Out walking our dog recently on a gorgeous sunlit late spring evening, I took this photograph from the top of our field across the Chiltern Hills. The words of the Beatles song kept lilting through my mind as I gazed upon the distant road winding its way through the green fields of wheat. And I…
Fillingdon Fine Art is proud to be supporting Rise Africa UK at the Art 4 Africa art fair in Bedfordshire from 16th – 19th June 2016. Rise Africa UK is a UK registered charity (Charity Registration Number: 1148744) committed to making a significant difference to the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the Moshono…
On the other side of the world in a small community called Samford Village, Queensland, Australia, I have a close and dear friend who a sings in the choir of the local Catholic Sacred Heart Church. One Sunday a few months ago, she spied a newcomer in the front pew. Not only was that unusual…
Yes, Hennie is a big man. But he is not just physically tall. He is a giant in the world of ceramics. As one of South Africa’s leading ceramic artists, Hennie’s CV shows his meteoric rise through the classic art shows of the country and is littered with awards and accolades. But he also is…
Blue and white is the classic ceramic colour combination used by potters over the centuries around the world. Timeless, classless. fresh and so very beautiful, it is a simple winning formula with universal appeal. And, its inspiration? Perhaps nature. To walk in our local woods at the moment is a heady experience. They are a…
It has been claimed that Cape Town acquired this moniker because in 1930’s someone wrote that it was the only city in South Africa that could justly call itself a metropolis. This word is coined from the Greek derivation of ‘meter’ or ‘metros’ meaning mother and ‘polis’ meaning city and so the nickname of ‘Mother…
Do make a note of these dates for our summer exhibition and keep referring to the website as the new work gets uploaded. See you in July!
Pictured are a few of the talented and inspirational women who paint, sculpt, pot and create for our gallery. There are obviously many more, and today, on International Women’s Day, we salute their ingenuity, and thank them for their continous contribution and excellence. Mary-Jane Alexander’s oil painting “Mimosa – Festa della Donna” which we have…
Our Irish flag is flying high for the match at Twickenham this afternoon – Ireland v England; green v white. Obviously in a game of rugby, supporters back only one colour. But at our large mixed art exhibitions however, all colour preferences are catered for. So on our forthcoming show opening next Saturday, we feature…
There is something about white; the simplicity, the purity, the cleanliness. Winter has been disappointedly wet and warm this year in general, but the sodden grey monotony has intermittently been broken by the odd crisp, sparkling, frosty day, when the whole world seems to have been frozen in time and nature suspended in animation. Nowhere…
