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PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com

Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com

Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com

Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

Join us for a night of dizzyingly eclectic music incorporating African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz, improvisation, soul and funk.

Trumpeter Claude Deppa, from Cape Town, South Africa, is well known for playing with the likes of Miriam Makeba, Julian Bahula, Louis Moholo/Viva La Black, Brotherhood of Breath and Art Blakey. He also teaches, leading the brass section of Kinetika Bloco, a band of young musicians from across London playing carnival music.

Clare Hirst is a saxophonist based in London, who has worked with artists such as David Bowie, Grupo Lokito, The Communards, Mica Paris, Maxi Priest, Amazulu and Mervyn Africa. She has worked with Claude for 30 years, before forming their band, Claude Deppa Clare Hirst Band.

The band released their 2nd album “Beyond Bahula” in 2024. It consists of 8 original tracks written by Clare and Claude. Spanning influences from Abdullah Ibrahim and Julian Bahula to Ornette Coleman and beyond, the band creates an inclusive and high energy atmosphere to be enjoyed by all.

Jazzwise: “Bass man Miles Danso made his presence felt similarly in the quintet fronted by Claude Deppa’s trumpet and Clare Hirst’s tenor whose set managed to combine clever timings and cross-rhythms with smoothly grooving tunes.”

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Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Join us for night celebrating Blue Note Records with QCBA, the explosive jazz group led by trumpeter Quentin Collins and saxophonist Brandon Allen.
QCBA have been wowing audiences globally for over 20 years, performing at prestigious venues including Ronnie Scott’s, Duc des Lombards, Maissons Laffitte Festival (France) and the Detroit & Monterey Jazz Festivals (USA).

Quentin and Brandon have been the frontline of the Kyle Eastwood Band for over 10 years, touring globally. This new project promises to deliver a high energy homage to some of the best known artists from the legendary record label’s golden period of the 1960’s.

Expect to hear classic tunes by Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Joe Henderson, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock and more!

Backed by the powerhouse rhythm team of hammond organist Ross Stanley & drummer Joel Barford, audiences can expect an evening that will exhilarate and enthral in equal measure.

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle

9 – 22 May 2025

The exhibition will be open:

Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).

Friday 9 May 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00

Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0

Enjoy an evening of swing, grooves and inventive improvisation with Deirdre Cartwright’s ORGANIK.

ORGANIK is a new organ trio led by guitarist Deirdre Cartwright with Pete Whittaker on Organ and Gary Hammond on Congas/percussion. You’ll be treated to the sounds of the classic jazz organ/guitar trios of the 1960s – Kenny Burrell/Jimmy Smith, Grant Green/Larry Young, Wes Montgomery/Melvin Rhyne, plus some original takes on the Beatles, Doors, Curtis Mayfield and Kate Bush.

Deirdre Cartwright is an award winning guitarist and composer who became well known presenting the BBC TV’s ground-breaking series ‘Rockschool’. She also played with Afro Latin Jazz group The Guest Stars, recording three albums and touring in 17 countries. In 1991 she formed the Deirdre Cartwright Group which recorded five albums and played international festivals from Mexico to Warsaw. She has also written and recorded albums with the groups Emily Remembered and LUND. More recently she has toured and recorded four albums with ARQ who won Best UK jazz group in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and British Jazz Awards in 2018. She won the public vote for Best Guitarist at the 2019 British Jazz Awards and in 2020 was awarded Services to Jazz with Blow the Fuse at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She also plays with Sea Change, Carol Grimes, PICNIC featuring Annie Whitehead, Electric Landladies and regularly at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho. She has played with legendary guitarist Tal Farlow, studied in America with Mick Goodrick, toured with Jamaican composer Marjorie Whylie, founded Blow the Fuse with Alison Rayner in 1989 and presented on Radio 3.

Pete Whittaker became fascinated with the sound of the Hammond organ after hearing classic 1950s & 60s hard-bop records. Currently involved in projects with some of the UK’s leading musicians including Art Themen and John Etheridge.

Gary Hammond boasts a rich history of performing and recording with The Beautiful South for over a decade. His stellar career includes collaborations with Nina Simone and frequent involvement with various groups across World, Jazz, and Pop genres.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Join us for a joyous celebration of the blending of Brazilian rhythms, jazz attitude and the majestic compositions of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Donato and Sergio Mendes.

Jazz Samba takes its inspiration and name from Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s ground-breaking 1962 album, the first ever fully-fledged bossa nova album recorded by American jazz musicians which topped the LP charts on its release and produced its own pop hit single – ‘Desafinado’.

Led by John Wilson’s star soloist Mark Crooks on sax and clarinet and the award-winning guitarist Nigel Price (as you’ve never heard him before!), with John Cervantes (piano), Marianne Windham (double bass) and Demi Garcia Sabat (drums/percussion).

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Marilyn Southey: How does your garden…?

Since the beginning of time, man has endeavoured to create places of tranquility in communication with nature, places to uplift the spirits:  gardens.  In this, her second exhibition at Highgate Gallery, Southey shows work inspired, for the most part, by her garden in London and her garden in France, which has been evolving over the last thirty years.  There are also more recent local paintings, of which Southey comments:  “I have enjoyed discovering little gardens in Highgate that make such a difference to the landscape”.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 06 June 2025 18:00-20:30

An exhibition of paintings and prints in celebration of gardens large and small, in rural and urban landscapes.

Enjoy an evening on the Tea Lawn with one of the world’s leading harpists and award winning sax: ‘Ukraine meets West Africa’ an evening on the Tea Lawn.

Harpist Alina Bzhezhinska joins tenor saxophonist Tony Kofi in a duo that unites the music styles of the Ukraine and West Africa and celebrates the harmony between the harp and the saxophone.

Undoubtedly one of the leading harpists in the world today, Alina Bzhezhinska (a.k.a. AlinaHipHarp) is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring harp to the forefront of contemporary sound. Bzhezhinska is the creator of HipHarpCollective, who recently won the Parliamentary Jazz Award’s Best Ensemble of the Year 2024. The group’s double LP “Reflections” (BBE Music) won best album of the year 2023 by Preston Music and Alina Bzhezhinska’s Quartet was nominated for Best Live Act of the Year at JazzFM Awards 2017.

Tony Kofi is a multi award winning saxophonists, a recording career that has seen collaborations with Donald Byrd, Eddie Henderson, Abdullah Ibrahim and Ornette Coleman to name a few. Kofi’s solowork, in particular his 2020 album ‘A Different Kind Of Soul’ and his recently reissued ‘Plays Monk’ cement his reputation as one of the UK’s most accomplished saxophonists.

‘…Bzhezhinska shares with Alice (Coltrane) a mastery of the jazz harp.’ ★★★★★ The Times

‘There is so much respect in jazz circles for Tony Kofi.’ Jazzwise

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies

4 – 17 July 2025

Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.

The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.

After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30

A playful evening of vocal performance with boundary-pushing singers Eleanor Westbrook and Oskar McCarthy, celebrating the radical spirit of 20th and 21st-century vocal music.

The programme explores pioneering works by Cage, Xenakis, and Aperghis, alongside daring reinterpretations of older music and contemporary works from both established and emerging composers. Featuring Ben Smith on piano, plus a balloon and a toy glockenspiel.

Eleanor Westbrook is an expressive interdisciplinary performer working at the intersection of opera, physical theatre, clowning, and experimental music. She has appeared across the UK and Europe, from the Edinburgh Fringe to Southbank Centre, and collaborated with companies such as Belarus Free Theatre, Waste Paper Opera Company, and Kneehigh Theatre. Her original works have been featured at Soho Theatre’s Fool’s Moon and the De La Warr Pavilion. Known for her visceral energy and surrealist storytelling, Eleanor is committed to reimagining classical forms through a contemporary lens. She is artistic director of TUFT, producing large-scale performance events in Hastings Castle and Caves, and is currently developing a multidisciplinary production of Titus Andronicus.

Oskar McCarthy is a dynamic actor-singer performing new music and old music in new ways. He has premiered operas by Avner Dorman, Robert Reid Allan and Bertie Baigent, and commissioned new work including Laura Bowler’s Lines, Letters and Disinformation for baritone and tape, performed at Snape Maltings and Café OTO. He has recorded works by Meredith Monk and Ion Marmarinos, improvised operatic monologues with composer/violist Zeo Fawcett, and collaborated with Rufus Elliot on durational six-hour vocal installations. A VOICEBOX alumnus, he trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and recently worked with the Royal Opera House’s Opera Lab, part of the Jette Parker Programme. He is co-Artistic Director of Festival Voices, performing at venues including Kings Place, Bold Tendencies, and Southbank Centre.

Join Ellie and Oskar on a voyage into the squelching heart of Contemporary Vocal Sünd.