Ali Miller cards go on sale at Liberty

Skylark 2 artist Ali Miller's greetings cards have gone on sale at the famed Liberty department store in Regent Street, London. It is selling eight distinctive designs from her "Home Sweet Home" range.

Ali's cards are also on sale at a number of other shops across London:
Bones in Muswell Hill,
High Tea in Highgate,
Daunt Books,
Milk Concept Boutique in Shoreditch, and
Constructive Lives in Portobello.

You can see more of Ali's cards here.

Featured artist at Skylark 2: Deana Lee

Until 28 February, Skylark 2's Featured Artist is Deana Lee (http://www.deanaleeceramics.com/).

Deana creates tactile, organic, smoke-fired sculptures that have strong, round profiles and movement (below), as well as wall art (right), all of which are inspired by her passions: the natural world and travel.


Deana has always been drawn to the ancient method of smoke firing and how smoke and fire paint designs on the ceramic canvas, and she has taken these processes and used them in a more contemporary way to create a variety of effects that have depth and fluidity.


Come and visit the new-look Skylark 2 at the Oxo Tower on London's South Bank, and Skylark 1 at nearby Gabriel's Wharf.

Late First Thursday at Skylark: Gregor Harvie

Gregor Harvie is Skylark 2’s Featured Artist, showing a selection of works on paper and oil paintings. Come and have a glass of wine on Thursday 4 February and meet the artist.

Gregor will give a short talk about GENE MEME, a spectacular exhibition he is holding in June about global population. Visit www.genememeart.blogspot.com to find out more.

We’d love to see you there between 6pm and 8pm, Thursday 4 February when there will be 10% off all sales.

Gregor's paintings expose the diverse ways we perceive our existence from one moment to the next. At times we are intensely aware of our inner consciousness; at others it seems we are merely a biological proliferation on the surface of the earth. This duality is reflected in Gregor's two bodies of work: his watercolours and his oil paintings.

His watercolours are emotionally-charged depictions of small groups of people engrossed in their inner worlds. Built up in layers of loose washes and masking fluid, they have a complexity that is both subtle and compelling. In contrast, his oil paintings are abstract representations of the continuum of life; masses of figures progressing endlessly through time. They are painted in a way that mimics the growth of organisms, with dense skeletal layers overlaid by transparent glazes.

Gregor has been exhibiting in London since 2001 when he graduated from art college and received the de Laszlo Foundation Award for Portraiture. He has a PhD in environmental design and is a qualified architect.