Beanlands Abound

This month Hatfield Hines pays special tribute to the landscape talents of British abstract artist Frank Beanland.

A selection of new works can be viewed at our main Gallery in Holt as well as much larger works on display at our 'coastal satellite' at the Sheringham Little Theatre.

To celebrate the launch of our new show, we've also created a special new exhibition catalogue which can be viewed as an online flipbook by clicking the arrows on the image above.

To access fullscreen option, hover your pointer over a page, wait for the fullscreen tab to appear, then click.

Coast to Coast at Hatfield Hines

Throughout the bank holiday period Hatfield Hines Gallery will be celebrating East Anglian coastlines, with works from 1900 to the present day.

This will be a diverse show, with a few surprises..from fresh takes on some of the most well known coastal views by Gilia Florentin-Lee, David Baxter, Geoffrey Chatten, Derek Inwood and John Tookey, to some slightly rougher seas painted earlier in the 20th Century by accomplished seascape artist Rowland Fisher (1885-1969).

Hatfield Hines - Coming Up Roses in September

During September, Hatfield Hines Gallery celebrates all things floral with a special exhibition featuring Norfolk Gardens and Flower paintings...

Styles range from the painterly still-lifes of Naomi Clements-Wright and Eleanor Hope-Henderson to the vivid semi-cubist collages of Naomi Munuo and pastoral pastels of emerging talent Liz Inwood, daughter of well-known local artist Derek Inwood.

Celeb Chef Galton Blackiston's Top Landscape

Michelin-starred TV Chef Galton Blackiston has cooked his way around the world, but his heart still belongs to Norfolk...

“My favourite view is seen when driving from Langham to Morston.

At one point in the journey you get a perfect view from Blakeney Point to the Watch House.

On a Summer's evening it’s just fantastic and I love it!”

To mark your own beauty spot on the Norfolk landscape and win the chance to immortalise it in a specially commissioned oil, just enter our competition or pick up a form at the Gallery. Hurry though - the closing deadline is 15th September.

Pipe Dreams - Hirst follows Beatle down the tunnel

Kiev's Pinchuk Art Centre, brainchild of Ukrainian metal pipe billionaire Viktor Pinchuk, is poised to stage Requiem a major retrospective of the work of Damien Hirst from April 25th onwards.

The exhibition will showcase a hundred of the artist's most iconic works, including 'A Thousand Years', 'Away from the Flock' and 'Death Explained' a sculpture of a bisected shark, preserved in formaldehyde. It will also premiere a series of skull paintings done by Hirst between 2006 and 2008.

Unlike fellow oligarchs who plough their funds into football squads, Pinchuk - at $2.5bn rated the world's 246th richest man by the latest Forbes poll, is a vulture for culture and already boasts iconic works by Brit Hirst and American Jeff Koons in his personal art collection.

Crisis-hit Ukraine, where industrial production is plummeting by over 30% each month, may seem an unlikely venue for such an exhibition - the latest cultural extravaganza since Pinchuk jetted ex-Beatle Macca to Kiev for a major concert last June.

However, in a public statement, the gallery insisted Kiev was the perfect location "In hosting a major retrospective of one of the most important artists working today, the Pinchuk Art Centre is testament to Ukraine's ongoing cultural development."

To view further details of this exhibition click here.

Meeting ‘The Maestro’ - virtuoso of local colour

North Norfolk painter Derek Inwood talks to Hatfield Hines’ Clare Hatfield about life, work and the art of simplicity.

CH: What is the trigger for you, which sparks off the idea for a picture?

DI: My work is about colour. It starts with a mood and that gives me a colour.

CH: Where do you prefer to work?

DI: I capture the mood on the spot by taking oil pastels with me, and then work up canvases in the studio. Sometimes I do local scenes straight into oil paints.

CH: How would you describe your style of working?

DI: I am a natural painter. I basically like looking at things – I am interested in the art of looking and seeing through the eyes.

CH: Which subjects most interest you?

DI: There is nothing complicated about my work. I like to paint figure compostions on the beach, boats, groins, passing ships.

CH: What most excites you about the process of making a picture?

DI: I like to take a flat surface and then transform it into a painting just with colour. Just with colour you can create space and relationships between things in a scene. You can create people, sky and people doing things.

CH: How do you feel your work has changed over the years?

DI: My work has slowly evolved rather than really changed over the years – it has always been about colour.

For more information about Derek Inwood, and a catalogue of available works, access Derek's artist profile page at:

http://www.hatfieldhines.com/artistProfiles/DerekInwood.html

Derek Inwood runs from 1st to 29th November, 2008.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11am-5pm; Thursdays: 11-2pm