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
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
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
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
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
We have great pleasure in inviting you to the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Highgate
Society which will be held
On Thursday 22 May 2025 at 7.00pm
at St Michael’s School, North Road, N6 4BG
Griff Rhys Jones will be the guest speaker. A very well-known actor and television
presenter, as President of Civic Voice he has been awarded the OBE for services to the
national civic society movement.
Doors open at 6.30pm, Formal proceedings start at 7pm. Drinks and light refreshments
will be served.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
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.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
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.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
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.
Retrofitting Old Buildings
Wednesday 11th June 2025
7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom).
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.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
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.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
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.
Healthy Buildings, Healthy People
Why health and sustainability in construction go hand in hand
with Siri Zanelli, WELL AP RIBA ARB, Architect and Co-founder of Collective Works
Thursday 19th June 2025
6.45 for 7.00 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £5.00 including a glass of wine
To book click here.
Discover how designing for human health and environmental sustainability can, and should, go hand in hand in modern construction. Siri will explore the vital connections between indoor environments, wellbeing, and sustainable building practices, offering real-world insights into how architecture can serve people and the planet.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Finance meets sustainability
The hidden power of reporting
with Trisha Hutchinson
Thursday 3rd July 2025
6.45 for 7.00 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £5 including a glass of wine
To book click here.
Transparency is required to transition economies to a sustainable future – reporting allows investors to be the driving force. In this insightful session Trisha will illustrate how clear, consistent financial and ESG reporting empowers businesses to track, prove, and improve their environmental impact, unlocking meaningful change and allowing businesses and investors to lead the movement towards a sustainable economic system.
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
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
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