Our musings on art, events and what's new...

New website for figurative art

Nude not Rude! We are thrilled to announce that we have launched a second website, under the name Nude not Rude. This brand will specialise in art that celebrates the human form. Visit www.nudenotrude to view our carefully curated collection of tasteful figurative art, including academic life studies, oils and watercolours. En ...

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Dame Elisabeth Frink Exhibition

There is currently a superb exhibition of sculpture, drawings and paintings by Dame Elisabeth Frink at the Dorset Museum and Art Gallery. Situated in the heart of Dorchester, the Museum is showing this remarkable collection until 21st April 2024. We visited recently and can highly recommend it. Frink was one of Britain's mos ...

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French Art

We have recently returned from a trip sourcing some delightful art from the Brittany and Normandy regions of France. Keep a look out in the coming weeks and months for the addition of some gorgeous new pieces to our collection! ...

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New to market

We are pleased to say that we have recently acquired a collection of works by the acclaimed Welsh artists Gwilym Prichard and Claudia Williams. As husband and wife and fellow artists this couple travelled extensively throughout Europe, producing some remarkable art in their individual and distinctive styles, before returning to ...

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Professional Packing and delivery

Most of our sales are now exports, so we have become very experienced at packing paintings so they arrive safely at their destination. Packing materials and techniques vary according to the work in question, its size and particular attributes. We receive a lot of positive feedback on the care we take in ensuring that each piece ...

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Artist Resale Rights

Did you know that royalties may be due when an original work of art is bought from an art market professional? Artist Resale Rights are due as a result of European legislation and apply where an art professional sells an original work for more than 1,000 euros (based on the exchange rate on the day of the sale) and where the art ...

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Edinburgh Art Fair 2017

Flashback to our stand at The Edinburgh Art Fair last November. We had a wonderful time, making new friends and contacts and exhibiting art from the likes of Sir Russell Flint, Dame Laura Knight, Mary Fedden, Donald McIntyre, Charles Dixon and many other well known artists of the past 200 years. Thanks to all who helped to make ...

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A brand new website!

Most of our sales are now online, so we have launched this enhanced website with additional features to make browsing and buying our original art more straightforward. You can now browse in categories according to subject, artist etc. and see at a glance our latest stock. There are also handy forms to enable you to ask questions ...

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Relocation to the south coast

Autumn 2018 - after operating from the East Midlands for many years we have relocated to the beautiful south coast. We are loving the endless coastal views, the walking and the weather, which is just that bit warmer most of the time! Being based further south also means that we are able to cover a different area in terms of offe ...

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Business almost as usual!

Just to let you know - we have continued to operate almost as usual during the corona virus pandemic. There have been no private viewings, in accordance with current government guidance, and we will keep this situation under review. We are however continuing to ship world wide and there have been no delays with deliveries. Finan ...

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