Original artwork by Lyn Kirkland

Usual gallery price: £250

Size of artwork: 30 x 30cm

Size with frame: 45 x 45cm

Painted on wood using encaustic wax and oil pigment, the surface is very textured.

Wood frame with 5cm rebate. Outside edge painted a mid grey, rebate white.

A view along the path to Little France quarry on a clear Autumn Day when the sky is deep vibrant blue, sharpening the green foliage and throwing long purple shadows. This artwork is one of five in a series about the ‘trees’ on Portland. Historical views of the Isle of Portland often highlight its lack of tree cover; the barren landscapes carved in stone. I wanted to highlight those areas where precious trees thrive and should be protected. Little France Quarry being one of those locations.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lyn Kirkland Living and working on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, Lyn works primarily with fine art encaustic wax. First used by the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Lyn discovered and fell in love with the medium upon returning to study at Weymouth College as a mature student in 2012. Her work has developed since this first introduction, encompassing themes related to the unique geology of Portland. From climate and environmental issues to personal observations responding to family, personal history, and memory. She exhibits both locally and internationally and is a member of the International Encaustic Artists organisation (IEA), Dorset Visual Artists and Artwey CIC.

A highly rated tutor, she has taught and mentored artists and photographers from across the World in the unusual techniques of working with molten beeswax & damar resin. She offers personal workshops in her studio for beginners and experienced artists.

www.lynkirklandart.artweb.com

@lynkirklandart

Original oil painting on plaster by Amanda Wallwork

Usual Gallery price £450

Size: 11 x 16 x 1cm

Framed size: 21 x 26cm

Oil paint graphite and plaster on board. 

Framed in white painted box frame with glass

Lost Field 502 – Kingbarrow is part of a series exploring Portland’s lost landscapes, drawing on the island’s pastoral, pre‑quarrying past and mapping a terrain from a time before much of the original grassland was removed and farming became untenable.

Kingbarrow, once the site of a prehistoric tomb, is shown on the 1841 tithe map as being divided into multiple narrow strips of arable land, with strip 502 recorded as owned by William Weston and occupied by Jonathan Lano. Today it is a rocky tumble of quarry waste turned nature reserve, its stone now part of some fine building elsewhere in the world. As quarries are abandoned and their voids reclaimed, new landscapes are formed. With this project we have a chance to ensure the new landscapes formed in France Quarry are protected and maintained for the benefit of people and nature. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Amanda is an artist and curator, founding Director and former Artistic Director of b‑side, specialising in environmental and heritage projects. Her practice is driven by an ongoing enquiry into landscape - a search for deeper understanding beyond the purely aesthetic. Through drawing, painting, mapping, and installation, her work explores ways of seeing the unseen and reinterpreting data, aiming to reveal what is not immediately apparent and what cannot always be perceived on the surface.

www.amandawallwork.com

@amandawallwork

Large wooden mosaic bowl by David Nicholls

Usual gallery price £250

Size: W 46cm x L 65cm x D 10cm

The bowl itself was hand carved by a local craftsman from timber foraged from Dorset woodland. I have inlaid it with hand cut glass tiles and mirror pieces in an abstract style that represents the land it came from e.g. Forest, fields and lake. I feel it is fitting piece that connects with the effort to save our local green space and happy to donate it to raise money towards this worthy cause.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

David works from his studio in Portland producing unique hand finished sculpture in a variety of materials. Sculpture over the years has ranged from one off hand carved original pieces in stone and wood and small editions cast in bronze and aluminium to large pieces for a garden setting. His work encompasses themes such as growth, vitality and nature using carving, modelling and casting techniques whilst exploring a diverse variety of materials. After a trip to Barcelona many years back David’s work took on a whole new direction. Inspired by the masterful architectural work of Anton Gaudi David’s work took on a whole new direction. He had already been using found objects combined with clay to make cast textural reliefs but by using a combination of mixed Tesserae, ranging from glass tiles and Dismantled costume jewellery to broken ceramic tiles and semi precious stones. He delights in repurposing objects that would normally be stuck in a drawer for years or end up thrown away. You could say David is hooked on this ancient form of art and the beauty of Mosaic. 

https://www.whitestonesportland.com/david-nicholls-mosaic-sculptor-artist-portland-dorset

 @davidnichollsart

Original oil painting by Jon Adam

Usual gallery price: £675

Size of artwork:15 x 15cm

Framed size: 28.5 x 28.5cm

Oil on wood panel in floating mount, hand-painted frame made from limewood fitted with high-grade low-reflection glazing

One of a collection of Jon Adam’s early morning cloud studies  

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jon Adam’s unique style of painting has evolved over the many years he has worked with paint, influenced by the nature and light that surrounded him when growing up on an isolated private country estate in Cornwall. This had a profound effect on his identity and was the stimulus for his creativity.

www.jon-adam.co.uk  

@jonadam28

Spring Dawn, Portland Harbour from Belle Vue Road, Weymouth by Frances Hatch

Usual gallery price £1,900

Size: 28 x 61 x 1 cm

Framed size: 44 x 77 x 3 cm 

Original painting using acrylics and earth pigments found on site. 

“This piece was made outside. Portland Port floats in haze. Sunlight catches the willow on the left and the first young leaves on the oak to the right. The holm oak is densely dark against the sky in the foreground. The harbour is too full of dazzle to see properly. “

Plein air practice is core to what I make because it is experiences that occur out of doors ‘in nature’ that awake in me the desire to respond creatively.  A site responsive attitude accurately identifies my stance: I am a participant in a conversation with the land. I respond rather than impose- working with what is given. 

I use water based media (watercolour, acrylic and gouache) because of their solubility in water: rain, snow, humidity, wind, temperature all affect the way the materials respond to the support. I welcome their trace. By foraging and testing my environment for potential tools and pigments I’m getting to know it…that is important. I like to get to know a place and based on what it offers me, I can respond ‘in kind’…  When I’ve identified pigments and tools on location I can then begin to work with them…find out what it is they like to do…what they resist. They become part of the piece. I bring my own contributions. We work together.  

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, I currently enjoy a studio on The Isle of Portland just behind the Chesil beach in Dorset, UK. 

Both studio and home are a short walk from the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognised for its outstanding rocks, fossils and landforms. 

Elected to The Royal Watercolour Society in 2022.

www.franceshatch.co.uk

@franceshatch

Southern Hawker Dragonfly & Water Lily vessel by Tiffany Scull

Usual gallery price £280

12cm high

Hand thrown stoneware vessel carved and decorated with coloured slips and the technique of sgraffito. This piece is a one-off work of art. Please be aware this vessel will not hold water

All things in nature inspire Tiffanys work. She felt this piece would be a great addition to the auction and she loved carving and drawing on the dragonfly and waterlily flowers.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tiffany has been specialising in the beautiful technique of sgraffito for over 20 years. Combining detailed drawings and elegantly thrown forms her work is unique and purchased by many collectors around the world.

https://www.tiffanyscullceramics.com/  

@tiffanyscullceramics

Original pen and ink illustration on archival paper by Yollande Posthumus

Usual gallery price £450

Size: 60cm x 25cm framed

There are Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek take on the symbiotic relationship between Portland fishermen and the gulls who are never far from the action. The work is inspired by the fishermen still fishing off Chesil Beach.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Yollande is a Portland based multimedia artist, illustrator and writer who specialises in producing whimsical, satirical artwork that often tackles the complexities of modern life with a blend of humour and poignant commentary, using ink, pencil, gouache, oils and printmaking.

yollandedoodles.com

@yollandedoodles.com

Hand stitched textile by Carol Cruickshank

Usual gallery price: £250

Size: 48 x 38 cm

Framed size:63.5 x 51 cm

Wooden frame with glass.

I always like to imagine what it would be like to live in houses with special surroundings, and this is me imagining living overlooking Portland Bill, with our lovely cat Oscar still with us enjoying the view. I gave it the title " Best View in the House.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

From a stash of recycled, new, hand-dyed and remnant fabrics, I hand sew cheerful, vibrant and colourful land- and sea-scape collages of places that I love.  I have lived on Portland for nearly 20 years and am inspired by the beauty that surrounds me. My designs are available as originals, prints, cards, placemats and coasters.

www.carolcruickshank.com

https://www.facebook.com/carolstextiles/

https://www.instagram.com/cruickshank_carol/

Rollers, Church Ope, Portland 

Original painting by Edward Vine.

Usual gallery price: £850

Reserve price: £350

Size: h.33 x w.46cm

Acrylic on board, unframed.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Edward Vine, who today lives in Portland, was born under his aunt's kitchen table in Weymouth in 1943 during an air-raid. His grandfather was cox of Weymouth Life Boats and his love of the sea was instilled when he was a young boy and was often seen sketching beside the picturesque harbour.

At 15 years old he became an apprentice to a local clockmakers and jewellers where he remained working for more than 25 years, while drawing and painting in his spare time. He turned to painting as a profession in the 1980's and, as well as exhibiting widely in both one-man and group shows, including at the prestigious Mall Galleries and the Royal Society of Marine Artists, he was also Artist-in Residence at “Max Gate”, Thomas Hardy’s Dorchester home, owned by the National Trust. His works feature in collections around the World, and have also been published in his book 'Edward Vine’s Dorset'.

To make an arrangement to view this work in person please call 077380 200043 

On the Edge, Portland 

Original painting by Edward Vine.

Usual gallery price £725

Reserve price: £350

Size: h.33 x w37cm

Acrylic on board, unframed.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Edward Vine, who today lives in Portland, was born under his aunt's kitchen table in Weymouth in 1943 during an air-raid. His grandfather was cox of Weymouth Life Boats and his love of the sea was instilled when he was a young boy and was often seen sketching beside the picturesque harbour.

At 15 years old he became an apprentice to a local clockmakers and jewellers where he remained working for more than 25 years, while drawing and painting in his spare time. He turned to painting as a profession in the 1980's and, as well as exhibiting widely in both one-man and group shows, including at the prestigious Mall Galleries and the Royal Society of Marine Artists, he was also Artist-in Residence at “Max Gate”, Thomas Hardy’s Dorchester home, owned by the National Trust. His works feature in collections around the World, and have also been published in his book 'Edward Vine’s Dorset'.

To make an arrangement to view this work in person please call 077380 200043