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ZOE EATON & PETER GILES in the CRYPT GALLERY

October 21, 2023 @ 10:30 am - October 27, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

  • 21 – 27  October 2023 / OPEN Daily from 22 October, 10.30 – 17.00
  • VENUE: The Crypt Gallery,  St Ives Society Of Artists, Norway Sq TR26 1NA
  • Saturday 21,  5 – 7 pm  OPENING PARTY
  • Sunday 2 – 5 pm Ambient DJ set
  • Monday 10:00 – 12:00 / Open Drawing Class (see above for details)
  • Thursday / Draw St Ives  outdoor sketching class 
  • Friday : 10.30 /  Sketchbooking St Ives   
  • Friday 4 pm / TEAR N SHARE!  Help to dismantle   the  communal abstract drawing,  which has been created by menbers of the public  over  the course of the exhibition and take away a small piece.

A one week exhibition of abstract works by Peter Giles  and  Zoe Eaton,  alongside   events and  classes .  Held in the beautiful Crypt gallery space, downstairs in the St Ives Society of Artists, Norway Square.

During the week members of the public are invited to  contribute to a large abstract Drawing,  ‘Presence‘ and watch it develop over the course of the week.  On Friday, the work will be torn into smaller pieces to create many new artworks  which you are invited to take away.    On Sunday,  Peter Giles (aka Bobby Wotnot) will play a live DJ set of ambient music.  On Monday, Thursday and Friday we hold our usual drawing events, see descriptions at the top of the page.

Peter Giles  creates delicate and intricate line drawings primarily on paper using a range of contemporary marker pens and fine liners.  Also from time to time working with gouache, gel pens and ‘real’ ink with a variety of dipping pen and nib, glass and  bamboo.  Zoe’s paintings  explore aesthetic balance and tension between improvised  loose, free marks with a poetic  compositions and strong use of colour –  creating a sense of playfulness and joy.  Her  uplifting colour palette helps to create a sense of joy.  Zoe will be exhibiting new large oil paintings on canvas,  a series of  oil paintings on small A5 sized canvas titled  ‘Small Components Of Happy,’ and oil stick drawings on paper.

Details

Start:
October 21, 2023 @ 10:30 am
End:
October 27, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
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Venue

The Crypt Gallery
Norway Square
St Ives, Cornwall TR261NA United Kingdom
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Phone
01736795582 
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