14/08/2026
Language, literature and storytelling are at the forefront of both our current exhibitions.
Polly Cleverley weaves narrative into her paintings as figures appear and recede, and text is overlaid to add another dimension to the stories told, concealed and revealed.
Margaret Scott also includes passages of text in her paintings, that sit in and peek through the landscape that has many tales of its own.
Lesley Dowding’s words arrive via the storybook and the sharing of that book out loud to children who then enact that in dance, play and drawing.
‘Lie of the Land’ and ‘Midnight at the Lighthouse’ are on until Sunday 30 August.
Images:
Polly Cleverley ‘The Lie of the Land II’
Margaret Scott, original illustration for ‘Midnight at the Lighthouse’
Installation view
Margaret Scott ‘I Must Go Down to the Sea Again’ + detail
Margaret Scott ‘Return to the Coast’ (detail)
Polly Cleverley ‘Those Halcyon Days’
Polly Cleverley ‘What You Carry In Your Mouth’ + detail
