Forthcoming
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Rebecca Styles
Featured Artist 1 - 26 Jun 2024 This June, following on from her Cape Cornwall collection of last autumn, Whitewater Contemporary presents new work by landscape artist Rebecca Styles. Click HERE to receive the digital preview catalogue prior to the show openning. Titled Hawthorn, Hedgerow and Heath, this exhibition continues Rebecca’s enquiry into the essence of ‘place’,... Read more -
Hannah Davies
Featured Artist 29 Jun - 24 Jul 2024 This new collection by Hannah Davies continues her exploration of the theme of reflections. Click here HERE to receive the digital preview catalogue prior to the show openning. In her paintings she creates a sense of mystery and atmosphere though the use of transparent layers of oil paint, which she... Read more -
John Brenton
Featured Artist 27 Jul - 21 Aug 2024 This new collection of paintings by Cornish artist John Brenton is inspired by the expansive beauty of the North Cornwall Coast. Click HERE to receive the digital preview catalogue prior to the show openning. John’s oil on canvas and smaller oil on board paintings are defined by deeply textural palette... Read more
Past
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Peter Turnbull
Featured Artist 30 Mar - 24 Apr 2024 This Easter, Whitewater Contemporary present work by landscape painter Peter Turnbull.Peter studied at Nottingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art in both London and Paris. Following on from his exhibition at Whitewater in 2022, this collection continues his relationship with the landscape of North Cornwall, and seeks... Read more -
Hannah Davies
New Works Showcase 14 Feb - 16 Mar 2024 This new collection by Hannah Davies explores the theme of reflections. Hannah will also be our solo Featured Artist for July 2024, click HERE to receive a copy of the digital preview catalogue prior to the show opening. In her paintings she creates a sense of mystery and atmosphere though... Read more -
Andrew Barrowman
New Works Showcase 12 Feb - 13 Mar 2024 We are delighted to welcome landscape artist Andrew Barrowman to Whitewater Contemporary for the very first time, with an exclusive collection of paintings available now at the gallery. Andrew can be seen painting on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2024, on air throughout February. He will also be... Read more -
Nell Kerr
Featured Artist 10 Feb - 27 Mar 2024 The 2024 Featured Artist series startswith an exhibition of paintings by Nell Kerr. Nell's paintings are meditations on how water moves, how it might feel or sound. Using traditional methods of oil painting she aims to evoke the very essence of moving water, from crashing waves to placid ripples. Her... Read more
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Simeon Stafford
Featured Artist 2 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024 For their December Featured Artist collection, Whitewater Contemporary presents work by celebrated painter Simeon Stafford. This witty, high-energy series of works brings to life the joy of winter holidays in the Alps, where crowds of people in brightly coloured clothing zip and whizz between each other down sparkling white slopes.... Read more -
Heidi Archer
Virtual Showcase 23 Nov - 1 Dec 2023 Our new Virtual Showcase introduces paintings by artist Heidi Archer. Heidi works in oil, acrylic, carborundum and charcoal on canvas, board and wood panel, creating artworks that respond to the landscape around her home in South Devon. Drawing on the details and visual motifs of Devon's coast and moorland, from... Read more -
Suki Wapshott
Featured Artist 28 Oct - 29 Nov 2023 This new work celebrates Suki’s love of the spectacular North Cornwall landscape where she has lived and worked for more than two decades. Inspired by her daily walks along the Polzeath, Daymer Bay and Port Isaac coastline, the exhibition includes medium and large scale works, as well as an intimate... Read more -
Caroline Cleave
Featured Artist 30 Sep - 25 Oct 2023 This new collection, by respected Port Isaac based painter and printmaker Caroline Cleave, will explore ideas of returning to a place you love, a place that is special to your own life story, that lifts your spirits and renews your positivity. Inspired by the artist's recent homecoming to her beloved... Read more
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Rebecca Styles
Featured Artist 26 Aug - 27 Sep 2023 From August Bank Holiday onwards, Whitewater Contemporary presents a unique collection by rising British landscape painter Rebecca Styles. This summer, Rebecca is taking up an artist's residency at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall, and the works she creates at this inspirational location will be exhibited exclusively at Whitewater Contemporary throughout September.... Read more -
Max Leuchars
Virtual Showcase 5 - 14 Aug 2023 This month's Virtual Showcase introduces new paintings by rising young artist Max Leuchars. In a richly-textured painterly style, Max captures inspirational scenes from locations around the world, conveying a powerful sense of landscape and atmosphere. This collection includes scenes from Cornwall, the rolling hills of rural Italy, and the sparkling... Read more -
John Brenton
Featured Artist 29 Jul - 23 Aug 2023 Artist John Brenton takes inspiration from the natural beauty of the British Isles, working here in Cornwall and as far north as Scotland. Typically painting 'en plein air' he has developed a palette of natural colours that express the ever changing and temperate atmosphere of the landscape, instantly transporting viewers... Read more -
Stewart Edmondson
Featured Artist 24 Jun - 26 Jul 2023 Stewart is a contemporary landscape artist who is renowned for his paintings of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, and, more recently the spectacular North Cornwall coast. Working 'en plein air' throughout the seasons and in all weathers, Stewart draws inspiration from the light and energy of his dramatic rural surroundings,... Read more
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Viv Richards
Featured Artist 27 May - 21 Jun 2023 Mixed media artist Viv Richard’s lives and works in Bude and makes work inspired by her appreciation for the beauty of Cornwall's ocean views, far horizons and unique feeling of open sky and space. This new collection for 2023 responds to the landscape of around Polzeath, Port Isaac and Daymer... Read more -
Suki Wapshott
Virtual Showcase 9 - 16 May 2023 This month’s Virtual Showcase introduces our latest paintings by Suki Wapshott. This group of new work features scenes of North Cornwall’s beautiful St Enodoc, Daymer Bay, Polzeath and Port Isaac. Fans of Suki’s work will be familiar with the dazzling array of colours used in her paintings, from her favourite... Read more -
Simeon Stafford
Featured Artist 29 Apr - 24 May 2023 This spring, Whitewater Contemporary brings you the latest collection of work by Simeon Stafford. Over his 40 year career, Simeon has established himself as one of the UKs most recognised artists, known for his high-energy paintings of unique places and their bustling communities, as well as his lively portraits and... Read more -
Rebecca Styles
Virtual Showcase 26 Apr - 2 May 2023 Artist Rebecca Styles studied at Bradford College of Art, and later Falmouth College of Art. She currently works from her studio in the Outer Hebrides on the West Coast of Scotland. She is a recipient of a Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award, and a Creative Scotland Artist Bursary for... Read more
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John Brenton
Virtual Showcase 28 Mar - 8 Apr 2023 For this month’s Virtual Showcase, we present a new collection by Cornishman John Brenton, ahead of a larger body of work to be shown this August as part of our Featured Artist series. Born in 1964, John has established himself as a leading British land and seascape artist. Painting in... Read more -
Sam Brooks
Featured Artist 25 Mar - 26 Apr 2023 On show throughout April, Whitewater Contemporary presents new work by painter Sam Brooks. Sam’s still life and landscape works are influenced by 20th Century European Modernism and explore colour and form through a spontaneous approach to abstraction. Working in oils on panel or linen, she paints freely with sweeping brushstrokes,... Read more -
Judy McKenzie
Featured Artist 11 Feb - 22 Mar 2023 In this new collection, Judy has pushed the boundaries of her imagination to allow a more fluid and liberated way of exploring the use of coloured clay. During lockdown, she drew inspiration from permitted country walks, recognising that we are all connected by nature and the sky above us and... Read more
Online
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Alison Summerfield
Virtual Showcase 19 - 25 Apr 2023 Our current online exhibition showcases the work of Devon based artist Alison Summerfield. Alison studied English and Art History at University, and is a longstanding Trustee and Honorary Member of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts. As a landscape and still life painter, she works in oils... Read more -
Simeon Stafford
Virtual Showcase 6 - 28 Feb 2023 New to the gallery is a collection of seven new skiing inspired paintings by Simeon Stafford. Read more