In our first solo exhibition of the year we showcase the intriguing paintings of Bridget Syms, an artist who grew up in Dorset but now lives and works in west Cornwall. Her work finely-executed work extends from fairly straightforward animal portraits to entirely images formed from dreams or flights of fancy.
From the time she could hold a crayon, drawing and animals was Bridget Syms’s obsession, and her work is driven, she says by a fascination for animals near and far, “from the motorway crows and the owls that fleetingly hover on our peripheral vision to the ones I live alongside.”
Some of the more fanciful images derive, she says, “from things I may have read or even dreamed. But once I get an image in my mind I just have to get it down on paper.”
The exhibition starts on October 1 and runs to November 6. https://gallerypoundbury.co.uk/current-exhibition-page-2/
Also new in the gallery: new paintings by Sarah Jack as well as impressive ceramics from Katalin Szallas and Gilly Whittington. Plus a fresh batch of luminous glass from master glass blower Bob Crooks…