L.S. Lowry, A Landmark, 1936, Oil on canvas, The Lowry Collection

Current Exhibitions

Coffee Shop Exhibition - Tracy Levine: Water Marks

8 May - 31 August 2010

Abbot Hall coffee shop is exhibiting original monoprints by South Lakes Artist Tracy Levine. Tracy is a painter and printmaker who gained her degree in Fine Art in 1986 and now works from her studio in South Lakes. This exhibition will showcase some of her most recent work which explores mark making by combining print and painterly elements.

'I aim to communicate my feelings, emotions, experience and memory of the landscape as well as capture the spirit of the particular environment. This south Lakeland area of outstanding natural beauty with its ever changing light creates endless potential for artistic interpretation.

However, through continual intense observation and awareness of the landscape, compositional choices are narrowed down as I search for and wait for a moment of inspiration. The peacefulness and tranquillity, the energy and intensity are all experiences that I wish to express through my work. The south Lakes has been and remains a source of inspiration for a great many artists but it is always a challenge to try to convey the experience through fresh eyes. These prints are predominately of places that I have spent time getting to know and visit often.'

Tracy works with a variety of media, including some collaged materials such as silver leaf, with original and experimental techniques. These monoprints are built up in layers and some are worked as a varied edition of a series of between 2 to 6 similar images being worked on at the same time.  Due to the Techniques used to create her work each piece is individual and unique.

Image - © Tracy Levine
 
The Loneliness of Lowry

17 July - 30 October 2010

Better known for his northern industrial landscapes, the exhibition will examine a different side of Lowry, looking beneath these scenes at an artist who cites his inherent loneliness as one of the main influences on his work. He is quoted as saying ‘Had I not been lonely none of my works would have happened.’ Exhibiting approximately forty works, including oils and works on paper from both private and public collections throughout the country, the exhibition will feature some of Lowry’s most powerful pictures focusing upon portraits, landscapes, urban landscapes and seascapes. The show will be the first major exhibition of Lowry’s work outside Salford in the past five years.

Supported by - Arts Council England, Northern Rock Foundation, The John Ellerman Foundation

Image - L.S. Lowry, A Landmark, 1936, Oil on canvas, The Lowry Collection, Salford ©The Estate of L.S. Lowry
 
Display - Artists of the St Ives School

19 July - 18 December

This display will focus on important paintings and sculptures from Abbot Hall’s collection of works by artists of the St Ives school, one of the most important centres outside London for the development of Modernism in Britain in the 20th century. Artists featured will include Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Roger Hilton, Bryan Wynter and Barbara Hepworth.

Supported by - Arts Council England, Northern Rock Foundation, The John Ellerman Foundation

 

Image - L.S. Lowry, A Landmark, 1936, Oil on canvas, The Lowry Collection, Salford ©The Estate of L.S. Lowry