Peter Rhoades’s works in this exhibition date from the 1970s and 80s, a time of both personal and historical change and tension. Only a few of these paintings and drawings have been shown before. Peter returned to making images direct from visual observation, having spent the 1960s primarily involved with various kinds of abstraction. In doing so he was reviving his Ruskinian roots initially nurtured by his father and Percy Horton at the Ruskin School of Art. The drawings and a few of the paintings also represent his ongoing concern with European figure composition.
Peter is an artist and teacher/lecturer working in painting, drawing and printmaking. Much of his teaching career has been at Oxford University as both a tutor at the Ruskin School of Art and Christ Church College. Peter was also a lecturer at Abingdon & Witney College, working for many years on the prestigious Foundation Visual Arts course with his co-exhibitor Emma Baldwin.
Emma Baldwin is a potter who, after thirty years at Abingdon and Witney College, is making wheel-thrown vessels full-time. Emma enjoys making both functional and sculptural forms inspired by both contemporary and historical sources. She is primarily drawn to ceramics as an object; fascinated by the line between what makes something functional or a work of art. Emma finds the entire process of transforming earth into an object of beauty completely engrossing.
Emma was first introduced to clay at school aged 14 and has been working with it on and off ever since. Emma studied ceramics at Bristol Polytechnic in 1992, where she had the privilege to be taught by both Walter Keeler and Mo Jupp – two truly inspiring potters.
Exhibition Opening
Thursday 22 January 6-8pm
Please join us for drinks to celebrate the opening of this exhibition
Free event / no booking required
Meet the Artists
Thursday 5 February 6-8pm
Join the artists for drinks and an informal tour of the exhibition
Free event / no booking required
