Leaves for Healing: From Lent to Eastertide

Leaves for Healing is a two-part exhibition organised by the artist’s and craftspersons’ group at St Martin-in-the-Fields. The theme is taken from Ezekiel 47:1-12 and the two halves of the exhibition reflect the transition from wilderness to fertile land. Several pieces have been shown in one form in the Lenten part of the exhibition and then adapted or further developed for the Eastertide part of the exhibition.

Jonathan Kearney's print Anticipation for the Lenten half of the exhibition has become New Week for the Eastertide section. 

Ali Lyon's Down in the River to Pray, hand-dyed fabric (linen, silk, cotton) in deepening shades of blue, with some salt embellishment. This follows the image of deepening water, the trees on the banks, the salty water, and shores of plain green. The shores were unadorned for Lent and now, for Eastertide, are blossoming with a variety of hand-stitched leaves (dyed and variously constructed). 

Three Hanging by Lois Bentley in which her photographic collages on sheet steel, originally hung with ‘Bruised’ taking centre stage, flanked by ‘Cubits’ and Granite’, have now been re-ordered for Eastertide. Now titled Re-United, for Eastertide the middle triangle is placed point upwards as Jesus work on the cross is finished and the Trinity are restored to their coherent whole. The colour yellow appears as the Spring of resurrection dawns. The new piece has been inspired by Jesus asking Simon for a third time - do you love me? 

New work for this part of the exhibition includes: Sarah Sikorski's Leaves for Healing wall hanging; Kathryn Hardy's screenprint entitled a river I could not cross; and New Life by Augusta Wicht, a mixed media piece which captures the nature of ecstasy in agony, through which redemption is achieved by surrendering the soul to the waves of world - a story every person hears in their own head at a point in life.

Leaves for Healing can be viewed in the foyer at St Martin-in-the-Fields until 9 June 2019.

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Lizz Wright - Every Grain Of Sand.

Foyer display: Kathryn Hardy

Three aquatint etchings by Kathryn Hardy - 'Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna', 'Courtyard of Pilate, Bologna' and 'Interior, San Vitale and Agricola, Bologna'

St Martin-in-the-Fields is home to several commissions and permanent installations by contemporary artists.

We also have an exciting programme of temporary exhibitions, as well as a group of artists and craftspeople from the St Martin’s community who show artwork and organise art projects on a temporary basis.

One of the initiatives from this group is a changing display of work by the group members. Each month a different member of the group will show an example of their work, so, if you are able, do return to see the changing display.

This month Kathryn Hardy is displaying three aquatint etchings from a series of Italian churches drawn from late September 2017. 

Kathryn has been drawing and recording old buildings and churches in the UK and abroad for over a decade, both in her work as a conservation architect and through sketchbooks and paintings in her spare time. She has recently turned to aquatint etching as a way of combining drawing with more painterly explorations of light and tone. The process of printmaking frequently throws up unexpected results, helping to discover new ways of looking at familiar subjects. 

A selection of her sketch books are also on display and limited edition original prints of her etchings are available for sale at the shop at St Martin's upon enquiry. 50% of the cost of each print will be donated to St Martin’s.

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Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview.