EASTBOURNE ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES

Ede-Smith
&
Friends

MAY 25th/26th & JUNE 1st/2nd 2024

OPEN 10:30am UNTIL 4:30pm All DAYS

48 MILL ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN21 2PG

THANK YOU!

William & Emma and all the artists who joined us would like to thank everyone who visited us, we had some wonderful conversations with some very interesting people and a special thanks those who took home some of our art!

The total we raised for Eastbourne Foodbank was £108.50, which we have rounded up to £110. This was £90 from the Richard Blower collection and £18.50 from donations for refreshments.

It has been a wonderful first time participating in Eastbourne Artists Open Houses; hopefully we will see you all again at the Christmas Open Houses later in the year!

William Ede-Smith

Abstract landscapes & Sculpture

My interest is in the relationship between the sky and the ground, both subject to dramatic fluctuation, just on different timescales. As such I often see my landscapes as being transient.

The process by which I paint involves, like the landscape it depicts, deposition and erosion, it is subject to intense scrutiny and to neglect, to flooding and to drought. I want to create the convincingly imperfect.

Emma Ede-Smith

Ceramics & printmaking

I remember a lot, I forget a lot more. I doodle to focus, hands distracted so the mind isn't. I see patterns in everything, joining dots others don't notice, the constant hum of perception. Shapes of nature, the flow and the symmetry, the cycles of the seasons, the tides, of life. Small things make me happy, big things make me cross, learning and experimenting excite me. I hate waste and reuse what I can, both in life and in art. I like cute things, although my definition of cute might be slightly different from the norm.

Ben Ede

Sculpture & Textiles

I'm not very good at doing nothing. My mind wanders and my hands like to make things. I'm fascinated by wood. Driftwood, interesting twigs and logs all end up back at my home and become things my mind and hands decide they should be. Small bits are homes for Quentin Blake inspired birds and large pieces become Barbra Hepworth / David Nash inspired book shelf sculpture which are as much to touch as to look at. In the winter I also like to make felt characters, often penguins but occasionally other things appear.

Ian Silins

Ceramics

Richard Blower - a retrospective

Photography

In his early career Richard had a studio in the "Diorama" Park Square East, in Regents Park, London where he was photographing for book covers, fashion and portraits. He subsequently moved to Clapham, London opening a small studio where he was able to experiment with a wider range of lighting & installation set-ups. He continued his previous work and also started working on fine art projects. In January 2013 he moved to Eastbourne where he developed the Coach House into a Studio / Gallery space.

His back catalogue was sold by his estate to a private collector following his death and we are delighted to be showing a selection of this catalogue. A limited number of items from the collection will be for sale with proceeds going to Eastbourne Foodbank.