Lorraine Bewick and Stewart Hearn

Paintings by Lorraine Bewick and glass forms by Stewart Hearn.

Based in North Norfolk, Lorraine Bewick treads a path mapped out by acknowledged masters of the genre such as John Robert Cozens and JMW Turner. Having embarked upon her project of painting the tangible, her considerable skill is interpreting the indescribable aspects of a more measurable topology. Boundaries are moved, scale and distance shift in her hands, as she conjures up fine veils of light passing between horizon and foreground. Aerial viewpoints of the coastline give her the opportunity to play with the patterns and shapes made by tidal flow and erosion, striving to capture that notion of constant change. Her work has been exhibited in London, Edinburgh and the East Anglian region.

Stewart Hearn's work demands high standards of design and exacting technical knowledge; using traditional skills he interprets his contemporary visions and exhibits in many contexts and countries. His inspiration comes from the constantly changing hues of the Fenland landscape where he lives and has a studio, and this attention to colour forms an integral part of his work. His preoccupation with the essential properties of glass - using weight, clarity, surface manipulation and the heat of the furnace to combine and encourage optical and physical distortion in his forms - exemplifies his years of glassmaking and focus.