I’m very proud to be represented in this group show with such a wonderful group of painters and sculptors.
Claire Meiklejohn has excelled herself again in the curation, discovering and providing some wonderful new relationships between Artists and their work.
Here is a painting by Charlotte Robinson , with 3d work by Emma Carlow and Walter Bailey, with my painting ‘The Lost and Found’ in the background. The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday11an-4pm It definitely worth a visit if you’re going to Lewes.
Dawn Aldridge, Walter Bailey, Emma Carlow, Joanna Farrow, Victoria Homewood, Jane Merfield, Jacqui Painter, Rachael Plummer, Charlotte Robinson, Kate Scott.
‘Finding the liminal spaces’ acrylic on linen 30 x 40cm, is also available at the Meiklejohn Gallery
‘Muse’ acrylic on canvas 100 x 75 cm very new!
I am excited to be opening my house, garden and studio for ONELONG WEEKEND ONLY this year.
Thursday – Sunday 21st-25th May 2026, open daily 11am-6pm we are part of Hove Arts Trail
I hope to create a warm welcoming atmosphere, and I’m lucky enough to share my space with the same inspirational gang of artists and makers and friends that exhibited here with me last time.
Emma Stanton – jewellery, Davina Colmer – stone carver, Bill and Anthea from AshdownPottery – ceramics and table ware .
We are a short walk from Hove Station and easy to reach from the 7 dials and central Brighton.
I really enjoy the curation process, and the inspiring, harmonious atmosphere we create together as a group of people .
There will be also refreshments, sold in aid of The Martlets Hospice local Charity.
Parking is FREE in Rigden Road at weekends, and most of the time on weekdays, except 1-2pm mon-Friday)
Accessible- the ground floor is all on one level except a tiny step down to my studio.
Emma Stanton – jewellery, Davina Colmer – stone carver, Bell and Anthea from Ashdown Pottery – ceramics and table ware .
I’m excited to see what new work they’ll all be bringing, and I have a lot of new paintings that have venture have not been shown yet, except for one or two new ones from the recent DUOLOGUES exhibition at Gallery 19a.
Two large sculptural pieces by Ashdown PotteryThe studio will be open too. I will have some browsers with smaller, affordable paintings, mostly unframed, available to buy; not something I usually have available at exhibitions.‘Resplendent!’ 10.5 x 14.4 cm acrylic on paper
‘All Aglow’ – acrylic on board 13.4 × 21.4 cm photo credit Kate Scott
A lot of artists talk about being inspired by a type of light, a time of day, and I wonder if this is sometimes seen as a cliche? But this small painting came into being with a transient sweep of apricot paint, that reminded me, almost instantly of that ravishing, fleeting time of day, sunset or dusk, where the warm light resembles looking though a glass of Aperol Spritz. A little bit seductive, take a breath, it doesn’t last long. And this photograph, a few swipes to the left, shows the time at a wonderful family wedding last year where we had all eaten, made our toasts, and sat watching the sunset as they cleared the room for the dancing. Everything was ‘Aglow’, literally, including the people, convivial, relaxed, and I remembered all of that, and held the memory in my mind’s eye.
Photo of that early evening taken by a fellow guest. N Bordoli.
This was how I was trying to explain the name and mood behind this little painting, when it was propped up, as a bit of an afterthought at the two women show, DUOLOGUES I had earlier this month with Cath Whiteoak at Gallery 19a Brighton.
And the name just came to me – what is interesting as how a small painting can hold so much, and glow in a corner, bringing some warmth, and evoking a special time.
And I think that’s partly how I choose art for my own house, to bring a glow and comfort and intimacy to a Space.
Greeting me like an old friend when I glance in that corner of the room!
I met Cath while exhibiting at Oakbank last year, fell in love with her work and we had an instant artistic meeting of minds.
So we are excited to co-curate this exhibition of painting and assemblage sculpture at gallery 19a, presenting the curiously synergetic dialogues within our work.
We both explore materials, process, intention and chance, noticing an emergence and resonance within our practice.
The work encourages a recognition of the unforeseen and elusive and arrives at a point of connection that seems to come from nowhere, yet everywhere.
Sisyphus – the assemblage sculpture I bought from Cath last year – it has a mixture of playfulness and profoundity that I adore. To see more of her work here is her website www.cathwhiteoak.com
Visiting – we should both be at the gallery as many days as possible, but if you want to make sure that you will see us, you can always send me an email at info@katescottpaintings.com to make sure I will be there -I am really excited to see how our work sits together, and hopes to see some of you if you can visit, open Frid 27th Feb – Tues 3rd March 10am- 5pm . (closed Sunday 1st March)
Oakbank’ Chantry Lane, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4BU
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Saturday & Sunday 4th -5th October 11am-5pm
I am excited to be part of this lovely group show for the third time, I always find it the most serene venue to show work in, both the house and beautiful garden are open to our visitors.
15% of all sales to be donated to St Barnabas Hospice, Worthing, including donations for refreshments – tea, coffee, brownies, and cake.
Assemblage by John Mulligan, ‘Map of the remembered’ acrylic on board – Kate Scott.
Emergence by Cath Whiteoak, Walk The Line, beneath that, a small painting by a Judy Bould
We have 9 artists, painting , installation sculpture,
There will be banners up but it’s a sharp turn up a sloping drive to the front of to house, or alternatively at the bottom by the gates of the quarry.
10% of the sales profits will go to the Southern Hospice Group.
With my Mum in Oakbank back garden 2022 Participating artists Judy Bould – paintings and prints, Heather Curwen – mixed media artist, Karin Hay White – drawings and paintings, Delia Lindon – Spence – paintings, John Mulligan – sculpture assemblage, Vee Pease – jewellery, Kate Scott – paintings, Carol Wagstaff – interdisciplinary artist and Cath Whiteoak – assemblage sculpture.
The view from the back garden at Oakbank.
Please email me at info@katescottpaintings.com if you have any queries about this exhibition
I have a browser at Oakbank with several smaller, unframed, lower priced paintings available for sale.
Best wishes from Kate – I hope to see some of you if you visit us.
‘Box Breathing’ – acrylic on canvas 120 x 120cm was painted during my Meiklejohn solo show ( and before) it went through many iterations, and ended up very calm and uncluttered, resulting in my friend the sculptor Davina Colmer saying ‘it’s like a breath’ hence the name. ‘Box Breathing’ sold soon after going up on the wall in May and now sits in this gorgeous Sussex home
Wonderful to see how well it sits against this rich warm yellow wall colour.
Best exhibition will be Artists At Oakbank, in Storrington, the last weekend of September and first weekend of October with 10 other artists and makers https://katescottpaintings.com/exhibitions/
No 1 Rigden Road is excited to be returning as part of the Hove Arts trail, for Artists Open Houses 2025. Kate Scott, contemporary painter opens her home, garden, and studio for four days to exhibit with 4 unique and established artists. Both Emma’s jewellery and Davina’s stone carvings evoke ancient female forms which work beautifully in contrast to Kate’s layered and energetic paintings and the deep lustrous colour palette of Ashdown Pottery’s table ware and sculptural vessels. Our intention is to create a rich but calm atmosphere throughout the space, the garden will also be open, and there will be refreshments, with proceeds going to the Martlets Hospices.
I’m incredibly excited that my first show ‘Crossing Over’ opens this week at the beautiful Meiklejohn Gallery – 1 Malling Street, Lewes, BN7 2RA an easy walk from Lewes station
‘Crossing Over’ describes a significant crossing over in time for me in last year or two (since my mothers illness and death) and also a metaphorical one in the actual paintings, in which the layers, show the passage in time through the actual surface of the paintings.
I alchemise experiences through my work which is a very constructive way for me to process things, good and bad.
It’s amazing for me to see these paintings together curated by Claire Meiklejohn – with a bit of help from me. With just 8 pictures spaciously hanging in the main gallery space, and another 7 in the back room, which is open to the public. The light in the space is divine, changing to highlight different paintings throughout the day.
Partitioning, Survived and Cleave (left to right)
contact me info@katescottpaintings.com
Or for information about individual paintings please contact claire.m@meiklejohn.co.uk
Chaz Parvez created a fantastic video for us of the set up, exhibition and preview -he even composed the music ! I love it.
We had such a successful show, the two other artists Carol, Wagstaff and Caroline Darke with so easy to work with, and I love getting to know their work and them!
Chaos and Hope installation by Carol Wagstaff
We had a really lovely constant flow of appreciative interested visitors. Carol’s moving and magnificent installation was a show stopper, but it really works with the textures and colours in our paintings as well and created a lot of conversations, and new connections.
A visitor looking at one slightly older piece ‘Two Rooms’ which was hung directly above my very newest painting – ‘Point of Reference – I think you forgot something’, parallels found I had not discovered. Clever curation.
Caroline Darke’s beautiful painting ‘Windy walk’ Caroline Darke, Kate Scott and CarolWagstaff at the Regency Town House, Brunswick Square, Hove, UK
