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Feb
7
Fri
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 7 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
8
Sat
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 8 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
9
Sun
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 9 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Printmakers Council: TIME Talk “Time v. Art” @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 9 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Theresa Pateman, The Hornsey Baths

Join members of the Printmakers Council for a series of 15 minute talks on Sunday 9th February between 2 and 3pm.

Feb
11
Tue
Adult Class – Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Feb 11 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the spring 2020 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
12
Wed
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
13
Thu
Adult Class – Watercolour and Acrylic @ Lauderdale House
Feb 13 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the Spring 2020 term of  Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.

On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.

Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting and drawing.

Please note that art materials are not provided for this class. Participants will need to bring their own materials. Download materials list.

Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 13 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
14
Fri
Adult Class – Life Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Feb 14 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us for our weekly Life Drawing class at Lauderdale House, taking place every Friday during Term Time.

Having the choice between 2 models – one maintaining longer poses (up to 1 hr) and another offering shorter poses (4 to 15 mins) – makes this class quite special. Sharon Finmark, our tutor, is available to offer support and expertise responding to the individual needs of the class.

This is a drop-in session, so no booking is necessary. Bring your own materials, paper on sale.

Attendance costs £15 (concessions £12).

Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 14 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
15
Sat
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 15 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
16
Sun
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 16 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Printmakers Council: TIME Workshop @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Jacki Baxter, Waiting

Members of the Printmakers Council will help you create a print in 10 minutes.  Sunday 16 February, 2-4pm

Feb
18
Tue
Adult Class – Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Feb 18 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the spring 2020 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
19
Wed
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
20
Thu
Printmakers Council: TIME @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 20 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dutch Dodo  photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved

Printmakers Council: TIME

The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches.  It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it.  Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself.  The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.

All work is for sale.

Events: 

15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.

Create a print in a 10 minutes.  Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.

Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:

  • Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
    • Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
    • Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad

 Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com

Exhibition continues until 20 February.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Feb
22
Sat
Heritage Weekend Lauderdale House @ Lauderdale House
Feb 22 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Take a step back in time at Lauderdale House’s annual Heritage Weekend – the perfect opportunity to discover the fascinating history of Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park and the Highgate area.

On Saturday 22 February, we celebrate Highgate’s fascinating history with our Local Heritage Fairspecial talks, music and tours of the house and park. And on Sunday 23 February, we invite children and their families to explore the house and discover its secrets at our Heritage Family Fun Day!

 

Saturday 22 February

 

Heritage Fair – 11:30am to 4:30pm, Saturday 22 February

Drop in and meet representatives from local museums, historic houses and local history societies find out more about the history of our local area.

Find out more

Lauderdale House Tours – 11am and 1:30pm, Saturday 22 February

Join an expert tour guide and explore Lauderdale House and discover a surprising blend of the old and the new. Tours are free but must be booked in advance.

Find out more

Latest Discoveries at Lauderdale House – 12:15pm, Saturday 22 February

Join us for a Q&A session about the latest historic discoveries made by the team at Lauderdale House. No need to book in advance – simply turn up on the day.

Find out more

Richard Layzell: Marvell Park – 2:30pm, Saturday 22 February 

Join creative ecologist Richard Layzell on a unique and fascinating walk, talk and performance around Waterlow Park where he has an artist’s residency. Taking inspiration from Lauderdale’s former neighbour, the 17th century poet Andrew Marvell whose garden poetry is famous, Richard will share his very individual view on the special, peculiar and unexpected qualities of our local ecology.

Find out more

Jonathan Lovett is Samuel Pepys – 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Saturday 22 February 

Jonathan Lovett from Tales of the Plague brings Samuel Pepys to life and explores Pepys diary entry on his visit to Lauderdale House.

Find out more

‘Liza and Christina – the music and poetry of Liza Lehman and Christina Rossetti’ by Insieme – 5pm to 5:45pm, Saturday 22 February

Join members of our resident Chamber Opera Ensemble Insieme for a recital of songs based on the music and poetry of Highgate residents Liza Lehmann and Christina Rossetti.

Find out more

 

Sunday 23 February

 

Heritage Family Fun Day – 11am to 4pm, Sunday 23 February

Drop in for all kinds of fun and free activities. Enjoy dressing up, arts & crafts, games and more at a special Heritage Family Fun Day for children and families to explore the history of the house and the area.

Find out more
Fleas and Cheese: The Great Plague & Fire Show – 2pm to 3pm, Sunday 23 February

In honour of Heritage Weekend, this interactive fun one-man show by Tales of the Plague brings the history behind the plague and the Great Fire of London to life. Suitable for 5 to 11-year-olds. Book tickets in advance to guarantee entry.

Find out more

‘Liza and Christina’ Insieme @ Lauderdale House
Feb 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join members of our resident Chamber Opera Ensemble Insieme for a recital of songs based on the music and poetry of Highgate residents Liza Lehmann and Christina Rossetti. In honour of Heritage Weekend, this special 45 minute performance connects local history with these incredible women.

Highgate Cemetery hosts the graves of several distinguished Victorian women including Lehmann and Rossetti. After her death Lehmann’s work was largely forgotten except among professional singers. However, with the revival of interest in women composers, her compositions can now be heard in recitals again. Some of her songs have even been set to poems by Rossetti.

Rossetti has close ties with the local area. In early 1859 she began volunteering at the St. Mary Magdalene Penitentiary in Highgate, a charitable institution for the reclamation of ‘fallen’ women. By the summer of 1859 Rossetti was devoting a good deal of time to her work at the institution, and its influence can be seen in her poems about illicit love, betrayal, and illegitimacy. This short recital features settings of her work by Michael Head, John Ireland, Arthur Somervell and Hubert Parry.

Find out more about the rest of the Heritage Weekend here.

Feb
23
Sun
Heritage Weekend Lauderdale House @ Lauderdale House
Feb 23 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Take a step back in time at Lauderdale House’s annual Heritage Weekend – the perfect opportunity to discover the fascinating history of Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park and the Highgate area.

On Saturday 22 February, we celebrate Highgate’s fascinating history with our Local Heritage Fairspecial talks, music and tours of the house and park. And on Sunday 23 February, we invite children and their families to explore the house and discover its secrets at our Heritage Family Fun Day!

 

Saturday 22 February

 

Heritage Fair – 11:30am to 4:30pm, Saturday 22 February

Drop in and meet representatives from local museums, historic houses and local history societies find out more about the history of our local area.

Find out more

Lauderdale House Tours – 11am and 1:30pm, Saturday 22 February

Join an expert tour guide and explore Lauderdale House and discover a surprising blend of the old and the new. Tours are free but must be booked in advance.

Find out more

Latest Discoveries at Lauderdale House – 12:15pm, Saturday 22 February

Join us for a Q&A session about the latest historic discoveries made by the team at Lauderdale House. No need to book in advance – simply turn up on the day.

Find out more

Richard Layzell: Marvell Park – 2:30pm, Saturday 22 February 

Join creative ecologist Richard Layzell on a unique and fascinating walk, talk and performance around Waterlow Park where he has an artist’s residency. Taking inspiration from Lauderdale’s former neighbour, the 17th century poet Andrew Marvell whose garden poetry is famous, Richard will share his very individual view on the special, peculiar and unexpected qualities of our local ecology.

Find out more

Jonathan Lovett is Samuel Pepys – 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Saturday 22 February 

Jonathan Lovett from Tales of the Plague brings Samuel Pepys to life and explores Pepys diary entry on his visit to Lauderdale House.

Find out more

‘Liza and Christina – the music and poetry of Liza Lehman and Christina Rossetti’ by Insieme – 5pm to 5:45pm, Saturday 22 February

Join members of our resident Chamber Opera Ensemble Insieme for a recital of songs based on the music and poetry of Highgate residents Liza Lehmann and Christina Rossetti.

Find out more

 

Sunday 23 February

 

Heritage Family Fun Day – 11am to 4pm, Sunday 23 February

Drop in for all kinds of fun and free activities. Enjoy dressing up, arts & crafts, games and more at a special Heritage Family Fun Day for children and families to explore the history of the house and the area.

Find out more
Fleas and Cheese: The Great Plague & Fire Show – 2pm to 3pm, Sunday 23 February

In honour of Heritage Weekend, this interactive fun one-man show by Tales of the Plague brings the history behind the plague and the Great Fire of London to life. Suitable for 5 to 11-year-olds. Book tickets in advance to guarantee entry.

Find out more

Feb
25
Tue
Adult Class – Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Feb 25 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the spring 2020 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

Feb
27
Thu
Adult Class – Watercolour and Acrylic @ Lauderdale House
Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the Spring 2020 term of  Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.

On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.

Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting and drawing.

Please note that art materials are not provided for this class. Participants will need to bring their own materials. Download materials list.

Feb
28
Fri
Adult Class – Life Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Feb 28 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us for our weekly Life Drawing class at Lauderdale House, taking place every Friday during Term Time.

Having the choice between 2 models – one maintaining longer poses (up to 1 hr) and another offering shorter poses (4 to 15 mins) – makes this class quite special. Sharon Finmark, our tutor, is available to offer support and expertise responding to the individual needs of the class.

This is a drop-in session, so no booking is necessary. Bring your own materials, paper on sale.

Attendance costs £15 (concessions £12).

Mar
3
Tue
Adult Class – Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Mar 3 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the spring 2020 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

Mar
4
Wed
Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 4 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Mar
5
Thu
Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 5 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Adult Class – Watercolour and Acrylic @ Lauderdale House
Mar 5 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the Spring 2020 term of  Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.

On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.

Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting and drawing.

Please note that art materials are not provided for this class. Participants will need to bring their own materials. Download materials list.

Mar
6
Fri
Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 6 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Adult Class – Life Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Mar 6 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us for our weekly Life Drawing class at Lauderdale House, taking place every Friday during Term Time.

Having the choice between 2 models – one maintaining longer poses (up to 1 hr) and another offering shorter poses (4 to 15 mins) – makes this class quite special. Sharon Finmark, our tutor, is available to offer support and expertise responding to the individual needs of the class.

This is a drop-in session, so no booking is necessary. Bring your own materials, paper on sale.

Attendance costs £15 (concessions £12).

Keith Hammond: Organic Origins. @ Highgate Gallery
Mar 6 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Keith Hammond, Japanese Maple

ORGANIC ORIGINS.  Photographic Artworks by Keith Hammond

 Artist and photographer Keith Hammond’s first solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery in London takes a radical departure to nature photography.

Entitled Organic Origins, the exhibition showcases 14 of Hammond’s landscape works.  Mostly taken in north London’s open spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park close to the gallery, each has a different theme, from Japanese Maple (2014) to Water Iris Shoots (2015), Frost on Leaf and Grass (2015) and Arching Beech (2016).

In these large-scale works, Hammond’s intention is to explore the way we look at nature.  Rather than use a single shot composed in the picturesque tradition, he takes a radical approach, using a grid system that investigates each landscape from multiple viewpoints.  Hammond then incorporates these smaller images and details into each finished image, making works that are more than the sum of their parts, and which reward repeated viewing.

The artworks in Organic Origins also invite comparison with other artists such as Gilbert and George and David Hockney, whose workshops he has attended. Hammond’s use of “joiners” (the photographic term for smaller images that combine to compose a larger picture) itself questions the act of perception, inviting a re-evaluation of photographic truth and the single “decisive moment”. Instead, his artworks respond to the way the eye actually works in nature: sometimes near, sometimes far, always restless.

“We don’t look at a beautiful tree or a landscape for just a split second. We take our time, our eyes wander all over the scene, we take it all in; the leaves shake in the wind, the waters ripple, the clouds move, the light changes. Nothing is static.”  Keith Hammond, 2019

Hammond also works on his images post-production.  Several of the landscapes in Organic Origins have been digitally manipulated to bring out details that are unattainable within the normal colour spectrum.  The intention is to gain a wider harmony in the image – and express a wider truth about the relationship between the viewer and the natural world.

“I want to connect with something essential about the natural world; something that is palpably already there if we just take the time to look.” Keith Hammond, 2019.

“I have had a passion for trees since I was a small girl.  If you’re similarly attracted to their changing colours and shapes, please spend time at Keith Hammond’s exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.  He is a remarkable photographer.”  Dame Judi Dench, 2020.

 The artworks are for sale. From a series of 50 images, the 14 limited-edition works in the exhibition range from 1-2.5m in size. Prices £1,000-£4,000.

About Keith Hammond

A photographer since the 1960s, Keith Hammond has had a long career as an artist and photographer.  In 1998-99 he was invited to judge the John Kobal Portrait Award (now Taylor Wessing) exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.  2014 Art for Art Sake, Cork St Gallery, London.

www.keithhammond.co.uk

Exhibition continues until 19 March.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Mar
7
Sat
Richard Pinner’s Magic and Laughter Show @ Lauderdale House
Mar 7 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Richard Pinner’s Magic and Laughter Show features lots of high quality magic and audience involvement, plenty of laughter and gasps too. Special guest star Duncan the talking Dragon will also make an appearance. Suitable for ages 3+. 

We will be running a free arts and crafts session for families after the performance. 

Keith Hammond: Organic Origins. @ Highgate Gallery
Mar 7 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Keith Hammond, Japanese Maple

ORGANIC ORIGINS.  Photographic Artworks by Keith Hammond

 Artist and photographer Keith Hammond’s first solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery in London takes a radical departure to nature photography.

Entitled Organic Origins, the exhibition showcases 14 of Hammond’s landscape works.  Mostly taken in north London’s open spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park close to the gallery, each has a different theme, from Japanese Maple (2014) to Water Iris Shoots (2015), Frost on Leaf and Grass (2015) and Arching Beech (2016).

In these large-scale works, Hammond’s intention is to explore the way we look at nature.  Rather than use a single shot composed in the picturesque tradition, he takes a radical approach, using a grid system that investigates each landscape from multiple viewpoints.  Hammond then incorporates these smaller images and details into each finished image, making works that are more than the sum of their parts, and which reward repeated viewing.

The artworks in Organic Origins also invite comparison with other artists such as Gilbert and George and David Hockney, whose workshops he has attended. Hammond’s use of “joiners” (the photographic term for smaller images that combine to compose a larger picture) itself questions the act of perception, inviting a re-evaluation of photographic truth and the single “decisive moment”. Instead, his artworks respond to the way the eye actually works in nature: sometimes near, sometimes far, always restless.

“We don’t look at a beautiful tree or a landscape for just a split second. We take our time, our eyes wander all over the scene, we take it all in; the leaves shake in the wind, the waters ripple, the clouds move, the light changes. Nothing is static.”  Keith Hammond, 2019

Hammond also works on his images post-production.  Several of the landscapes in Organic Origins have been digitally manipulated to bring out details that are unattainable within the normal colour spectrum.  The intention is to gain a wider harmony in the image – and express a wider truth about the relationship between the viewer and the natural world.

“I want to connect with something essential about the natural world; something that is palpably already there if we just take the time to look.” Keith Hammond, 2019.

“I have had a passion for trees since I was a small girl.  If you’re similarly attracted to their changing colours and shapes, please spend time at Keith Hammond’s exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.  He is a remarkable photographer.”  Dame Judi Dench, 2020.

 The artworks are for sale. From a series of 50 images, the 14 limited-edition works in the exhibition range from 1-2.5m in size. Prices £1,000-£4,000.

About Keith Hammond

A photographer since the 1960s, Keith Hammond has had a long career as an artist and photographer.  In 1998-99 he was invited to judge the John Kobal Portrait Award (now Taylor Wessing) exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.  2014 Art for Art Sake, Cork St Gallery, London.

www.keithhammond.co.uk

Exhibition continues until 19 March.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 7 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Mar
8
Sun
Keith Hammond: Organic Origins. @ Highgate Gallery
Mar 8 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

    Image: Keith Hammond, Japanese Maple

ORGANIC ORIGINS.  Photographic Artworks by Keith Hammond

Artist and photographer Keith Hammond’s first solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery in London takes a radical departure to nature photography.

Entitled Organic Origins, the exhibition showcases 14 of Hammond’s landscape works.  Mostly taken in north London’s open spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park close to the gallery, each has a different theme, from Japanese Maple (2014) to Water Iris Shoots (2015), Frost on Leaf and Grass (2015) and Arching Beech (2016).

In these large-scale works, Hammond’s intention is to explore the way we look at nature.  Rather than use a single shot composed in the picturesque tradition, he takes a radical approach, using a grid system that investigates each landscape from multiple viewpoints.  Hammond then incorporates these smaller images and details into each finished image, making works that are more than the sum of their parts, and which reward repeated viewing.

The artworks in Organic Origins also invite comparison with other artists such as Gilbert and George and David Hockney, whose workshops he has attended. Hammond’s use of “joiners” (the photographic term for smaller images that combine to compose a larger picture) itself questions the act of perception, inviting a re-evaluation of photographic truth and the single “decisive moment”. Instead, his artworks respond to the way the eye actually works in nature: sometimes near, sometimes far, always restless.

“We don’t look at a beautiful tree or a landscape for just a split second. We take our time, our eyes wander all over the scene, we take it all in; the leaves shake in the wind, the waters ripple, the clouds move, the light changes. Nothing is static.”  Keith Hammond, 2019

Hammond also works on his images post-production.  Several of the landscapes in Organic Origins have been digitally manipulated to bring out details that are unattainable within the normal colour spectrum.  The intention is to gain a wider harmony in the image – and express a wider truth about the relationship between the viewer and the natural world.

“I want to connect with something essential about the natural world; something that is palpably already there if we just take the time to look.” Keith Hammond, 2019.

“I have had a passion for trees since I was a small girl.  If you’re similarly attracted to their changing colours and shapes, please spend time at Keith Hammond’s exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.  He is a remarkable photographer.”  Dame Judi Dench, 2020.

The artworks are for sale. From a series of 50 images, the 14 limited-edition works in the exhibition range from 1-2.5m in size. Prices £1,000-£4,000.

About Keith Hammond

A photographer since the 1960s, Keith Hammond has had a long career as an artist and photographer.  In 1998-99 he was invited to judge the John Kobal Portrait Award (now Taylor Wessing) exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.  2014 Art for Art Sake, Cork St Gallery, London.

www.keithhammond.co.uk

Exhibition continues until 19 March.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays

Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 8 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Mar
9
Mon
Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Mar
10
Tue
Lauderdale House Exhibition – Anita Klein @ Lauderdale House
Mar 10 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Anita Klein brings her immediately recognisable and endlessly charming paintings, linocuts, drypoints, and woodcuts to Lauderdale House for this special show. This exhibition will display the breadth and depth of Anita’s successful career — an excellent opportunity for those both familiar with and new to her work. Anita’s art is known for showcasing the beauty of the everyday, and the wide selection of works available for sale in this exhibition will do just that.

Anita Klein will be on display in Lauderdale House’s Lower and Upper Galleries during gallery opening times from 4 March until 30 March 2020.

The gallery is open:

•    Monday to Wednesday (11am to 4pm)

•    Thursday (11:30am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Friday (11am to 4pm) – Call to check

•    Sunday: Special Sunday opening on Sunday 8 March and Sunday 22 March.

The gallery may also be open on select Saturdays and Sundays depending on our schedule of events. Please call 020 8348 8716 to check Friday and Saturday opening times.

Adult Class – Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Lauderdale House
Mar 10 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Bookings for the spring 2020 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing are now open, please book online or call the box office on 020 8348 8716.

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

Keith Hammond: Organic Origins. @ Highgate Gallery
Mar 10 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Keith Hammond, Japanese Maple

ORGANIC ORIGINS.  Photographic Artworks by Keith Hammond

 Artist and photographer Keith Hammond’s first solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery in London takes a radical departure to nature photography.

Entitled Organic Origins, the exhibition showcases 14 of Hammond’s landscape works.  Mostly taken in north London’s open spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park close to the gallery, each has a different theme, from Japanese Maple (2014) to Water Iris Shoots (2015), Frost on Leaf and Grass (2015) and Arching Beech (2016).

In these large-scale works, Hammond’s intention is to explore the way we look at nature.  Rather than use a single shot composed in the picturesque tradition, he takes a radical approach, using a grid system that investigates each landscape from multiple viewpoints.  Hammond then incorporates these smaller images and details into each finished image, making works that are more than the sum of their parts, and which reward repeated viewing.

The artworks in Organic Origins also invite comparison with other artists such as Gilbert and George and David Hockney, whose workshops he has attended. Hammond’s use of “joiners” (the photographic term for smaller images that combine to compose a larger picture) itself questions the act of perception, inviting a re-evaluation of photographic truth and the single “decisive moment”. Instead, his artworks respond to the way the eye actually works in nature: sometimes near, sometimes far, always restless.

“We don’t look at a beautiful tree or a landscape for just a split second. We take our time, our eyes wander all over the scene, we take it all in; the leaves shake in the wind, the waters ripple, the clouds move, the light changes. Nothing is static.”  Keith Hammond, 2019

Hammond also works on his images post-production.  Several of the landscapes in Organic Origins have been digitally manipulated to bring out details that are unattainable within the normal colour spectrum.  The intention is to gain a wider harmony in the image – and express a wider truth about the relationship between the viewer and the natural world.

“I want to connect with something essential about the natural world; something that is palpably already there if we just take the time to look.” Keith Hammond, 2019.

“I have had a passion for trees since I was a small girl.  If you’re similarly attracted to their changing colours and shapes, please spend time at Keith Hammond’s exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.  He is a remarkable photographer.”  Dame Judi Dench, 2020.

 The artworks are for sale. From a series of 50 images, the 14 limited-edition works in the exhibition range from 1-2.5m in size. Prices £1,000-£4,000.

About Keith Hammond

A photographer since the 1960s, Keith Hammond has had a long career as an artist and photographer.  In 1998-99 he was invited to judge the John Kobal Portrait Award (now Taylor Wessing) exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.  2014 Art for Art Sake, Cork St Gallery, London.

www.keithhammond.co.uk

Exhibition continues until 19 March.

Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays