Paint Edgy, The Ropewalk, Barton on Humber

Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting and Guests

Coordinated by Judith Tucker and Linda Ingham

“I have a respect for invention, and I think that’s what attracts me to the margins in all things” writes the painter Graham Crowley.

The exhibition Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting & Guests demonstrates painting at its most inventive and innovative, and reflects a range of concerns with margins, edges and edginess. This wordplay encompasses the formal concerns of possibilities of painterly edges, and edges of canvas: painting as both object and image. Beyond this, however, it is also metaphorical: edgy as a play on the radical possibilities of contemporary painting, here, in the location of the Ropewalk Gallery, Barton on Humber, right on the very edge of England.

*Graham Crowley: Yellow Shed, oil on board, 32.5cm x 40cm, 2022*

CBP artists: Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, Karl Bielik, Day Bowman, Julian Brown, Marco Cali, Ruth Calland, Simon Carter, Pen Dalton, Jeff Dellow, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Natalie Dowse, Geraint Evans, Susan Gunn, Susie Hamilton, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Phil Illingworth, Linda Ingham, Rachel Lancaster, Bryan Lavelle, Andrew Litten, Paula MacArthur, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Paul Newman, Joe Packer, Stephen Palmer, Mandy Payne, Barbara Peirson, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Narbi Price, Freya Purdue, Katherine Russell, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor, Molly Thomson, Judith Tucker, Joanna Whittle and Sean Williams.

Guest artists: Graham Crowley, Deborah Grice, Richard Hatfield, Tim Needham, April Virgoe and Zoe Steele.

Download the Paint Edgy catalogue PDF

Paint Edgy: Artists’ Talks

Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting and Guests. An afternoon of talks from exhibiting artists.

Come and join us for a lively fast-moving series of reflections on painting now, from painters from all over the UK.

Artists include: Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Day Bowman, Ruth Calland, Natalie Dowse, Susan Gunn, Deborah Grice, Linda Ingham, Phil Illingworth, Rachel Lancaster, Paula MacArthur, Joe Packer, Ruth Philo, Freya Purdue, Zoe Steele, Judith Tucker, Joanna Whittle & April Virgoe.

Date: Saturday 15 October 2022, 1pm – 4pm

Please book through Eventbrite – admission free.