ART GALLERY AT DENBIES
We opened our Picture Gallery in 2002 and since then it has been an inspiration for the hundreds of artists and photographers who exhibit in the gallery every week. The Gallery predominantly hosts local artists and is located on the mezzanine level of Denbies reception area, offering a unique space which attracts thousands of visitors each year.
Digital Photography Exhibition – The Royal Entomological Society
In partnership with the Royal Entomological Society, Denbies has created an online gallery exhibition, showcasing an array of different insects from a wide group of photographers.
Please click here to view our Digital Photography Exhibition for Insect Week 2023
01 – 14 July 2024
Epsom & Ewell Art Group
The Epsom and Ewell Art group has more than 50 members working in a wide range of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolour, graphite, coloured pencil and alcohol ink.
The exhibition will showcase the diverse styles and subject matter of our artists with something for everyone. All framed artworks are available to buy and in addition to these, there will be unframed works and greetings cards available to purchase too.
We look forward to welcoming visitors and hopefully inspire some of you to join our ranks. We meet at 7.30pm on Wednesday evenings at Bourne Hall, Ewell for demonstrations, lectures, workshops, life drawing and in the Summer months, hold group plein air sessions for our members.
If you are interested in joining us, please look at our website www.epsomandewellartgroup.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @epsomandewellartgroup.
We look forward to seeing you!
15 July – 28 July 2024
DC & Friends Art
DC & Friends are a group of friends who are members of several art societies – Fleet, Guildford, Farnham, Surrey Contemporaries – and others – our connection being our love of painting. We’re delighted to be at Denbies again, by far our favourite venue, with lots of new work to show, all at very affordable prices.
Our subjects, styles and mediums are extremely varied, and we happily accept commissions if a piece is perhaps not quite the right size or proportions for your home, or you have a favourite scene or subject you would like painted – so do come and see us – we look forward to meeting you again.
29 July – 4 August 2024
First For Art Exhibition
First for Art is an inclusive exhibition group, created to ensure all styles of art can be displayed via our exhibitions. Our artists are professional painters, many experimenting with a different style from their norm. By encouraging, sharing, and supporting each other, we find the art on exhibition is eclectic, well-priced, and presented to a high standard. We do not pre-judge the art; we aim to simply assist our artists in their creative journey. Alongside original art, we include a selection of prints and cards based on the artists’ original works, to offer a wider range of items for our exhibition visitors.
The group consists of eight core member artists: – Dale Sheen, Rue Stanley, Richard Orr, Laurence Berle, Eszter Rigo, Rachel Laving Taylor, Susan Sheen, and Kirsty Mills. At every exhibition we include space for various guest artists. The latest exhibition news can be found on our website at www.firstforart.com
05 August – 18 August 2024
Surrey Contemporaries
Surrey Contemporaries are a group of local artists who share a love of creativity and have enjoyed exhibiting at Denbies for the last few years.
This time we have 16 exhibitors showcasing various mediums and styles, including oils, watercolours, acrylics, mixed media and lino prints. There will also be unframed work and cards for sale, all at very affordable prices.
There will be two artists stewarding daily and we look forward to welcoming and chatting with visitors about our work.
19 August – 01 September 2024
Croydon Art Society
Believed to be one of the oldest Art Societies outside of London (dating back to 1878). The Society is proud to have included throughout its history many distinguished artists as members: names such as Jack Merriot, Juliet Pannett, William Watkins and Cicely Mary Barker of ‘Flower Fairy’ fame.
02 September – 08 September 2024
The Poetry of Landscape – Edward Hyde & Vanda Ralevska
“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.”
Robert Frank
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But can we truly compare them? It really distills down to what kind of thousand words. Poetry, words strung together in a way deemed beautiful, can evoke equally powerful emotions as a breathtaking view of a stunning landscape. They cannot be separated from each other, they are deeply intertwined. A poem is a creation of beauty in words that cannot be seen. A picture is a poem that cannot be heard. Both use their own language to express impassioned feelings and emotions.
As the title suggests, this exhibition is focused on finding poetry in the world that surrounds us and conveying it through photography. It brings together works of two contemporary photographers, Edward Hyde FRPS and Vanda Ralevska. The common denominator for both artists is their endeavour to capture distinctive atmosphere and the poetic essence of a place they find themselves in, whether it is by the sea, in a woodland, in the countryside or in a city.
09 September – 15 September 2024
Oxshott Art & Crafts Exhibition
We are a small, friendly and diverse group of artists working in a variety of media, for example painters, photographers, woodworkers, embroiderers and other craftsmen. Current members include Tricia Baldwin, a painter and jeweller, Wendy Hale, a textile artist and embroiderer, Michael Dixey, a watercolour painter, and woodturner Roger Marsden.
30 September – 13 October 2024
Surrey Hills Artists
A programme of arts events, installations and experiences in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designed to connect people to this special landscape and its history, views and natural materials. One of the UK’s first designated landscapes, the Surrey Hills’ mosaic of farmland, woodland, heaths, downs and commons has inspired some of our greatest artists, writers and architects. An example of these inspired works is James Tunnard’s ‘Radius’, a curving seating with inspirational words engraved at a viewpoint at Denbies Hillside.
14 October – 20 October 2024
Karen Pearson
Teaching drawing and painting skills since 2002, Karen is a painter and sculptor with a particular speciality in watercolour. Her 3D sculpture work is wholly inspired by the natural world and she also paints in inks, acrylics, oils, pastels and mixed media. She runs workshops in Surrey, is an art tutor for Art Safari and she has also won many awards in both local and national competitions (such as the 2003 Silver Bacchus Award here at Denbies).
4 November – 10 November 2024
David Sprot
David took up painting at the suggestion of his wife Cecilia, and painting is a major part of their lives. David paints in acrylic, watercolour and oil, and his subjects are mainly landscapes and seascapes, though he seizes upon any subject which catches his eye. His work tends to be bold and bright, and he is often drawn to detail.
25 November – 1 December 2024
Dorking Camera Club
Established in 1955, the Dorking Camera Club is a friendly club for anyone with an interest in photography, regardless of level of skill or camera equipment. If you want to take your photography to the next level, consider joining us and get more out of your hobby. The DCC are very proud to announce they won the Surrey Advertiser Challenge Trophy Competition on 5th March 2024.
2 December – 15 December 2024
Lina Alousta
Lina is a Surrey-based intuitive abstract artist with a BA(Hons) degree in Graphic Design, and her work is all about creating bold, intuitive gestures inspired by the colours in her surroundings and the changing seasons of nature. Her main disciplines include painting, collage and mixed media, and she additionally uses layering and editing to build on the richness of textures in her art. She aims to capture magical moments and childhood memories and she states that “creativity is my magic”.
23 December – 29 December 2024
Lawrie Arduino
Lawrie is a watercolourist at heart, but in recent years he has introduced a variety of mixed media into his work, using various ink products, charcoal, acrylic and many of the newer products which have come to the market (such as the iPad). Adapting some of his own work to digitalisation is proving a very creative method of changing and enhancing paintings and drawings. Originally, his career took him away from art, but now he is able to follow his passion.
