Galleries - October 2015

34 GALLERIES OCTOBER 2015 SURREY a GUILDFORD HOUSE GALLERY 155 High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3AJ The Magna Carta Embroideries. Until Oct 10. A unique project of 12 embroidery panels telling the story of when the Magna Carta was devised in 1215, taking power away from the Monarchy and giving it to the people. Kay Dennis: Stump Work Magic. Until Oct 10. Contemporary pictorial embroideries using a three-dimensional technique popular in the mid 17th century. Mon–Sat 10–4.45 t 01483 444751 heritageservices@guildford.gov.uk t @guildford–s f Guildford’sHeritage www.guildford.gov.uk/guildfordhouse b THE LIGHTBOX Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4AA www.thelightbox.org.uk c SURREY GUILD CRAFT GALLERY 1 Moushill Lane, Milford, Surrey GU8 5BH Home of the Surrey Guild of Craftsmen, our polished new look Gallery has an ever changing selection of hand crafted items from our membership in Surrey and Surrey borders. Joining details on our website. daily10.30–5 t 01483 424769 www.surreyguild.com HAMPSHIRE d JENNA BURLINGHAM FINE ART 2a George St, Kingsclere, nr Newbury, Hants RG20 5NQ Specialising in 20th C. British paintings, prints, ceramics and sculpture as well as works by selected contemporary artists. Displaying an ever changing range of works by Modern British and contemporary artists: Sandra Blow, Mary Fedden, Elisabeth Frink, Peter Greenham, Ivon Hitchens, Peter Joyce, Ffiona Lewis, Victor Pasmore, Keith Purser, William Scott, Edward Seago, Julian Trevelyan, Keith Vaughan and John Piper. A straightforward, friendly approach combined with 20 years’ specialist knowledge. Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 10–5, Sat 10–2 and byappt t 01635 298855 or 07970 057789 info@jennaburlingham.com www.jennaburlingham.com e THE MINSTER GALLERY 3a Great Minster Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 9HA Members of the Wapping Group. Oct 23–Nov 21. A selection of new paintings depicting London, the A 3 4 A 3 0 A 3 3 9 A 33 7 A 3 1 A 3 0 3 A 2 8 5 M 2 7 A 2 7 A 3 6 M 3 A 3 1 A 3 A 2 8 3 A 2 9 A 2 6 A 2 7 2 A 2 3 A 2 4 A 2 4 A 2 9 A 2 1 A 2 1 A 2 6 A 2 8 A 2 A 2 9 9 M 2 M 2 0 M 2 3 M 3 M 3 M 4 M 2 5 M 2 5 ARLBOROUGH ANDOVER URY CHRISTCHURCH LYMINGTON YARMOUTH NEWPORT RYDE COWES BEMBRIDGE HUNGERFORD NEWBURY VIRGINIA WATER BASINGSTOKE STOCKBRIDGE WINCHESTER PETERSFIELD ALTON FARNHAM ALDERSHOT GUILDFORD WEYBRIDGE LEATHERHEAD DORKING REIGATE SEVENOAKS EAST GRINSTEAD TONBRIDGE GRAVESEND ROCHESTER MAIDSTONE CRANBROOK SITTINGBOURNE MARGATE RAMSGATE SANDWICH DEAL ASHFORD DOVER FOLKESTONE HYTHE NEW ROMNEY RYE TENTERDEN BATTLE HASTINGS BEXHILL EASTBOURNE LEWES HAYWARDS HEATH HORSHAM TUNBRIDGE WELLS BILLINGSHURST PETWORTH MIDHURST CHICHESTER WORTHING ON SMARDEN CRANLEIGH ESHER GODALMING UCKFIELD HOVE SELBORNE HINDHEAD HARTLEY WINTNEY GRAYSHOTT WOKING DITCHLING READING WINDSOR LENHAM LYNDHURST ROWLANDS CASTLE COWFOLD ARUNDEL KINGSCLERE IGHTHAM BECKENHAM ALRESFORD SUNNINGHILL REDHILL SUNBURY-ON-THAMES MILFORD GREATER LONDON M25 SOUTHAMPTON PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON CANTERBURY a e g d h i f b c k j PADDOCK WOOD MAP 14 ENGLAND SOUTH Paul Reid ‘Chiron the Centaur’ 2014 Paul Reid Hollywood and the comic strip industry may crassly exploit mythology for its entertainment value, but Paul Reid’s paintings ( The Scottish Gallery ) are of a very different order. Rendered with astonishingly detailed pictorial realism, his paintings create a fascinating, yet uncanny effect, where the mythic and the mundane, the natural and the divine collide and coalesce. Here the mythic presences – whether Pan, Apollo or even the dreaded Medusa – appear lost in deep introspection and reflective meditation, hidden away in a secluded woodland dell or isolated on a remote hillside somewhere far away in the Scottish northern wilderness. Whether these figures are way beyond our ken, or merely awaiting the call to action, we can but speculate and wonder. Bill Hare THUMB nails