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A unique publication about Somerset artist John Caple, designed entirely by the artist, exploring the stories and traditions of this region through his visionary paintings. The book includes an introduction by playwright and novelist Nell Leyshon.
For generations John Caple’s family have been farmers and land-workers in the Mendips. Much of Caple’s art is concerned with the land, its inhabitants and the folklore of this area of Somerset. He began to paint about the collective folk memory of the Mendips: the festivals that still lingered on in certain villages, the healers and the cures, fortune-tellers, witches and ‘cunning men’. His neighbours still knew which house ‘Cunning Beacham’ used to live in; a relative might remember the way to repel an adder bite and how to use a heart charm to bring love. You are still as likely to find a magic charm as a bus ticket in a Somerset pocket.
John Caple is represented by the John Martin Gallery. Limited edition prints of selected images by John Caple are available from KeyWest Editions. |
Somerset: the Paintings of John Caple
John Caple (& Nell Leyshon)
ISBN 978-0-9552667-4-4
New: 15 November 2007
Size: 170 x 170 mm
Cloth. 96 pages
50 illustrations. Price £15.00 |
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First publication about this artist with monograph by Elspeth Moncrieff.
Andrew Gifford was born in Sheffield in 1970. He is recognised as one of the most innovative young landscape painters working today. 'Andrew Gifford' shows the full range of the artist's work, from paintings of urban cityscapes as diverse as gritty northern English towns, Paris and Berlin to the airy spaces of the French landscape, where he now lives. An introductory text by Elspeth Moncrieff also explores Gifford's motivations and approach to painting, as well as his large-scale 'Light Works' installations.
Andrew Gifford is represented by the John Martin Gallery. |
Andrew Gifford
Elspeth Moncrieff
ISBN 978-0-9552667-0-6
Published: October 2006
Size: 300 x 290 mm
Hardcover. 112 pages
140 colour illustrations
Price £35 |
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Produced for the exhibition 'Sarah Gillespie – Recent Work' in October 2002 at the New Street Gallery in Plymouth.
With text by Simon Rake, this booklet provides an excellent introduction to Sarah Gillespie's stunning landscape paintings and charcoal drawings, including the iconic 'God's Breath'.
Limited edition prints of selected images by Sarah Gillespie are available from KeyWest Editions. |
Sarah Gillespie
ISBN 0-9531370-3-1
Published: June 2002
Size: 200 x 210 mm
Softcover. 24 pages
12 colour illustrations
Price £5.00 |
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Derek Holland was born in Chesterfield in 1927. During the 60s and early 70s his large colourfield paintings were regularly exhibited at London’s Redfern Gallery. However, he later began to make drawings of the rural towns and villages of northern France; back in the studio these became the starting point for further exploration. Gradually,the paintings became ever looser and the colours more intensely high key, and his final mature style developed; the increasingly restless brushmarks blending together into a sublime radiant harmony.
Produced for the exhibition ‘Paintings of Brittany’ first shown at Plymouth Arts Centre, Aug–Sep 2000. |
Derek Holland
ISBN 0-9531370-2-3
Published: Sep 2000
Size: 195 x 210 mm
Softcover. 16 pages
14 illustrations (9 colour)
Price £3.95 |
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Kurt Jackson is acclaimed as one of Britain's finest landscape painters. In an extensive interview the artist talks frankly about his life and work, the rigours of plein air painting and his remarkable mixed media technique.
Nearly 100 illustrations depict the full range of Kurt's subject matter, from the secluded bays of the West Penwith coast to the traditional working environment of the South Crofty miners. Above all, the sea in all its moods is a constant presence; under lowering Atlantic skies or sparkling with brilliant sunshine.
Although awaiting reprint, a few copies of this title are still available from White Lane Press. |
Kurt Jackson: Paintings of Cornwall & The Scillies
ISBN 0-9531370-1-5
Published: July 1999
Size: 300 x 300 mm
Pbk & Hbk. 108 pages
90 colour illustrations
Out of print (call) |
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This new publication is the first complete survey of the artist's abstract work.
In an era when derivative art is prevalent, Diane Nevitt’s paintings stand out for their sensitivity, skill and originality. Working with no preconceived idea of how the finished painting should be, she responds subconsciously with the colour, shapes and marks she uses to a mood or feeling connected to her experience of events and places.
The inspiration for her recent work is curiously idiosyncratic: the dramatic shoreline of Lake Garda; an installation of strange animal sculptures accompanied by Michael Galasso’s haunting music; a train journey through the Dolomites to the old spa town of Merano; the orange groves of rural Mallorca. However, no matter what the subject matter, it is always Diane Nevitt’s poetic colour sense and unique vision that remain foremost. |
Journey: the paintings of Diane Nevitt
ISBN 978-0-9552667-5-1
New: 15 September 2008
Size: 260 x 260 mm
Cloth. 80 pages
76 illustrations. Price £25.00 |
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Produced for the successful exhibition at the New Street Gallery in 2005, this catalogue provides a fine introduction to the work of Diane Nevitt.
14 colour illustrations show her large scale canvasses such as 'On the Lago di Garda' (see cover illustration).
Further information about the artist can be found on the website www.dianenevitt.co.uk |
Paintings from Italy
Diane Nevitt
ISBN 0-9531370-8-2
Published: 2005
Size: 200 x 210 mm
Paperback. 28 pages
14 colour illustrations
Price £5.00 |
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The 38 self-portraits collected in this book span the artist’s whole career. From his first paintings as an earnest fifteen-year-old boy, working in Room No. 3 of the Hotel Shemtov, the Jewish hotel run by his parents in
Cricklewood in the post-war years, to the haunting last self-portrait in hospital shortly before his death in Plymouth aged sixty, these images make
for an encyclopaedia of the artist’s changing styles and philosophical interests down the years.
‘Skill is a faculty that is half-asleep,’ said Lenkiewicz, yet his self-portraits transcend mere technique and confront the spectator with the fully alert and unflinching gaze of an artist profoundly interested in ‘the business of living’.
This book formed the catalogue to the exhibition Robert Lenkiewicz: Self-Portraits 1956-2002 at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art in 2008. |
Robert Lenkiewicz: Self-Portraits
ISBN 978-0-9552667-3-7
New: 15 September 2008
Size: 260 x 260 mm
Cloth. 96 pages
80 illustrations. Price £20 |
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'Robert Lenkiewicz: Paintings & Projects' is a stunning new monograph which provides a definitive overview of Robert Lenkiewicz's unique life and artistic career.
The text surveys the reasoning behind the artist's method of painting large-scale 'Projects' on themes such as Vagrancy, Jealousy, Self-Portrait, Old Age, and Death . The ideas underpinning the artist's thinking about the nature of human relationships are fully explored. 80 colour plates, many showing paintings never before published, show the full breadth and development of his extraordinary range and skill as a painter. The book also features the colour photography of Derek Harris, which captures the dramatic surroundings of the artist's studio and private library.
A specially bound Collector's Edition, including a limited edition print of a portrait by photographer Derek Harris, is also available.
For more information about this, and other publications about Robert Lenkiewicz, please visit www.robertlenkiewiczpublications.co.uk |
Robert Lenkiewicz: Paintings & Projects ISBN 0-9531370-9-0
Published: October 2006
Size: 288 x 290 mm
192 pages
Hardcover. 80 colour illustrations
Price £35 |
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The pictorial biography featuring more than 400 photographs from 'The Lenkiewicz Archive' by Dr Philip Stokes.
Between 1968-2002, renowned photographer Philip Stokes compiled a unique archive of images and biographical material about his close friend, the painter Robert Lenkiewicz. Dr Stokes' remarkable photographs offer a tantalizing glimpse into the life of Robert Lenkiewicz in a striking visual style which ideally complements the painter's own work.
Dr Stokes recorded landmark public events in the artist's life as well as working practices in Lenkiewicz's studios with sitters for many of his most significant paintings. He was also granted unique access behind the scenes, capturing the artist in intimate private settings. The archive also includes a visual record of the development of the artist's magnificent private library.
This large-format hardback book contains 180 pages and reproduces many images in full 11 x 8 ins size.
For more information about this, and other publications about Robert Lenkiewicz, please visit www.robertlenkiewiczpublications.co.uk |
A Portrait of Robert Lenkiewicz: Photographs by Dr Philip Stokes ISBN 0-9531370-6-6
Published: 5 August 2005
Size: 320 x 320 mm
180 pages
Hardcover. 440 illustrations
Price £25 |
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The first major publication about this popular artist. A journal of Fred Yates’ progress
through France between the years
1992 to the present day, using his
own words from letters, journals and other correspondence. Lavishly illustrated with over 70 colour images.
Born in Manchester in 1922, Fred Yates worked as an insurance clerk, before serving as a Grenadier Guardsman in the war. He taught art for many years, then moved to Cornwall, where he started to paint full-time. His idiosyncratic paintings are easily identified by their brilliant vibrant colour, often squeezed straight from the tube. The apparent naïve style masks a sure skill in creating his world of Manchester city life, Cornish villages and French landscapes, populated by his familiar cast of characters. Fred Yates moved to France in the early 1990s where, now in his mid-eighties, he continues to paint as obsessively as ever. |
C'est votre passion, Monsieur!
Fred Yates
ISBN 978-0-9552667-2-0
New: 15 October 2007
Size: 210 x 165 mm
Cloth. 112 pages
70 illustrations. Price £20 |
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