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Directed by artist, curator and critic Kellie Miller, KMA gallery offers a unique and original voice. This blog offers our followers the opportunity to delve deeper into our world to discover more about the artists we represent, upcoming exhibition themes and collections, and to join the wider discussion as we explore and reflect on current events shaping the creative world we love so much.
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In the Moment
Mary Jones is a ceramic artist otherwise known as The Brick Thief. KMA Gallery was the first to showcase Mary Jones' characterful sculptural heads. Since then, Mary has been headhunted by designer Paul Smith to produce a collection for his new art venture.
Mary's work is a response to conversations she encounters with people in her everyday life. She is particularly interested in dialogues with strangers on public transport. She gathers these heart-to-hearts with visual information and returns with them to her studio
Circle of Life
The representation of the circle has a profound symbolic meaning in religious, mathematical and spiritual realms. It signifies wholeness, infinity, growth, rebirth, death, potential, perfection, godliness, unity and divinity. The circle is depicted in all areas of life, with the sun, earth, moon, dancing, and the number zero all reminding us daily of its importance. They appear in architecture and religious belief systems, such as the Christian halo or the Hindu and Buddhist mandala—a Sanskrit word for circle—used as a tool for spiritual journeying.
Never Alone
Dawn Stacey’s paintings are an amalgamation of everything she loves and has studied. With degrees and Diplomas in Textile Design, Horticulture, and Sequential Illustration, her studies have permitted her to make sense of the world through her paintings.
Beautiful Imperfections
Margaret Curtis is a gentle, unassuming creator who channels her energy into producing Japanese-inspired ceramic vessels. She uses ancient Celadon and Snow-white Shino glazes and preserves firing techniques in oil and gas kilns
Just Call Her Wildflower
Jane Skingley depicts the cycle of life in her paintings. Her muses are wildflowers, which she gathers on her walks for inspiration. She is interested in the overlooked, disregarded weeds and shines the spotlight on plants like Stitchwort, Celandine, Oxeye Daisy and Ragwort. In championing these flowers, Jane asks us to see their beauty by slowing down and appreciating the world around us.
Awakening the Mind and the Body
One can sense the energetic shifts that awaken perceptions when viewing Jules Allan's paintings. They starkly remind us that art plays on the conscious and unconscious mind. Jules' dual practices as an artist and art psychotherapist, without doubt, inform one another.
With Land, Skye and Sea
Patricia Shone was born in Scotland and moved to South Devon as a child. She first encountered clay at school there. After studying ceramics in London, finances and a first love of cooking led her to work as a chef in the UK and Italy. She returned to the country of her birth, drawn to the Isle of Skye, where she has been dedicated to ceramics for nearly three decades
We just want to have fun!
A French artist who naturally encapsulates fun in her works is Mélanie Bourget. Her sculptures are an exploration of human expression. With great skill, she creates figurative pieces in a contemporary yet offbeat style. Her art conjures feelings of fun and joy.