Cross Lane Projects

Cross Lane Projects Cross Lane Projects is a contemporary art gallery based in Kendal, Cumbria. Vestry St. Founded by artists Rebecca Scott and Mark Woods.

is a salon style space in London, both presenting exhibitions of contemporary art by artists local and international.

Cecilia Charlton: 'By land or by sea (at an arm’s length)', 2021, hand-embroidered wool yarn and acrylic paint on cotton...
28/08/2026

Cecilia Charlton: 'By land or by sea (at an arm’s length)', 2021, hand-embroidered wool yarn and acrylic paint on cotton canvas over panel with acrylic paint and gilding, 205 x 87cm.

Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.

Cecilia Charlton

Photo by Liam Collins

Fiona Rae: 'Drawing (for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams)', 2025,Gouache and watercolour o...
26/08/2026

Fiona Rae: 'Drawing (for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams)', 2025,
Gouache and watercolour on paper, 50.4 x 42cm

Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.



Photo by Liam Collins

On the Thick and Thin of Painting.Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Har...
24/08/2026

On the Thick and Thin of Painting.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding,
Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.

18 July to 19 September 2026

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 12-5pm
Free entry

Conceived by the British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

The exhibition is framed as a visual dialogue between nine artists’ work, where the title refers to how each artist navigates the formal and conceptual densities of paint. Whether applied with full-bodied gusto, delicate slightness, or felt through its absence, the “thick and thin” of the exhibition’s title serves as a metaphor for how each artist uses an idea of paint to position their work against art history, the contemporary moment, and the belief in painting as a critical and durable medium.

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Glenn Brown
Cecilia Charlton
Martina Geccelli
Alexis Harding

Daniel Sturgis
Hayley Tompkins

Photo by Liam Collins

Tom Benson: 'Spring Raiment (3)', 2026, paint, aluminium components, steel pins, aluminium panel, 90 x 40 x 2cm'Within a...
21/08/2026

Tom Benson: 'Spring Raiment (3)', 2026, paint, aluminium components, steel pins, aluminium panel, 90 x 40 x 2cm

'Within a Spectrum of Shadow (1)', 2025, paint, aluminium components, steel pins, aluminium panel, 90 x 40 x 2cm
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Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.

(left to right) Tom Benson: 'What we see, and see (3)' + 'What we see, and see (1)', 2023, Gelatin silver print, unframe...
17/08/2026

(left to right) Tom Benson: 'What we see, and see (3)' + 'What we see, and see (1)', 2023, Gelatin silver print, unframed: 30.5 x 20.3cm, framed: 51 x 41 x 2cm.

Alexis Harding: 'Sunder', 2026, oil and gloss paint on canvas, 116 x 116cm.

Phillip Allen: 'Flat Space Thinking (more oddities version)' + 'Bolide Event (eye flicker version), 2026, oil and mixed media on board, 105 x 85cm.
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Alexis Harding


On the Thick and Thin of Painting is open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12-5pm, free entry.

Exhibition continues until 19 September 2026.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.

Hayley Tompkins: 'Collar III', 2025, acrylic, found object, 22.5 x 27 x 4cm.On the Thick and Thin of Painting is open We...
13/08/2026

Hayley Tompkins: 'Collar III', 2025, acrylic, found object, 22.5 x 27 x 4cm.

On the Thick and Thin of Painting is open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Hayley Tompkins


(left to right) Phillip Allen: Drawings on Paper.Cecilia Charlton: 'By land or by sea (at an arm’s length)', 2021, hand...
06/08/2026

(left to right) Phillip Allen: Drawings on Paper.

Cecilia Charlton: 'By land or by sea (at an arm’s length)', 2021, hand-embroidered wool yarn and acrylic paint on cotton canvas over panel with acrylic paint and gilding, 205 x 87cm.

Alexis Harding: 'Bunching (Ultramarine)', 2026, oil and gloss paint on canvas, 50 x 103cm.

Hayley Tompkins, 'Cuff IX, Snare', 2025, acrylic on gesso panel and found object, cuff: 10 x 13 x 6cm, painting: 38 x 30.5 x 3cm.
'Collar III', 2025, acrylic, found object, 22.5 x 27 x 4cm.

Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026.
Free entry.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Featuring Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.


Cecilia Charlton
Alexis Harding
Hayley Tompkins

Thank you to Corridor8 and Andee Collard for the wonderful review of On the Thick and Thin of Painting.Reposted from Cor...
03/08/2026

Thank you to Corridor8 and Andee Collard for the wonderful review of On the Thick and Thin of Painting.

Reposted from Corridor8:

''The conversations between works are direct but open to interpretation, and there is something joyful in circulating the gallery and making connections. Tom Benson's pinned aluminium panels answer Sturgis's painted grids across the room; the organic coral-like edges of Phillip Allen's boards rhyme with the buckled planes of Martina Geccelli's ceramics; Alexis Harding's wrinkled skins and Cecilia Charlton's woven fields turn out to be asking the same question about how a surface comes to exist. It feels like a Platonic ideal of a party full of good chats, where everyone is on the same wavelength if not the same page. Sturgis has invited artists he knows, and the intimacy shows. What unites these very different practices is not a shared style but a shared willingness to dismantle painting and rebuild it. Grids, gesture, layering, structure and material all become variables to be tested, with each artist asking a different question about what a painting can be.'

Andee Collard reviews On the Thick and Thin of Painting at Cross Lane Projects in Kendal, curated by Daniel Sturgis and featuring , .benson_ Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, and Hayley Tompkins.

Follow the link in our bio to read the full review! ⬆️

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Exhibition is open until 19 September 2026.
Wednesday to Saturday, 12-5pm.
Free entry.

Martina Geccelli: 'Red Line with loose end III', 2025acrylic and gesso on paper, mounted, 50-60 x 40-50cm approx.On the ...
01/08/2026

Martina Geccelli: 'Red Line with loose end III', 2025
acrylic and gesso on paper, mounted,
50-60 x 40-50cm approx.

On the Thick and Thin of Painting is open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Martina Geccelli


(Left to right) Fiona Rae, 'Drawing (for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams)', 2025, gouache ...
30/07/2026

(Left to right) Fiona Rae, 'Drawing (for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams)', 2025, gouache and watercolour on paper, 50.4 x 42cm.

Alexis Harding, 'Sunder', 2026, oil and gloss paint on canvas, 116 x 116cm.

Phillip Allen, 'Flat Space Thinking (more oddities
version)' + ' Bolide Event (eye flicker version)', 2026, oil and mixed media on board, 105 x 85cm.


Alexis Harding


Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, until 19 September 2026. Free entry.

Conceived by British painter Daniel Sturgis, On the Thick and Thin of Painting explores the materiality of the medium, its physical and ethereal boundaries, and the enduring subculture of abstraction.

Phillip Allen, Tom Benson, Glenn Brown, Cecilia Charlton, Martina Geccelli, Alexis Harding, Fiona Rae, Daniel Sturgis, Hayley Tompkins.

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Cross Lane
Kendal
LA95LB

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Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

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