Holmfirth Art Week Part 2

In my second post about the fabulous Holmfirth Art Week I'll be big- ing up Sid's Cafe, Willow Tree Gallery, Emma's Tea Palour, Andy Leader's open house and the Methodist Church.

Sid's Cafe (Fringe Venue 20) featured the photographic work of local man Robert Norbury. It was good stuff- I particularly liked the one of the Pointer on a hilltop with a fantastic view sweeping away behind it. I also liked all the details that accompanied each photograph- how it was shot and processed etc. Very interesting. Definitely worth a look in.

Willow Tree Gallery was full of delights, particularly some of Ross Moore's paintings (instantly recognisable, he also has pieces in the main exhibition) and some fabulous work by one Deb Price. I LOVED Deb's little ornament- style pieces, they were just so fantastic! Deb's wonderful stuff was also on show in the main exhibit and some brooches and rings by her were for sale in the shop (may have to pick one up when I go back for a Sarah Morris Jones candle holder!!). Below is my favourite of her pieces on display in the Willow Tree Gallery. I want, I want! I just adored how child like and kitsch they were, so original and unique. She also had a couple of paintings on display to accompany the model/ ornament pieces.

Emma's Tea Palour (Fringe Venue 16) had a couple of artists work on display- paintings by Sarah Sheard, photos by Arlo Brophy and, to my utter delight, more Deb Price!! Heaven!

Sarah's paintings of various pennine skyscapes- below- were simply gorgeous. She'd put some blurb next to them explaining how she prefers to be outside (couldn't agree more) and how her skyscape paintings of the pennine skies resonate the light and dark of the human condition. Pennine dwellers eyes are drawn to the sky as the climate is so changeable, she says (again, totally agree!) I enjoyed this blurb- it made me look again at her paintings and think about what she meant and was trying to portray when painting them. I think they looked really authentic as well- they could easily have been photographs of the various skyscapes that we are so used to seeing in and around the Holme Valley area. Very good.

Arlo's photos were very nice, and below is another Deb Price as displayed in Emma's Tea Parlous- more of this please!

The Methodist Church (Fringe Venue 10) had a brilliant selection of art week on display, but my favourites were Darryl Villaret's photographs, Ann Hirst's acrylics of local Holme Valley scenes, Bunty Jenkins miniatures, Ali White's photography (wonderful stuff- I've seen his spliced- scene photographs all over the place and each one I've seen is amazing) and Helaina Sharpley's 3D Wire 'drawings'. I'd highly recommend checking out the fantastic work on display in this lovely fringe venue. There was also a whole wall of Sarah Bamforth's wonderful paintings!

The above are two of Helaina's 3D wire drawings- delightful.

A wall of Bamforth brilliance!

Andy Leader- photographer extraordinaire- exhibited his wonderful work in his own home, turning it into a open house gallery (Fringe Venue 9). Andy's photographs are so beautiful and classy, and like Ali White, his stuff gets every where for good reason. More than worth a small detour when visiting the main exhibit to catch this delightful collection of Andy's work in his own lovely home. He also has pieces in the main exhibit (as does Ali White for that matter!).

A mention must also go to The Tourist Office (Fringe Venue 15) for their lovely display of Mick Kirby- Geddes distinctive sculptures, new shop Lost and Found (Fringe Venue 13) for their 'Birds don't need maps' exhibit in and amongst their stock, and the Riverside Shopping Centre (Fringe Venue 12) were I caught some fantastic crochet and handweavings.Well worth a visit, all 3.

If you'd like more information about any of the artists featured in this post then the websites to head to are-

http://www.robertnorbury.com & http://www.bigbobsphotographyschool.blogspot.co.uk/
http://rossmooreart.co.uk
http://debpricewinnies.blogspot.co.uk
http://sarahsheardart.tumblr.com
http://www.brophyart.co.uk
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/darrylvillaret
http://www.aliwhite.com
http://www.helainasharpley-wirework-artist.co.uk
http://www.mkg.me.uk
http://www.judytadman.co.uk
http://www.walkandweave.co.uk & http://walkandweaveblogspot.com
http://www.madeinholmfirth.co.uk/

I'm off back to Art Week tomorrow to visit some more of the Fringe Venues. Watch out for my 3rd post about these and the main exhibit- on till 5pm Saturday!