Cathy's Art Diary

Interesting small exhibition at Pallant House Gallery of work on paper and in ceramics made by artists in St Ives. Starting with Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, who moved to the town at the outbreak of the Second World War, they were later joined by others including William Scott, Patrick Heron, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Terry Frost and Denis Mitchell. The show looks at the effect of the landscape on their art and the network of personal and creative relationships. I love the fact this show included ceramics by potters Bernard Leach and Janet Leach alongside the drawings and prints. Closes 31 October 2021    

Interesting exhibition at Pallant House Gallery of works collected by George and Ann Dannatt as well as pictures by George himself. I was particularly interested in this as I work for the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and George Dannatt was a chartered surveyor! He met Patrick Heron, the artist, when he went to survey his house in Cornwall and through him he met other artists in the area. As you know I’m not that fond of abstract work but it was interesting when looking at George’s work that I did get a sense of structure or was that just me projecting?! I liked some of the other work too particularly a long picture by John Wells “Compositional Variation III” with layers of beige and grey but with one splash of a rather unusual bright blue.