Dear All,

Julian Grater's fabulous new show The Lichen Factor is opening tonight. To give you a taster of what it's all about, please read on:

Julian Grater’s new work opens a painterly dialogue with the uncertainty and delicacy of the Arctic’s natural phenomena, and through contemplative and elegiac reflection, he physically and psychologically constructs his landscapes. Grater’s work sits on the border of a figurative and abstract style, representing mountainous scenes, weather stations, and the presence of man in the seemingly infinite white landscapes of the Sub Arctic and Arctic North. Grater’s work subtly blends the borders between contemporary science, art and politics. The exhibition presents not the conclusion of a body of work but the genesis of a project that will develop for many years to come.

The show looks wonderful so please come down to the gallery to see it for yourself!

In other gallery news, we are very much looking forward to Sue Morgan's project space at London Art Fair, Islington, in January (13th -17th). The project space will be a development of her ongoing project into fictional machines and their ability to work through language and catch immaterial thoughts, transforming them into material sculptures. With absolutely fascinating theoretical dexterity and vulnerable artistic maneouvering, this will be a mixed media installation not to be missed.

Anthony Francis, whose first London solo show we have just had, is off to Frankfurt at the moment, visiting the German galleries who represent him. We are incredibly excited about the international career ahead of this young and inspiring artist.

The Fred Foundation at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art

In conjuction with The Fred Foundation, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art are pleased to announce an exhibition at the gallery on Monday 5th of October 2009, from 6pm until 9pm, which celebrates art created by children with special needs.

We would be absolutely delighted if you could join us for this special event.

All 50 works of art, on the theme of summer, are for sale. All proceeds to the Fred Foundation (www.thefredfoundation.org)

Sarah Myerscough Fine Art at 20/21 British Art Fai

Sarah Myersough Fine Art are delighted to announce that we are taking part in the 20/21 British Art Fair, which runs from the 16th until the 20th of September. We will be Stand 9 at the fair and would love to see you there.

Should you wish to find out more details please feel free to contact the gallery.

Nick Archer selected for Threadneedle Art Prize

We are pleased to announce that Nick Archer has been selected for the prestigious Threadneedle Prize exhibition in September 2009 at the Mall Galleries, London. The prize is one of the most important and valuable awards for contemporary painting and sculpture in the UK, with the winning artist receiving £25,000. For further information, please visit http://www.threadneedleprize.com/

Andy Stewart Commission

Andy Stewart has recently finished a commissioned painting for a private client in Cambridge. His collection includes work by Tilson, Hoyland and Irvin, and Andy's piece is an excellent addition.

DLA Piper Art Award 2009 - Winner Announced

The current exhibition at the gallery is the DLA Piper Graduate Art Award 2009. Over the course of last Summer, we visited approximately 40 degree shows across the UK, and presented a shortlist of 45 artists to a committee including Tony Bevan, the established British painter, Sue Hubbard, a freelance critic, and Alex Dell, a partner at DLA Piper. Six finalists were selected, and their work will be on display at the gallery until 13 June.

On the evening of the 21st May, DLA Piper opened the show, and selected Sachiyo Nishimura as the winner of this year's award. Sachiyo's photographs have urban landscape as their subject matter, exploring the homogenisation that human intervention causes to our environment.

Sue Hubbard wrote that:

The work that was finally chosen displayed not only skill and originality, but also showed an awareness of the world we live in, with its pressing problems of war, climate change, mental health issues and globalisation. Anahita Rezvanir’s Goyaesque images and Kate Ive’s subtle installation both demonstrate sensitivity to politics without ever being didactic, whilst Helen Saunders and Louise Carreck warn, in their uncanny images, of a dystopian future. Something, too, of the terrible beauty of industrialisation is captured in Sachiyo Nishimura’s poetic, yet spare images, while Sue Morgan’s installation, which borrows from surrealism, trawls the depth of the psyche, investigating mental fragility.
Our aim was to choose art that was not only visually engaging but that also made us think and challenged our preconceptions. We believe that this is what we have achieved with this brave new work.

Collect 2009, Saatchi Gallery, London

The gallery had the most successful year to date at Collect, helped by the stunning new venue at the Saatchi Gallery, and a wonderful selection of work produced by the selection of wood turners. All of the pieces have been removed from the gallery, and are now in storage. They are however easily accesible, so do ring to arrange viewings. All artists will be producing new work in the coming months, so if you are interested in a particular turner, do let us know and we would be happy to inform you when we have new pieces in stock.