Ursula Newell-Walker
Ursula Newell-Walker was born in Lancashire and comes from a family of painters and field naturalists but grew up in Australia. She worked and exhibited while in Australia; then in Java and Eire before returning to England. Ursula now lives in Clevedon, North Somerset and spends periods in her native Australia. She is fascinated by the way in which light, the seasons, the changing moods and internal stances of the viewer imbue the ordinary with something akin to mystery. Her work explores the transcendent within the everyday and is influenced by artists of the ‘visionary’ tradition from Samuel Palmer to David Blackburn. At the moment, the works of Craigie Aitchison and Mary Fedden are much in mind.
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All of her works are about place, time, light; and that which lies always at the threshold of consciousness. Each painting is a glimpse of another reality always there, but often unnoticed. It is hoped that the viewer standing before one of her works and fully absorbing it has a sense of newness. Over the years Ursula has tried various ways of exploring these ideas: in landscape paintings, interiors, still life and hand-printed fabrics.
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"When I look at my work, and that of other painters, it seems that what we do is an expression of who we are, how we experience the world, and the thoughts and feelings which sustain us. Every painting is a statement and a celebration. I hope that people looking at my paintings will feel a pull. That is also what I experience as I paint. First, the materials engage the eye and senses, then intuitive gestures form shapes or planes of colour. Then curiosity is engaged and decisions are made about what needs to have clearer expression. I often work on several paintings at once, giving time to go and come, to form relationships and allow a ‘conversation’ between the emerging works.”
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- Ursula Newell-Walker
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www.newellwalkerpaintings.co.uk
07972 299502
Shows include:
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1999 November, 'Threads' West End Gallery, St Mary’s Church, Lace Market, Nottingham
2002 4-29 November, ‘Margins, Horizons & Thresholds’: A solo exhibition at the Concourse Gallery, University of Derby
2003 January-February, Little London Gallery, Holloway, Derbyshire
August ‘New Artists’, Little London Gallery, Holloway, Derbyshire
2004 March-April, 'An eye for the ordinary': A solo show, Little London Gallery, Derbyshire
2005 May-June, 'Slices of Life': A solo show, Little London Gallery, Derbyshire
Birmingham Pastel Society Biennial Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Brook St, St Paul’s, Birmingham
2006 May-June, DARTS, Derbyshire Open Arts
2007 July, Birmingham and Midland Pastel Society Biennial Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Brook St, St Paul’s, Birmingham
Clevedon Craft Centre, Somerset. Established a painting studio. Silk scarves and linen handkerchiefs hand dyed and printed to her own
designs, greetings cards, original paintings
2008 Clevedon Art Club Annual Open Exhibition
RWA Friends’ Exhibition
2009 Clevedon Art Club Annual Open Exhibition
RWA Friends’ Exhibition
2010 July, Birmingham and Midland Pastel Society Biennial Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Brook St, St Paul’s, Birmingham
28 June - 1 September, John Leach Gallery Summer Show
Clevedon Art Club Annual Open Exhibition
Clevedon Art Club Christmas Show
2011 A303 Artists Submission
August, Clevedon Art Club 55th Open Exhibition,
Clevedon Art Club Members’ Autumn Exhibition
2012 Nailsea Music and Arts Festival, Art Exhibition, Tithe Barn May
August, Clevedon Art Club 56th Open Exhibition
Clevedon Art Club Members’ Autumn Exhibition
2013 March - 11 April, RWA Long Gallery Solo Exhibition
7 December - 4 January, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster, Bristol, ‘A Pause in the Noise’, exhibiting with Weston Uphill Artists
2014 August, Garden Studio built and opened at 17 Meadow Road, Clevedon
Marmalade Café, Worrall Rd, Bristol, Solo Show, Summer
August, Clevedon Art Club, 58th Open Exhibition
2015 28 February - 12 April, Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Friends Annual Exhibition
August, Clevedon Art Club 59th Open Exhibition
Clevedon Art Club Autumn Members’ Exhibition
2016 4 June - 30 August, John Leach Gallery and Pottery, Muchelney, South Somerset. Summer Exhibition: Ursula Newell-Walker, Holly Webb,
jeweller and Liz Travis, painter
20-29 August, Clevedon Art Club, 60th Open Art Exhibition
October, Clevedon Art Club Autumn Members’ Exhibition
2017 9-28 February, solo exhibition at the newly established LT Gallery in Orchard Street, Weston-Super-Mare of paintings from the last
decade since moving to the SW, in pastel, gouache and acrylics
May-June, Birmingham and Midlands Pastel Society show at Jam Factory, Oxford
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