Celebrate with us!

To celebrate December and particularly

we have a number of prints that the artists are offering at a special price.  Visit us and select prints displaying the Christmas tree sticker and you will have got yourself a bargain.  Amongst too many to list you will find these gems:

Roy Tonkin (from the Graces series)

Alison Lumb 'Reverb' 29x41cm £95

Nicola Styan 'Route 15'

Image size 16.5 x 8cm

Paper size 24 x 19cm

Framed £100

Unframed £70

As if that wasn't enough we are also holding a come one come all extravaganza on Sunday 15th December when we will be offering you a glass of mulled wine (or two) and Roy Tonkin will be demonstrating his art along with Theresa Pateman.  A chance for you to 'make' your Christmas presents in the form of a fabulous print!

We are open every day up to Christmas Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 5pm. Saturdays 10.00 to 7.00pm

MarPhilArt comes to SBP 15th - 28th April

MarPhilArt is the title of an exhibition at our Southbank Gallery from 15th-28th April 2019 showing the work of Marcella Worthington and Phillippa Egerton.

Marcella took a degree in Fine Art at Cardiff and went onto be involved in the fashion world, ranging from being a fashion illustrator in New York, textile designer in Manchester and make up artist in Chelsea. She has lived and exhibited in Berlin. She now concentrates on etching and regularly exhibits.

Artist’s statement

My work is characterised by delicate line drawing. My aim is for the viewer to experience a moody and atmospheric emotion.

I produce etchings from my watercolours of life drawings, faces and figures which I then combine as Chin Collee etchings.

London Calling

Fallen Angel

Dusk in Memphis

Phillippa did a History degree at Oxford before going into mural design and then doing a printmaking MA at Wimbledon. She does painting as well as printmaking and has won awards for her printmaking including a gold medal from the Printmakers Council and regularly exhibits in London. She has two grandchildren.

Artist’s statement

My work is bold and colourful and I like to build up complex images using a combination of drawings, photos, watercolours and created textures that I put together on the computer before screen printing. The interaction between the computer and traditional printmaking has always fascinated me.  I’m inspired by colour, light, movement and children’s toys which has led to a series of darkly comic images.

Light Fantastic

Africa Song

Into Africa

We are open Monday to Friday and Sunday 11.30 to 6.30 and Saturdays from 10.00 am to 8 .00pm

Easter Saturday

Join us on Saturday 31st March around noon when Martin Langford will be demonstrating printmaking outside our gallery in Gabriel's Wharf.  This is your chance to have a go!

Everybody is welcome.  Young and not-so-young.  You are invited to make your very own print using a drypoint technique and Martin will guide you through the process that he applies so brilliantly in his own work.

The Wharf will be bristling with chocolate eggs for you and your children to hunt down.  They will be hidden in the various independant shops and restaurants and when you're tired of searching and printing you can relax and enjoy the live music and vibrant atmosphere with a cup of coffee from Sarni's, a pie from the 5 star Pieminster or a delicious meal from Studio 6.

Christmas at Gabriel's Wharf

A Festive Person dressed in a red boiler suit with a white beard will be roaming around Gabriel's Wharf on 

2nd December.  There will be a tree, live music and an all-pervading air of celebration. We will be adding to the general bonhomie with our own mulled wine and snackettes and some special treats for our smaller visitors.

By then we will have rehung the entire gallery and will be including some very reasonably priced small prints which make ideal presents as well as gift vouchers and highly original greetings cards courtesy of our artists.

It would be fantastic to see you there and we look forward to sharing our Christmas cheer with you..............

London Design Festival comes to Gabriel's Wharf

This is an exciting time for our gallery!

The Southbank Printmakers' participation in the London Design Festival will be marked by our Louise Hayward who will be demonstrating how she achieves her archetypal images.  Louise is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) and a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE).  Her work is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in many private collections.

She uses engraving and lino-cutting tools on relief surfaces including plastic plates, wood and lino. 

Look at what she achieves!  

The detail is incredible  and very satisfying.

I don't want to distract you from our gallery but to be fair I will share that Gabriel's Wharf will be buzzing this weekend.  However I will also share that we are open (Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 6.30pm) but on 

 

you can come in anytime between 10am to 8pm and we hope you will come by and browse our great selection of handmade prints from 40 printmakers and admire Louise's considerable prowess.

Easter at Southbank Printmakers

Apart from the exciting shenanigans at Gabriel's Wharf this weekend - which includes the annual Easter egg hunt

- we have, not one, not two, but THREE new members and are very excited to be offering their work for sale in the Gallery.

In no particular order (apart from alphabetical) I can share a preview of their images here.

Above are two by Buffy Kimm 'Poles Apart' and 'Venice'.  Buffy takes inspiration from photography, particularly abstract detail in architecture and natural forms. She looks for the obscure and unusual angles, rather than the straightforward image and is fascinated by light and shadow. She enjoys experimenting with etching techniques, using multiple etching plates in some of her pieces, and likes to add different media to explore innovative solutions to her work.

Biography

Multipurpose

Richard Peacock is a printmaker based at the Chocolate Factory studios in North London. He makes screen prints and woodcuts. His work combines elements of abstraction and pop art, with a love of colour and rhythm. He often uses discarded packaging to make the stencils for his screen prints and raids skips for wood for his wood cuts. He exhibits widely, nationally and internationally.

Emerging Blocks

The Divisibility of the Body

We also welcome Charlotte Whiston.  She is an artist whose inspiration for her work, which usually takes the form of silk screen print, comes from contemporary metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. Charlotte’s aim as an artist is to create work that depicts an idea or theory, such as the mind-body problem and emergent properties, in a way that is visually novel and stimulating.

So much to see and four fabulous days free to wonder down our way!

Unit12, Gabriel's Wharf,

56 Upper Ground,

London SE1 9PP. 

Telephone

0207 928 8184

E-mail

info@southbankprintmakers.com

Opening hours

Summer 2015 (from 29th March to 25th October)

Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 6.30pm

Saturdays 10.00 to 8.00pm

Winter (from 26th October to 27th March 2016)

Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 5pm.

Saturdays 10.00 to 7.00pm

Merry Christmas

Southbank Printmakers would like to thank all their loyal visitors who drop by throughout the year to buy or just to chat!

We wish you all

SBP welcomes Sue Ribbans

We extend a warm welcome to Sue Ribbans who has recently joined us at the gallery. You can see her website here

Sue's work is a joyous assortment of linocuts and collographs which are humourous and lively.  From exuberant fowl......

 ......to her cheery Fat Ladies......

 and her enigmatic mermaids......

Sue brings with her colour and style!  We love her images - which are also going to be on show at Richmond Printmakers in their exhibition ‘Good Impressions - the Art of the Printmaker’ from 3 September to 29 November 2015. The Stables Gallery, Orleans House, Riverside Twickenham TW1 3DJ. 

You can of course see her work at the gallery Unit12, Gabriel's Wharf,56 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PP when we are open Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 6.30pm Saturdays 10.00 to 8.00pm.

Something to 'egg' you on!

Are you thinking of heading down to the Southbank in the next few days?  If so, bring the whole family along for a phantasmagorical Easter Egg Hunt!

 These tasty treats have been cunningly concealed in the shops and galleries and while you are getting your caffeine fix in one of the local watering holes, your kids will be having a riot tracking down the yummy chocolate rewards (with apologies to dentists everywhere) (it's only once a year)

We will welcome you to our Gallery where, apart from chocolate eggs we will also be offering our usual selection of wonderful hand-made prints.  You might be looking for something Spring-like?  In which case we have work by Libby Carreck, Ann Burnham and Lucie Green and many more cheery images to brighten up your home. 

Libby Carreck

Ann Burnham

Lucie Green

 .....and to those of you who are starting your Spring Cleaning (!) We have a wealth of work to adorn those newly painted walls.

Mainly, however, we would love to see you and hope you come down and enjoy a good day out!