Watermark Gallery is on the move and is no longer at 8 Royal Parade, Harrogate We will be moving to new premises in 2025. If you want to be informed as soon as we are at our new home in the Harrogate area, then please sign up for our newsletter. In the meantime we will […]
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Following a chance encounter at Watermark last Autumn we are delighted to welcome Winifred Hodge to Watermark Gallery’s selection of artists this year. As is so often the case at Watermark, owner of the gallery, Liz Hawkes started chatting to Winifred who was staying with a friend near by. On mentioning that she was an
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From the towering, seabird-shrouded cliffs at Bempton to the expansive sandy beach at Filey, artist Jason Hicklin’s walk has inspired a collection of etchings that provide a dramatic new vision of Yorkshire’s heritage coast. We are delighted to be showing seven of the new etchings, some 1 x1.5 metres in size, for the first time
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Watermark Gallery is delighted to be exhibiting at The Hepworth Wakefield on 16-17th March for this year’s annual print fair. We’ve been an exhibitor at the print fair for many years and thoroughly enjoy introducing the gallery to new and repeat visitors. If you enjoy prints and printmaking then The Hepworth Wakefield is definitely a
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The snow in early March may have prevented the artist from attending her private view, but it certainly didn’t stop us from celebrating the opening of Looking for the Light, our spring exhibition with Pascale Rentsch RSW. The much-anticipated solo show started a week later, where Pascale talked through her new body of work, created exclusively for
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As we approach the opening of his solo exhibition, North Landing, in October, artist Andrew Farmer talks to Mag North‘s editor, Colin Petch about his work, his inspiration and why he loves to paint en plein air. There is something immediately likeable about this accomplished painter, as we talk in his studio, anonymously situated at
This summer Watermark Gallery was joined by Luna Morillon-Rios, a year 11 student on work experience from St Aidan’s School in Harrogate. From the moment Luna stepped through the door we were determined to keep her busy with a whole range of tasks, from helping with a photo shoot to visual merchandising, serving customers to
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You’ve heard the term and seen the leaflets, but what is this Own Art scheme that everyone talks about; are you eligible and how do you apply? What is Own Art? First things first, Own Art is a legitimate scheme that is not a scam. It allows customers the opportunity to buy a piece of contemporary
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New to the gallery this month is a collection of work by Yorkshire-based, contemporary watercolour artist, Paul Talbot Greaves. Having recently spent time in well known parts of the Yorkshire Dales, Ribblesdale and Swaledale, it’s no surprise to see paintings of Linton Bridge and Pen y Ghent feature in the range. However, quite often Paul’s work focuses
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There are a number of exquisite pieces of work at Watermark that instinctively make you want to reach out and touch – although you probably shouldn’t. Key among them are the natural-world inspired forms of Inverness-based Ceramicist Michele Bianco. Along with fellow artist and friend, Pascale Rentsch, Bianco will take centre stage at the Gallery in March
