Castlegate House Gallery

31/08/2026

Now I would say there have been few occasions over the past fifteen years where Christine and I have disagreed quite so much about an acquisition. This painting, from 1926, is admittedly a marmite piece of art, I’m under no misapprehension about that, but where many (most) see ugliness, I see humour, character and intrigue, not just from the subject but from the artist. I genuinely love this painting; one hundred years old and likely as divisive now as then.

It’s signed and dated twice, lower centre, the artist presumably considering the first dark on dark signature too difficult to read. In truth both remain difficult to read, so some research pending before listing for sale. What a talking piece in any home 😀

22/08/2026

We had a fabulous evening last night, co-hosting a major event with Porsche Centre South Lakes and the fabulous Jopsons Jewellers. The Porsche Centre was turned over to some very special customer-loaned cars, wonderful artwork (of course), fine jewellery and watches, great musical entertainment and free-flowing cocktails.

Thank you so much to all who attended and made it such an enjoyable experience!

18/08/2026

A couple of near-term gallery opening changes.
1) To prepare for an event south of the county, we’ll be closed this Friday, 21st August, reopening on Saturday 22nd
2) To prepare for an additional event on Saturday 29th August, we’ll also be closed on that day.

Apologies for the two one-day closures. As always, we’ll be available by all means of contact during those days.

18/08/2026

If you’re in the area on the 27th, this will undoubtedly be very interesting; our own Helen Fryer talking about finding her artistic voice

I found my artistic voice after years of searching, climbing, and creating and I'm ready to tell the story.

Join me on Thursday 27th August at the Allhallows Centre in Fletchertown for "My Munro Mojo: How I Found My Artistic Voice." 🥾🎨

Whether you're an artist, a walker, or just curious about the creative journey, come along, it’s free and you even get a cup of tea!

7pm start. All welcome.

16/08/2026

A quick spin around the re-hung Adams Room, featuring six new works by Craig Simpson as well as our fabulous 60s abstract, Symfoni from 1965. For all of you in the South questioning the fire, this is what you do in summer in the north 😀

15/08/2026

We mentioned our latest Sheila Fell (RA) acquisition 2-3 weeks ago, well we’ve now had the chance to bring it into the gallery, photographed etc. and it’s now online and will be hung in-gallery this coming week.

Potato fields towards evening dates to 1973/4 and was first exhibited at the 1974 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.

Contact us for more details (or check our website); Meta has decided to limit the number of times you can provide an external link to a post to two per month!)

15/08/2026

This last week we collected six new works from the very talented Craig Simpson; all are now online and will be hung tomorrow as part of our forthcoming mixed exhibition. These are quite exceptional, several of commanding size with associated impact. Congratulations once more to Craig, a fine focused body of work and a reward for all of the hundreds/thousands of hours of creativity and toil put in.

https://www.castlegatehouse.co.uk/new-work/

15/08/2026

I couldn’t not acquire this 1965 abstract oil painting this week on my travels, one for our more affordable Mid Century Modern Alternatives selection. It’s got a real energy and life about it for me, colourful without garishness, still housed in its original artist’s basic framing, pure 60s.

61.5 x 46 cm (plus frame)
Signed Henny front left facing
Titled and dated verso “Symfoni 65”
£750

https://www.castlegatehouse.co.uk/paintings-for-sale/mid-century-modern-alternatives/

05/08/2026

Well that didn’t even make it to the website nor social media before finding its next home; Snowscape, Cumbria is a small work by the late Sheila Fell (RA) from 1979, exhibited within Sheila’s final in-life exhibition at the New Grafton Gallery, London.

02/08/2026

These two small works by the late Joan Eardley found a new appreciative home this afternoon; what with these and finding a home for our large Tenement, Winter oil last week, we’ll be on the road seeking replacement works by Joan, as we now have none to offer clients; that’s a quality problem to have, I know, and provides us with the enjoyment of the hunt once again!