Deck the halls.........

With Stir-Up Sunday this weekend, Christmas is fast approaching! And we are already in the festive mood here at the Green Tree Gallery....

The tree is up....

...the tables are positively groaning with gorgeous gifts.....

.....stocking fillers, cards and decorations.....

Come pay a visit to our winter wonderland for stress-free Christmas shopping......masses of free parking right outside the door!

Hallowe'en announcement....

Another week of magic here at the Green Tree Gallery...we're extending Enchanted Forests until Sunday 11th November. Come and enjoy......

Enchanted Forests

It's now nearly two weeks after our preview party for Enchanted Forests. It was a lovely evening of good food (exquisite canapes from Cafe Elvira), good wine and most importantly, great company: friends, customers and artists including Bleau-Shanay Hudson, Kate Tulett, Polly Finch, Cat Brown, Adele Scantlebury and Rachel de Freitas. We are now nearly halfway through Enchanted Forests...come in and have a look!

From Chaos comes Beauty...

All hands on deck here at the Green Tree Gallery as we set up Enchanted Forests yesterday. Working our way around wire jewellery artist Sue Warner and her very patient workshop participants, we cleared the walls and packed away....

Then with a blank canvas, we started hanging the new work, piece by piece... and gradually the jigsaw puzzle of artwork started to take shape.....

Then, eventually, from the Chaos came Beauty.....

Ready now for drinks and canapes this evening to celebrate the opening!

Bursting at the seams

We are going to be busy, busy, busy next week, setting up Enchanted Forests. Our stock room is already fit to bursting with works in many media, including sculpture, textiles, ceramics, papercuts and oils. Featured artists include Bleau-Shanay Hudson, Pippa Chorley, Annie Soudain, Steve Ferguson, Min Maude, Kate Tulett, Polly Finch, Sarah Rickard, Karen Davis, our own Victoria Lovell, Cat Brown and Jo Hodder as well as many more.... watch this space!

Embarrassed faces....

Red-faced confusion all round....we got rather carried away writing last week's post and got the name of Glory Art Glass supremo wrong. The Isle of Wight-based Glory Art Glass is run by Martin Evans, his wife and their two sons. By way of apology, here are a couple more pictures of their stunning work....

Glorious glass....

After a week of rain, floods and definitely autumnal temperatures we feel the need for some colour. So this week we are showing you stunning glassware of Glory Art Glass. Each piece is hand-made by Martin Evans, his wife Nicky and their two sons, who together run Glory Art Glass from their studio gallery at Sandown on the Isle of Wight. Often only a dozen or so pieces a day are made and no two pieces are the same. Right now in the Green Tree Gallery we have birds....

and snails....

flowers....

and toadstools...

as well as bigger pieces: tree sculptures swirling with colour, vases smothered in cherry blossom and nasturtiums...and colour-drenched torso sculptures......

Next week, we will be gathering in exhibits and planning for "Enchanted Forests", which will run from October 13th to November 4th....

Artist of the Week : Faye Mayo

This week we're showing you the work of ceramicist Faye Mayo. Whether it's a tiny pinch pot, a larger vessel or a torso sculpture, the eye is drawn to the vivid blues and greens of each piece's glazed interior.

Faye describes the contrasting exteriors of her pieces as having a 'sense of fragility, delicacy and being only temporary' and she intentionally leaves the marks of the making process - the kneeding and fingerprints - visible on the outside surface.

New to the Green Tree Gallery are Faye's 'Wave' platters where aqua and blue waves ripple gently across the surface....

...and her 'Restful' platter featuring a sleeping young woman in a blue dress nestling peacefully amongst wild flowers, leaves and butterflies.

Last week we were looking forward to the magic and mystery of Enchanted Forests, our next exhibition in October. This week, not wanting to wish our lives away, we thought we'd invite you in to see what we have in the gallery right now.....

.....Come on in, have a good look around....

...There's lots to see...but be sure not to miss Angela Jenkinson's fused glass hangings. Horsham-based Angela's colourful glass placques and tealight holders are scattered with wildflowers and seedheads and are priced between £15 and £75.

Enchanted Forests, a sneaky peek...

Well, 'Gone to the Dogs' may be over but here at the Green Tree Gallery we are looking forward to our next exhibition 'Enchanted Forests'. Although the exhibition does not start until 13th October, we thought we'd give you a sneaky peek of some of the wonderful work we will be showing....

The Blackthorn King is by Karen Davis

and these cheeky chaps are by our own Victoria Lovell. Enchanted Forests will run from 13th October to 4th November. In the meantime, there is still plenty for you to look at and enjoy in our sun-drenched Gallery: a wallful of woodcuts of local scenes by Helen Brown, vibrant paintings of both local and more exotic scenes by Min Maude, ethereal ceramics by Faye Mayo and hand-blown glass flowers from Isle of Wight-based Glory Art Glass.

STOP PRESS....10% off paintings today and tomorrow...

Our main summer exhibition 'Gone to the Dogs' ends 1st September! So, for the rest of today and tomorrow, we are offering a 10% discount on all doggie paintings. Come take a look!

Gone to the Dogs... last chance to enjoy!

Can't believe four months have whizzed by since our last post during our 'A Riot of Spring' exhibition here at the Green Tree Gallery. Now, with only one week remaining of our fabulous summer exhibition 'Gone to the Dogs', it's time to make amends for our blog-free zone of the past four months..hopefully a case of 'better late than never'?! There are no fewer than 10 dogs sharing the lives of us Gallery Gals...and 'Gone to the Dogs' is our salute to those canine friends. The exhibition features the work of more than a dozen artists, offering a wide range of styles and media across all price ranges. Wire sculptures by Emma Bird are simple but stunning, whilst our own Julie Janvrin's and Victoria Lovell's ceramic sculptures really capture the personality and character of their canine subjects. Also in ceramic are Tessa Mackie's jugs, mugs, pots and bowls, all with doggie decoration and Iveta Goddard's charming pots, clocks, tiles and other giftware. Christine Jenkinson offers hauntingly realistic oil and acrylic dog portraits and Heidi Langridge's oils capture the warmth and essence of the pack hounds. Anna Wilson-Patterson's paintings and monoprints feature lurchers, greyhounds and salukis and Kevin Maddison's etchings combine humour and narrative. And with titles such as 'Stressed businessman with amorous dogs', there is real humour as well as evocative scenes in David Fawcett's paintings. Lastly there are dog-themed textile treasures from Jill Housby, Debbie Medlicott and Sam Phillips and colourful handmade collars and leads from Scrufts. And perhaps the best reason for a last-minute look at 'Gone to the Dogs' is the chance to bid in the silent charity auction for either Victoria Lovell's 'Cairn' sculpture or Anna Wilson-Patterson's 'Finn' large red lurcher painting. Proceeds will be split between Dogs Trust and Southern Lurcher Rescue. 'Gone to the Dogs' ends Saturday 1st September.

Spring Exhibition