Sirens

 Oil Paintings by Kate Webster

4th September until 29 October

 

‘Now the sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence.’

Franz Kafka 1917.

 

Kate Has always worked in oil paints, producing a whole array of differing images, based upon various subject matter. In her latest exhibition, however, she has chosen to pay homage to some of the glamorous female icons of ‘The Dream Machine’, the golden age of Hollywood. Kate’s paintings, executed in black and white, portray the crisply evocative images of the thirties, forties and fifties. Each image stares out from its own imprisoning canvas, isolated in a static timeless nostalgia. Her subjects are pictured as a series of ’stills’. Faithful to an era in which cinematic special effects were still unknown, and which the main source of light was placed high up in front of the subject, her idealised portraits display faces in which the shadows of the skin texture are smoothed away, and facial contours are exaggerated. This gives them the dual quality of being Sirens, both goddess like and ghostly.

 

Beach

26th June – 20th August

Kirsten Jones

 

“AT HOME” BY Rachel Eardley

Exhibition 6th March2009 until 30th April 2009

AT HOME

By Rachel Eardley

Rachel Eardley produes hand drawn and printed images on the theme of the home.

Finding subject matter in kitchen cupboards and cutlery drawers, her work thrives on the details of everyday things.

She creates playful images which evoke feelings of nostalgia and often link to traditions from these fair isles.

Known for her fineline pen and ink drawings, Rachel has recently developed a new body of screenprints incorporating blocks of bold colour to heighten the detailed line.

Exhibition 9th January 2009 Until 5th

 

Luneside Artists

 

9th January 2009 Until  5th

March 2009

    

In 2008 Luneside Studios celebrated its 25 year and moved to new studio premises at 26 Castle Park, Lancaster. We are delighted with our new location and are glad to leave the feeling of an uncertain future behind us. Settling into these new premises has taken longer than expected. However we are now almost fully operational and members are producing and exhibiting work.  

This is Luneside Studios first group exhibition since our relocation and we are delighted to have it at the Edge Gallery.

 

 

Own Art

 

 

0% loans

The Own Art scheme is designed to make it easy and affordable for everyone to buy contemporary works of art and craft including paintings, photography, sculpture, glassware and furniture.

You can borrow up to £2,000, or as little as £100, and pay back the loan in 10 monthly instalments – interest free.