GEOFFREY BICKLEY NICOLA HANCOX SOPHIE HARDING GARY LONG MAGGIE MATTHEWS TOM RICKMAN

May Show ga l le ryTRESCO13 May - 5 July 2013

2 Quay28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

3 Islands28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

Maggie Matthews

Cover image: 1 Bryher28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

How to buy our art All of the art shown is available onreceipt of this brochure. If you areinterested in making a purchaseplease phone 01720 424 925.

www.gallerytresco.co.uk The exhibition can also be viewed on our web site from Monday 6th May 2013.

Colours may vary between the originals andthese reproductions. All measurementsshown are in centimetres and are imagesize only excluding the frame.

ga l le ryTRESCOWelcome

to our May Show“These islands seem to create a bond, a certainconnection for most visitors, but none more sothan our artists. For them there is a joyful returnto the challenge. A renewed dance: an elusivechase to pin down their very own Scilly. Thisshow is evidence to each; their success and pleasure. View life on Scilly through the artists’eyes and sense the magic of colours blended,marks made, a composition and story unfolding.A vision shared for all to enjoy.”

Anna Parkes, manager

4 Plumb Island28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

5 Appletree Bay28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

Maggie Matthews

6 Blockhouse28 x 41cm pastel on paper £500

Nicola Hancox

9 The wave66 x 38cm watercolour £790

7 Palace Row, New Grimsby25 x 37cm watercolour £460

8 Breaking wave45 x 45cm watercolour £590

10 Time for thought47 x 62cm watercolour £790

11 Patterns in the sand47 x 64cm watercolour £790

Geoffrey Bickley

12 Curlew 451cm high wood £265

13 Curlew 154cm high wood £265

14 Curlew 353cm high wood £265

15 Curlew 251cm high wood £265

16 Woodcock in flight72cm high wood £265

17 Cormorant 184cm high wood £490

18 Cormorant 284cm high wood £490

Gary Long

19 Blue boat30 x 30cm oil on canvas £600

20 Path by Borough Farm61 x 46cm oil on canvas £1120

21 Green mood51 x 61cm oil on canvas £1200

Gary Long

22 Round Island30 x 41cm oil on canvas £700

23 Being there30 x 41cm oil on canvas £700

24 North end51 x 51cm oil on canvas £1100

Tom Rickman

26 Two swans21 x 15cm gouache on paper £425

27 Borough evening21 x 15cm gouache on paper £425

25 Evening walk15 x 21cm gouache on paper £425

29 In shadow71 x 41cm oil on canvas £2500

28 In ember71 x 41cm oil on canvas £2500

30 Jet stream71 x 46cm oil on canvas £2500

Geoffrey Bickley

31 Woodpeckers, pair25cm high wood £320

32 Duck22cm high wood £320

33 Turnstones, trio30cm high wood £330

34 Kingfisher44cm high wood £160

35 Oystercatchers, trio29cm high wood £410

Sophie Harding

38 Clouds, cottages and gate20 x 20cm acrylic on canvas £450

36 Horse, pail and palm tree21 x 26cm acrylic on canvas £500

39 Fields, fishing boat and gate26 x 26cm acrylic on canvas £550

37 Gull, bay and beach20 x 20cm acrylic on canvas £450

40 White house, fence and sailing boat24 x 30cm acrylic on canvas £595

41 Seagulls, islands and red boat31 x 41cm acrylic on canvas £650

The Artists Maggie MatthewsThe colours of Tresco seem to fillyour mind, from the crystal clearturquoise waters to the vivid pinksunsets. I’m always totally absorbed by the fast changing lightand weather conditions alongTresco’s coastline.

These pastel drawings were created“en plein air” focusing on myfavourite stretches of beach. Working outside intuitively choosingvivid colours and weaving themquickly onto the page. My choice ofbold and vibrant colour allows me toexpress the atmosphere of theseplaces I know so well.

Nicola HancoxThis year’s collection takes me backto days spent walking along Tresco’sbeautiful beaches, where timestands still and I can be alone withmy thoughts.

I watch the rise and fall of the tide,as the crystal clear water, withsoothing sounds, gently laps overthe sand, then with the recedingrhythm, draws back, pulling tinyshells and pebbles, leaving smoothwet sand, which reflects all thecolours of the sky. A shimmer oflight plays over the water, buoysbobbing, sea birds running in andout, seaweed tangles and distantviews over the islands. Heaven.

I hope these paintings bring backmemories of your special timesspent on Tresco.

Geoffrey BickleyThis last 12 months has been a busytime, I was delighted to be shortlisted for the David Shepherd WildlifeArtist of the Year, from entries worldwide.

The cormorants are a popular birdespecially on the islands. They canoften be spotted on isolated rocksdrying their wings, I find them full ofcharacter and I like to exploit theirlazy-looking stance.

I’ve seen quite a few curlews thisyear so have included these in thisexhibition along with other favouritesand some new carvings.

Gary LongI travelled over to Tresco from Penzance on one of the last helicopter flights savouring the feeling of leaving the bustle of themainland behind arriving on the tranquil island.

My time was spent making sketchesof familiar locations and also lookingfor new ones.

The weather plays a very importantpart in the way that a place is portrayed. My preference is themore dramatic landscape and themood that is created when conditions change.

As always the experience was memorable.

Tom RickmanI would think that over the years ofcoming to paint on Tresco that itwould be possible to run out of inspiration and ideas from such asmall landmass. But this place hasa most canny way of re-inventing itself and showing me its manyfacets.

The time I spend here in the winter isquite special. The island is left as ifto sleep and I wander around itsempty spaces within its own dream -quite alone within the beauty and my thoughts.

Sophie HardingOur visit to Tresco in January waswonderful as my son is now oldenough to walk for significant distances which meant that we enjoyed plenty of windy, wintry walksalong as many beaches as we couldcollecting sea glass as we went.

I filled a whole sketchbook withdrawings so that on my return I hada large collection of sketches towork from for my new paintings.

My aim, as usual is to capture thebeauty, simplicity and charm of theisland.

Tresco is one of my favourite placesto be and I'm so lucky to have thisopportunity to visit every year.

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ga l le ryTRESCO2013 ExhibitionsJULY SHOWS6th July » Neil Pinkett, Ian Shearman, Rosemary Trestini16th July » Paul Lewin, David Rust, Ellen Watson27th July » Imogen Bone, Anthony Garratt, Maggie O’Brien

AUGUST SHOWS6th August » Tom Holland, Marie Mills, Mungo Powney17th August » John Dyer, Stewart Edmondson, Paul Wadsworth27th August » Chris Hankey, Myles Oxenford, Nicky Walker

AUTUMN SHOW » 9th OctoberJohn Bampfield, Stuart Kettle, Wendy McBride, Richard Stanley, Andrew Tozer

42 Tresco tree line (detail) by Nicola Hancox36 x 54cm watercolour £640