Mall Galleries Blog

Discerning Eye: Jack Sutherland and Henry Byrne, Part One

Mall Galleries' regulars will know Jack Sutherland and Henry Byrne as our brilliant bespectacled Duty Managers. However, some of you may not know that they are both fantastic painters. This year's upcoming ING Discerning Eye exhibition features two works each by both Henry and Jack.

Posted by Anna Preston on Tue, 2016-11-15 10:55

Fiddler's Hill Nest by Miriam Escofet AssocRP Still Life Commissions

Still Lifes by A Portrait Painter

Miriam Escofet AssocRP talks about the Still Lifes she painted using her client's collections of objects Fiddler's Hill Nest The owner of this painting lives in a farm in Wiltshire. He particularly admired one of my previous paintings on the theme of a bird’s nest and wanted something very similar, but very particularly depicting certain eggs and insects from his...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Mon, 2016-11-14 14:46

Interior with Ceramics by Charles Hardaker RBA Still Life Ceramics Collection Commission

A ceramics collection as the basis of a still life

One of our most touching commissions at Mall Galleries was a wedding gift of a highly personal still life painting using the couple’s ceramics collection. The wedding gift had taken the form of a gift voucher contributed to by the couple’s friends and presented by Mall Galleries in a white gift box containing literature on how to begin the process...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Sat, 2016-11-12 17:26

Mill Farm by Graham Webber ROI House portrait Commissions

Portrait of a Family House

For her husband’s birthday, Monica Tudor commissioned a portrait of their Oxfordshire farmhouse, which was soon to go on the market, by artist Graham Webber ROI. Monica wanted the house depicted in spring time but she needed a gift to present to her husband on his birthday in late winter. Mall Galleries sent Monica a commissions gift box announcing the...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Thu, 2016-11-10 18:39

Let there be Light- St Cuthbert's by Peter Vincent PS

Commission for a 1950s modernist church and its vicarage

One of our most niche commissions to date was a portrait of a modern 1950s church in North London. The client, the church’s vicar, had seen the 2015 FBA exhibition The Painted Parish' online and was inspired to commission an artist to paint his own place of worship. Mall Galleries art advisors put together a portfolio of possible artists and...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Thu, 2016-11-10 18:19

The RAC Snow Effect by Ken Howard OBE RA

The Royal Automobile Club Exhibitions and Commissions

In 2011, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) reached it’s centenary year. In commemoration of this, they invited 26 artists to paint the Club’s two stunning premises in Central London and Surrey, culminating in a large exhibition for the Club’s members. The artists were given free reign of the two clubs on a day of their choice and asked to produce...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Thu, 2016-11-10 17:58

Waves and Windsurfing: A Family Holiday at Bantham Beach

Sebastian Seal had come across a painting of Bantham Beach by Duncan Palmar at the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) Annual Exhibition and although the painting had sold, it had struck a chord. Sebastian knew the area well, as he spends the summer holidays with his family windsurfing in the Cornish bay. Mall Galleries offers commissions advice throughout the...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Thu, 2016-11-10 17:44

Daniel Cole, Great Black Baked Gull and Rooks, Camel Estuary

Society of Wildlife Artists Prize Winners 2016

The Society of Wildlife Artists 53rd Annual Exhibition, The Natural Eye, opened at Mall Galleries on October 26

Posted by Liam Kilby on Mon, 2016-10-31 16:19

Borello-Wendy-Turbulence in the Laguna Veneta

Royal Society of Marine Artists Prize Winners 2016

This year's Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition opened on 28 September. This year the Royal Society of Marine Artists celebrate 50 years of Royal status by mounting their largest-ever exhibition, occupying all three gallery spaces at Mall Galleries. Thank you to all the artists who exhibited this year and a special congratulations to all the prize and award winners.

Posted by Liam Kilby on Wed, 2016-10-05 15:48

Artist Spotlight: Gareth Kemp

Gareth Kemp is a painter of fictional landscapes, working in acrylics to create striking and deceptively simple compositions where landscape elements are transformed into evocative motif.

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Tue, 2016-10-04 14:08

1.Henry Bryne at Royal Soc Portrait Painters Annual Exhibtion

In Conversation with Henry Byrne, Weekend and Evening Gallery Manager

I have been at the gallery for three months. I am the Weekend and Evening Gallery Manager, which means I work during evening events and weekends. My role is to deal with any issues that exhibitors or guests have during the show, help run the front desk, and close up after events.

Posted by Liberty Rowley on Mon, 2016-09-19 15:48

Shell and Bell by Laura Smith Buy Art Click & Buy Collection

Artist Spotlight: Laura Smith

Laura Smith is a figurative artist based in London with a deep proclivity to abstract art. She graduated from her MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2012, won the Clare Winsten Memorial Award and was shortlisted in 2011 and 2016 for the Columbia Threadneedle Prize.

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Fri, 2016-09-09 12:13

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