.

Parastoo Ganjei studied fine art in Iran and Sussex and is a graduate of Bournmouth University.

Exhibiting widely in the United Kingdom, her work has proved to be extremely popular and is in many important collections around the world including the Royal Family of Brunei.

Jeremy Gardiner

Jeremy Gardiner is a graduate of Newcastle University and the Royal College of Art. He exhibits regularly in London and his paintings have been exhibited in Europe, the USA, South America, Japan, Australia and China. He has won numerous awards throughout his career including a Churchill Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and a Harkness Fellowship. Gardiner’s paintings are represented in public and corporate collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Government Art Collection, BNP Paribas, Pincent Masons and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi. In 2013 Gardiner was awarded the prestigious Discerning Eye Art Prize.

Jackie Philip

Blue Table
JACKIE PHILIP

oil & pigment on canvas
33 x 33cm

Margaret Lovell D.LITT, FRBS, RWA, born in 1939 in Bristol, is an award-winning sculptor and a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. She trained at the Slade, London and the Academy of Fine Arts , Florence and has undertaken commissions across the UK, Europe and the USA. Her work, mostly in bronze, can be found in the collections of The Arts Council of Great Britain, Barclays Bank and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery among many other public and private collections. This is a selection of one-off etchings that she created in the early 1960s.

Leopard
RICHARD SOUTHALL
cold-cast bronze
28 x 74 x 14cm

Exhibition: 63