Art Catalogue 17th June 2017 ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops - at all,
And sweetest in the Gale is heard: And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest Sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickinson
4 From the Chairman of The Forever Friends Appeal
Good evening and welcome to the HOPE BALL. I am delighted to welcome you tonight to the inaugural HOPE BALL and to what I know will be a truly special evening of heritage, fine art, entertainment and fundraising, all in support of The Forever Friends Appeal’s Cancer Care Campaign at the Royal United Hospital.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to the HOPE BALL committee who have dedicated so much time and hard work towards this unique and exquisite event. I would also like to thank all of the generous artists, companies and individuals who have contributed to the ball, and each of you for showing your support and being here tonight.
To those of you that know the charity well, thank you for your ongoing loyalty and commitment to our fundraising progress. To those of you we have not already met, thank you for your interest in our work. We hope this evening will help you to find out more about what we do, and we look forward to any opportunities for working with you in the future.
We have raised £8 million (at the time of writing) towards building a pioneering new Cancer Centre at the hospital so far. With your help, we know we can raise even more. Charitable funds help to provide the innovative facilities, medical equipment and therapeutic environments, over and above what the NHS can standardly provide. Thanks to our supporters, the hospital can offer a more holistic approach to care, which makes a real difference to thousands of patients and their families each year.
On behalf of The Forever Friends Appeal and the RUH, thank you for your kindness and generosity.
I hope you have a wonderful and memorable evening.
John Cullum
1 Cancer Care Campaign
Every year the RUH treats over 2,200 new patients with cancer, including providing specialist chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment. Whilst the clinical care provided is amongst the best in the UK, the buildings which accommodate the existing cancer services are outdated, cramped and uncomfortable. Built hastily in the early 1940s, the buildings were constructed for injured WW2 service personnel. Inevitably, they are no longer fit for purpose and our cancer patients deserve better.
The Cancer Care Campaign is a major project to help build a pioneering new Cancer Centre at the RUH, which will cost £28 million in total. The charity is committed to raising 30% of the overall cost to increase the design quality of this project, opportunities for innovation and the chance to achieve the very best care for patients. Our vision for the new Cancer Centre is to provide a nurturing and therapeutic The new Cancer Centre will provide a nurturing and therapeutic environment to ensure our patients and their environment to support patient well-being and recovery. Space will be thoughtfully designed, helping to make a treatment or families receive the very best level of care. stay as stress-free as possible, providing privacy and dignity for patients and their families and offering a choice of waiting Mark Beresford areas, including a courtyard garden. It promises to be a Lead Clinical Oncologist unique facility for a District General Hospital and one that will impact on the lives of thousands of patients each year.
2 Artist impression of the new Dyson Cancer Centre by IBI Group
TRACK RECORD HOSPITAL FUNDRAISING
The RUH is familiar with setting new standards at District The Forever Friends Appeal raises funds for all wards General Hospital level. Our award-winning Dyson and departments at the Royal United Hospital. This Centre for Neonatal Care now provides a model for the includes fundraising for essential redevelopment future of neonatal care in the UK and beyond. Based on projects to help upgrade facilities and create research findings from this project, we understand the more therapeutic environments for patients and critical importance of the physical environment in the their families, complementing the existing high treatment of patients and their families. Our aspiration is quality of care provided by staff and clinicians. to replicate the design quality and ethos of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit throughout the hospital and we are seizing the opportunity to create a modern, world-class Cancer Centre designed around the patient journey.
3 The Art of Hope
Art is at the heart of the vision of the RUH We are excited to show two limited edition prints by and it is at the heart of our event. world famous artists with a connection to the area: a Dazzle print by Peter Blake and an exquisite shoe design Bath has become a vibrant centre for galleries, from Bath resident and shoe designer, Manolo Blahnik. architects, art collectors and artists so it seems fitting to be holding a Fine Art Auction in the heart of the Don McCullin, a highly acclaimed Somerset resident, city to raise money for the Forever Friends Appeal’s offers another view of the area in his photograph Cancer Care Campaign. There are thirty eight of the Somerset countryside near his home. contemporary works being auctioned, ten in a live auction hosted by Kit Harding, a Carter Jonas partner, Compiling this collection has made us very aware of and twenty eight in a silent auction. Almost all the how many talented artists are based in the West Country works have a strong connection with the Bath area. around Bath and we thank each and every one of them for so generously supporting our fundraising efforts. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of artists and galleries who have readily agreed to Enjoy the art and the evening! support the new RUH Cancer Centre by donating the artworks. Lucy Newark Art Committee, Hope Ball All the art will be on show at the HOPE BALL and many of the artists will be joining us for the drinks reception on the night so you will have the opportunity to meet them in person and discuss their work.
We are privileged to have a variety of views of our To be an artist is picturesque city from Peter Brown, Elisabeth de Las Casas, Philip Bouchard, Clare Halifax and Emma Rose. to believe in life.
High profile Bath names like Nick Cudworth, Anna Gillespie, Beth Carter and Peter Hayes are Henry Moore amongst many other artists donating their work.
4 Live Auction Lot Numbers 1 — 10
If you cannot attend the Hope Ball, but would like to leave a commission (absentee) bid for a live auction lot, please contact Lucy Newark before 16th June via [email protected]
Often referred to as the ‘Godfather of British Pop Art’, Sir Peter Blake CBE RA has been involved in such1 iconic projects as the album cover for the Beatles’ ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. This limited edition Dazzle, 2016 print was created for last year’s Liverpool Biennial contemporary art festival and contains many of the classic recurring symbols in Blake’s work such as a star, target and a rainbow. The project followed his 2015 commission to transform the Mersey Ferry into a moving artwork in a project called ‘Everybody Razzle Dazzle’. www.waddingtoncustot.com
Dazzle, 2016, silkscreen print, Ed. no. 116/150, signed, 60 x 40 cm (paper size), 41 x 25 cm (image size), £550 — £820
5 John Piper (1903-1992) is one of Britain’s most famous 20th century artists. Famed for his paintings and prints of the British landscape, particularly churches and monuments, Piper is also famous for his work as official war artist in the Second World War and for designing stained glass, most notably for Coventry Cathedral. This print of Long Melford Church shows one of the great Suffolk wool churches built in the 15th century. Long Melford Church, Screen print, artist’s proof, 2Ed. no. 8/10, 45 x 61 cm, £1,200 — £1,800 www.beauxartslondon.uk Courtesy Beaux Arts
6 Manolo3 Blahnik CBE, Bath resident, is one of the world’s most famous shoe designers. His footwear is worn by celebrities the world over including Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Victoria Beckham and that queen of fashion herself, Anna Wintour. In a career spanning 40 years, he has always been a superb craftsman, still making the exquisitely shaped heels with his own hands. The shoe in this print was an exclusive fantasy shoe which was never sent into production but is a classic example of his signature stiletto designs. www.manoloblahnik.com/gb
Stiletto heel, Print, Ed. no. 3/10, signed, 41.5 x 29 cm, £470 — £700
7 Twinhoe-based artist Richard Twose has been collecting major awards over the last few years. He was runner up in the prestigious National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award in 2014 for his portrait of Jean Woods. More recently, in 2016, he was the winner of the Open Award of the Royal West of England Academy. His work is held in many public and private collections in this country and internationally and his recent show at London’s Catto Gallery sold out. ‘Twose is a master of the “non-finito”,’ says art critic Edward Lucie-Smith, ‘where a work of art has been carried only to a point where the spectator has something to fill in for himself, because this incompleteness creates a more dynamic relationship Scene from a Film, no. 3, between the person who looks and what is before him.’ oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, £1,700 — £2,600 www.richardtwose.co.uk
8 4 Peter Hayes creates sculptures using ceramics, bronze, glass, marble and stone from his studio on Bath’s Cleveland Bridge. During his career, he has created commissions5 for office spaces, hotels, yachts and private homes. His work has been exhibited from Cornwall to California and New York to the Netherlands. Having lived and travelled in Africa and India, he is ‘naturally drawn to shapes of artefacts and objects from other cultures and other times but that remain timeless.’ He adds: ‘My main aim in my work is not to compete with nature, but for the work to evolve within the environment.’ www.peterhayes-ceramics.uk.com
Standing Stone with copper disc and blue wave, ceramic, 130 x 23 cm, £2,350 — £3,500
9 Peter Brown is one of the most renowned recorders of the city of Bath. Affectionately known as ‘Pete the Street’, Peter Brown 6is a familiar sight on the streets of Bath since he came to live in the city 24 years ago. Rarely painting in the studio, he prefers to paint landscapes outside, often setting up his easel in the most inclement of weathers. This painting shows a view of the Royal Crescent through the famous beech trees in Victoria Park although Peter Brown points out ‘I never knew why I called it Five The Five Beeches, Victoria Park, Beeches because there are only four!’ oil on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm, £2,600 — £3,850 www.peterbrownneac.com
10 Nick Cudworth has been a practising artist for 35 years, working from his well known studio in Bath’s Walcot Street. His paintings have been exhibited in London, Milan, New York and Winnipeg and his iconic views of Bath buildings are as widely known as his landscapes, still lifes and portraiture. In Second Thoughts he revisits a scene in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire used in a previous print and pairs it with a still life of a vase of Second Thoughts 1: Landscape Within a Still Life, poppies which casts the same shadow as the tree. oil on canvas, 69 x 94 cm, £2,700 — £4,000 www.nickcudworth.co.uk
7 11 Cooper & Gorfer is an award-winning artistic collaboration between Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer. Both are photographers by training but,8 since starting to work together eleven years ago, they construct their works like paintings – distorting proportions, using stylised poses and rigorous staging. Tintin, Lisa and the Key of Paper was created after interviewing Sami women in northern Sweden in 2016. Tintin and Lisa are part of a reindeer herding family and the image explores the protection of heritage alongside modern influences. www.coopergorfer.com
Tintin, Lisa and the Key of Paper, photo based art on paper, Ed. no. 2/6, 108 x 81 cm, £4,800 — £7,200
12 Sir Don McCullin CBE is one of our greatest living photographers. In a career spanning 50 years, he has captured the poverty of London’s East End and the horrors of war. Alongside uncompromising photojournalism, he has produced artfully arranged still lifes, moving landscapes and insightful portraits. This photograph is of a favourite view of Creech Hill near McCullin’s home in Somerset. ‘The land feels alive and ancient and I never tire of standing in an open 9 field, in the ever-changing winter light, to shoot it,’ he says. © Don McCullin, Creech Hill, Somerset, mid 1990’s, gelatin silver print, image 43 x 53 cm, www.donmccullin.com/don-mccullin £5,400 — £8,000 www.hamiltonsgallery.com/artists/don-mccullin Courtesy Hamiltons Gallery, London
13 At his converted chapel in Somerset, Paul Roberts paints insightful and strikingly realistic portraits. From the beginning of his career, Paul has always divided his time between art and music. He was the lead singer of the successful band Sniff ‘n’ the Tears, best known for their 1979 hit ‘Driver’s Seat’ that reached number 15 in the American charts. Having enjoyed success early on as a painter, he concentrated on his music career in the 1980s and 1990s only returning to painting properly in 2000. He has had solo exhibitions in London, Paris and Amsterdam and recently he has taken on many portrait commissions which his photorealistic painting style fits perfectly. His work has received many plaudits ‘Paul Roberts paints with natural fluency…and poetic directness,’ said a Carys with Cello review in The Guardian. An art critic in Art Review commented ‘As staggering as the subjects is the sheer technique used in their depiction; the attention to detail is minute and Paul Roberts’ Portrait Commission treatment of light and skin places him amongst the classic masters of flesh.’
www.paulrobertspaintings.co.uk
14 10 Felix
Paul Roberts has kindly donated a portrait commission with a value of £10,000 — £15,000 to be auctioned in aid of the RUH’s new cancer treatment centre. Painted in oils, the single portrait will not require lengthy sitting. Paul will visit the sitter to take photographs. Crispin and Rachael
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Silent Auction Lot Numbers 11 — 38
The Silent Auction is being run on www.HopeBall.co.uk with Givergy’s award-winning technology. It will open at Noon on 10th June 2017 and remain open until Noon on 16th June 2017, when the auction will temporarily close to reopen at the event for guests only.
If you are not attending the event we encourage you to use the ‘Maximum Bid’ feature in order to increase your chances of winning auction items.
Please go to www.HopeBall.co.uk where you will find full instructions on how to place a bid.
If you are outbid, you will receive a notification, allowing you to bid again. Or you have the option to leave a Maximum bid. Maximum bidding allows you to place a bid as per the standard mode but then, immediately after, place a maximum bid too.
The system will then bid on your behalf, increasing by the pre-set bid increments each time you are outbid, until bidding surpasses your maximum bid. You will then receive the out-bid notification.
Art is the highest form of hope.
Gerhard Richter
17 11 Although he has always painted, Simon West became a full-time artist only six years ago after a career as a solicitor. Essentially self-taught, he attended workshops at the Royal West of England Academy and the Angel Academy in Florence. He lives in Bath and exhibits in Bath and Bristol. ‘I love these clementines’ colour and spherical forms,’ he says. ‘I have done several paintings of fruit from above, monumentalising their shape and size.’ Box of Clementines, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, £1,000 — £1,500 www.simonanthonywest.co.uk
12 Brought up in Bulgaria, artist Silvia Dimitrova has specialised in painting icons for nearly 30 years. She has had many public and private commissions from patrons such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Downside School, Hertford College, Oxford and the Bishop’s Palace in Wells. From her studio in Milsom Place in central Bath, Silvia also paints more secular pictures using the same traditional techniques of icon painting - and Blue Forest is one of those. ‘Blue is my favourite colour and every so often I feel the need to dive into it,’ she says. www.silviadimitrova.co.uk
Blue Forest, tempera on wood, 36 x 25 cm, £800— £1,200
18 13 Glyn Davies has painted all his life but it wasn’t until 2009 that he exhibited his first painting. Running an architectural practice leaves little time for art but he was immediately successful, winning a prize at the Bath Society of Artists’ exhibition in 2009. Other awards have followed, recognising the brilliance of Glyn’s unusual perspectives of Bath and Bristol. ‘I have lived in Bath for 40 years and the buildings are a constant inspiration,’ he says. www.glyn-davies.com
The Jane Austen Centre, watercolour, 44 x 27 cm, £440 — £650
14 Elisabeth de Las Casas trained at Saint Martin’s and the Slade in London. She has exhibited her work in New York, London and the Outer Hebrides. Elisabeth works in the British tradition of creating a landscape that works as a metaphor for inner life and emotions. Of this view from Brassknocker Hill, she says ‘It’s early summer and the colours are alive and vibrant, giving an extraordinary sense of hope.’ View from Brassknocker Hill, ink and watercolour on paper, 36 x 52 cm, £540 — £800 www.elisabethdelascasas.co.uk
19 15 Brian Elwell is a Bath-based painter who has exhibited widely in London and the provinces. His work covers a range of subject matters including landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, church interiors and is in the collections of the Marquis of Bath, broadcaster John Sergeant and actress Stephanie Cole amongst others. Brian is a member of the Bath Society of Artists.
www.brianelwellfineart.com
Thames at Dusk, oil on board, 30 x 30 cm, £240 — £350
16 Nathan Ford is best known for his arresting, compelling portraits and his edgy cityscapes. His work is regularly shown in solo exhibitions at Bath’s Beaux Arts gallery and he has been featured a number of times in the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Society of British Artists, and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. www.beauxartsbath.co.uk
Still Life I, oil on canvas, 20 x 10 cm, £500 — £700 Courtesy Beaux Arts
20 17 Bath-based sculptor Anna Gillespie exhibits her work regularly with the Beaux Arts gallery in London and Bath. Her work over the last ten years, characteristically human forms created from acorn cups, beech nuts or twigs, has attempted to capture a feeling of immersion with nature. Author and broadcaster Bel Mooney calls her ‘an artist at the height of her powers, who is involved in an endless process of change herself – a serious, passionate quest for synthesis.’ www.beauxartsbath.co.uk www.annagillespie.co.uk
Study I, bronze, unique, 24 cm (h), £1,200 — £1,800 Courtesy Beaux Arts
18 Following a career in architecture and design in London, Louise Holgate became a full-time painter after moving to Somerset in 2009. She has exhibited her work at a number of galleries including Highgate Contemporary Art and the Chelsea Arts Club in London. Watermeadow 1 was inspired by a watermeadow near Marlborough. ‘It was around midday in late spring and there was huge energy in the air,’ recalls Louise, ‘the quality of light was particularly inspiring…all that water and greenery and hazy sunshine.’ Watermeadow 1, oil on board, 56 x 63 cm, £700 — £1,050 www.louise-holgate.co.uk
21 19 Glastonbury-based Annelise Vogel Trelawny came to sculpture after a career in the jewellery display business. She exhibits regularly with the Chelsea Art Society and Bath Society of Artists. She created this sculpture from African Serpentine that had split into two pieces. ‘The mermaid image came to me immediately,’ she recalls, ‘the Little Mermaid was one of my favourite childhood stories’.
www.annelisetrelawny.eu
La petite sirene, African Serpentine, 50 x 26 x 12 cm, £280 — £425
20 Peter Randall-Page RA has over the last 25 years gained an enormous international reputation for his sculpture, drawings and prints. He has undertaken numerous large scale commissions throughout the world, including involvement in such iconic developments as the Eden Project. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters at Bath Spa University in 2013 and in 2015 was elected as a Royal Academician. The Entomology series is, along with most of his work, inspired by nature and explores aspects of randomness and symmetry. www.peterrandall-page.com
Entomology VIII, aquatint, Ed. no. 13/30, 25 x 17 cm, £350 — £520
22 21 Artist Celia Cook who trained at London’s Royal College of Art and exbibits regularly at Bath’s Adam Gallery describes her work as ‘visual gymnastics’. Her exuberant compositions are not abstracted from anything real but formed by her own system of responsive experiment based on symmetry and geometry. This unique carborundum print was made at the world famous 107 Workshop in Shaw, Wiltshire with renowned Master Printmaker Jack Shirreff who worked with major artists like Howard Hodgkin and Gillian Ayres.
www.celiacook.co.uk
Untitled 6, carborundum print,print, handhand worked worked with pastel, 90108 x x 90 108 cm, cm,£8 £82020 —£ - £1,2251,225
22 For the last 25 years, Sarah Gillespie’s work has captured the quiet beauty of the landscape and nature surrounding her South Devon studio. Her regular shows at the Beaux Arts gallery are always sold out and she is a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Elected an academician of the Royal West of England Academy in 2015, her work is held in both public and private collections including Chatsworth House, Rolls Royce and Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery. www.beauxartslondon.uk www.sarahgillespie.co.uk
Absence, mezzotint on handmade aquari paper, Ed. no. 30, 40 x 40 cm, £750 — £1,100 Courtesy Beaux Arts
23 23 Award-winning artist Emma Rose specialises in atmospheric semi-abstract painting with a strong emphasis on colour and texture. She works from her home in Wellow and her small jewel-like studio at 78 Walcot Street and regularly exhibits her work in London, Bath and the West Country.
www.emmaroseartworks.com
Royal Crescent, acrylic and Indian inks, 4050 xx 50cm,40 cm £240 — £350
24 Marshfield-based pastel artist Fay Shirley has regularly exhibited her work through the Pastel Society UK, the Royal British Society of Artists and the Bath Society of Artists and she is a past winner of the Unison Pastels Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Washing Line was painted in Upton Cheyney. ‘It was the dappled late May sunlight picking out the washing and the wild flowers that particularly appealed to me,’ recalls Fay. www.fayshirley.co.uk
Washing Line, pastel painting on Ingres paper, 35 x 46.5 cm, £270 — £400
24 25–26 Artist Luke Piper’s major inspiration is landscape, from the red earth of Australia to the grey rawness of West Wales, and the lush orange groves of Ibiza to the leafy glades around his Somerset home. Called ‘arts establishment aristocracy’ by The Guardian, Luke is grandson of renowned artist John Piper and son of painter Edward Piper. He has exhibited with the Beaux Arts gallery, Bohun Gallery and Messum’s Gallery in London. He was drawn to Wells Cathedral because, he says, ‘it has an intangible attraction and unseen magnetism that one identifies with, without knowing what it is.’ www.lukepiper.com
Above: Wells Cathedral I, digital giclee on Somerset paper, signed, Ed. No. 5/100, 45 x 50 cm, £340 — £500
Below: Wells Cathedral II, digital giclee on Somerset paper, signed, Ed. No. 5/100, 45 x 50 cm, £340 — £500
25 Kababish Tribesman, Sudan, hand printed photograph, 38 x 38 cm, £470 — £700 27 Roger Chapman is an award-winning cinematographer and photographer from Bath. He has made films and television for the BBC, Channel 4 and National Geographic and has won photography awards from the Royal Television Society and the Guild of Television Cameramen. This photograph of a noble Sudanese man on a camel is part of Chapman’s ‘Camel Project’ started in 2011 in which he travelled to The Sudan, Mongolia, India and the UAE, documenting camels and their relationship with man. ‘The camel is such an extraordinary creature,’ he says ‘and it became my prism for looking at nomadic peoples, fragile ecosystems, desertification and man’s existence within desert lands.’ www.rogerchapman.co.uk
26 28 Bath-based artist Marco Cazzulini is a painter, and formerly, a graphic designer. Known in the West Country for his landscape painting this ‘Electro’ series – originally inspired by music – marks a fresh direction in his work. ‘These prints are resolved through stylised geometric abstraction,’ says Marco, ‘and reflect my passion for sound, silence, colour and process.’ www.marcocazzulini.com
Electric Dreams
Electropop
Electro Series: Electric Dreams, Electropop, ElectriCity, giclee print, 40 x40 cm each, triptych sold as one lot, £370 — £550 ElectriCity
27 29 Susanna Lisle’s paintings explore the beauty of the natural world through colour and geometric pattern. The Frome-based artist exhibits her work regularly at Lane House Arts in Bath and Andelli Art Gallery in Wells and she is Chairman of the Bath Society of Artists. This painting of Magnolia is, says Susanna, ‘inspired by the dramatic contrast of the wonderful pink candle-like blossoms against a brilliant early summer sky.’
www.susannalisle.com
Magnolia, gouache and collage, 30 x 30 cm, £230 — £350
30 From her Bristol studio, artist Beth Carter creates a magical, mythological world full of minotaurs, masked figures and circus performers. She exhibits her sculptures and drawings regularly at the Beaux Arts gallery in Bath and at galleries in Paris, Boston and New York. In 2016 one of her charcoal drawings won an award at the National Open Art Competition. www.beauxartsbath.co.uk www.bethcarter.co.uk
Minotaur Bust, bronze resin on stone base, Ed. no. 2/25, 13 x 10 x 10 cm, £340 — £500 Courtesy Beaux Arts
28 31 Bath-based Philip Bouchard has been a full time artist for over 40 years. He has exhibited in London, Paris and has had three one-man shows at Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery. Also renowned as a surrealist painter, Philip is best known in Bath for his ‘Sky Diary’ series of paintings where, in his own words, he ‘looks at the world and marvels’. This painting is a view of a winter sunset from Terrace Walk. www.bouchardpaintings.com Sunset from Terrace Walk, oil on canvas, 51 x 63.5 cm, £470 — £700
32 Artist Bruce Munro is famed for his immersive large scale light installations. He is probably best known for his ‘Field of Light’, which was installed at Bath’s Holburne Museum in 2011, and which currently creates a magical carpet of light around Uluru in Australia. His other inventive commissions have varied from coloured tents to a shimmering sea of CDs to teepees made out of fluorescent tubes. His clients have included Salisbury Cathedral, Waddesdon Manor, Bath’s Royal United Hospital, Bath Spa University and the Eden Project.
www.brucemunro.co.uk
Light Shower, Salisbury Cathedral, digital print with silkscreen protective glaze on Somerset Enhanced Paper, 100 x 90 cm, £460 — £690
29 33 Over the last 25 years, Timothy Richards has built a world-famous architectural model business from his studio in Widcombe. His models, crafted from gypsum plaster, have been presented to royalty in the UK and abroad. An exhibition of his models celebrating the Royal Crescent’s 250th anniversary is at No 1 Royal Crescent until June 4th. www.timothyrichards.co.uk
Somerset House Bookends, handmade in plaster, 33 x 20 x 6.5 cm, £160 — £240
34 Clare Halifax originally studied textile design and she artfully uses layers of pattern and colour to create her unique vision of familiar Bath views. An MA in printmaking followed and now she produces limited edition prints and ceramics. Now living in London, she was brought up in the south west and still draws huge inspiration from the buildings of Bath. Her clients have included Liberty, Farrow & Ball, Tate Online and she regularly exhibits at Bath’s Rostra Gallery. www.rostragallery.co.uk www.clarehalifax.com
Here’s Looking at View, screen print, Ed. no. 6/75, 35 x 93 cm, £365 — £550 Courtesy Rostra Gallery
30 35 Bath-based Helen Simmonds’ still lifes exude a sense of calm and timelessness. ‘I am not interested in just painting the object,’ she says ‘it is the interaction of all elements; the colour, the shapes, the spaces between them, the shadows, the type of light. I am continuously shifting these elements until I find a balance.’ She exhibits regularly at Beaux Arts gallery in Bath and in 2011 won the Royal West of England Academy Public Choice Prize. www.beauxartsbath.co.uk
Peonies, oil on linen, 41 x 41 cm, £1,200 — £1,800 Courtesy Beaux Arts
36 Sharon Keenan is a Bath-based painter and sculptor. Best known for her sculptural portraits, she has exhibited at The Royal Academy and The Society of Portrait Sculptors and clients have included The City of London, The Territorial Army and Fortnum & Mason. She is often asked to paint or sculpt children and pets although these two Samoyeds were painted because she saw them waiting patiently in Belgravia and they simply appealed to her.
Waiting, oil on canvas board, 40.5 x 51 cm, www.painter-stainers.org/arts-crafts/ £580 — £860 painters-fine-art-society/sharon-keenan
31 37 Maxine Foster is a Trowbridge-based artist and printmaker who also runs printmaking workshops. Her work has been exhibited at a number of galleries in the UK including Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery and The Royal West of England Academy and she’s an executive member of the Bath Society of Artists. She picked this scene in front of Bath Abbey because of the ‘way the light was falling on the Abbey that particular day and the spectators going about their daily business – contemplating what they were going to do next.’
www.maxinefoster.com
Contemplation, monoprint, Ed. no. 1/1, 10483 x x25 43 cm, cm,£300 £300—£45 — £4500
32 38 Myrtle Pizzey is a Somerset-based artist and printmaker. In 2015 she won the prestigious Best Work in Show prize at the Society of Graphic Fine Art’s annual show. Her favourite subject is the Somerset landscape and she created this linocut from an original drawing of artichokes growing in her garden. www.myrtlepizzey.co.uk
Green Globe Artichoke, linocut, 94 x 74 cm, £270 — £400
33 Hospital39 Lot Pulse Oximetry – Portable Patient Monitoring System
A Portable SpO2 Patient Monitoring System is a non-invasive, convenient, handheld monitor that is used to measure a person’s oxygen status. On William Budd Ward (RUH cancer care inpatients’ ward) these devices are used as part of the patients’ vital signs monitoring. The technology delivers accurate and reliable values and an early warning signal to clinicians if there is any deterioration so that they can respond immediately. Patient Monitoring Systems can cost up to £1,000 each. Tonight, we would like to buy up to 10 of these devices to ensure the very best level of care for our patients.
Will you help us by pledging a donation towards this potentially life-saving equipment? Any amount helps!
*The cost reflects the best quote that the hospital has received but these prices can change. If a saving can be made the remainder of your donation will be allocated to the Cancer Care Campaign. The Forever Friends Appeal will use other charitable funds secured to top up any shortfall.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Gerhard Richter
34 A message of welcome from The Royal Crescent Society
On behalf of the residents of the Royal Crescent, I wish everyone attending this inaugural Hope Ball a very warm welcome.
Bath is a wonderful city and we are lucky to be surrounded by so many stunning buildings, not least the Royal Crescent itself which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.
Great institutions have to be maintained and cared for and that costs serious money. What goes for the Crescent applies equally to the RUH.
As Bathonians, we recognise and value greatly the enormous contribution that the RUH makes to our city and the Royal Crescent Society therefore had no hesitation in offering the lawn — our front garden — to assist an exceptionally worthwhile cause.
Have a great evening — and please don’t leave empty handed.
Colin Clarkson-Short Chairman The Royal Crescent Society
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Exceptional suppliers have enabled us to organise a luxury event of this nature by generously discounting their fees and time. A heartfelt thanks …
Many people gave much time, hard work and vision to make this event possible.
The Committee: Tabitha Claydon (Chair), Nick Botterill, Lucy Newark, Claire Sokell Thompson, Stephen Green, Diana Lanham, Emma Adams, Katie Burfitt, and Alex Chai.
Special thanks to: Kit Harding, Elena Hill, Anthony Hepworth, Bel Mooney, Tim Newark, Emma Ross, and Robin Cox.
Patricia and Reg Singh of Beaux Arts, London Aidan Quinn of Beaux Arts, Bath Jon Benington, Victoria Art Gallery Manager Vivienne Bolton, Secretary of Bath Society of Artists Hetty Dupays, RUH Arts Programme Manager
Art catalogue by Lucy Newark, Diana Lanham, Claire Sokell Thompson and Chris Colville-Walker.
Printed by Tuddenham Press
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