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…
It lifts my soul on a damp, dark, windy, grey February morning in UK to look at images of my travels to Africa to visit artists on bright, blue-sky summer days. We are about to receive in a new collection of oil paintings by Mandy McKay, featuring birds and flowers. After visiting her at her…
Just as Cape Town’s Table Mountain is incomplete without its distinctive white tablecloth, so too is our gallery without a few colourful cloths and cushions. Brand new in, ready for our spring show in March, is a vibrant collection of cotton fabrics from the wonderful Carole Nevin. When I was last in the Mother City,…
Happy new year! We finally have frost on the ground, but the days are lengthening and the buds unfurling and spring will be here in all its glory before we know it. To mark this wonderful season as well as the start of our special Silver Jubilee year in business, we are proud to announce…
To celebrate 21 years of support, the charity Farm Africa has nominated Fillingdon Fine Art as their Fundraiser of the Month and elevated the gallery to their Fundraisers’ Hall of Fame. http://www.farmafrica.org/featured-fundraiser/fillingdon-fine-art “We are delighted to be acknowledged as an official fundraiser for this worthwhile charity which, like our gallery, has Africa at the heart of…
Travelling around Africa searching for art can be hungry work. Most days there is no such thing as lunch, as I dash from one studio to the next, talking, looking, touching, feeling, choosing. So anyone who offers me food is an angel; none more so than the talented Heather Mills, who I refer to as…