Creative Art Gallery - Official Opening Party featuring Cisz & Hyde

Creative Art Gallery hosted its official opening on Saturday 28th October with an exhibition of two contrasting artists, Henderson Cisz and Doug Hyde. Well over 100 visitors attended the event and enjoyed champagne and canapes whilst viewing the pieces on display.

Henderson Cisz has become a highly sought after artist following his award as Best Up and Coming Artist by the Fine Art Trade Guild earlier this year and we were pleased to be able to present two original pieces in addition to his Limited Edition collection.

"Smile" was the collection featured by Doug Hyde and included "Any Room for Me", "Brits Abroad" and "Beauty Sleep".

Aston Promotions Charity Ball in aid of Willen Hospice

The team from Creative Art Gallery were dancing on the tables and wrestling on the floor (don't ask why! - apparently the lead singer of the band said something about getting on the floor and it was taken too literally!) at Aston Promotions Charity Ball in Aid of Willen Hospice (Milton Keynes) on Saturday 14th October.

Creative have supported the Charity through a charitable contribution by the Gallery on every purchase made by guests who collected a Willen Hospice vouchure at the ball.

As an added incentive to visit the Gallery and view the latest artwork, each guests was given a discount on the price of the particular piece they selected whether it was by Hyde, Cisz, Charles, Wileman or any of our current contemporary artwork.

Next year's ball is already on our calendar as we had a fantastic evening and the band were just brilliant - pictures never lie! For details of the 2007 ball contact events@astonspromotions.co.uk

This Week's Window - Linda Charles

Linda describes herself as a 'contextual' painter, who views each composition as part of a whole imagined interior landscape. She is a firm believer in the connection between colour and mood, and her positive personality leads her to select a vivid and uplifting range of hues.

Linda's background in fashion and textile design has had a profound effect on her work, with texture playing a vital part in the finished image. Each piece is carefully created layer by layer using acrylics offset by gold leaf, which lends a spectacular intensity to the finished image.

"I don't like to be too dominant when it comes to the use of materials; I want the colour and images to work together, making them open to interpretation, yet always familiar."

This Week's Window - Sherree Valentine Daines

Sherree was born in Effingham in Surrey. After completing her early education, she studied at the Epsom School of Art, where she undertook a fine art course. A young, sensitive and highly accomplished artist, Sherree has a fascination and love for people and the social scene. This passion is shown through her impressionist style on canvas.

Her paintings of Henley Regatta, Royal Ascot and more recently her images of tennis and golf, have made Sherree particularly renowned in the sporting world. Many will remember Sherree being featured on BBC Television painting the Test Cricket Grounds.

Sherree is a highly accurate and factual artist. Her insistence on authenticity and her careful eye for detail has been recognised resulting in an important commission on the British Sporting Field which has enhanced her growing reputation as a prominent sporting artist.

Sherree has had many successful exhibitions at venues such as the Mall Galleries, the Royal Portrait Society in London. Important collectors of her work include members of the Royal Family.

This week's window - Peter Wileman

For me inspiration comes from confrontation with nature which demands a response; a sunset, a heavy shower, powdered snow, sunrise over a loch, any or all of these elements might dictate the form that the response will take. I contemplate the landscape with amazement as it changes hourly, yet remains fundamentally the same. This is a concept I love to explore in my paintings - a blazing sunset reflected in a calm sea carries the implication of impending darkness, while heavy clouds in an overcast sky might predict an imminent storm...

I have always been attracted to coasts and seascapes in general, as I love the sense of infinity and endless searching that they give me. The subject of my next work will usually come to me when I am out by the sea, feeling at one with nature and the elements, and at this time I know what direction the composition will take. Back in my studio the painting begins to take shape in reality, and I aim to recreate both what I have seen and my own emotional response to it. I prefer to paint using oil as I find that this is the medium most adaptable to changes of light and mood.

Official Opening Party!

Here's a sneak preview of the two artists that will be featured at our official opening party on 28 October 2006 - Doug Hyde and Henderson Cisz. Invitations will be sent out shortly - please email info@creativeartgallery.co.uk with your name and address for yours.