THE Whittox Gallery at RISE, is hosting a new exhibition, ‘Into The Colour’, showing the latest work by abstract artists Jenny Morse and Susanna Lisle.
About the artists, the gallery, located on Whittox Lane, says, “Living and working in the Wiltshire countryside, both share a passion for colour but differ in style and technique. Uplifting and enigmatic, their paintings juxtapose layers of joyful colour, playful pattern and elements inspired by nature and their surroundings.
“Jenny Morse makes her multi layered one-off paintings using a screen print press, sometimes combining that with direct painting.”
Jenny says, “I like the element of chance that comes with this approach – unexpected things happen which drives the work on and keeps me absorbed in each stage. Clouds, reflections in water, tangles of hedgerows, bright sunlight or shadows, things I see every day when out walking, are all sources of inspiration but once in the studio the work takes on its own dynamic and I become engrossed with the process. Colour, freedom of expression and mark-making are what’s most important to me.”
The gallery continues, “Exhibiting alongside Jenny, Susanna Lisle returns to The Whittox Gallery having had her solo show back in 2018 and the gallery are delighted to welcome her back to showcase her latest pieces that she has been working on during lockdown in her garden studio at her home in Maiden Bradley.”
Susanna says, “The garden sprinkled and bouncing with colour has been the inspiration for these recent paintings. I am looking at the succession of roses, grasses, seeds and foliage and their relationship to the sky, to space and to the landscape. The paintings become descriptions of the overlapping nature of these precise experiences of colour, pattern, and imagination.
“Pattern introduces a contemplative aspect – a sense of endlessness or a suggestion of another world. Colour seems to emphasise the enigmatic nature of trying to see”.
RISE was built in the early 1800s as a church and has now been lovingly transformed into a cultural, lifestyle and community venue in the centre of Frome.
Within the restored building, set in the upstairs mezzanine, you can find The Whittox Gallery overlooking the Rye Bakery Café and new gallery shop.
The shop will be selling artist greeting cards and a selection of unframed works from Jenny and Susanna alongside the exhibition, which runs until 31st October.
For any further queries please contact Sarah on 07712523734. www.thewhittoxgallery.com
Picture: ‘Softly Flow The Days’ by artist Jenny Morse.
