28th August – 10th October, 2021
Opening 28th August, 2 – 5pm
Sue Firmin
Sue Firmin, Below the Surface, 69 x 69cm, Acrylic and mixed media on board, framed, £750
Sue Firmin, Starting Afresh, 79 x 79cm, Acrylic and mixed media, framed, £900
Sue Firmin, Finding Peace 58 x 58 cm, Acrylic and mixed media, framed, £420
Sue Firmin, Cautiously Positive, 99 x 99cm, Acrylic and mixed media, framed, £1,200
Marianthi Lainas
Marianthi Lainas, Tidelines #9, 18cm x 18cm, framed to 32cm x 32cm, Mixed media 'Sea’ Cyanotype over pastel, Framed and float mounted, £240 - Sold
Marianthi Lainas, Tidelines #7, 13cm x 13cm, framed to 27cm x 27cm, Mixed media, ‘Sea’ Cyanotype over pastel, on Japanese paper, Framed and float mounted, £195
Seableed #3, Seableed #3, “Incoming tide, part buried in sand at the strandline”, 16cm x 16cm, float mounted to 23cm x 23cm, Variable edition 6 of 10, on Hahnemuehle fine art paper. Hand-embellished with 23ct gold leaf, £130 - Sold
Marianthi Lainas, Sea Signature #3, 13cm x 13cm, framed to 27cm x 27cm, Mixed media, ‘Sea’ Cyanotype on Japanese paper, Framed and float mounted, £195 - Sold
Marianthi Lainas, Sea Signature #1, 13cm x 13cm, framed to 27cm x 27cm, Mixed media, ‘Sea’ Cyanotype on Japanese paper, Framed and float mounted, £195 - sold
Marianthi Lainas, Sea Pink, “Incoming tide, Hilbre Island, Dee Estuary”, 33cm x 33cm, framed to 45cm x 45cm, Mixed media, ‘Sea’ Cyanotype over pastel, Framed and float mounted, £650
Marianthi Lainas, Outflow, 18cm x 18cm, framed to 32cm x 32cm, Mixed media collage, 'Sea’ Cyanotype over acrylic, Framed and float mounted, £240
Marianthi Lainas, Notes from a Sandbank #2, “Neap tide, part buried in on a sand bank”, 16cm x 16cm, float mounted to 32cm x 32 cm, Variable edition 3 of 10 on Hahnemuehle fine art paper, Hand-embellished with 23ct gold leaf, £130 - Sold
Val Hudson
Val Hudson, 'stay curious', oil and wax on five wood panels, framed, 105cm x 22cm, £1250
Val Hudson, it matters that you care, oil and wax on five wood panels, framed, 105cm x 22cm, £1250
Val Hudson, Reverberation II, oil and wax on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, £1750
Val Hudson, Reverberation I, oil and wax on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, £1750
Laine Tomkinson
Laine Tomkinson, Miles high, 19cm x 19cm, 47cm x 40cm, Unique Screen-print on Fabriano paper (1/1), £240
Laine Tomkinson, Miles ahead, 19cm x 19cm, 47cm x 40cm, Unique Screen-print on Fabriano paper (1/1), £240
Laine Tomkinson, Kind of Blue, 19cm x 19cm, 47cm x 40cm, Unique Screen-print on Fabriano paper (1/1), £240
Lesley Birch
Lesley Birch, Light Gets In, Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 60 x 60 x 3 cm Framed Size: 64 x 64 x 3 cm, £750
Lesley Birch, Glorious Hour, Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 60 x 60 cm Framed Size: 64 x 64 x 3 cm, £750
Lesley Birch, A Woodland Place, Oil on Panel 18 x 24 cm, Framed Size: 22 x 28 x 3 cm, £325
Lesley Birch, Priest's Cove with Pink, Oil and Cold Wax on Board, 18 x 24cm, Framed Size: 23 x 28.5 x 3 cm, £325
Lesley Birch, Song of the Wind, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 120 x 4 cm, £1,900
Lesley Birch, Carmine and Pink, Acrylic and Mixed Media on 300gsm, Hahnemuhle Paper, £260
Yellow and Magenta, Acrylic and Mixed Media on 300gsm Hahnemuhle Paper, 16 x 15 cm, Framed Size: 32.5 x 27.5 x 3 cm, £260
Nick Hersey
Nick Hersey, Knocking out crews by the threes and fours, Oil and emulsion on birchwood ply panel, 44x44cm, £800
Nick Hersey, Like a video game, an errorless computer, Oil and emulsion on birchwood ply panel, 44x44cm, £800
Nick Hersey, Kill it or shoot it, bite it and distribute it, Oil and emulsion on birchwood ply panel, 44x44cm, £800
Heather Duncan
Heather Duncan, Venice, oil on canvas, 53 x 79cm, £1750
Heather Duncan, Sky, oil on canvas, 85 x 64cm, £1650
Heather Duncan, Yellow Landscape, oil on canvas, 63 x 63cm, £1650
Heather Duncan, Botanical Garden, oil on canvas, 79cm x 53cm, £1750
Catherine Headley
Catherine Headley, Turquoise Shallows, 20 x 20 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £375
Catherine Headley, Soft Sea and Granite, 20 x 20 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £375
Catherine Headley, Sea Mist, 18 x 23 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £375
Catherine Headley, Pink Dust, 20 x 20 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £375
Catherine Headley, Granite and Lichen, 20 x 20 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £375
Catherine Headley, Cornfield, 29 x 34 cm, pastel on paper, float mounted and framed, £550
Exhibition Statement
Tarpey Gallery is proud to present ‘Colour and Form’, featuring work by Sue Firmin, Lesley Birch, Heather Duncan, Marianthi Lainas, Nick Hersey, Val Hudson, Laine Tomkinson and Catherine Headley.
The work by the artists in this group show, although diverse in its subject matter is unified by their love of colour. This exhibition looks to celebrate the tight-rope that these eight artists walk to achieve that elusive balance of Colour and Form and we hope you can join us in doing so too.
“When the colour achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.” Paul Cezanne
Lesley Birch
Lesley makes paintings inspired by Nature & the Landscape. The work is filtered through her emotional response whilst out in nature.
Sue Firmin
Sue’s interest is in the process of creating, using the elements of form; Line, shape, texture, colour as a starting point for all of her recent paintings.
Marianthi Lainas
Having spent most of her life living a stone’s throw from the coast, Marianthi’s experimental cyanotype prints are informed by the dynamic places at the far edges of the land and the transience of the tidal islands, shifting sands and visiting migratory birds of the Dee Estuary.
Nick Hersey
Nick will be showing 3 pieces from his graffiti inspired and eye-poppingly colourful ‘Handstyle’ Series.
Heather Duncan
Heather takes inspiration from her everyday life, from landscape, music and poetry, and from memories. Each painting is drawn from a stream of consciousness, often starting in landscape but moving away from representation and becoming more abstract and expressive.
Val Hudson
Val’s paintings engage with the insubstantial, transient nature of existence as expressed through colour and form, the elements, open spaces and the play of light.
Catherine Headley
Catherine’s inspiration comes from visits to Penwith in Cornwall, a magical land encircled by seas. It is littered with the detritus of long ago, from Bronze Age cromlechs and Celtic crosses to the ruined engine houses of its abandoned tin mines.
Laine Tomkinson
Laine explores the emotional attributes of experience and sensation though colour, depth and form. Describing her practice as lyrical abstraction.