'ReFRESH' SPRING SHOWCASE
New work now on show at Porthminster gallery St Ives, Cornwall Amy Albright | Porthminster Gallery
WORKSHOP
A Two day Expressive Landscape Painting course
Monday 2nd June/ Tuesday 3rd June - £175pp - SPACES AVAILABLE
On this two day course we will be painting outside on the dramatic North Coast of Cornwall. One day outside and one day back at the studio at Krowji, (Redruth), with guidance from Artist and tutor Amy Albright throughout.
Focussing on capturing the coastline of North coast of Cornwall, Amy will guide you to paint in an expressive, playful manner, starting with black and white abstract sketches followed by painting with using water based paint, and acrylic paint.
We will paint outside over looking Porthtowan, Chapel Porth or St Agnes beach, (Location to be to be decided depending on weather/wind) Amy will demonstrate and guide you through drawing activities to ‘abstract from the landscape’.
Incorporating colour and bringing emotion into your work, you will be working on many large pieces of paper and then onto board, we will focus on our emotional expressionistic view of the landscape, rather than a direct representational approach.
We then have the luxury of going back to a studio at Krowji in Redruth which is 10/15 min drive away, assessing work, adding details, cropping, and shaping your expressive landscape paintings, adding subsequent layers if we wish. You will come away rejuvenated and with a series of new paintings on paper and board.
Note, please bring a packed lunch, water and old clothes/coat. This course will have an element of flexibility depending on the weather and winds. I know places we can go with shelter so what ever the weather will have sketching time outside. Depending on weather the studio/outdoor sessions may swap around, this will be organised nearer the time.
There is a focus on PROCESS, finding your OWN STYLE with the guidance and helpful tips from Amy who has been a practicing artist for more than 16 years and a tutor for 9 years.
Materials provided, but please bring extra canvases and brushes if you would like.
Limited places, get in touch with Amy direct to book.
"For anyone looking for an art workshop where the tutor is generous, attentive, encouraging and inspiring to everyone Amy Albright is by far the best." Sally
10.00am – 4.00pm
LOCATION: Krowji, West park, Redruth, Cornwall
To book contact Amy on aklalbright@hotmail.com,
First Blush, Porthminster gallery, St Ives.
FIRST BLUSH | SPRING COLLECTION
Porthminster gallery
Celebrating the long-awaited arrival of Spring, with a curated show of new contemporary artworks by selected gallery and guest artists; Amy Albright Sam Boughton and Andrew Bird to name a few.
‘Award-winning Cornish artist Amy Albright takes inspiration from south Cornwall’s coastline in her atmospheric, layered oil paintings where the ethereal half-imagined, half-real boundaries of land and water merge, to give the viewer a sense of calm serenity – albeit one tinged with a lurking air of mystery and the unknown.’
This beautiful gallery is set in the centre of St Ives, I hope you can find a chance to visit and see some of my latest paintings on show, I know you will receive a warm welcome…
Porthminster Gallery, 22 Fore Street, St Ives TR26 1HE (near the Barbara Hepworth Studio and Garden)
+44 (0)1736 795888 | porthminstergallery.co.uk
Open six days a week, Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 11am–4pm.
Tangible light, 76 x 91cm Oil on canvas
Winner of the Outstanding award - E.Sun awards in Taiwan
主旨: E.SUN Awards
Thrilled to announce that my painting has won the OUTSTANDING award at the 主旨: E.SUN Awards in Taipei, Taiwan.
Layers of Time, 60 x 70cm, Oil on canvas
The painting has been also been purchased and is now part of the E.Sun 主旨 Bank’s prestigious art collection in Taipei.
As part of this 5 yearly international painting prize - Artists were invited to convey the beauty of Yushan - The tallest mountain in Taiwan. The Main Peak of Yushan is 3,952 meters above sea level. It is also the highest peak in Northeast Asia and is truly spectacular.
The judging panel was made up of some of Taiwans top Art professionals; The director Taipei National University of the Arts, The Professor of the arts from Tunghai University, as well as Gallerists including InSian Gallery in Taipei.
As you can imagine I am so honoured and delighted to be an award winner. But also extremely grateful to the E.Sun bank 主旨 for their generous prize money and support of the arts.
Minsheng East Road, Songshan District,Taipei City 105, Taiwan
Layers of Time, oil on canvas. 70 x 80cm
I found it fascinating to understand how the Yu shan mountain range was formed with the Eurasian and Philippine sea plate meeting all those years ago. The way in which I paint with oil paints is to build up layers, many thin layers, adding and taking away the paint. Just like really the way the mountains formed and also how it is still being formed today with erosion, the wind and the rain and the elements.
See more here: E.SUN 30 E.SUN Awards - E.SUN BANK (esunbank.com.tw)
Nice feature on the Taiwan News...
Solo Exhibition - Watermarks, Dorset.
Amy Albright has been represented at Artwave West since it opened in 2009. Subsequently, she has achieved considerable well-deserved success including: a commission to create four enormous paintings for SAGA’s brand-new ship, ‘Spirit of Discovery’, exhibiting at The Reg Arts Centre in New York, and publishing a ten years Celebratory Artist Book of her work. Not to mention the numerous new collectors filling their walls with her beautiful, evocative paintings along the way!
So, it is with great pleasure to present Amy’s latest body of work titled ‘Watermarks’:
“Following a period of time connecting with my Cornish surroundings more than ever, I have strived to make a body of work which shows, in varied forms, my love for the water and in particular the water’s edge. Whether that might be where the sea meets sand in ‘Vast Drama’ or the reflections in a puddle or river as captured in ‘Ever-shifting vision’.
I enjoy swimming and paddle boarding on rivers and lakes and I wanted to explore different view-points in my work. I have been experimenting further with my chosen and well-loved medium of oil paint, using it in an ink like consistency, pouring and splashing it just like my subject itself. I hope that my paintings bring a sense of calm but also intrigue. The details we often by-pass in nature is celebrated in my work; the intricate sand channels, feathers, fossils and water surface ripples.”
Please contact the gallery for a catalogue or more information.
‘Watermarks’ Amy Albright Solo Exhibition 3rd – 26th November 2021 | Artwave West
The Exhibition will be open Wednesday to Saturday 10am – 5pm
London Exhibition AAF
A new collection of my paintings is now on show at the Affordable Art Fair 9-11th July. Battersea, London. I am being represented by The Art Buyer. Stand F2
Calm ahead 90 x 90cm oil on canvas 2021
Oxford exhibition at the Sarah Wiseman Gallery
I have 8 new paintings at this beautiful gallery, tucked away in Summertown in Oxford. Click here to view the online exhibition, included are a few large paintings like these two below:
Dendritic Depth 100 x 120cm Oil on canvas
“I am delighted to be welcoming Amy Albright to the gallery and exhibiting her magnificent paintings. I am always looking to bring new artists to our programme and Amy’s work is a perfect fit. An underlying theme with the artists at the gallery is their collective powerful connection to the natural world, they are our barometers reminding us how important it is to care for and nurture the environment. In the collection we are exhibition Amy explores the wild majesty of the moment where land meets sea, capturing an elemental essence that we are all drawn to. Her paintings are resolutely contemporary and romantic at the same time, giving us a new perspective on which to contemplate on our relationship with the landscape.”
Sarah Wiseman Gallery director.
Solo show. 'Underlying Edges' Falmouth
Delighted to introduce my next Solo exhibition. UNDERLYING EDGES
at Beside the wave gallery. Falmouth.
10th - 30th September
The exhibition can also be viewed online.
Primitive Glow, 70 x 80cm, Oil on canvas 2020
Dynamic water cycle. Oil on board - framed 18.5 x 36.5cm
I’ve moved my studio home for the time being, such a strange time for us all, I am enjoying my daily walks and bike rides and time to paint when I can. I have two children at home, Henry, age 6 and Sophia age 2, so it’s all go, but those precious hours of painting are so important to me.
I am currently working on a series that are inspired by a day at Glly Beach in Falmouth, looking back at photos and remembering the tidelines, patterns and light from that special day.
ARTISTSUPPORT PLEDGE:
I normally leave the selling to my amazing galleries, but there was a great #artist support initiative set up on Instagram and I have decided to join, whereby artists are posting work for sale, at no more then £200 and often at discounted prices, with a pledge that if they make £1000 worth of sales they will by another artists work worth £200.
I am also donating 10% of any sales to Royal Cornwall Hospital trust and Cornwall Refuge charity, thanking them for the amazing work they do.
Paintings below:
Update 4th June - all paintings now sold - some in matter of minutes! I bought a beautiful painting from another Artist and have raised £120 for my chosen charities! Thankyou
Lockdown studio
Primitive Ochre 25.5 x 30.5cm Oil on canvas £200
Update - SOLD
Surreal Wilderness, 25 x 30cm oil on canvas £200 Update- SOLD
Endless wild, 25 x 30cm oil on canvas £200 Update SOLD
Euphotic light, oil on board, 20 x 30cm £200 SOLD
Unique echo 25 x 30cm oil on canvas £200
SOLD
I will be posting 5 paintings in total as part of the Artist support pledge, Click on the button below to follow me on Instagram
BOOK LAUNCH
“One of the deepest pleasures there is, is to see an artist growing in confidence, their vision now purposeful not simply hopeful. Amy’s work is hauntingly beautiful and full of life. Her powers of observation reflect someone who is a “natural philosopher”, a noticer of nature’s weft and of the power of the seasons. Her work harnesses two slightly contradictory feelings. Of sizzle and richness, the shadings blending the cool with the plush, the cold and lonely with the sunburnt and warm.”
Sir Tim Smit KBE, 2019 (CEO and Founder of the Eden Project)(Extract from Artist book)
My new 40 page Artist book which celebrates all my best work over the last 10 years, complete with words from myself and others, is now AVAILABLE for purchase, £10 plus postage.
Contact me to order a copy.
COMMISSION FOR SAGA CRUISES
So delighted to have been commissioned by SAGA Cruises & SMC Art to Create four 2.7 metre long paintings for their brand new ship ‘Spirit of Discovery’ which launches this month.
New York Exhibition
I recently had work selected for the ‘Blue mind’ exhibition at Reg Arts centre, New York. Such a fabulous show to be part of.
Turquiose tide, oil on canvas 61 x 76cm
Blue Mind: “The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do” Wallace J. Nichols
Commission for The Greenbank Hotel
A new entrance scheme at Falmouth's Greenbank Hotel provides a showcase for two of Falmouth University's high-flying graduates, Artist Amy Albright and Interior Designer Matt Hulme both studied at the university and have gone on to forge successful careers. Award winning artist Amy Albright paints abstract landscape oil paintings and exhibits nationally as well as completing commissions for Interior design schemes and private collections. Matt Hulme runs his own interior design practice called Dynargh Design working on projects throughout the UK. Now more than 10 years later they have returned to Falmouth to collaborate on the Greenbank's new refurb.
Hotels are becoming real art destinations, a place to view original art work and a platform for artists to get more exposure. Helping local economy and continuing the reputation Cornwall has for high quality art. “At The Greenbank we are in an enviable position in being able to show off the very best of our wonderful County to thousands of visitors each year. We strive to achieve that aim through the use of only the very best of local talent, combined with the best of local hospitality, the amalgamation of which creates an authentic and rich cultural experience for all our guests. We are delighted with the bespoke local art produced by Amy Albright for our latest area to come under the eye of our interior designer Matt Hulme. Since we started working with Matt we have always favoured using locally sourced products over mass produced imports, we view this as not only highly important for our local economy, but also to ensure the most authentic Cornish experience possible” says Ben Young managing director at The Greenbank
Amy was commissioned to create six paintings earlier this year, using her unique semi-abstract style in which she builds layers of oil paint with glazes creating an enchanting finish. 'I took inspiration from the local area, particularly focusing at areas where land and water meet, but I like to let the paint guide me a little, making gestural marks, dripping and imprinting with rags and responding to the paint, I'm delighted with the outcome and it's been a pleasure working with Matt Hulme from Dynargh Design.' says Amy.
An artists profile on Amy Albright, based in Krowji Studios, Redruth, Cornwall. Amy creates semi abstract landscapes with her unique techniques inspired by all aspects of nature, from azure blues of the Isles of Scilly to the dramatic lands of Iceland. www.ruaidhrimarshall.com
Short film, 'People and Passion' by R.Marshall
‘A love of the earths movements and ever-changing landscapes inspires Amy just as much as where she lives and travels. Passionate about the elements and the evolution of them, the layering techniques used to create her paintings creates a sense of place that embodies a sense of untouched naturalism. A recent trip to Iceland saw her work become flushed with soft browns and pearly, violet whites that represent the active volcanic landscapes. At her studio at Krowji, an impressive large piece of translucent turquoises and glowing blushes of soft white embodying dark threads of deep blues and purples evoke her perceptions of the sea. Amy’s Paintings continue to give a unique and graceful perspective on the world we live in. ’ Alex Saunders, Editor at My Cornwall Magazine 2018
PRESS - My Cornwall Dec/Jan issue
Shortlisted for NOA prize
Painting 'Geothermal unrest' 61 x 76cm oil on canvas has been shortlisted for the prestigious NOA (National open art) Prize. This piece was inspired by my time in Iceland in 2016.
London Exhibition
Exhibition at 'Beside the wave London' Primrose Hill, runs from 9th -29th September. A mixed exhibition of eight painters currently working at Krowji studios, Cornwall's largest creative hub and home to some of the south-west's leading artists.
Painting in window - Amy Albright, 'Phosphorescence' 90 x 90cm oil on canvas 2016
Tutoring at St Ives School of painting
The Ocean and Abstraction
Work with artist Amy Albright to explore how you can convey the ocean with its ever shifting moods and colour. You will use abstraction to capture your emotive as well as visual responses to time spent out on Porthmeor Beach just outside our studio. Think about being under the sea, looking down on it from a glider, feeling it wash up on the beach over your toes. Explore an abstract and loose creative approach to painting and help establish your own style and identity.
For more information on this course and others that Amy is running, get in touch with St Ives School of painting
Above and Below - SOLO EXHIBITION at Artwave west, Dorset
The mysterious paintings by Cornish Artist, Amy Albright have been exhibited by Artwave West, since its opening in 2009. Albright’s fascination with the interconnecting forms and patterns of the natural world has led her over the past ten years to evolve her own distinct visual language. Ambiguity between vastness and microscopic has always been an interest and this has manifested itself in paintings of exquisite enigma. In her latest works produced for this exhibition a subtle connection to the landscape is revealed. Interludes within veils of mist expose hidden pine forests; suggestion of branches and formations begin to materialise. These dendrite (branch like) patterns evolve into further references reminiscent of the grandeur of the universe. The fact that the same pattern can be found on different scales, for example in a tiny single brain neuron or on a larger scale in the path of a meandering river, is most fitting. Albright’s working process has become increasingly fluid and in seeking to utilise spontaneous painting methods, she has opened up an even greater emphasis on suggestions of the unknown. Gould 2015
In the elements, 120 x 100cm oil on canvas.
For a full catalogue and price list email the gallery info@artwavewest.com
In the press...
Feature from the WMN - Western Morning news on Sunday.
Click on image to read full article.
