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Town House Open 23

June 5, 2023 By fiona

Town House Open 23

This is the fourth year of our Open exhibition! And we’ve had more submissions than ever this time so we have split it into two parts to allow as many artists as possible to take part over the summer :-

Part I Paintings and Drawings 24^th June – 30^th July

Part II Original Prints and Mixed Media 5^th August – 10^th September

The Ceramics and Sculpture will be on show throughout.

It’s always an exciting moment as we get ready for the exhibition: around ninety artists coming together here to show their work. There is no specific theme again and so there is a wide variety of both subjects and styles by artists who have exhibited at Town House in previous years and many who are new to the Open. And many of the artists will be in the gallery over the course of the exhibition, especially at the weekends, so come and meet them…

All works will be on the home page of the website from the morning of the opening day for each part and if you click on an image, you’ll be able to read more about both the artist and the work (the ‘read more’ link is very small in red underneath the larger image that pops up when you click).

The gallery: paintings and exhibitions

January 9, 2023 By fiona

Cross the courtyard to the gallery and you’ll find the 20th century paintings or our current exhibition – we hold four or five a year, plus our Open exhibition over the summer. For the next exhibition see the Events tab

Wishful Thinking…..

June 11, 2021 By fiona

The Lockdown Paintings of Nicholas Borden

The video of this exhibition has now been posted on Youtube:

Exhibition at Town House 19th June – 4th July, booking not required to visit the gallery

Nicholas Borden: *Arnold Circus, the Boundary Estate*

Town House welcomes Nicholas Borden back to the gallery here for an exhibition of his lockdown paintings. He always works from life, taking his easel out with him in rain or shine and he continued to work this way during lockdown, with added views from his windows. So of necessity, many of his subjects in Wishful Thinking were painted locally in East London where he lives – although he did occasionally venture further afield.

This way of working always lends a vibrancy and immediacy to Nicholas’ work that combine to convey a sense of ‘being there’ to the viewer. The works in this exhibition have a particular intensity however, perhaps the result of the circumstances and isolation imposed by lockdown, but also perhaps a response to a more urgent need he felt to record what he saw around him during the pandemic.

What Nicholas recorded in paint was what we all experienced in lockdown: going for a walk, visiting parks and looking at gardens whether from outside or in, the Wishful Thinking of the title for those who had no access to their own outdoor space.

Nicholas Borden’s exhibition ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be on sale at Town House in Fournier Street and on the home page of the website from Saturday 19th June – Sunday 4th July. Please note we will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays while restrictions remain in force. No booking necessary