Kentmere House Gallery

Birds of a Feather - Original Prints by Lisa Hooper

ORIGINAL PRINTS FOR VALENTINE GIFTS
Exhibition continues until 15 March 2012
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Lisa Hooper’s delightful original prints, on show at Kentmere House Gallery until 15 March, make the perfect Valentine gift – truly original, colourful, and will be treasured for a lifetime.

Lisa is a uniquely talented printmaker from Scotland, whose work encompasses a range of printmaking processes – woodcuts, linocuts, etching, collagraph, etc. And all are genuine prints - printed by hand and by the artist herself, resulting in every print being slightly different. They are therefore quite unlike the machine-made ‘limited edition prints’ to be found in high street shops, in which every copy is identical and often the edition runs into hundreds.

Many people are, unsurprisingly, confused by the difference between original prints and machine-made prints. With original prints the size of the edition is determined by the process involved and the amount of detail. Lisa’s edition sizes are very small – the largest is 50 and one woodcut is an edition of only 7.

Her exhibition got off to a good start on 4 February, with several of the prints now almost sold out. But, where possible, replacements are on their way in the post !

Lisa’s passion for landscape and natural history, particularly birds, is evident in all her work. In 2007 she won the prize for the best innovative exhibit at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art for her Bird Alphabet print. In 2008 she won the Birds Illustrated magazine prize for the most outstanding piece of avian artwork with her woodcut ‘A gaggle of geese’.
Never one to stand still she is also working on a number of artists’ book projects, and is experimenting with batik.

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Recent Exhibitions



January 2012
York Residents’ Festival
This year for the first time Kentmere House Gallery will be taking part in the York Residents’ Festival on 28 and 29 January. This event gives residents free entry to attractions which normally make a charge, or provides some additional offer to residents. Although entry to the gallery is normally free, many residents may not be aware of it as it is a little way out of the city centre.

The gallery will be open from 11 till 5 each day and will have a mixed exhibition of artists, mainly from the region but with some from further afield. These will include York artists Freya Horsley, Rosie Dean, and Gary Henderson. Gallery owner Ann Petherick has known and admired Freya’s atmospheric landscapes for some time but then saw some delightful small townscapes that she had painted of Venice, and suggested that Freya might apply her technique to York. This proved extremely successful for Freya, who recently showed some work at an exhibition at the King’s Manor, organised by Kentmere House Gallery.

Rosie Dean lives in the South Bank area of York and paints large and dramatic seascapes in her tiny terraced house, and Gary Henderson paints the wildlife of the Derwent Ings south of York in delicate and sensitive watercolours.

Also on show will be West Yorkshire artist David Greenwood’s pastels of the Knavesmire area. David has carried out several commissions of houses and gardens, but has become so interested in the area that he has produced a number of additional paintings of the streets and distinctive red brick houses.

There are two special offers for residents during that weekend :
• a free home trial, whereby any painting purchased can be returned for a full refund within 21 days
• each buyer will be given a voucher for 5% off another purchase before the end of March 2012.

The gallery will be additionally open on the weekends of 24/25 March, and 31 March/1st April to coincide with York Open Studios.

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The Cream of Yorkshire
Until 06 January 2012
The Common Room at Kings Manor, Exhibition Square
Paintings selected from some of Yorkshire's finest artists.

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The Great Art Takeaway
03 December 2011 - 26 January 2012
An Aladdin's cave of paintings & original prints for presents.
Open every weekend in December until the 18th.

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Kentmere House Gallery was opened in 1991 and sells only originals, with nationally-known artists showing alongside the as-yet undiscovered. Housed in a former vicarage overlooking York's famous Knavesmere, the gallery is friendly and welcoming, and open at any time to suit you. It is also the only gallery in York selected by the Arts Council of England Own Art purchase scheme. Please check website for opening times: kentmerehouse.co.uk