Narrative View

We are pleased to share our next autumn collection, Narrative View, featuring Charlie O’Sullivan, Richard Twose, Rory Carnegie and Belinda Millar. This collection of work looks at the tales that trigger the artist’s eye - whether that be folklore, the rich history of a landscape or the anecdotes that shape who we are.

Richard Twose is a figurative painter, exploring dramatic narratives through movement and colour. Accompanied by a soft motion blur and expressive body language, Richard describes his visual style as ‘magic realism’, inspired by discussions with his portrait sitters, Greek myths, the history of art, and British folklore. His paintings invite the viewer to create their own story within his work, leaving the compositions familiar enough to do so. Described as a ‘modern master of the non-finito technique’, his elusive style highlights how we are storytellers by nature. Richard says, “We all live by making up stories; we make sense of our lives, our place in the world, through the stories we tell others’’.

Charlie O’Sullivan’s immersive works explore the interplay between time, place and memory. Charlie’s approach combines careful observation with a playful style, creating dreamlike landscapes of her imagination. She revisits themes of childhood by turning everyday spaces into theatrical settings. Narratives are rich in each piece - we see figures partaking in everyday activities such as knitting and flower picking, surrounded by an abundance of patchwork-like landscape. Through this use of nostalgia, Charlie invites the viewer to form their own connection with each work.

Rory Carnegie has a deep fascination with the ancient history of the landscape, his famous Port Meadow Dogs series captivated audiences with their delicate intersection of the local dogs with this ancient common land. In these new works he becomes more elemental, fire, land and water from the Scottish Island of Islay where he has a cottage are his subject. He wanted to show the full drama of the landscape and the challenges it faces in this remote part of the UK.

Belinda Millar’s landscapes are a testament to the bountiful rolling hills of Oxfordshire. Working en plein air, Belinda’s leans on her intuition to create an interplay between colour, form and mark making in her paintings; each work a result of her direct experience with the atmosphere. There are vast amounts of expressive movement in Belinda’s work, layered on top of her signature neon pink priming colour to create a tonal glow. She often restricts herself to one brush when painting, allowing a rhythmic flow throughout the imagery.

Narrative View opens from Saturday 4^th October.