We are delighted to welcome Sam Cartman to the gallery with an outstanding collection of 43 paintings. Sam has a Cumbrian connection through his training at the Carlisle College of Art, and then spent a number of years in Scotland, before moving back to his home county of Shropshire. He has exhibited widely across the UK and has work in collections around the world.

Sam’s paintings feature bold composition, strong lines and a mostly muted colour palette, sometimes punctuated with strong blues, oranges and yellows. Sam’s work is initially a response to being in landscape, and shaped by the experience of being in a certian place at a certain time in his own life, however this only serves as a starting point, giving the painting an initial framework. Once he is in the studio the paintings themselves evolve in their own right, and are left open for the viewer to engage with and interpret through their own lens, making their own connections to places and experiences. In the Artist’s words “ The way I make things is who I am , what I paint is where I was, what you see is what you think”. You can view Sam’s work here online or by visiting the gallery.

For the first time Trevor is releasing 18 original oil paintings from his private collection, previously only available in print. These exceptional works trace the artistic development of the artist since completing his BA in Fine Art in 2010.

A new contemporary mixed media exhibition by Suffolk based artist Kevin Southgate, reflecting his view on the wonderful Lakeland landscape and iconic landmarks . This interesting body of work is created using a variety of techniques including highly textured 3d sculptures/painting alongside traditional methods

Rings, Wings & Curious Things - A new exhibition of work from Northumberland based Sculptor Robin Fox, inspired by flight or things that might fly when imagination allows. Since the dawn of time and our early evolutions from winged creatures, humans have always tried to break free from gravity and take to the skies.This new body of sculpture work is a snap shot from Robin’s imagination with all of the pieces featuring creatures with differing capabilities of flight. This fascinating body of work contains a mixture of 3D wall art, free standing sculpture and larger scale garden pieces.

We are delighted to present Chris Mouncey’s ‘A Lakeland Journey’, a beautiful body of work that takes us on a visual journey around the local landscape. Chris has been painting in watercolours since 1980 and in that time developed a true mastery of this sometimes challenging medium.. Chris has exhibited in various leading galleries across the country and has work in public and private collections both within the UK and further afield.

Time and Place - Exploring Different Languages in Paint

Information to come.

Darkness and Light is a collection of oil and mixed media paintings inspired by the changing weather and the shifting light falling across the valleys and fells of the Lake District. This is Paula’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and we are delighted to be showcasing this stunning collection of new paintings inspired by the beautiful Lakes.

Information to come.

Information to come.

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After marriage and having two boys Anne felt a need to return to education qualifying as an art tutor (post 16) and then an MA in Fine Art and Education (Northumbria 2008). Following her MA where Anne discovered something new in large scale colourful abstraction (based on bird calls )she returned to landscape painting. Although enjoyable, she felt like abstraction was too intellectual for her.

“ My head was bouncing off the ceiling with it, I wanted to get back down to earth, with realism and landscape in particularly”.

Over the years with the benefit of travel Anne picked up many influences. Locally she is a great fan of the Cumbrian Painter Sheila Fell as well as the colourful expressionists and the ‘big’ ones, Cezanne and Van Gogh.

Godfrey is a full time painter having exhibited in the Medici Gallery, London, for many years. His works can be seen in many countries around the world. His earlier output was mainly in mixed media and pastels, but he has since worked mainly in oils. He is now located in eastern Cumbria and his work focuses on the beautiful fells that he calls home.

From time to time, GT’s earlier paintings can be seen listed at both Christies or Philips auction houses. These are typically European landscapes in oil pastel.

The sky has always been the major element in Trevor’s paintings. Often the first consideration when planning the composition. The direction of flooding the landscape, dictating the mood. Be it sunlight or moonlight it is an intrinsic element.

His paintings are rooted in landscape. Those that evolve over hours, sometimes days, often represent the passage of time. He seeks to convey the emotion of being in landscape. He likes to recall atmospheric encounters in changing light and weather, seasons and places. As he often says – “I do like a drama!”

Sheila paints in oils and enjoys developing the colour and texture that she loves. Oil paint – the way it dries slowly allows her to manipulate and move colour around on the canvas.

Kevin Southgate is a contemporary artist working form his studio in Suffolk, best known for his evocative landscapes drawn from nature during frequent visits to the Lake District.

Information coming soon.

Information coming soon.

Keswick art gallery holds Dorothy T Ramsay’s first solo show of landscape mountain art.

Experimentation and a sense of fun infuse Dorothy Ramsay’s vibrant works, 15 of which are on display at Northern Lights Gallery in Keswick from this Friday, 24th September.

Dorothy’s many devotees have learned to expect the unexpected, revel in her powers of imagination, colours, her stylistic re-invention & interpretation.

'After I was kindly offered a solo exhibition at Northern lights in 2019 I had the exciting possibility of another exhibition two years later, and now finally with the summer arriving and the galleries reopening, so has this new exhibition of paintings.

There will be a number of large Panoramas including one of my favourite views of Catbells overlooking Keswick and a chance to revisit some of my best loved Fells including Coniston, Bowfell, Helvellyn and High Street.

Patricia Haskey Exhibition: BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE WALKS: TOP 10

Patricia’s exhibition is the culmination of a project that originated three years ago.

Taking her inspiration from the ITV programme ‘Britain’s Favourite Walks: top 100,

Patricia began to study the top ten walks.

This collection encompasses the whole process, from tiny sketches and pen & wash studies to larger mixed media and oil paintings.

I was delighted when Tim asked me to create this exhibition of Lakeland paintings for The Northern Lights Gallery..

THE LAKE DISTRICT is one of my favourite areas to paint. It has such beautiful scenery: with mountains, lakes and cottages dotted on the landscape. These are all my favourite things and the area holds such inspiration for me.

I paint in oil and I have a love of colour and texture. I take my inspiration from experiencing the landscape on walks and using photographs that I take.

Robin’s exhibition is a playful interpretation looking beyond the everyday life of animals in their natural surroundings; small stories set in grand landscapes whispered in mixed media.

This current body of work sees a move towards anthropomorphism and takes the ubiquitous ‘hare’ as the main player set in unexpected scenes: no rules, restrictions or lockdowns. Surreal adventures and journeys with unfolding stories evocative of childhood memories in halcyon days.

The Northern Lights Gallery in St John’s Street are from this Friday are exhibiting Alan Stones’ new lithographic prints and charcoal drawings. The exhibition runs for a month until 18th - October. Alan is well a very well known artist both in Cumbria and across the north west, based between Appleby and Penrith, he is the recipient of a number of accolades and awards over the years including the Northern Lights Gallery Award at the 2019 Westmorland Landscape Prize giving at Rheged.

The covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown changed all that I had been planning for this exhibition. Usually I would spend time walking for miles in and around the lakes and fells: looking, sketching, taking notes, photographs and feeling how it is to be in that place. It’s been interesting thinking about the space between what is known, what is real and what is imagined in these landscapes with the help of Google Maps. I think there is an underlying reference between my paintings and the times we are living through. For aren’t we are all trying to find our way through unfamiliar terrain?

- Jenny McLaren

Eighteen years ago, Tim Fisher asked me if I would like to have an exhibition in 2020. I, of course, said “yes.” My one caveat being if I was still alive.

Tim’s retort was, “Well, if you are not sunny side up, it can be a retrospective.” Hence the title: Sunny Side Up, as I’m still very much alive.

- Venus Griffiths