Saul Hay Gallery

14/11/2024

This weekend we are at the Manchester Art Fair , Stand 306, @ Manchester Central, so the gallery is closed Friday 15th to Sunday 17th. We reopen on Tuesday 19th

13/11/2024

Gallery artist Neil Wood has just delivered three outstanding new bronze scultures ready for this weekend's 15th to 17th November. We're on stand 306.

Rumba, 2023, Bronze (edition of 9), 36 x 19 x 10cm
Don Quixote III , 2024, Unique Bronze, 37 x 29 x 9cm
Don Quixote II , 2024, Unique Bronze, 26 x 18 x 8cm

Neil Wood has been a practising professional sculpture and fine artist for three decades. He has many years experience teaching and lecturing in fine art and sculpture at institutions in the UK. He has worked in various settings; in education, as artist in residence and visiting lecturer, alongside his practice producing sculpture for exhibition and commissions.

He employs a Modernist methodology to explore the human condition in the 21st century. He continues to use the figure as a vehicle to explore formal material qualities and visual language as a means of expressing, often complex ideas, about the world we inhabit and the nature of human experience and relationships.

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He sees his practice as two distinct strands; public commissions and gallery artworks. Commissions provide opportunities to work on a large scale requiring understanding of sculpture in specific context and an engagement with community and stake holders. Sculpture for a gallery setting represents a more direct creative output, where the work develops, free from the constraints of a commission brief. The work evolves by experimentation with materials and process.






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12/11/2024

Saddened to hear of the death of Frank Auerbach age 93. A wonderful artist

Saved by a sponsorship that took him from Berlin to London as a child, the artist later fell in with Soho’s artistic crowd including Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud

09/11/2024

Another teaser of the work coming with us to 15th to 17th November. We're on stand 306. See you there.

Dan Broughton
Light Incidence
2024
Oil on board
50x50cm

Born in 1974, Dan Broughton grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire, in an artistic family. His father was a lecturer at Bradford Art College as well as being a regularly published illustrator. His two sisters and a brother would all go on to forge careers in the arts.

Broughton studied Fine Art at the University of Humberside, graduating in 1996 he was invited to take part in that years Northern Graduates’ Exhibition, a group show at the Royal College of Art.






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07/11/2024

We have just taken delivery of work from ready for the which opens a week tomorrow!
Included is this small but perfectly formed beauty, Urban Renewal II
2024
Spray paint and oil on concrete
9.5cm x 14cm






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05/11/2024

Steven Heaton - Still points in a turning world
2024 (oil on wood & vintage paper collage) in artist built walnut frame. 64cm x 54cm

This beautifully serene work by gallery artist Steven Heaton will be on our stand (no. 306) at the Manchester Art Fair 15th to 17th November.

 
       
       
 
                   
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29/10/2024

The Manchester Art Fair is fast approaching. It takes place on the weekend of 15th to 17th November .
Visit us on Stand 306 where we will havework from an incredible array of artists including the very talented .

Here's one of Dan's to whet your appetite.

Light Incidence, 2024, 50x50cm

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24/10/2024

Three weeks tomorrow we will be at the Manchester Art Fair 2024 at Manchester Central

15th to 17th November. Find us on Stand 306

Among our collection will be work by gallery artist Vanessa Cuthbert FRSA.

Vanessa is a former Senior Lecturer at Manchester School of Art and Liverpool John Moores University. She won the Darwin Scholarship whilst studying for a Masters at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, graduating with a Distinction and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 2016.

Abstract Composition No.110824 Oil on canvas 60x60cm
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Still Life No.0924 Oil on canvas 42x42cm

19/10/2024

We'll be taking this amazing painting by Peter Davis Artist to Manchester Art Fair on the weekend of 15-17 November. Come and see us on Stand 306. Join the mailing list for more updates.

NEW PAINTING:

Title: “H tag, Northern Quarter”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas board
Framed size: 38cm x 28cm

This painting shows one of my favourite streets in the Northern Quarter, Thomas Street, a place I’ve documented a number of times.

For this composition, I wanted to create an interplay between the H on the wall and the passers by. This massive letter H appeared earlier this year and I think it’s the first tag in central Manchester by the graffiti artist Helch (Their work is mainly seen in London and on bridges on the M25 & M1).

As a lot of you know, most of my paintings are about people and technology. Here we see two people: one is standing, scrolling, and the other, a Deliveroo rider, is cycling along the pavement, intently looking at his phone. Both very familiar poses.

I’ve called this painting “H tag” as a reference to graffiti tags and digital tags. A ‘tag’ in graffiti language is an identifier, the graffiti artist’s signature. An ‘H Tag’ in the digital world is short for Header Tag, which helps search optimisation on websites, thereby referencing the digital business, Deliveroo.

Another small element I wanted to include is the gig flyposter. The Black Keys were due to be the first band to headline the Co-op Live, but due to technical issues with the new venue, their concert on the 27th April 2024 was delayed until the following month.

This painting is for sale and will be at Manchester Art Fair with Saul Hay Gallery 15-17 November 2024. Please contact Ian at the gallery if you’re interested in it. Many thanks 🙏

(Tap image to see the full painting - Facebook is cropping it slightly)

19/10/2024

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On 1st October 2024 we were honoured to host a very special art exhibition and awards presentation for the Independence Support (isl-org.uk) 2024 art competition. The work of the shortlisted artists was displayed next to that of Saul Hay Gallery's artists giving the ISL artists an opportunity to see...

16/10/2024

15/10/2024

Who doesn't love a little combination of painting and sculpture?
There is a real conversation happening between the two in these juxtapositions. Each enhances the other I think.
Paintings by Johnny Jones, Albert Irvin RA and Vanessa Cuthbert FRSA. Sculptures in bronze by Neil Wood and Peter Seal.

12/10/2024

We love a bit of concrete here at Saul Hay Gallery.

Mandy Payne and Jen Orpin share that passion and both masterfully portray the beauty of our post war landscape.

Mandy Payne - Monument to Modernism, 2024, Spray paint and oil on concrete.
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Jen Orpin - Highly Strung M56 Oil on cradled panel

These two will be among our collection at from 15th to 17th November. Find us on Stand 306

12/10/2024

From our blog. The Benefits of Art in the Workplace

Research shows art can boost well-being and increase productivity.You may feel that it is obvious that good art can enhance the atmosphere of the workplace and improve staff morale but not all employers see it.In what must surely be increasingly seen as a Dickensian attitude to worker motivation, ma...

07/10/2024

We opened Saul Hay Gallery eight years ago today. Since that unbelievable evening we have had good times, music, laughter, visitors young and old(er) and some of the best art by some of the loveliest artists imaginable.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us across those 8, sometimes turbulent years. Thanks to each and every artist with whom we have worked. Without them, we are nothing and their talent and dedication leaves me in awe.

04/10/2024

New in to the gallery are two fantastic photograph works by .co.uk
The Sky Above Her, No.5 (72x59cm framed)
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Llanberis (89x75cm framed)
Both come in an Edition of 25 + 2 Artist's Proofs.
(the 3rd image shows the set up to capture the image at Llanberis)

Of the first, Robert says, "One evening as the sun was setting, the colours in the sky were every shade from the brightest reds and oranges on the horizon to the darkest blues high in the sky. These had to be photographed.
Sometimes there is a vast kaleidoscope of colours, others, a simple gradient of blue. Spectacular or simple, each is as beautiful and compelling as the other.
These are unedited and it's rare that atmospheric conditions allow these pictures to be taken.


     
     
   
 
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01/10/2024

Our visitors come for the art, of course, but we get very many compliments too for our beautiful mid-century modern furniture. Our sideboard by Stonehill and our desk by G-Plan are great for displaying sculpture and ceramics. Here shown with ceramic pieces by Pietro Sanna and bronzes by Peter Seal.

     
     
   
 
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28/09/2024

Last week we were delighted to host another superb event with our friends . Esteemed writer John Saul spoke about his life and work and read from his short fiction collection The Book of Joys, The beautifully produced book includes the paintings of Albert Irvin OBA RA and we are excited to have available two incredible Irvin works on paper for the event and showing in the gallery now as part of our latest collection.

Thurloe Series IX , 1998
gouache on paper
27.9 x 38.1 cm
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Whitechapel Series no.1, 1998
gouache on paper
21.6 x 30.5 cm

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