It's Wild and Rough Outside So ...

Step inside and be surrounded by romance, memory and love!

Ranunculus in a White Jug

A Provençal Morning

Beautiful paintings by Anne-Marie Butlin are exhibited alongside the work of Sarah Wimperis.

 

Nicotiana

Butlin paints exquisite still life, flowers whose colours have been so carefully chosen, each brushstroke has a considered place resulting in a delicate painting with surprising strength.

In The Late Afternoons I Thought of You

 

While the paintings by Sarah Wimperis draw on memories and places, creating work with a narritave that brings back forgotten feelings and emotions.

 

All The Letters I Wrote

There are also the serene and wonderful ceramic forms by Annie Hellyer and delicious jewellery from Stephanie Johnson and Emily Nixon. So come along to a warm and calm space, take refuge from the terrible weather and feed your romantic soul!

If you haven't been there yet, our brand new web site is a joy to navigate and has all of the paintings that we hold in the gallery as well as every ceramic and item of jewellery so pay a visit and see what is there.

Still Life with Spring Blossom

 

 

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Battersea Affordable Art Fair here we come

All packed up and on their way to London,

Paintings by...Chris Rigby,

Andrew Tozer,

Sarah Wimperis,

Miles Heseltine,

Paul Wadsworth,

 

and Ashley Hold

some amazing paintings and truly delicious framing:

Hope to see you there, you can still download half price tickets from our web site.

'Simple Things, Still Life'... Let us tell you a story...

Tous le Matins du Monde
800mm x 610mm, oil on board
£1250
SOLD

Sarah Wimperis is a great contemporary impressionist. This year, in her first solo show at Beside The Wave, thirty years of dedication to painting have yielded a collection of paintings that is subtly and confidently rooted in the simplicity of day to day life. These are paintings that are inviting, complex and personal.

Kitchen Sink Drama
520mm x 370mm, watercolour on paper
£525

Silver and Lime Flowers
230mm x 300mm, oil on board
£425

Through the Door
800mm x 610mm, oil on board
£900

‘I hope to capture the light and mood of a place that I know intimately’

Sarah Wimperis is a story teller, and in this her paintings portray the beauty and simplicity of a daily life that others may just wander past. She delights in everyday scenes and objects shown just as they are, captured with an immediacy that has them documented before they disappear from view; delicately described capsules of time and space, often peaceful and deserted.



The Scent of Lilies
1200mm x 1500mm, oil on linen
£2950

Vases
610mm x 505mm, oil on board
£850

The very concept of telling a tale draws on a delicate nostalgia in Sarah, and in so doing extends to us an invitation to reconnect with childhood recollections of our own.

Copper and Mist
200mm x 300mm, oil on board
£450
SOLD

Aloes at Heligan
300mm x 235mm, oil on board
£450

Gardens are central to Sarah’s creativity and have always been an intrinsic part of her life. Even today, the smell of creosote and garden twine reminds her of her grandfather which, for Sarah, means ‘time travel is only a garden shed away.’

The paintings of outdoor scenes have been inspired by gardens great and small - from the historic Heligan to the stunning Trebah and the little courtyard gardens of her friends captured, there and then, before the moment passes. The exquisite spaces, shaped by their intimate connection to creator, curators and of course Sarah herself, as the narrator.

 

 

Sarah Wimperis’ paintings of place are quiet and evocative; these are works that invite you in; you want to be there at the table, amidst the scented flowers, or at ease by the fire of that fabric-rich room. These are paintings of the simple beauty that surrounds us - and yet often we don’t stop to look.

This is a collection that is not to be missed. Come along to the Evening Viewing at Beside The Wave on Friday 15^th February at 6pm to experience these beautiful paintings with a glass of wine and good company and of course the chance to meet the story teller herself!

To celebrate this show we have produced a limited edition book from Beside The Wave including a selection of paintings from the show and accompanying studies and words from Sarah. It can be purchased directly from our website, here’s a link -

 

 

All At Sea

We have a beautiful exhibition on show in our upstairs gallery and at the National Maritime Museum until 6th February.
Six of our artists, Heseltine, Hoskin, Jones, Lindsay, Tozer and Wimperis have explored Cornwall's relationship with the sea and discussed, in paint, what it means to them.

From the cluttered workshops and boat yards to empty fish markets and working quaysides Sarah Wimperis has chosen the working face of Cornwall.  Andrew Tozer has gazed across the bay and described the beautiful sparkling light and the shapes of sails, which so often grace his work, giving us a Tozeresque splash of salt water.

Al Lindsay has applied his slightly retro vision to talk about quaysides and harbours with perfect colours and graphic shapes.

Robert Jones, who worked as a fisherman years ago, has gone back to his roots and taken us on a trip out to sea where little boats are buffeted beneath endless skies.

Amanda Hoskin allows us to drift through summer flowers on Cornwall's clifftops, or glimpse the twinkling lights of home from out at sea.

Miles Heseltine has gone out onto the cliff tops with enormous sheets of paper and exposed the soul of Cornwall's granite heart in powerful gestural charcoal drawings that must be seen to be truly appreciated.

It makes for a facinating exhibition, full of contrasts and tasting salty and of the sea.  All of the work can be viewed on our website.

Summer 's Here!

Sails in the Sunshine from Flushing
SOLD
by Andrew Tozer
425mm x 600mm, acrylic on board, £1295

News Flash!!
Summer has arrived, the sun is sparkling off the water, light is filling billowing sails, flowers are tumbling out of vases, children are splashing in the surf.  The stuff of dreams, happy memories of summer that keep us all going through the winter months.

Garden Flowers in a Turquoise Vase
by Anne-Marie Butlin
400mm x 400mm, oil on canvas, £770

OK, so that all might seem like a bit of a joke this summer but strap on your rain coat, hoist your umbrella and splash through the puddles to the Gallery and enjoy the summer show. 
A wonderfully exuberant and optimistic collection by eleven of our artists, if there is the merest splash of sunshine you can be sure that they have captured it.

Little Surf Hoppers
by Sarah Wimperis
185mm x 185mm, oil on board, £300

The catalogue collection is on show now and from Saturday 21st July, the whole collection will be displayed. 
If you are far away you can view the catalogue on our web site.  You can also search for Beside The Wave on Facebook, not forgetting to "like" our page when you find it, and view them all there as well. 
 It is easy to make a purchase over the phone and you can even do "Own Art" over the phone.  The painting above is only £30.00 per month with the interest free Own Art loan, now that is a bargain!

Still Life
by Myles Oxenford
700mm x 700mm, oil on linen, £2500

There is a very good rule: If you like a painting in a catalogue or on line then you will really be smitten in real life.  So don't let something that you love slip away, make a splash, dive into distance purchasing!

Over the Back Wall
by Sarah Wimperis
610mm x 475mm, oil on board, £730

The gallery is open 7 days a week from 10:00am until 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday, and from 11:30am to 4:00pm, there is always someone very willing to talk you through a painting, tell you about the artist and discuss your purchase over the phone. We ship all over the world and our packaging is a work of art in its self!

Lapping Tide, Praa Sands
by Richard Stanley
 SOLD300mm x 326mm, mixed media on paper, £450

There you go...one that got away!  Come and make summer happen, the exhibition will continue until Wednesday 15th August, there is an umbrella stand just inside the door, see you soon.

Catalogue for Chelsea Art Fair

We will be at Chelsea Art Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 5EE.  On Stand 35.  Friday 20th April - Sunday 22nd April.  There is a Preview on Thursday 19th April, 4pm - 9pm (invitation only).
If you would like tickets please contact the gallery.  We would love to see you there.  If you click on the catalogue above you can see the work that we will be taking with us.  There is new work especially for Chelsea from Anne-Marie Butlin, Amanda Hoskin, Richard Tuff and Sarah Wimperis.  Previously unseen work from Chris Rigby.  Lovely pieces from the Effortless Brushstrokes exhibition and a selection of very exciting sculpture.
This fair we will be taking a browser containing mounted but unframed original paintings, drawings and etchings by Miles Heseltine, John Howard, Chris Rigby and Sarah Wimperis, which is an opportunity to get your self some georgous art at a lower price.
All of the work is available with the own art scheme, smashing the price into ten, interest free, monthly repayments, so you could have a painting for as little as £10 per month!
If you see anything that you fall in love with it is available to buy now, from the gallery.
Enjoy the catalogue and hopefully we will see you in London, if nothing else it is an excellent chance to see some of our best work in the "flesh" and have a chat with Ingrid Heseltine and Sarah Wimperis who will be staffing our stand.

Effortless Brushstrokes

Alachai Mor V
1025 x 1220 mm
by Chris Rigby

Opening tonight, a very exciting mixed exhibition of truly awe inspiring paintings.  This is the launch of our second year of collaboration with Falmouth Art Gallery.  Fourteen of our artists are represented in this show with one major piece each being exhibited at Falmouth Art Gallery in an exhibition inspired by John Singer Sargent, whose maxim was "to convey the maximum with the minimum of effort."  In other words a display of breathtaking skill, apparently effortless, unquestionably stunning.
The show runs until April 14th and is surely not to be missed.
Here is a little taster...

Tresco Trees
365 x 605mm
by Neil Pinkett

Woodland II (May)
1000 x 1000mm
by Miles Heseltine

Lead The Way and Dance
605 x 505mm
by Paul Wadsworth

Garden Pots
215 x 215
by Sarah Wimperis