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The Art of Wonder

12th to 23rd November: Ania Pieniazek

11am to 5pm (Closed Monday)

Opening Night: Tuesday 12th November 2024 from 6-8pm

 

A retrospective, solo exhibition of paintings by Ania Pieniazek. This show brings together a vast selection of paintings that spans over three years of her career as a full-time artist.
 
Ania displayed a talent for art in early childhood. From the age of 10, she began to attend additional art classes and received tutoring from a number of well-established Polish artists. At 13, she received her first oil paints from her father, and has worked in the medium for over 30 years now. Since moving to London in 2005, Ania’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and joint exhibitions. Her work is on display with multiple galleries throughout the UK, and can be found in the homes of collectors across the country and beyond.
Recently, Ania has become a member of Association of Polish Artists in Great Britain. She exhibited with Society of Women Artists and Chelsea Art Society and is frequently represented by well established galleries at Affordable Art Fair and at Fresh Art Fair.
 
Artists statement:
 
Painting gives me incredible freedom to interpret the world I see and feel. I take an object or a memory that inspires me and shape it onto a canvas with my emotions. Everything is organic, imperfect, no straight lines or right angles, even the edge of the table is wavy and bumpy. I love this natural order with no rules inspired by tree branches, meandering of the rivers or oddly shaped fruits and flowers.
Mixing oil paints on a pallet is therapeutic and exciting, because you can’t really tell what you might discover next. It could be a colour or a shade you have never seen before. I believe that colours have healing powers as I am instinctively drawn to a specific one or a combination, depending on my state of being.
The process of painting helps me to forget about my worries and troubles. It makes me happy and my intent is to spread that joy to everyone. If my painting has brought a smile onto your face or evoked a warm feeling in your heart, I have achieved what I was hoping for.
By portraying blissful but fleeting moments I want to express the importance of finding time to be still in our hectic lives and to appreciate what is real and tangible. The smell of the flowers, the sweet taste of the fruit or the beauty of the sun rays reflecting in the glass jar, reminds us what life is all about. Chasing your dreams may be fun, but only in the present moment is when miracles happen.

 

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Sprout's Christmas Market 2024

30 November to 23 December

Members' only Private View: Fri 29 November, 5pm to 8:30pm

For all your Christmas gift needs! 

Not long to go until our Christmas Designers and Makers Market. we open with a member's only preview evening on Friday 29th December then every day from Saturday 30th, from 9am to 6pm (Saturdays until 7pm) with a few late nights too, until 23rd December! Lots of new faces as well as those you alreday know and love.

 
This year we are delighted to welcome:
Bee Luxx Candles
Blumm Soap
Blue Tree Kitchen
Carole Howe
Carol Luckett
Cath Lloyd
Craft Commoners
Copperbird
Fine Cashmere
Gillian Elam
Ian Lillicrap
James Girls
Jane Richards
Katie James
Linda Firth
Loren Zeisler
Madeline Meckiffe
Maggie's Honey
@MariaStorey
Moocat
PaintedLove
Sarah Grove Ceramics
Simple Silver

 

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Friday 10th and Saturday 11th January 2025, 11am to 5pm

Member's only Preview Party: Thurs 9th Jan, 5pm to 8pm 

We will be contacting everyone who has borrowed an artwork with the option to buy (they will make a great Christmas present) or arrange to return your Art Loan by Monday 6 January.

If you are an artist please contact us about including your work in this populat initiative

Our Preview Night Party will be a great chance to get first pick of the artworks on offer and take them away to enjoy for 6 months. Everyone is welcome to join our scheme, you can find out more and see some of the work available HERE

New Faces 2025

Tuesday 14th - Saturday 25th January

Opportunity for all new artist members to exhibit their Artwork at Sprout.


A great opportunity to participate in a mixed show at the gallery in January next year.  We plan to showcase the talent of all new artist members in our New Faces Show which will run from  Tuesday 14th - Saturday 25th January 2025 - new artists are welcome to become members and be part of the exhibition.

We will ask for £10 from each participating artist as a contribution to the running of the gallery and this exhibition. You may submit one or two artworks for this fee, dependent on size. The fee is only payable once your work is accepted. We will publicise the exhibition through the social networks  and will also ask you to publicise through your own contacts.

If you are interested in exhibiting with us in our New Faces 2025 exhibition please email expressing your interest as soon as possible. We will send you full details then and ask for jpg examples of up to three examples of the artwork you would like to exhibit. 

 

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Realism with my Brush

Agnieszka Matras, solo exhibition

20 January to 8 Feb, open every day (except Mondays) 11am to 5pm

Private View Tuesday 28 January, 6 to 8pm

Agnieszka Matrasis an artist living and working in London for over twenty years. She consider herself as self-taught artist and works mainly with oils and acrylics. Using a  limited pallet and  traditional approache to oil paint she tries to convey the beauty of nature and magic of colour on canvas.

She pays attention to the light and it’s  impact on subjects. Experimeting with colour she captures   accurately the mood and atmosphere of the scenes in her  art. She gets inspired by beauty of skies and landscapes as well as  seascapes and  still life and animals. She does not  limit her self to any particular subject  and will get a brush any time her eyes meet with a view she can’t resist to rewrite on canvas.

Agnieszka is a member of South London Women Artists acclaimed art group launched by the  friends  of Dulwich Picture Gallery and also  a member of few local  art communities in South London which promote art through workshops,  art shows and exhibitions. She exhibits regularly within those group.

I like to paint natural beauty : green trees, skies, seascapes. Simple words which can describe what I do are  "I paint what I see and what appeals to me”. Using a limited palette allows me to experiment with colour mixes and textures to achive reflection of what I observed. I thrive on anything that reveals colour harmony or obvious contrasts. Light and shadows are also  the foundation of my creativity. Changing light and it’s impact on subject matter are the motive force and endless inspiration for my art. Using various reference materials I work in my studio developing my skills and exploring painting mediums of which I was always curious  and passionate about.
 

@agnes_matras_just_art 

 

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