The show will go on!  Please note the new dates.  

The gallery will be open on Monday, 29 March and Tuesday 30 March.  Everyone is welcome.  Entry is free.

The Circle is comprised of six female artists. The name symbolises the creative enjoyment that comes from putting their very different works together to experience their flow from one to another.

They met as a group some years ago and now have moved on to regularly exhibiting together. Some reach for the ethereal or the transcendent, others’ work is dark and moody, and still others express themselves on an emotional level through quirky humour or the colour and rhythm evident in their work. In this exhibition, Debra Ansell splashes gorgeous colours about and her compositions are an indication of the lively and very individual person she is.

Dorothy Compton is an established Hunter Valley artist and art teacher whose wonderful work demonstrates her experience and skill. Dorothy plays with light and reflections in the landscape and has myriad expressions of her travels around Australia to explore in her painting.

Clare Felton is an experimental painter who likes to play with paint and allow the composition, shapes, lights and darks to emerge. In this exhibition, she presents oil on canvas and develops a love of the square format in landscape.

Judith Hill has continued to explore her mark making in her current paintings in a multitude of colours and patterns, always pushing the limits of imagination and an uncanny knowledge of being that little bit different as an oil painter.

Maryanne Ireland’s work varies from the ‘almost not there’ as she places feather light touches of pastel or charcoal on paper, to monochrome indoor scenes and colour and composition that are utterly reduced to the necessary. In these ways she produces an uncommon beauty of effect that gives us pause as we look.

Jacqui Immens McCoy is an artist with a singular style that shows in every piece of work she undertakes. Her work often speaks of finding the beauty in domesticity.  She always manages to present a quirky and lovable set of works that sing with their colour and vibrance. 

If The Circle has a theme in this exhibition, it’s the undeniable pleasure its members take in making and presenting art for public display. If their work brings pleasure to the viewer, that’s a bonus that bodes well for their continued interaction as a group. The Circle is delighted to be in Gloucester and its members look forward to meeting locals and discussing their art.