Brenda Hartill – NOW and THEN

ROCHE Gallery Special Events - Brenda Hartill, RE - Exhibition of recent paintings and earlier prints - NOW and THEN

Brenda’s recent unique works, experiment with embossing, collage and multimedia painting. The broad range of techniques and tricks she acquired in the decades of artistic practice is at her fingertips. At every stage in Brenda’s career, she created emotionally and technically rich artworks, gaining her a worldwide following.

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Interview With Invited Artist Peter Spencer

"Earth's First Astronaut" by Peter Spencer, invited artist with ROCHE Gallery Special Events Program.

As part of the ROCHE Gallery Special Event​s program, I am excited to present our invited artist Peter Spencer in the coming show “Playing to the Gallery” from 1st to 11th September 2023. Peter and I met up for an interview laid out here for your enjoyment.

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ROCHE Gallery Special Events Program

ROCHE Gallery Special Events program

ROCHE Gallery is an old and quirky house which has been ours for 21 years. That’s a tenth of the building’s age. It’s been many things in that time. Most recently – groceries, dental practice and an antique shop. Then we came, and as elements of a biosystem, the building, the family, and the business have moulded around each other, changing with the seasons. I would like to welcome something new – the ROCHE Gallery Special Events program.

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Life and Art Questions

Life and Art questions. "Questions" A grid of nine pictures of a woman in motion, silhouetted against a doorway. Original print mezzotint Chine collé by painter-printmaker Marina Kim

Life and Art questions are the drives behind creative processes. Sometimes it feels that there are only questions, but where are the answers? This artwork was inspired by a friend artist, jewellery designer, spiritual seeker and a beautiful woman Jane Runchman. Some ten years ago, she posed for a series of photographs in my studio. Based […]

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Still Life with Fish and Music

Getting ready for painting the still life with fish

Fishmongers sent a newsletter. Fresh catch. While out with Mika the Dog, I went there, intending to paint a still life with fish this morning. In the shop and on the way home, I pondered the title. “A Whiting, a Gurnard, and a Bream…”<img data-lazy-fallback=”1″ class=”tve_image wp-image-2516″ alt=”Rough collie Mika in the park” data-id=”2516″ width=”663″ […]

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A Portrait of Rye – Retrospective Exhibition Press Release

A Portrait of Rye - exhibition of portraits of Rye People by portrait artist Marina Kim

The show’s visitors will be delighted to see the well-recognised faces of community leaders and the town’s characters, skillfully captured by Marina Kim through many years in Rye, with empathetic perception.

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A Portrait of Rye – Recollecting 21 Years in Rye

A Portrait of Rye - exhibition of portraits of Rye People by portrait artist Marina Kim

To celebrate Rye and its people, we are holding a retrospective exhibition of Rye portraits I have painted in our 21 years of living here. Join us from September 17 to 26.

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East London Printmakers’ Festival of Print 2021

<img class=”tve_image wp-image-557″ alt=”"Freedom" – Black and white picture of a chair in front of a doorway with curtains blown by the wind. Original print mezzotint by painter-printmaker Marina Kim” data-id=”557″ width=”663″ data-init-width=”1555″ height=”479″ data-init-height=”1124″ title=”print-mezzotint-freedom” loading=”lazy” src=”https://marinakimart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/print-mezzotint-freedom.jpg” data-width=”663″ data-height=”479″>”Eve” – mezzotint triptych This year I joined the East London Printmakers and am taking part […]

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RE International Original Print Exhibition

This original print mezzotint “Words” – 1 will be exhibited at the International Original Print Exhibition organised by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.  The exhibition runs 4-14 of November 2021 at the Bankside Gallery, London. The diptych “Words” is also going to be on show at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair the weekedn of 11-14 November

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Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2021

Exciting for me news – I am an exhibitor at the WCPF 2021! Continuing on the success of the mezzotint print “Words” – 2 at the International Print Center NY, now both parts of what was intended as a diptych “Words”  were selected for the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. The Fair is one of the largest […]

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