Reunion Gallery

5 Years on

25 April to 27 May

In 2001 Verena Daniels and Pat Todd graduated with honours from Colchester Institute. They then set up a studio together at 34, Gainsborough Road in Felixstowe and called it Reunion Studio.

Verena Daniels - Suffolk Scene

The Reunion Gallery is now entering its 5th year of business. During that time the resident artists Pat Todd and Verena Daniels have always exhibited individual items within the Gallery but it is now time to allow them to demonstrate their artistic development over the previous 5 years by being the prime exhibitors in the Gallery. The exhibition contains a range of items produced by the artists over the last few years and includes new pieces especially created by Pat and Verena for this exhibition.

Pat Todd - Sedimentation

Outside Inside

21 March to 15 April 2006

Jill Hodgson works with plaster and paint on canvass, Jill has drawn on her roots as an interior designer and created two illustrative textured pieces into which the viewer can project themselves, entitled ‘In the Front Room’ and ‘Comfortable Afternoon’.

Jill Hodgson

Penny Bhadresa works mainly in lino print acrylic and mixed media employing bold colours, patterns and texture. Her work explores interactions between landscape, natural and man made elements.

Penny Bhadresa

Annabel Mednick’s paintings are full of the nuances of light and atmosphere, she explores the boundaries between contemporary and traditional figure painting. Her figures are set in our modern world cleverly capturing a moment of work or contemplation.

Annabel Mednick

Natasha Newton usually works in acrylic both on canvas and paper. Her paintings are built up in layers and are very often textured, she aims to portray the patterns and an abstract quality found in the landscape and is drawn to the wide open spaces and big skies of Suffolk.

Natasha Newton

Lindsay Harris uses pastels and charcoal to capture that moment as we walk through a doorway the sun shining through the window capturing that moment in time. Her pictures appear as personal glimpses of what are familiar, yet strangely forgotten scenes.

Lindsay Harris

Honor Surie’s work shows a series of studies of the changing landscape along the rivers and coastline. Her work depicting the edge of change that constantly occurs along the coast is mostly acrylic on canvas, revealing subtle colours and abstract shapes and can truly be said to bring the outside in.

Honor Surie

Colin Slee and Kate Reynolds

7th February to 11th March

This show presents new abstract paintings and ceramics by two of the regions most prestigious artists.

Wild & Woolly

6 June to 1 July

If you should go down to Gainsborough Road in Felixstowe and look in at the Reunion Gallery you would be in for a big surprise! Liz Mason has let her imagination run riot and the whole gallery has been taken over by every conceivable shape and size of textile and knitted work.

Liz graduated from Colchester Institute in 2004, and her work has gradually developed, allowing her natural exuberance to be expressed through textiles and knitting. She brings her unique artistic style to practical and decorative art in wool and woven fabrics to Reunion Gallery.

This quirky exhibition will feature knitted vessels, felt bowls as well as a fanciful tree with grass (pre drought) is not to missed by lovers of textile art and art lovers who fancy a bit of knitting!

Cotman Reflections
8 July to 5 August

During July 2006 The Reunion Gallery will be staging an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Thomas Cotman.

Entitled The Cotman Challenge the exhibition will feature especially created work from selected artists each of whom will have interpreted the work of Cotman, and his lasting influence on the town, in their own style.

Much of Felixstowe’s character owes itself to the work of the architect Thomas Cotman and many of the town’s finest buildings, large and small, were designed by him around the turn of the 20th Century. They are notable for their fine proportions, exquisite architectural detail and enduring sense of style. Cotman was influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement and designed his buildings to enhance their surroundings.

We anticipate that this exhibition will generate a large amount of interest in the local community and will promote awareness of the artistic and historical merits of the town.

The following artists have already accepted The Cotman Challenge: Maggie Hambling, Paul Reeve, Linda Kingsford, Rosemary Humphries, Michael Barrett, Ian McDermott, Alex Beale, Alison Malcolm, Ann Faiers, Chris Chesnut and Nicki Holt.

In conjunction with the Exhibition the Felixstowe Society will be leading Cotman Walks that start from the Gallery at 7.00pm and take about 1 and a quarter hours to look at the best of architect and artist Thomas Cotman’s work. The walks take place on Tuesdays 11th and 18th July and Thursdays 27th July and 3rd August.

The Fludyers - Ian McDermott

Suffolk Open Studios

Coastal Exhibition

12 Aug to 2 Sep

Reunion Gallery’s summer exhibition features artwork on the Coastal theme created by selected artists who contribute to Suffolk Open Studios. The exhibition displays varied works of colour and imagination using a mixture of techniques including oil, acrylic and watercolour paintings with 3D work created in glass, ceramics, wood and plaster.

Suffolk’s coastline is ever changing, twice daily with the tides as well as the erosion and build up caused by the storms over the seasons. The coast and its beaches also contain worn fragments of both natural and artificial objects that provide the inspiration for the contributing artists. This exhibition captures those moments in time that will never been repeated.

Contributing artists to the exhibition are Jenny Goater, Judith Chestnutt, Alison Malcolm, Hazel Bignell, Alison Calvesbert, Edmund Oxborrow, Louise Greenwood, Delia Tournay-Godfrey, Elizabeth James as well as resident artists Verena Daniels and Pat Todd.

The Last Out Post (Martello) - Alsion Calvesbert

V Forms - Louise Greenwood

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