'Lasting Love' was an exhibition in 2005 that offered a wonderful range of subjects and media. Artists included
Neil Drury - really vibrant colours in oil, pastel, collage and gouache Elizabeth Balkwell - beads, a silversmith, semi precious stones Margaret O'Rorke -potter, fine translucent porcelain Isabelle Spencer, a founder member of Oxford Scribes - framed love letters Philip Koomen - unmanaged timber to make unique furniture Christine Tacq - printmaker and typographer makes her own books
Four artists provided the exhibits on display in the gallery at the Imprimaturs' exhibition of prints and sculptures. One of the artists was Geoff Smith of Faringdon whose lovely images of Coleshill Watermill and Great Coxwell Tithe Barn were on show.
Five artists using different media tell their own witty and intriguing stories in an exhibition titles 'In Character'
Eleanor Edwards - wire and paper for her sculptures Alan Ludwig Kestner - complex figurative drawings explore folktale, myth & history Clare Bassett - hand coloured stone lithographs Anna Lever - ceramic sculptures dressed in vibrant patterns Alison Jones - raku-fired puffins
Four women exhibited in February 2005 using a wide variety of media and enjoying an exuberant pleasure in colour.
Joan Dutton - kiln formed glass Ruth Macdonald - brilliantly coloured paintings Jennifer Wates - oil and acrylic Sarah Gilpin - carvings in Portland stone
Oxford Touring Company went on tour with a new family show called 'Noah's Ark' with sets that could be lifted easily out of cars and vans and great use was made of puppets to bring the show to life.
West Ox Arts was looking for a new chairman after the death of Gerry Glaister who had been chairman for 3 years. The present exhibition of members' work to the end of the month includes African-style acrylics by artist Michelle Buh-Nielsen.
Oxford Scribes, a society of calligraphers collaborated with the Oxford Guild of Printers to put on an exhibition of contemporary manuscripts, printed alphabet books and type specimen posters in the Gallery.
Ariana Windle was one of 4 artists to exhibit in September 2004 but she died shortly before the exhibition date. However, her children hung some of her work alongside that of Lesley Williams, Lyn Anderson and Ben Drew.