Current Exhibitors

Keith Cole
Keith Cole is the owner of the Old Gallery.  He has been taking photographic images of Dorset for some time, having lived in the Cerne Valley and worked in West Dorset now for over 30 years.  Keith is a practising consultant civil engineer and, as such, his portfolio of digital photographs reflects the involvement he has had working on projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the coast and countryside of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.  Keith’s photographic work is exhibited in the gallery by way of framed digital photographs, posters and his own ‘coast and country cards and print's'  brand of greetings cards.  The cards are designed, crafted and printed on the first floor of the old gallery, which also houses Keith’s ‘coast and country projects limited’ (ccpl) consultancy office.

Jan Barker
Jan moved to England from Canada after finishing her degree in Chemistry. She started pottery in evening classes 25 years ago and now sells her work at craft fairs and galleries, in addition to teaching Community Education pottery classes. Married with 2 teenage children, She makes functional wheel-thrown pottery in both stoneware and earthenware and has recently started working with porcelain. Her background in chemistry gives her a particular interest in glazes.

Carol  Frarey
Art has been my greatest interest since a very early age;  unfortunately my parents decided an academic career offered the best future although they did allow me to study for a year at the Chelsea Art School.
  
It was not until 1978 when family commitments allowed me to take up painting seriously.   I was living at the time in Saffron Walden Essex and exhibited in local galleries and had several private exhibitions in the Library there.  I also exhibited in London’s Royal Exchange  and the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall and for many years was an artist member of the Fine Art Trade Guild.

I moved to the West Country in 1982 and became a member of the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists exhibiting in the Bishop’s Palace Wells.  There were further private exhibitions including galleries in Bristol, Bath  and Weston super Mare.  Together with 4 other artists we formed QuinArt, an exhibiting group holding several exhibitions each year at Montacute House, Barrington Court and East Lambrook Manor.

Now retired and regrettably unable to keep up my painting I enjoy viewing the works of other artists 

Alban Graham
Alban works in pen and ink and watercolour and has been painting for most of his life. He studied at the Wimbledon college of art and had an early career in book cover design. Painting mainly landscapes and buildings, his subjects include many Dorset scenes, and others further afield. Before retiring to Dorset after a career in book publishing, he lived for many years in East Anglia, where he held several solo and joint exhibitions.

John Graham
John started painting after moving to Dorset about 16 years ago. He started painting in watercolour, but for some years has been using oils, enjoying the more vibrant colours and strong images he can create in this medium.
He has shown work in various galleries in and around Dorset and a few in London, as well as showing in exhibitions of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol and Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in London.

Derek Gregory
Derek Gregory’s exhibits of wood turning focus on the use of locally sourced and seasoned hardwoods. His products are deliberately diverse, ranging from beautiful laburnum egg cups to large spalted beech fruit bowls and they can regularly be seen exhibited for sale at local Dorset craft and agricultural shows. Derek has lived in West Dorset all his life, being born in the Piddle Valley and then moving to the Frome Valley, where he has resided happily for the past 50 years. Having been attracted to the joy of working with wood since turning his first piece at the age of 12 years, he is particularly happy to take on commissions to order in his Maiden Newton workshop. Derek is dedicated to the challenge of reviving and sustaining wood turning by Dorset crafters.

Kenneth Moore
Kenneth's passion for pottery started when he met Bernard Leach at St Ives before beginning his architectural course at the AA in 1951.  Since then, he potted as an amateur both at part time classes (Camberwell School of Art and Richmond Adult College) and in his own studio.  On retirement from architectural practice, he worked full time in his own studio, selling locally and doing some instructing of beginners on a one to one basis.  He concentrated on domestic pottery in earthenware, using iron and tin glazes in the Leach tradition, which was his life-long inspiration in the craft. Kenneth loved the challenge of making things for specific purposes and was always experimenting with different glazes and shapes.
Kenneth sadly passed away in 2007, but his wife is happy for us to exhibit his wide variety of work here and make available for purchase.

Sandy Shore
From 1980 - 84,  Sandy studied art at Southampton College of Higher Education and at Winchester College of Art, where she gained a BA (Hons) in fine art (painting). Following a break in work, she returned to concentrate on her botanical studies, and extended her work to include limited edition prints and greeting cards. She exhibited in London at the Society of Botanical Artists, in Salisbury, Dorchester and many provincial galleries. Sandy lived in Dorset with her son Jack and her dog Truffle.
Sandy sadly passed away in March 2008, but her family are happy for us to exhibit her work.

Peter Wiles
Peter Wiles has been taking photographs for many years but developed his work professionally after moving to Dorset in 2002. Working digitally and doing his own printing, Peter has been stimulated by the beauty of the Jurassic Coast and the life and events of Lyme Regis, where he lives. Peter’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Study Gallery Poole; the Town Mill, Lyme Regis; Dorchester Arts Centre and the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton. He also takes photographs for the Lyme Regis News and the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis. Peter’s work covers a very wide range of subject matter, partly because of his work as an international humanitarian consultant which has taken him to many parts of the world. More photographs can be seen at his website www.lymescapes.co.uk