Introducing Gina Parr at Skylark 2

Gina Parr is the latest artist to join Skylark Galleries, showing at Skylark 2 in the Oxo Tower Wharf London.

Trained as a fine artist, Gina worked in London for 27 years as a production designer for television, designing and creating sets for studio, stage and location for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. Always approached with a painterly eye, her production design credits include Shooting Stars, Goodness Gracious Me, the Brit Awards, the Royal Variety Performance, the Mercury Music Prize and major BBC sports events. She has also lectured and mentored in Art and Design and Design for Television.

Gina is delighted to be part of Skylark, saying: "It's such a vibrant and wonderfully diverse collective of artists, showing in such a prestigious spot in London."

She was born in Devon, where rolling hills and dramatic seascapes played a major part in her childhood, and then lived for the past 30 years in London. Both places seep into her expressive, bold, gestural paintings, which she has exhibited in shows in London, Milan, Brighton and Exeter.

Most recently, while visiting France and travelling in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, she has photographed series of transient forms and marks on walls and surfaces, each with their own pictorial resonance or echo. Many are redolent of things half remembered, some resemble fragments of old charts and maps, others feature overt elements of graphic representation.

You can find out more about Gina's work here, or pay a visit to Skylark 2, on the first floor of the Oxo Tower to see her work and meet her on the regular days she will be attending the gallery.

Above right, Rain and Gorse at Boscastle, and left, Dancin'

Skylark Galleries open late this Friday

By the river Thames at the end of this week? Interested in an affordable, original work of art and in meeting the artist into the bargain? Skylark Galleries are open late this Friday, 27 May, until 8pm, with special presentations by the gallery's artists in both the Gabriel's Wharf and the Oxo Tower spaces.

In Skylark 2, Veta Gorner, whose prints are featured this month...












...Sara Sherwood, whose "Silver Sketches" are on show...











...and Gill Hickman will be present to chat with and share a glass of wine with.


Lucinda Beatty's collages are featured in Skylark 1...







The late night opening is part of the South London Art Map Last Fridays events.

Skylark at the Bristol Affordable Art Fair

There's still time to visit the Skylark Galleries stand - C9 - at the Bristol Affordable Art Fair. Artists including Liz Meier, Clare Johnson, Nicolette Carter, Veta Gorner, Gill Hickman, Steve Yeates, Deana Lee and Trinidad Ball are showing work.

The fair is taking place at Brunel's Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol, and is open today, Sunday 15 May, from 11am to 5pm. For more information see here.

Trinidad Ball at the Society of Women Artists Anniversary show

Skylark 2 artist Trinidad Ball has been selected to show work at the Society of Women Artists 150th Annual exhibition, which runs from 30 June-9 July. The exhibition at the newly refurbished Mall Galleries, London, is being opened by HRH Princess Michael of Kent, the society's patron, on 29 June.

SWA president Barbara Penketh Simpson said: "The society, with its unique history, is constantly developing as a diverse, vital and forward-looking organisation seeking to promote talented women artists."

Skylark Galleries open late this Friday

Both Skylark galleries will be open late on Friday 29 April as part of the South London Art Map Last Fridays events. Perhaps you've been in the city for a royal event and have time to linger along the river before heading home. The galleries will be open until 8pm, and gallery artists will be on hand to talk about their work, including Eileen Martin (right), Jane Skinner and Gill Hickman.

Deana Lee's smoke fired ceramics (pictured below) are featured in Skylark 2.

Skylark 1's Spring Collection is on show in the window of its Gabriel's Wharf space and a short walk away at Oxo Tower Wharf the Art in an Egg collection will be on view in Skylark 2 - they make the perfect artistic Easter gift.

Come and join us for a browse and a drink.

Find out about directions to Skylark Galleries here.

Farewell to Keith

Today is veteran Skylark Galleries artist Keith Gretton's last day manning the Gabriel's Wharf space after ten years of being part of the artist-run studios. Keith's ceramic works and paintings have become a fixture of the gallery's roster over the years and so it is with sadness that we wish him farewell and the best of luck for the future.

Keith is a former head of art at Borough Road College, and a co-founder of the Battersea Contemporary Art Fair. His work will be on display in Skylark 1 until this Saturday, 30 April, so it's not too late to purchase his work through the gallery. He will continue to exhibit independently at fairs and events throughout the year.

Art in an egg

Art in an egg! An Easter egg with a gift that lasts! From £35

This year Skylark Galleries are offering a selection of original works of art measuring 5 x 5cms that fit inside an Easter egg (some are chocolate some are not). Each unique work was created by a Skylark artist.

The idea was inspired by the "Smaller than a Lemon" exhibition.

After Easter, when all the chocolate has been eaten, your tiny artwork can be framed and enjoyed for years to come.

We're open over Easter and the bank holiday weekends, so pay us a visit.