Riley's Gastronomic Guide to the British Isles
please visit www.rileycontemporaryart.com for further information about the publication of Riley's Gastronomic Guide.
Exhibition of paintings by Sam Charles
An exhibition of paintings by Sam Charles at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Northleach, Cheltenham, GL54 3EZ
The private view will be held at the Wheatsheaf Inn on Friday 18 June from 6 to 7.30pm and Saturday 19th June 5.30 - 7pm
The exhibition runs from Sunday 20th to Saturday 26th June
Exhibition of Equestrian Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Please come and spend your winnings (or drown your sorrows)at our Exhibition of Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, focused loosely on an equestrian theme to tie in with Cheltenham Week.
The exhibition will run from 22nd to 27th March at Compton Cassey Gallery, nr Withington, Cheltenham, GL54 4DE
Please join us at the Private View: Sunday 21st March 2010 11.30am – 2.30pm
Equestrian Work by Daniel Crane, Priscilla Hann, William Scott and Gary Stinton along with other work by
Sam Charles, Caroline Elkington, Dylan Lloyd, and Mary Parker
Christmas Exhibition in Association with Jonathan Poole
Compton Casey Gallery, near Withington, Gloucestershire, GL54 4DE
Private Views:
6pm - 9pm Saturday 5th December
12 noon - 3pm Sunday 6th December
The exhibition continues until Christmas
Riley Contemporary Art will be showing work by Gallery Artists, including paintings by Sam Charles; Michael Edwards; Caroline Elkington; Karen Stamper; Faisal Khouja; William Scott; Alex Charles-Jones; Daniel Crane and Michael Sofroniou and sculpture by Neil Dalrymple and Priscilla Hann.
Jonathan Poole will be showing the work of renowned landscape painter Patrick Gibbs www.jonathanpoole.co.uk, jonathanpoole@comptoncassey.demon.co.uk, 01242 890 224
RIley Contemporary Art - Publications
In November 2009 we launched Riley Contemporary Art – Publications with its own dedicated website www.rileycontemporaryart.com.
The first print is Riley’s Gastronomic Guide to the British Isles© – originally published in 1950. It is a forgotten chart of the food and drink of Britain.
Sixty years on this extraordinary map is now available for the first time as a single graphic work in celebration of British Cuisine and as an intriguing document of Social History.
The Illustration to the right shows detail of the South West corner of the British Isles. Please click here www.rileycontemporaryart.com for further information.
Food and Drink Exhibition - November 2009
The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Northleach is hosting an Exhibition of Paintings mounted by Riley Contemporary Art in early November.
On the theme of Food and Drink the exhibition also coincides with the inaugural Cotswold Bloody Mary Challenge on Friday 6th November. A new, lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek, bibulous event with six Cotswold hotels* competing for the annual trophy.
Featured Image: Gypsy Peppers by Caroline Elkington
Michael Edwards, Caroline Elkington, Jeremy Houghton, Dylan Lloyd Michael Sofroniou, Karen Stamper and Lucy Vichery will be exhibiting their paintings and Riley Contemporary Art will be launching a new full colour print featuring local foods and recipes from around the United Kingdom.
The exhibition opens on Sunday 8th November and runs for two weeks.
More information about the Wheatsheaf Hotel from www.cotswoldwheatsheaf.com
Animalier - Joint Exhibition with Jonathan Poole
We are delighted to be holding this joint exhibition with Jonathan Poole at the Compton Cassey Gallery, near Withington. Martin Riley and Jonathan Poole can trace their shared activities in the world of contemporary art over the past 25 years.
On this occasion, paintings by Philip Sanders and Sam Charles, and Gill Parker’s bronzes, form the subject matter for the joint exhibition.
Gill Parker is one of the foremost animalier bronze sculptors working today, her early work centred around the horse, still an abiding passion, and she has subsequently moved onto more monumental work both in style and magnitude, exemplifed by her magnificent bronze of a leaping Marlin.
Martin Riley showed Gill’s work in the 1990’s at the same time as he was promoting the work of the emerging Phillip Sanders, who was then finding his feet in London with one of the longest established sporting art dealers in the country – H C Dickins. Sanders’ current work reveals his sensitive understanding of his subject, capturing the incidental moments of a meet of foxhounds or a day at the races.
Sam Charles distinctive contemporary paintings bring a further dimension to the exhibition.
The Exhibition takes place at the Compton Cassey Gallery, nr Withington with Private Views on
Saturday 26th September from 5:30pm to 8:00pm and Sunday 27th from 11:30am to 3:00 pm.
The Exhibition runs until 25th October (Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, or by appointment) but please note that Gill Parker’s bronzes will be removed for Exhibition at Art London from 6th to 11th October.
Featured image by Philip Sanders
Coast - an exhibition of paintings and sculpture - 27th and 28th June 2009
This exhibition of paintings and sculpture will be focused loosely around the theme of the coast - the beach, rock pools, seabirds, waders, seascapes, boats and fishing etc etc etc - to coincide with the onset of summer and happy thoughts of seaside holidays...
The exhibition will include work by new and established gallery artists, including James Astor, Michael Edwards, Jeremy Houghton, Faisal Khouja, Dylan Lloyd, Mike Lythgoe, Sophie Macpherson, Gabrielle Masefield and Gary Stinton.
Examples of the work which will be on show are included in the gallery section of this website, under "Coast Exhibition - artist's name".
Opening parties: June 27th and 28th - the exhibition then runs for one week.
Featured image: Diving Gannet with very Wee Fish by Michael Lythgoe
Exhibition of Paintings by Lucy Kent and James Astor
We were delighted with this show, which has just finished. In addition to the usual positive reaction to Lucy Kent's work, we were very pleased by the way in which James Astor's landscapes - mainly of Gloucestershire and Morocco - were received.
Many of the paintings on exhibition were sold, but further examples of Lucy's and James' work can be found in the Gallery section of this website.
Exhibition of Paintings by Lucy Kent and James Astor
The featured images are:
Gloucestershire Valley, Oil on Canvas, by James Astor (above right)
Guernsey Blue, Mixed Media on Canvas, by Lucy Kent (right)