Shaping Up

We are now two days away from the public launch on Friday 18th April..

We now have a nearly full compliment of work to present some amazing local talent.

Todays update..


Chris Self a.k.a. “Seff” is a Freelance Artist who experiments with a diverse range of materials and techniques to create vibrant and exciting unique paintings which are created for both commercial and domestic interiors.

“I am very pleased to have been asked to contribute work for the exhibition as I am familiar with the wonderful sentiment surrounding the event and I wish everyone associated with it the very best”.

“A few years ago I became interested in the celebrated group of 1960’s Action Painters and the concept of painting without the use of conventional tools such as brushes and knives and wondered if I could completely eradicate hand tools and still create interesting work”.

“I rose to the challenge and decided to completely divorce myself from familiar techniques and explore a variety of energy forces which I hoped that I could control and use in the painting process”.

“I decided to build a variety of mechanical “assistants” that would help me to experiment with this exciting new idea”.

“The journey was a long and dangerous one but, after solving all of the associated problems, scrapping loads of electrical equipment, suffering a few injuries and starting two fires in my workshop, I finally cracked the “Rotating Bitch”.

“This Mother always excites me when I use her and she demands a lot of respect and attention as she rips around at approx 3,500 revs per minute carrying the panels which, just to make it more exciting, are always trying to escape and turn into things that, when in free flight, could quite easily take the top of your head off”.

“To minimise the risks I have found that the safest way to apply paint onto the panels is to suspend myself from my studio ceiling in a full body harness”.

“All of the paintings that I am showing at this exhibition have been painted with the “Bitch’s” help and speak for themselves”.

“I am constantly experimenting with new techniques and materials and will hopefully be producing exciting new work for a long time to come”.

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David Bassinder lives and works in the Blackcountry, after finishing a diploma at Stourbridge Art collage David went on to Wolverhampton University to gain a Degree in Art for Society(a course that focused on the social aspects of art practice).

After finishing University David as established Himself as a successful artist in the public realm he as helped produce large scale murals in and around the local area. The most recent being at the Russells Hall Hospital an Dudley.

David also regually stages exhibitions and takes part in group shows including shows at the Light house in Wolverhampton, Chameleon Gallery Walsall, Dudley Art Gallery, Summit House...

He also conducts workshops in Streetart and Graffiti teaching students about the positive aspects of these artforms. Working for local councils including Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell, as well as conducting workshops at The New Wallsall Art Gallery, David considers art can be a force for positive change in society.

Fine Art and illustration have helped shape Davids Creative Outlook, along with graffiti and skateboard culture.

Please take a look at his website http://www.krudesign.co.uk

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Deidre O'Rourke

My pieces are sculptural landscape paintings in free-blown glass. I try to express my experience of a place, with special focus on the light of the horizon. I derive the form of the pieces from the landscape and the colours from the sky.

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Margret Pritchard. BA Hons

Born in Dudley, now living and working in Hagley, Worcestershire.

Margaret's main area of work is mixed media incorporating painting, printing, collage and photography. She is inspired by the forms, surfaces and colours of the world around her.
Using the camera as a "third eye", close-up photography enables her to create mixed media images which reflect this fascination.
The Photography is an important aid enabling her to explore ideas, offering another way to study concepts which have already been resolved through other mediums.