Archive for November, 2004

Artist Sue Howells, Poppies Retreat

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Just found this Sue Howells yesterday in the depths of our store. I should really look in there more often, you never know what you might find!

New work just in!

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Just added nine new works by Robert Egginton. Good selection he did for us on his last visit to Northern Ireland.

LS Lowry sketch of Derry City

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

Derry City Council will not be bidding for a drawing of the city by world famous artist LS Lowry, to be auctioned later this month.

Irish Artist Hamilton Sloan, White Park Bay

Monday, November 8th, 2004

Just got this watercolour in by Hamilton Sloan. Haven’t had a watercolur by Hamilton Sloan in a number of years now, as he is painting in oils now.

William Nicholson rescued from oblivion

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

Though you couldn’t say the paintings of William Nicholson have been forgotten, neither have they received the kind of critical acclaim accorded to those of his son, the abstract artist Ben Nicholson.

Caravaggio at the National Gallery

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

He was a violent brawler who killed a man over a bet on a game of tennis. He spent the last four years of his life on the run between Sicily, Malta, Naples and the estates of his powerful patrons.

New York Auction Bonanza

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

More than half a billion dollars worth of paintings and sculptures, led by a Gauguin worth $40m (£22m), will go up for auction at Sotheby’s and Christie’s annual autumn sales tomorrow as owners seek to exploit the bullish art market.

New work!

Monday, November 1st, 2004

New work now in by Rolf Harris, Alexander Millar etc.