Kevis House Gallery — Petworth Tales

The Petworth Tales

23 October – 9 November

Private View: Thursday 23 October 6 - 8 pm

Works related to books and literature, to coincide with the Petworth Literary Festival.

Ruth Barrett-Danes, Diana Croft, Polly Dutton, Sarah Mander, Gwenda Morgan, James Roberts, Sue Scullard

Polly Dutton, one of the participating artists in this exhibition, will give an artist’s talk

on Friday 24 October 11am: “The Art of Balance: Where Realism Meets Abstraction”

Book a place for the talk (free) here

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Louisa Crispin - Field Notes 002 ~ Swallowtail Butterfly

Artist’s Book. Graphite.

Illustrated on both sides of ‘concertina’

24 x 11 cm

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Louisa Crispin - Field Notes 001 ~ Swallowtail Butterfly

Graphite

23 x 40 cm (image) 47 x 62.5 cm (frame)

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Ruth Barrett - Danes - Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons

Collagraph

24 x 42 cm (image) 24 x 50 cm (frame)

Original artwork created for the new 2024 edition of the food book ‘Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons’ by Diana Henry, first published in 2002.

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Diana Croft - First Snow

Reduction linocut

25 x 30 cm (image) 49 x 52 cm (frame)

“My reduction linocut ‘First Snow’ was inspired by the beautiful book ‘Raising Hare’ by Chloe Dalton.

It is a factual book about how she nurtures a young abandoned leveret during the lockdown period. It is written in a poetic lyrical way describing her newly enhanced appreciation for the natural world based on her close observation of the hare as it grows and eventually returns to the wild.She also looks into the mythology surrounding hares - their association with the moon, being partly nocturnal, and fertility and how they have been viewed through the ages. Introduced to the UK by the Romans, the Celts revered them as sacred, otherworldly creatures who could ‘shapeshift' into human form. They have long been linked to spirituality and magic and have an association with witches. Over the years they have been seen as harbingers of both good and bad luck.

I have tried to express the mythical side of the hare seeing it as an elusive magical creature I have incorporated Celtic like patterns on it which also echo the shapes of the foreground foliage.”

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Polly Dutton - In The Limelight III

Oil on birchwood panel

50 x 50 cm (image) 54 x 54 cm (frame)

Inspired by The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Polly Dutton - In The Limelight II

Oil on birchwood panel

50 x 50 cm (image) 54 x 54 cm (frame)

Inspired by The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Polly Dutton - In The Limelight I

Oil on birchwood panel

50 x 50 cm (image) 54 x 54 cm (frame)

Inspired by The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Sue Scullard - Vegetable Garden at Lark Rise

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Harvest at Lark Rise

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Cornfield at Lark Rise

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Candleford Green

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Canterbury Pilgrims - The Wife of Bath

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of The Canterbury Tales

Sue Scullard - Canterbury Pilgrims - The Merchant

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of The Canterbury Tales

Sue Scullard - Springtime

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Ploughing at Lark Rise

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - Country Playtime

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Sue Scullard - The Water Pump

Wood engraving

Commissioned as an illustration for the Folio Society edition of Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

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Sarah Mander - Undone

Collagraph

21 x 24 cm (image) 46 x 48 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - Unravel

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21 x 24 cm (image) 46 x 48 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - Repair

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21 x 24 cm (image) 46 x 48 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - To Mend

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21 x 24 cm (image) 46 x 48 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - My Favourites

Collage on wooden panel

20 x 15 cm (image) 24 x 19 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - A Good Read

Collage on wooden panel

20 x 15 cm (image) 24 x 19 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - Reinforced Fragment

Collagraph plates

13 x 22 cm (image) 34 x 40 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - Paired Back

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13 x 22 cm (image) 34 x 40 cm (frame)

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Sarah Mander - In Transition

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13 x 22 cm (image) 34 x 40 cm (frame)

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James Roberts - Osprey in the Waterland

Indian ink on 600gsm paper

76 x 56 cm (image) 84 x 65 cm (frame)

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James Roberts - Stooping Falcon

Indian ink on 600gsm paper

76 x 56 cm (image) 84 x 65 cm (frame)

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