Stephen Oldfield

Come and see Stephen's oil paintings for yourself and let us know what you think.

Stephen Oldfield

Exhibition 5 - 26 August 2007

This one-man show of paintings by artist, Stephen Oldfield, offers a clear-cut peek at life.

Hanging in the Kiln House Gallery this month is a series of small oil paintings. Stephen describes familiar daily scenes with a humorous edge and depicts his self portraits with a sense of liberation and vulnerability.

Stephen is an uncomplicated artist with a straightforward outlook on our world, which emerges in his paintings.

Harold Bird: Forest

Exhibition 8 - 29 July 2007

This solo show by local artist, Harold Bird, presents a series of whimsical forest paintings. These unusual paintings of twirly trees and dark woods have a mysterious edge.

Harold intuitively paints the organic forms of trees and plants from Lancashire and Yorkshire landscapes, describing the motives for his paintings as being ‘the constantly changing weather and light, the moodiness and sheer power of the landscape and features within it are a constant mystery and joy to me.’

Adrian Pritchard: Osmosis

Exhibition 03 – 30 June 2007

This exhibition of new paintings by emerging artist Adrian Pritchard is a fusion of science and visual exploration in paint.

Pritchard, who has exhibited nationally and internationally including Japan and Germany, brings a series of new gloss drip technique paintings to the Kiln House Gallery, Thornton.

These paintings have an appealing fluid texture, and through intuitively mixing various types of paint he creates a crucial tension on the surface which suggests an ‘inner life force’ or organic presence.

Working with techniques parallel to that of a scientific experiment, Prichard explains ‘I make work that attempts to redefine our relationship with matter by using gravity, the very force that universally dictates form.’

Your last chance to see 'I wanna know what love is'

This is the last weekend and bank holiday monday that you can visit the Tom Ireland exhibition. We would love to know what you think! Post a comment on the blog or sign the visitors book in the gallery.

I wanna know what love is

Exhibition 06 - 27 May 2007

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Emerging artist, Tom Ireland, exhibits a solo show of contemporary installation at The Kiln House Gallery. ‘I wanna know what love is’ rummages around ideas of love and loss and considers issues of cultural waste and memory.

Tom Ireland’s art blends handmade objects with handpicked objects from the real world. This union of ‘stuff and things’ generates a tussle between our society’s loved and unloved objects. These unusual installations create an unexpected dialogue between the art work and the viewer. This exhibition is full of playful nostalgia and a treat for all visitors.

Photograph by Tom Ireland 'On the Margin of the River'.

We Shall Pour Forth

Here's what is on in The Kiln House Gallery this April.

Come and see the rest!

Top: Claire Murray 'Untitled' Photograph

Bottom: Suzanne Carlyle and Shaun Kennion
'The Corner Stone' Photograph