We hope to open our studios to the public later this year but until then we will have a series of events organised to let us share our love of and interest in contemporary art. We are starting with a series of Artists' Conversations.

Two artists will talk about how they find their starting point when creating an image. they will discuss the similarities and differences in approaches and possibilities when creating on paper and on a computer. And how they each recognise when a piece is finished.

There will be the chance to ask them questions. The free event will be held on Zoom and will last an hour.

Please join us on Thursday 17th June at 8pm, when Sarah Barker Brown and Jukka Kettunen will explore and compare their work.

Sarah Barker Brown is a figurative painter whose focus is on the female body, inner emotions and the exterior lives of women. Intimate moments, the depth of female friendships, the social dimensions of being a woman and celebrating sexuality, seduction and pleasure, all illuminated through a lens of nostalgia and tenderness.

Jukka Kettunen is a collage artist who creates new meaning from old masterpieces. The great paintings of the Italian renaissance are his primary inspiration. He explores the idea that Time itself has worked and reworked it over the centuries to give it a deeper and more enigmatic power. Decay, fracturing, and fading is a creative force that paradoxically both diminishes and strengthens the artwork.

If you feel like donating - we are crowd funding to build funds to help bring new ways to bring our artistic contribution to the local community. Here's the JustGiving link https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ceos

Sarah Barker Brown's "Waiting to swim" and Jukka Kettunen's "Night gardener"

You can explore Sarah's work at https://www.sarahbarkerbrown.com

And see more of Jukka's work at https://www.jukkakettunen.co.uk