Our Autumn Show continues this week as part of the Canterbury Festival! Don’t miss the chance to see this wonderful exhibition at Lilford Gallery and Framing this Autumn! We have 50 new artists for you to explore. Visit in person or this year browse online at: lilfordgallery.com/Autumn-show-2024! With oils, acrylics, limited edition prints, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, fused glass and paper art, there really is something for everyone!
Visit Lilford Gallery and Framing at 76 Castle Street this October! As part of the Castle Quarter, we are just a five minute walk from the main high street and Canterbury Cathedral.
So don’t miss out, catch this wonderful show before it’s gone!
Good afternoon ,Canterbury!We’re here today to give you a little tour of Heidi Language’s art work.
It’s here! Our 2024 Autumn Show is all ready to open and it promises to be an event not to be missed! We hope you pop in for a visit and see some of these amazing pieces in person!
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Preparing for the Autumn Show 2024.We are exciting to see you tomorrow on 76,Castle Street .
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Good morning,Canterbury!We’re here today to give you a little tour of Anita Klein’s art work.
Hello!!! We are open every day, except for Sunday, from 10-5 and we are just so excited to show off our diverse and eclectic collection of gorgeous art! If you’re wandering the streets of Canterbury this week, make sure you pop into our gallery on 76 Castle Street, we’re always here and happy to give you a tour and introduce you to our artists’ work. As an independent gallery that works directly with our artists not only do we know them personally, but we are also very familiar with their stories and backgrounds - we would love to share them with you. We hope to see you soon!
Lilford Gallery and Framing has changed...
Come and explore our new gallery space absolutely packed full of original paintings, limited-edition prints, sculpture and ceramics!
Browse beautiful silver jewellery designed and handmade by Annie Designs!
In need of bespoke framing...our fabulous framer Trevor has over 30 years of experience and can frame just about anything, so drop in for a quote - or if you have multiple items, book an appointment via our website or by phone (link to our website in bio).
We're less than a ten minute stroll from the Cathedral and are open Mon-Sat from 10am-5pm! So make sure you stop by Lilford Gallery and Framing at 76 Castle Street next time you're in Canterbury.
You won't be disappointed! 😉
We're taking a look at Canterbury again through the eyes of one of our artists, and as it's the last week of his exhibition over at our Palace Street gallery, we're going to look through the eyes of the lovely Adam de Ville!
But rather than read about Adam and his work here, why not check out our video with the artist over on our re-launched YouTube channel! Adam kindly welcomed us into his studio for a chat about his painting and process. Check out the video (link in bio) or follow the link below:
https://youtu.be/C_5s89Sxzlg?si=HSFICik267jMJUTa
'A Castle Street Chorus' is one of the many visual delights you can find at our gallery over at 3 Palace Street! It's a view from our lovely Castle Street looking onto the junction of Beer Cart Lane and Watling Street. Turn around and walk a few steps in the opposite direction and you'll find Lilford Gallery and Framing, at 76 Castle Street, where this painting was beautifully framed!
Adam's solo show will be on until the end of the week, so make sure to pop into our Palace Street gallery for look before it's too late!! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel where you'll find interviews with our artists, tours of their studios, behind the scenes videos and loads more exclusive content!
It's time to take another l👀k at Canterbury through the eyes of one of our artists here at Lilford Gallery and Framing!!!
Today we see Canterbury through the skilled eyes of Anthony R Thomas!
Born in Ramsgate, Anthony R Thomas' career has spanned some 50 years! He initially trained at Maidstone College of Art in the 60s, where he was lucky to have benefited from contact with top British artists such as David Hockney, and to have worked in the Woburn Studio of professional artist Derrick Greaves.
Graduating in 1967 with a first-class honours degree in Fine Art and Printmaking, Anthony embarked on long career teaching art - assisting students at A-level, diploma, and pre-degree course level in developing their careers, whilst constantly developing his own practice.
Since leaving his senior lecturer role in further education, Anthony has dedicated himself to painting. Inspired by the changing effects of light on a landscape, Anthony produces beautiful scenes of the local area like this one of 'Cathedral Tourists' in Mercery Lane, Canterbury.
This tiny lane leading to the Buttermarket and the Cathedral's Christ Church Gate is one of the most photographed streets in England. A favourite location of Anthony's, we love how this painting captures the deep shadows cast by the beautiful timber framed buildings lining this narrow lane, with the low winter sun lighting up the Cathedral's newly restored gate in the background! We hope you love it too!
Find this and other paintings of Canterbury and the surrounding area by Anthony R Thomas at Lilford Gallery and Framing this spring!! Or visit our website...
'Cathedral Tourists, Mercery Lane', Original Oil on Board, 160mm x 272mm.
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Lilford Gallery and Framing has a beautiful new collection of Elizabeth Akehurst's works for you to enjoy, many of which featured in her recent solo show with us: 'More than Memory'.
“The picture must come out of the artist's inside, awareness of forms and figures. We can call it memory, but it is more than memory. It is the image as it lives in the consciousness, alive like a vision, but unknown" - D.H Lawrence.
Inspired by D. H Lawrence's view of painting - one of delicate awareness of the surrounding world - Elizabeth's art draws on objects, moments, or experiences often taken for granted, such as a simple garden pot in the spring sunshine, or sitting at the edge of a pool, dipping a toe into the warm water...
Her paintings arise slowly out of a long period of work. After producing a number of rapid, preliminary studies in pen, ink, or watercolour, Elizabeth then explores colour, form and composition in a series of larger studies, where the subject or moment starts to become “known”. She then begins working in oil. Paint is applied using a range of brushes, rollers, or a palette knife. Paintings are worked over many times until something of that original object or experience has been captured....
We particularly love the energy of 'Shirts Off' here at Lilford Gallery and Framing, which captures the joy of stripping off at the beach just before diving into the sea, and the lone figure in quiet contemplation in 'Sitting at the Water's Edge' ....
Which is your favourite? Come and find out by visiting Lilford Gallery and Framing at 76 Castle Street, Canterbury, this spring! We promise you'll fall in love ❤️ with Elizabeth's work just like we have!...
Spring is nearly here! And with so many reasons to visit Canterbury this season (including Lilford Gallery and Framing! 😉), we're going to explore our beautiful city with you through the eyes of some of our artists!
Today, we l👀k through the incredible eyes of Jonathan Stewardson! Born in London in 1963, Jonathan began painting and drawing from an early age. Working predominantly in oil, his style has been described as 'Romantic Realism', and we think this description sums up Jonathan's paintings perfectly. He is able to capture a scene in almost photographic detail, but through his use of light makes it extraordinary! Focusing on the quieter, emptier corners of the city, his works are introspective oases which the viewer can lose themselves in for hours...
Find this and other works of our beautiful city by Jonathan here at Lilford Gallery and Framing, 76 Castle Street, Canterbury, this spring!
'Bridge Over Troubled Water', Original Oil on Board, 605 x 700mm
