Horizons

Painting by Marianne Buckley, winner of the gallery's sponsored award from the Truro College 'Horizons' exhibition

On Tuesday 20th May, we were pleased to once again find ourselves in the large marquee on the Piazza at Lemon Quay, Truro viewing an exciting display of the latest artistic talents to emerge from Truro College as part of its student's Art & Design show. For the past three years we have enjoyed spending a day entranced by the creativity and individuality that each year has demonstrated and attempting to select just one artist from the impressive range of talent on show to receive our gallery prize.

The award that we donate each year for the show comprises of a part within an exhibition at the gallery. Past winners include Rebecca Harris whose bold, Hockney-inspired landscape paintings went in to private collections across the UK and Benjamin Ayling whose constructed rope collage is now on permenant display within the art collection of a Cornish-based business (see sixth image down: http://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/news/amazing-student-art-at-white-out-exhibition/).

This year the winner of our sponsored award is Marianne Buckley whose work struck us from across the room with its jewel-like colour. Marianne has just finished a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Truro College and will be going on to study BA(Hons) Degree Fine Art at Wimbledon University. As stated by the gallery director and curator David Durham, 'Marianne's layered, semi-abstract paintings caught our interest, and we are looking forward to seeing her work develop, and to working with Marianne in the coming months.'

We are now finalising plans to show Marianne's work within one of our upcoming exhibitions, details of which will be announced later in the year. Join our mailing list to be the first to be notified about our upcoming shows.