Exhibition programme
Aldeburgh Gallery hosts exhibitions throughout the year and displays the work of different artists each week. Exhibitions include paintings, prints, ceramics and textiles from many talented artists.
The gallery is open every day from 10am to 5pm.
The gallery is open every day from 10am to 5pm.
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Karen Lear – 26th February to 4th March
As a florist, I'm fortunate enough to have flowers!, I draw in waterproof pen and colour with my fingers in acylics – I have a penchant for 'curios' which are often included in my paintings – variations arise with nudes; charcoal and pastel creations.
25th Aldeburgh literary Festival – 5th to 11th March
Emma Chichester Clark – I am an author and illustrator of books, mostly for children, including the Blue Kangaroo and Plumdog series, and the Three Little Monkeys series that was written by Quentin Blake. When I can, I make paintings that are just for me and aren’t related to any text.
The pictures for this show are some of those, and are made in either acrylic or oil paint on board, and the theme I have chosen is ‘There’s always a dog…’
The pictures for this show are some of those, and are made in either acrylic or oil paint on board, and the theme I have chosen is ‘There’s always a dog…’
Take 4 – 12th to 18th March
Take 4 artists that work in different mediums inspired by nature and form. Artists are: Julie Scarr (printmaker)
Tobias Ford (steel sculptures)
Serena Jones (ceramics)
Brian Coetzee (mixed media painter and collage)
Brian Coetzee (mixed media painter and collage)
Suffolk Exploration – 19th to 25th March
Alice Ridley and Spadge Hopkins
Two artists sharing their love for the county they live celebrating it in sculpture, oil paint and mixed media.
Marshlands – 26th March to 1st April
Caroline Mackintosh. As a landscape artist living in the flat lands of East Anglia, my inspiration comes largely from the Norfolk and Suffolk marshes and coastal estuaries that surround me. I am drawn to the strong shapes, lines and patterns formed by the complex interplay of water and land in the landscape. My work attempts to portray the vast horizons of this landscape; I use diagonal lines and carefully positioned verticals to guide the viewer’s eye through the landscape and into the distance.
I start my paintings with loose blocks of colour and strong free marks, working quickly from sketches and photographs, focussing on tonal value and contrast. As a painting takes form I begin to define the shapes and lines I see in the landscape with masked off areas. I think of it as painting with masking tape, using the tape as a tool to sculpt the contours of the land, creating curves as well as straight lines and bands, organic alongside geometric shapes.
For me, the contrast between the defined edges provided by the tape, against the more organic loose marks and areas of colour, provides interest and definition, allowing me to emphasise the geometry I see in the landscape.
Caroline Mackintosh. As a landscape artist living in the flat lands of East Anglia, my inspiration comes largely from the Norfolk and Suffolk marshes and coastal estuaries that surround me. I am drawn to the strong shapes, lines and patterns formed by the complex interplay of water and land in the landscape. My work attempts to portray the vast horizons of this landscape; I use diagonal lines and carefully positioned verticals to guide the viewer’s eye through the landscape and into the distance.
I start my paintings with loose blocks of colour and strong free marks, working quickly from sketches and photographs, focussing on tonal value and contrast. As a painting takes form I begin to define the shapes and lines I see in the landscape with masked off areas. I think of it as painting with masking tape, using the tape as a tool to sculpt the contours of the land, creating curves as well as straight lines and bands, organic alongside geometric shapes.
For me, the contrast between the defined edges provided by the tape, against the more organic loose marks and areas of colour, provides interest and definition, allowing me to emphasise the geometry I see in the landscape.
Natural Elements – 2nd to 8th April
Several years ago three artists/makers got together and formed a strong friendship and partnership!
We really enjoy exhibiting together as our combined appreciation of colour, imagery, textures and visual forms, are simpatico. Joining together from Italy, London and Aldeburgh each year, we have joined forces in the Aldeburgh Gallery at Easter to show you our recently created works. The natural elements of paint, clay, metal, minerals and nature all come together in this vibrant show.
Nicola Mountney – fine art, prints and cards
Louise Sant – silver pearl and gem jewellery
Felicity Jones –contemporary ceramics
Several years ago three artists/makers got together and formed a strong friendship and partnership!
We really enjoy exhibiting together as our combined appreciation of colour, imagery, textures and visual forms, are simpatico. Joining together from Italy, London and Aldeburgh each year, we have joined forces in the Aldeburgh Gallery at Easter to show you our recently created works. The natural elements of paint, clay, metal, minerals and nature all come together in this vibrant show.
Nicola Mountney – fine art, prints and cards
Louise Sant – silver pearl and gem jewellery
Felicity Jones –contemporary ceramics
Jo Sharpe – 9th to 15th April
Having grown up in Norfolk, Jo is inspired by the seasonal colours, patterns and nature found in the great British countryside and coastline.
A multidisciplinary painter with a background in printed textiles, her work is distinguished by her use of bold flat colours, texture, and pattern and form.
Much of Jo's inspiration arises from her daily walks with her dog, Tilly. During these excursions, she observes the landscape closely, photographing and gathering seasonal flora that often feature in her still lifes. She revels in the colours and forms of weeds and hedgerow plants and the patterns found in cultivated fields. Since the pandemic and the loss of her parents and family home, skies and bird forms have assumed a more significant presence in her work.
Having grown up in Norfolk, Jo is inspired by the seasonal colours, patterns and nature found in the great British countryside and coastline.
A multidisciplinary painter with a background in printed textiles, her work is distinguished by her use of bold flat colours, texture, and pattern and form.
Much of Jo's inspiration arises from her daily walks with her dog, Tilly. During these excursions, she observes the landscape closely, photographing and gathering seasonal flora that often feature in her still lifes. She revels in the colours and forms of weeds and hedgerow plants and the patterns found in cultivated fields. Since the pandemic and the loss of her parents and family home, skies and bird forms have assumed a more significant presence in her work.
Theronda Hoffman – 16th to 22nd April
Coastal inspirations concentrating on Aldeburgh and the Suffolk coast. Theronda Hoffman
Books by Lucy Mason Jensen:
Chip the naughty seagull and The adventures of Madame Dragonfly
Coastal inspirations concentrating on Aldeburgh and the Suffolk coast. Theronda Hoffman
Books by Lucy Mason Jensen:
Chip the naughty seagull and The adventures of Madame Dragonfly
Printmakers x2 – 23rd to 29th April
Anne Townshend After a foundation course at art college, I ended up choosing a career in teaching. It wasn’t until later in life that I discovered a passion for printmaking. Gainsborough’s House print workshop in Sudbury taught me all the basic skills, and then attending many excellent courses with experienced practitioners expanded my knowledge. Relief printing with lino block became my preferred medium, and I acquired a beautiful cast iron press to use in my own Debenham studio. It is there you will find me in every spare moment… I just LOVE to print!
Julie Orpen Julie produces Lino prints and Engravings that are usually inspired by the natural world around her, and she attempts to convey the movement in nature when she designs her work, as well as a sense of depth. Julie has recently been making prints of various birds and animals using their collective noun as a theme.
Anne Townshend After a foundation course at art college, I ended up choosing a career in teaching. It wasn’t until later in life that I discovered a passion for printmaking. Gainsborough’s House print workshop in Sudbury taught me all the basic skills, and then attending many excellent courses with experienced practitioners expanded my knowledge. Relief printing with lino block became my preferred medium, and I acquired a beautiful cast iron press to use in my own Debenham studio. It is there you will find me in every spare moment… I just LOVE to print!
Julie Orpen Julie produces Lino prints and Engravings that are usually inspired by the natural world around her, and she attempts to convey the movement in nature when she designs her work, as well as a sense of depth. Julie has recently been making prints of various birds and animals using their collective noun as a theme.
Cathy Outen and Nadia Koo – 30th April to 6th May
Nadia Koo – Born in Cambridge and now living in Saffron Walden, Nadia Koo’s paintings pulse with colour — tropical leaves, lush flowers, and the shimmering light of memory. Her work draws on a year spent in Dominica at the age of nine, when beauty and heartbreak coexisted: turquoise seas and hummingbirds above, and the quiet ache of her parents’ separation beneath.
Through painting, Koo transforms those layered memories into something healing. Her vibrant still lifes are both escape and reckoning — places where loss is softened by light and colour becomes a language of resilience.
In recent work, she turns her gaze toward home. Flowers and Flags and Taped Together bring the domestic table into dialogue with the charged symbolism of the Union Jack. These paintings explore how beauty, identity, and belonging intersect in a Britain marked by tension and pride, asking what it means to love a place that can wound as deeply as it nourishes.
Cathy Outen – Working with clay has always been central to Cathy Outen’s practice. Drawn to its tactile and responsive nature, she explores the transformation of raw material into refined ceramic form.
From her garden studio in Suffolk, Cathy develops her pieces through an intuitive process of making and experimentation. Her work includes sculptural apples and pears, horses, and bird baths, each enriched through the use of layered glazes that create depth, contrast, and surface variation.
Inspired by the natural world, her forms are characterised by gentle, organic curves and a quiet sense of balance. Each piece is made to be both visually engaging and physically inviting — objects that encourage touch as much as contemplation.
Nadia Koo – Born in Cambridge and now living in Saffron Walden, Nadia Koo’s paintings pulse with colour — tropical leaves, lush flowers, and the shimmering light of memory. Her work draws on a year spent in Dominica at the age of nine, when beauty and heartbreak coexisted: turquoise seas and hummingbirds above, and the quiet ache of her parents’ separation beneath.
Through painting, Koo transforms those layered memories into something healing. Her vibrant still lifes are both escape and reckoning — places where loss is softened by light and colour becomes a language of resilience.
In recent work, she turns her gaze toward home. Flowers and Flags and Taped Together bring the domestic table into dialogue with the charged symbolism of the Union Jack. These paintings explore how beauty, identity, and belonging intersect in a Britain marked by tension and pride, asking what it means to love a place that can wound as deeply as it nourishes.
Cathy Outen – Working with clay has always been central to Cathy Outen’s practice. Drawn to its tactile and responsive nature, she explores the transformation of raw material into refined ceramic form.
From her garden studio in Suffolk, Cathy develops her pieces through an intuitive process of making and experimentation. Her work includes sculptural apples and pears, horses, and bird baths, each enriched through the use of layered glazes that create depth, contrast, and surface variation.
Inspired by the natural world, her forms are characterised by gentle, organic curves and a quiet sense of balance. Each piece is made to be both visually engaging and physically inviting — objects that encourage touch as much as contemplation.
Sea-glass – 7th to 13th May
Victoria Halliburton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Frinton-on-Sea and she currently has a studio at Hyland’s Artist Studios in Chelmsford. Her work spans painting, print, songwriting and poetry. She has studied at The City and Guilds of London Art School, Exeter University, UCL and The Institute of Art in Therapy and Education. She has been teaching Art in Inner London for 26 years and is now focusing on developing her own art and music and is an Integrative Arts Therapist .
Deeply inspired by nature, especially the sea, alongside a deep connection with music, lyrics and poetry she creates expressive, dreamlike compositions often twinned with graphic elements. Her paintings blend abstraction with the figurative, using acrylics, inks, mixed media and textured layering techniques.
Alongside her original artworks, Victoria also offers commissioned paintings and bespoke work, collaborating with clients to create meaningful, one-of-a-kind pieces.
Victoria Halliburton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Frinton-on-Sea and she currently has a studio at Hyland’s Artist Studios in Chelmsford. Her work spans painting, print, songwriting and poetry. She has studied at The City and Guilds of London Art School, Exeter University, UCL and The Institute of Art in Therapy and Education. She has been teaching Art in Inner London for 26 years and is now focusing on developing her own art and music and is an Integrative Arts Therapist .
Deeply inspired by nature, especially the sea, alongside a deep connection with music, lyrics and poetry she creates expressive, dreamlike compositions often twinned with graphic elements. Her paintings blend abstraction with the figurative, using acrylics, inks, mixed media and textured layering techniques.
Alongside her original artworks, Victoria also offers commissioned paintings and bespoke work, collaborating with clients to create meaningful, one-of-a-kind pieces.
Mona Marnell is an artist with over 25 years of experience exploring the limitless potential of glass. Her practice investigates the relationship between light, transparency and form. Her Fragile Earth collection reflects her concerns for our planet and the importance of stewardship of the natural world. Through these sculptural pieces she draws attention to the delicate balance of our environment, using the inherent fragility and beauty of glass as a powerful metaphor for the Earth itself.
Nigel Gooding – 14th to 20th May
Recent original limited edition screenprints made by Ni Gooding at his studio, Cut Editions, in Halesworth Suffolk.
Recent original limited edition screenprints made by Ni Gooding at his studio, Cut Editions, in Halesworth Suffolk.
Andrew Clarke – 21st to 27th May
In 2017 after a career in graphic design & publishing Andrew returned to his love of painting landscapes and seascapes in watercolour, a medium he has always loved since being introduced to it by his father many years ago.
He is inspired by the remote, untamed areas of his native East Anglia to sketch and paint the coast, creeks and estuaries. It is where a need for solitude is met and a time to recover and reconnect to the natural world, to enjoy the moment to be ‘in the now’.
His watercolour work has now evolved to include watercolour collage, which involves cutting, and fitting together pieces of painted and textured watercolour papers to create semi-abstract, contemporary landscapes and seascapes.
Horizons play a significant part in his work. Why do we stand and gaze out to sea? What are we looking for? Are we searching for something that we will never reach or never find?
Andrew studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Colchester School of Art and Norwich School of Art culminating in a B.A. (Hons).
He has exhibited his work widely throughout East Anglia and The Mall Galleries in London as part of ‘Open’ exhibitions with The Society of Graphic Fine Art, The Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
In 2017 after a career in graphic design & publishing Andrew returned to his love of painting landscapes and seascapes in watercolour, a medium he has always loved since being introduced to it by his father many years ago.
He is inspired by the remote, untamed areas of his native East Anglia to sketch and paint the coast, creeks and estuaries. It is where a need for solitude is met and a time to recover and reconnect to the natural world, to enjoy the moment to be ‘in the now’.
His watercolour work has now evolved to include watercolour collage, which involves cutting, and fitting together pieces of painted and textured watercolour papers to create semi-abstract, contemporary landscapes and seascapes.
Horizons play a significant part in his work. Why do we stand and gaze out to sea? What are we looking for? Are we searching for something that we will never reach or never find?
Andrew studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Colchester School of Art and Norwich School of Art culminating in a B.A. (Hons).
He has exhibited his work widely throughout East Anglia and The Mall Galleries in London as part of ‘Open’ exhibitions with The Society of Graphic Fine Art, The Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
Michael Coulter – 28th May to 3rd June
Michael Coulter has lived in Suffolk for over 50 years, and appreciates he is lucky enough to live and work in Woodbridge. A professional artist, his search for ideas takes him all over East Anglia and beyond. His love of nature, the coast and countryside, towns and villages feature in his paintings. Michael's training in printmaking, illustration and wood engraving can be recognised in his popular stylised watercolours.
Peter Ward, Online Ceramics – 4th to 10th June
Online Ceramics presents East Meets West – an exclusive exhibition at The Aldeburgh Gallery showcasing wall-mounted and three-dimensional works by two acclaimed Cornish potters.
Richard Phethean, a master of the potter’s wheel, creates vessels distinguished by expansive abstract decoration.
Craig Underhill produces slab-built forms that capture the colour, space, and texture of the evolving Cornish landscape.
Coast – 11th to 17th June
Exhibiting alongside Sarah, Lyn’s work brings a subtle and considered presence. Her paintings favour atmosphere and intuition, where surface, edge and tonal shifts carry meaning. Calm and open, Lyn's work balances restraint with warmth while inviting unhurried looking.
Sarah Baddon Price
This is an exhibition of new, pared-back paintings produced and curated specifically in response to the calm, homely atmosphere of the Aldeburgh Gallery. The exhibition also includes recent still life and abstract works not previously shown at the gallery. These oil and acrylic paintings are fresh, colourful, expressive, and original.
Exhibiting alongside Sarah, Lyn’s work brings a subtle and considered presence. Her paintings favour atmosphere and intuition, where surface, edge and tonal shifts carry meaning. Calm and open, Lyn's work balances restraint with warmth while inviting unhurried looking.
Shelley Nott Photography – 18th to 24th June
Still Life and the Art of Slow Photography
Influenced and inspired by the Still Life artists of the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age, Shelley brings to her photography her depth of knowledge of the symbolism they employed. Using only window light coupled with an extended amount of time and considerable creativity her photographs encourage the viewer to not only look, but to see. Each one tells a story, just like the paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries. They are photographs based in the past but made for today.
Julia Johnson and Paddy Dean Ceramics – 25th June to 1st July
Paddy Dean was due to exhibit in person but unfortunately she passed away in December. Her sister Louis has kindly agreed that Paddy's work could still be part of the exhibition as a tribute to her.
Paddy Dean Ceramics
Paddy finally realised her childhood dream of having her own kiln and potters wheel after moving to Benhall. Paddy's work was influenced by the beautiful Suffolk landscape and coast. Each piece is unique with the stoneware pots and bowls being hand thrown on the wheel before being turned, glazed and fired. Paddy's work is sort after locally and she is a very well respected exhibitor at Snape Maltings, The Red House and in Southwold.
Julia E Johnson Acrylic and Mixed Media Artist.
Julia grew up in the Norfolk countryside in the farming community and thoroughly enjoyed art as a young person. She was initially taught by Harry Carter, himself an artist and cousin to Howard Carter who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. Julia moved to the Suffolk Coast 23 years ago and has enjoyed participating in various courses to hone her skills as well as being encouraged by others. Julia is an artist with a passion for bright colours that nature often provides. Returning to art several years ago, Julia has had several commissions and taken the bold step of retiring early to continue with her art on a full time basis.
Julia grew up in the Norfolk countryside in the farming community and thoroughly enjoyed art as a young person. She was initially taught by Harry Carter, himself an artist and cousin to Howard Carter who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. Julia moved to the Suffolk Coast 23 years ago and has enjoyed participating in various courses to hone her skills as well as being encouraged by others. Julia is an artist with a passion for bright colours that nature often provides. Returning to art several years ago, Julia has had several commissions and taken the bold step of retiring early to continue with her art on a full time basis.
Paddy Dean was due to exhibit in person but unfortunately she passed away in December. Her sister Louis has kindly agreed that Paddy's work could still be part of the exhibition as a tribute to her.
Paddy Dean Ceramics
Paddy finally realised her childhood dream of having her own kiln and potters wheel after moving to Benhall. Paddy's work was influenced by the beautiful Suffolk landscape and coast. Each piece is unique with the stoneware pots and bowls being hand thrown on the wheel before being turned, glazed and fired. Paddy's work is sort after locally and she is a very well respected exhibitor at Snape Maltings, The Red House and in Southwold.
Suzanne Cooper – 2nd to 8th July
Cooper’s family have produced a limited 2nd edition of her wood-engravings, using her original blocks. They will be on sale in Aldeburgh, shown alongside her oil paintings. The exhibition is curated by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
At the age of 20 Suzanne Cooper was a rising star of the 1930s art world, exhibiting her paintings and wood-engravings in West End galleries while still at art school, and acclaimed by reviewers as an exceptional talent. But then came World War II. Cooper laid aside her artistic ambitions and volunteered as a nurse. She never returned to the dazzlingly accomplished, enchantingly humorous work she had been making in the four miraculous years of her heyday. Now, at last, that work is being seen. In 2018 a posthumous solo exhibition at the Fry Gallery was hailed as ‘revelatory…. a rare and exciting event’. Further exhibitions at the Morley Gallery, the Printroom Studio, the Towner Gallery and Gainsborough’s House followed.
Cooper’s family have produced a limited 2nd edition of her wood-engravings, using her original blocks. They will be on sale in Aldeburgh, shown alongside her oil paintings. The exhibition is curated by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
Mixed Summer Show – 9th to 15th July
Featuring paintings by Bella Bigsby, Rachael Mann, Jade Taylor and Ian Sedge, metal sculpture by Cindy Lee Wright and pottery by Karen Williams.
Featuring paintings by Bella Bigsby, Rachael Mann, Jade Taylor and Ian Sedge, metal sculpture by Cindy Lee Wright and pottery by Karen Williams.
Balance. Boo Compton and Sally-Ann Elliott – 16th to 22nd July
Abstract paintings by Boo Compton and Graphic Needlepoints by Sally-Ann Elliott.
Boo Compton is an abstract artist who lives in rural Suffolk. Boo creates distinctive abstracts that embrace strong visual dynamics, colour and often texture. Boo’s work is regularly exhibited and she has a worldwide collector base.
Boo Compton is an abstract artist who lives in rural Suffolk. Boo creates distinctive abstracts that embrace strong visual dynamics, colour and often texture. Boo’s work is regularly exhibited and she has a worldwide collector base.
Tony Hatt – 23rd to 29th July
Tony's watercolour paintings capture atmospheric scenes of the local countryside and the Suffolk coast. In his seascapes, costal and river paintings he explores the effects of light and reflections on water.
Mixed Summer Show – 30th July to 19 August
Including work by artists including: Nicola Stratton Tyler, Loraine Wilson, Sophie Crockett, Jean Cameron McIntosh, Jo Sharpe, Charlotte Hardy and Anna Dixon-Smith.
Including work by artists including: Nicola Stratton Tyler, Loraine Wilson, Sophie Crockett, Jean Cameron McIntosh, Jo Sharpe, Charlotte Hardy and Anna Dixon-Smith.
Naomi Munuo – 20th to 26th August
Suffolk based artist, Naomi Munuo, is a figurative painter with a fashion design background. Naomi depicts feminine subjects set within decorative interior spaces. Her concerns lie between joyful colour harmonies and compositional structures whilst narrating the drama which exists within everyday moments. Naomi explores the boundaries between observation and imagination.
Details of image: That dress, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
Details of image: That dress, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
Guy William Eves – 27th August to 2nd September
Suffolk-born, Guy had drawing in his blood from a very early age converting an old draughty garden shed into a studio and spent many a childhood hour there until the cold set in. Fellow of The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, Fellow of The Society of Botanical Artists. Awards include RHS Silver-Gilt Medallist RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2021 Saatchi Gallery London, RHS Silver-Gilt Medallist, London Botanical Art Show 2015, RHS St. Vincent Square London, Mall Galleries London, SBA Open Show, awarded 1st prize John Waterman Award for “Best work in show 2023” Yew Tree. Works held in the permanent collections of The Chelsea Physic Garden, Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh and Colchester & Ipswich Museums and many private collections. Exquisitely, beautifully observed botanical drawings, stunningly detailed.
Suffolk-born, Guy had drawing in his blood from a very early age converting an old draughty garden shed into a studio and spent many a childhood hour there until the cold set in. Fellow of The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, Fellow of The Society of Botanical Artists. Awards include RHS Silver-Gilt Medallist RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2021 Saatchi Gallery London, RHS Silver-Gilt Medallist, London Botanical Art Show 2015, RHS St. Vincent Square London, Mall Galleries London, SBA Open Show, awarded 1st prize John Waterman Award for “Best work in show 2023” Yew Tree. Works held in the permanent collections of The Chelsea Physic Garden, Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh and Colchester & Ipswich Museums and many private collections. Exquisitely, beautifully observed botanical drawings, stunningly detailed.
12PM Printmakers – 3rd to 9th September
Alan Woods
Anthony Searle
David Stone
Evelyn Polk
Helen Maxfield
Jane Hunter
Jacqui Robins
Julia Vezza
Kit Leese
Marta Dyer-Smith
Sally Freer
Terry Kubecki
Anthony Searle
David Stone
Evelyn Polk
Helen Maxfield
Jane Hunter
Jacqui Robins
Julia Vezza
Kit Leese
Marta Dyer-Smith
Sally Freer
Terry Kubecki
Katherine Barney Ceramics – 10th to 16th September
I produce one off hand painted ceramics in my Norfolk studio.
Everything is a one off piece, using nature and animals as inspiration.
Convergence – 17th to 23rd September
Butley Mills Studios artist, Don Hawkley, returns to the Aldeburgh Gallery with David Mumby and Ian Passam. Each artist has a unique way of realising their own particular rationale of creating artworks.
Don Hawkley I am focusing on realising sculptural vessels and purely sculptural pieces in stoneware. Some work is informed by the human condition and my vessels are inspired by the Suffolk coast, estuaries and rivers which I am privileged to gaze upon every day. My studio at Butley Mills is surrounded by an ever-changing landscape which provides textures, sounds and movement which I record in my sketchbooks and photographs. These images inform the patina and surfaces of my pieces which are embellished with oxides, monochrome glazes and lustre.
David Mumby My work draws from personal moments revealed in the landscape. The intimacy of walking alone, the pleasure of found objects, beachcombing, the quietude of woods, hilltop villages, unexpected vistas. My works are frequently made in situ, responding directly and sensually to the place, its textures, its sounds, its colours and light. I work in different seasons, often in sequences within books. All is steeped in the little landscape, imbued with a sense of place, a stroll in the woods, or gatherings from the tideline. My artist books are playful and tactile, documenting in poetry and images my walks, through woods or across the island of Alonnisos, not grand visitas, but serendipitous quotidian glances. Some of those glances have evolved into stained glass panels, the light flickering and flooding through the landscape.
Ian Passam Following a period of working with watercolour, I have recently returned to oil painting, focusing on a series of smaller works inspired by visits to the coastlines of Norfolk and Suffolk, and to the historic cities of Venice and Cambridge.Stylistically, this new body of work explores the emotive and atmospheric potential of the landscape. I’m particularly interested in pushing the boundaries of colour and light, using exaggeration and distortion to convey mood, memory, and a heightened sense of place. Through these approaches, the paintings aim to occupy a space between observation and interpretation—where realism gives way to feeling.
Don Hawkley I am focusing on realising sculptural vessels and purely sculptural pieces in stoneware. Some work is informed by the human condition and my vessels are inspired by the Suffolk coast, estuaries and rivers which I am privileged to gaze upon every day. My studio at Butley Mills is surrounded by an ever-changing landscape which provides textures, sounds and movement which I record in my sketchbooks and photographs. These images inform the patina and surfaces of my pieces which are embellished with oxides, monochrome glazes and lustre.
David Mumby My work draws from personal moments revealed in the landscape. The intimacy of walking alone, the pleasure of found objects, beachcombing, the quietude of woods, hilltop villages, unexpected vistas. My works are frequently made in situ, responding directly and sensually to the place, its textures, its sounds, its colours and light. I work in different seasons, often in sequences within books. All is steeped in the little landscape, imbued with a sense of place, a stroll in the woods, or gatherings from the tideline. My artist books are playful and tactile, documenting in poetry and images my walks, through woods or across the island of Alonnisos, not grand visitas, but serendipitous quotidian glances. Some of those glances have evolved into stained glass panels, the light flickering and flooding through the landscape.
Ian Passam Following a period of working with watercolour, I have recently returned to oil painting, focusing on a series of smaller works inspired by visits to the coastlines of Norfolk and Suffolk, and to the historic cities of Venice and Cambridge.Stylistically, this new body of work explores the emotive and atmospheric potential of the landscape. I’m particularly interested in pushing the boundaries of colour and light, using exaggeration and distortion to convey mood, memory, and a heightened sense of place. Through these approaches, the paintings aim to occupy a space between observation and interpretation—where realism gives way to feeling.
June Vivian, Catherine Pawsey-Ling and Julie Raz – 24th to 30th September
June Vivian’s work captures the shifting light, shadow and reflections of landscapes, focusing on dramatic colour scheme found in the natural world.
Sisters Catherine Pawsey ling and Julie Raz bring their backgrounds in textile design and teaching to ceramics and stained glass, creating richly textured and colourful stoneware and vibrant glass panels inspired by colours and forms of the local countryside.
John Cooper and Susan Boddy – 1st to 7th October
John Cooper is a retired builder who decided to take up painting as a hobby and after being inspired by painters such as Edward Seago and Edward Wesson with their free way of portraying the countryside. He enjoys walking and sketching to collect information for his paintings.
Susan Boddy has lived in East Anglia all her life and is constantly stimulated by the landscape and coastline, striving to capture the atmosphere in her watercolour paintings. Susan has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many local shows. She frequently leads workshops and courses and demonstrates to art clubs in East Anglia. For over 40 years Susan was a music teacher. susanboddy.com
John Cooper is a retired builder who decided to take up painting as a hobby and after being inspired by painters such as Edward Seago and Edward Wesson with their free way of portraying the countryside. He enjoys walking and sketching to collect information for his paintings.
Susan Boddy has lived in East Anglia all her life and is constantly stimulated by the landscape and coastline, striving to capture the atmosphere in her watercolour paintings. Susan has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many local shows. She frequently leads workshops and courses and demonstrates to art clubs in East Anglia. For over 40 years Susan was a music teacher. susanboddy.com
Take 4 – 8th to 14th October
An art exhibition by four local artists inspired by nature shape and form working in four different mediums. Artists are:
Serena Jones (ceramics)
Brian Coetzee (mixed media collage and paintings)
Julie Scarr (printmaker)
Tobias Ford (steel sculptures)
Brian Coetzee (mixed media collage and paintings)
Julie Scarr (printmaker)
Tobias Ford (steel sculptures)
Mary Woodin – 15th to 21st October
Mary Woodin RCAMary is an artist and illustrator working mainly in watercolours.
Capturing the essence of her subject is what makes her tick, whether it’s a small evocative landscape or a large ebullient floral.
Mary has recently exhibited with both the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Institute of Painter's in Watercolours Open Exhibitions in London, and Summer Contemporary at Snape Maltings.
She has also written and illustrated ‘Paint - A Year of Nature in Words and Colour’ which is a joyful journal inspired by the unfolding pattern of the seasons.
Mary’s first Aldeburgh Gallery exhibition will include many familiar views of the town and beach.
Rebecca Tucker – 29th October to 4th November
Rebecca Tucker is a Lancashire born/London based painter, with a BA in Fine Art from Reading University 1996 and is an alumni of the Turps Banana Art School on their Off Site Programme (2022-23).
Her paintings are the result of a visual ‘discussion’ between abstract and more representational methods of depicting subjects. Rebecca is keen to play with the viewers perception of subject and space in her paintings and then pull that preconceived idea back to the appreciation of what are essentially abstract marks on a two dimensional surface.
Recent notable successes include being longlisted for the Jackson’s Art Prize 2025, selection for the 2024, 2022 and 2021 ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries in London, selection for the Royal Watercolour Society Open 2024 and 2023 at Bankside Gallery, being selected for the Royal West of England Academy Open, the Wales Contemporary and the Society of Women Artists Open at the Mall Galleries in 2023 and selection for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022.
Rebecca Tucker is a Lancashire born/London based painter, with a BA in Fine Art from Reading University 1996 and is an alumni of the Turps Banana Art School on their Off Site Programme (2022-23).
Her paintings are the result of a visual ‘discussion’ between abstract and more representational methods of depicting subjects. Rebecca is keen to play with the viewers perception of subject and space in her paintings and then pull that preconceived idea back to the appreciation of what are essentially abstract marks on a two dimensional surface.
Recent notable successes include being longlisted for the Jackson’s Art Prize 2025, selection for the 2024, 2022 and 2021 ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries in London, selection for the Royal Watercolour Society Open 2024 and 2023 at Bankside Gallery, being selected for the Royal West of England Academy Open, the Wales Contemporary and the Society of Women Artists Open at the Mall Galleries in 2023 and selection for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022.
Poetry in Aldeburgh – 5th to 11th November
Poetry in Aldeburgh brings the best of contemporary poetry to the Suffolk coast. Our festival exhibition, held at the Aldeburgh Gallery, highlights work from emerging local artists who will be available over the weekend to present and discuss their work.
Poetry in Aldeburgh brings the best of contemporary poetry to the Suffolk coast. Our festival exhibition, held at the Aldeburgh Gallery, highlights work from emerging local artists who will be available over the weekend to present and discuss their work.
Susie Joyce – 12th to 18th November
Susie Joyce’s practice includes printmaking, collage, sculpture, and painting.
These creative approaches, show her passion for colour, form and space.
Susie Joyce’s practice includes printmaking, collage, sculpture, and painting.
These creative approaches, show her passion for colour, form and space.
Sara Muzira – 19th to 25th November
Based in Bury St Edmunds, I print regularly at Gainsborough's House Print Workshop in Sudbury. I enjoy layering colours and shapes, making mainly relief prints and monoprints
Based in Bury St Edmunds, I print regularly at Gainsborough's House Print Workshop in Sudbury. I enjoy layering colours and shapes, making mainly relief prints and monoprints
??? – 26th November to 2nd December
Charlie Constanti – 3rd to 9th December
Based in North London, Charlie Constantinou is a realist/surrealist painter that portrays scenes in their ideal and with meticulous detail. His background in film, photography and music provides a solid foundation to his work.
Based in North London, Charlie Constantinou is a realist/surrealist painter that portrays scenes in their ideal and with meticulous detail. His background in film, photography and music provides a solid foundation to his work.
??? – 10th to 16th December
Christmas Show – 17th to 24th December
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