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Tuesday, 23 July 2024

Artlyst: Cedric Morris And Arthur Lett-Haines Gainsborough House

My latest exhibition review for Artlyst is on Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines at Gainsborough's House:

'‘Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines’ extends our appreciation of Morris and Lett considerably by foregrounding Lett’s work alongside that of the better-known Morris and by the range of Morris’ work shown. In doing so, our understanding of what drew so many artists to Benton End to be part of the East Anglian School of Art and Design is also enhanced.

Suffolk, more generally, provides additional opportunities to sample the work of artists linked to Benton End. I took the opportunity to visit several churches containing work by Rosemary Rutherford. Rutherford attended the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, where she focused on flower paintings and landscapes. Although an excellent painter of religious scenes in addition to landscapes and flowers, she is best known for her stained-glass windows, striking examples of which can be found within reach of Sudbury at St Mary Boxford, St Mary the Virgin Walsham-le-Willows, and St Mary Hinderclay. The Memorial Window at Walsham-le-Williams has St Catherine surrounded by a vibrant array of flora and fauna, as Lett-Haines also sought to do in his work. In the same church is a marvellous depiction of Christ walking on the water among several impressionistically rendered Thames barges. As with some of Morris’s images, the lifting of darkness in this image could be a response to changes in their wartime experiences.'

Find out more about Rosemary Rutherford - here and here.

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Karen Peris - Flowers.
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Friday, 11 February 2022

Foyer display: Rosalind Beeton

 





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 we are showing landscapes from China, Suffolk and Wales in watercolour or oil by Rosalind Beeton. Rosalind writes of how she finds music in nature, the trees, the birds, the hills, the cosmos. She says: ‘I studied music for my B.Ed degree, learning about classical harmonic structures and how to compose pieces. I also spent many years training in art. I have played the piano since I was 7 and have played various instruments over the years but my great love has always been the cello, the music of which touches my heart deeply, so I am attempting to learn this beautiful instrument. Now I am also enjoying words in poetry that I write, enjoying the evocative musical sounds and colours that words can evoke and create. I feel privileged and happy to be a member of the Nazareth Contemplative Community here at St Martins-in-the-Fields.’

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Academy of St Martin in the Fields, St Martin's Voices, Andrew Earis - Hallelujah.
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