alej ez guest artist at Gertrude’s Garden Arts and Craft July-August 2024
I have been invited to join a lovely as a guest artist with Gertrude’s Garden Arts and Crafts cooperative or artists in the Grange Tea Garden, Rottingdean.
The Grange Tea Garden BN2 7HA Brighton and Hove
Wed-Sun 11am to 4pm
24th -28th July
31st July – 4th August
Plein Air Art and Cake Event
Join me around the best cup of tea in Sussex and delicious homemade cakes and lunches. Draw the fauna, flora, architecture around this special place or why not also draw portraits of friends and visitors. No experience required and some art material provided too.
A get together or artists, art lovers and friends at the Grange Tea Gardens on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th from 11 am – 4 pm. Address: the Grange Tea Garden, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom, BN2 7HA
The Village Pond and Beacon Mill Rottingdean
To mark this event I have created this new print that shows up on the hill, the Beacon Mill, standing as a landmark in this Sussex landscape, while life teems in the quintessential village pond.
I created the monochrome ink base drawing of the pond for this print early June at @mawddachresidency
To create this design, I researched depictions of the natural world from various cultures, both historic and contemporary. The print draws inspiration from Chinese butterflies found in 18th-century wallpaper at the Brighton Royal Pavilion, Japanese art for the dragonflies, and the beautiful illustrations of English artist E. Ennion. The result is a celebration of life by the lake, featuring newts, dragonflies, mayflies, a grasshopper, and butterflies fluttering among oxeye daisies.
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The Village Pond and Beacon Mill Rottingdean£40.00 – £310.00
Rottingdean Heritage
Rottingdean Heritage oversees the Grange Art Gallery, Museum, and Gardens, as well as the Rottingdean Windmill and the village Telephone Box.
Currently they hold a fantastic exhibition.
Prydie: The Life and Art of Mabel Pryde Nicholson
Location: Art Gallery
20 July – 26 August 2024
Wednesday to Saturday 10am – 4pm, Sunday 1pm – 4pm
“Prydie: The Life and Art of Mabel Pryde Nicholson” is the first exhibition of the artist’s paintings in over 100 years, featuring several works created at The Grange, the Nicholsons’ home from 1909 to 1914.
Set in The Grange Gallery, Rottingdean, where Mabel lived happily with her family, including eminent artist William Nicholson and their children—British abstract art pioneer Ben, painter and fabric designer Nancy, and modernist architect Kit—we are thrilled to present a beautifully curated exhibition of her wonderful works.
Curated by David Bomford and Lucy Davies, the show brings together nearly 30 objects from private collections and national institutions. It includes portraits of Mabel by her husband William, along with poignant letters, photographs, and personal objects, most of which have remained unseen since Mabel’s death during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918.
Gertrude Jekylls and Edwin Lutyens
Miss Jekyll was a British horticulturist, garden designer, and writer who created 400 gardens. Her influence on garden design continues to this day. Known for her painterly approach, particularly in flower borders, her designs emphasized a harmonious relationship between house and surroundings, using foliage and colour to create both practical and beautiful effects. A prolific writer, she authored over 15 books and 1,000 garden articles. Gertrude spent most of her life living at Munstead Wood, near Godalming, Surrey, in a house built by her mother and designed by Edwin Lutyens.
One of the most influential partnerships in the Arts and Crafts Movement was between Gertrude Jekyll and architect Edwin Lutyens, who collaborated on numerous projects. In 1920, they were commissioned to work on The Grange house and gardens, creating four distinct gardens: the formal front garden, the North Walk, the flagged courtyard, and the walled top garden.
The Grange Gardens
The Grange Garden features a courtyard designed by Lutyens-Jekyll, a charming tea garden, and the Lutyens North Walk, which offers a stunning view of the Rottingdean windmill.