Tag Archives: London

Summer at Bankside Gallery

Summer at Bankside Gallery. All artworks are original pieces by contemporary painters and printmakers of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

5 August – 11 September 2022

Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

Kiosk, Flic en Flac, Mauritius. Peter Quinn RWS, watercolour on paper.

RISK

Mexico City, Saturday Afternoon.

Risk
Bankside Gallery | until 4th November

Anything the hand does in making a painting is subject to slippage. Even that most laborious business of tracing a drawing onto paper to fill it in might involve a slip, a smudge, an incoherent line. People talk about improvisation and invention and happy accidents and deliberate mistakes when they talk about painting, and what they’re talking about is this gap between eye, hand and materials. Painting’s a risky business!

Final week artwork purchases from this exhibition are eligible for a 10% discount*

Chelsea Physic Garden: Celebrating 350 Years in Paint and Print

8 – 25 June 2023

Linnaeus, Peter Quinn RWS, watercolour

Chelsea Physic Garden: 350 Years in Paint and Print is an exhibition of works by selected artists of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) marking the 350th anniversary of Chelsea Physic Garden.

Over the past year, selected RWS and RE artists have had access to the garden to be able to study, record and document it throughout the changing seasons. The resulting works will make for a unique and vibrant exhibition at Bankside Gallery celebrating the history and significance of London’s oldest botanic garden.

Details here

RWS Now

RWS NOW The inaugural exhibition at the new RWS Gallery at Whitcomb Street

7 – 21 June 2023

Via Giuseppe Garibaldi Peter Quinn RWS
Spread across both of the newly renovated ground and lower-ground gallery spaces, RWS NOW will feature original artworks in water-based media by almost every present day artist Member, Associate, Guest and Honorary Member of the RWS. This extraordinary display of work will include pieces by artists such as Barbara Rae, David Remfry, and Diana Armfield to name just a few.
The first official Royal Watercolour Society exhibition (since the almost year-long soft launch) will commemorate the RWS’s return to the gallery they were based at around 200 years ago.

Details here

RWS Spring 2023

‘Art is the only way to run away without leaving home’– Twyla Sharp

For their Spring Exhibition, artists of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) interpret the theme and create a fascinating celebration of Home.
Home
Bankside Gallery

24 March – 22 April 2023

Salumeria, Fondamenta S Anna, Venice Peter Quinn RWS 2022

RWS Autumn: Less is More

7 October – 5 November 2022

‘For their annual Autumn exhibition at Bankside Gallery, artists of the Royal Watercolour Society are exploring the notion of ‘less is more’. But have no doubt, this exhibition will be anything but understated. The results of this experiment promise to deliver a display with a huge range of painted interpretations of this debatable concept. Whether artists agree with the statement or not, visitors are promised to be intrigued and inspired by the artworks on display.​’

Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

View works here.

Old Umbrella Shop, Hanbury Street. watercolour 2022.

LONDON LIVES

London Lives
Opening this Thursday | 30 June – 10 July

Join us in celebrating London with this vibrant exhibition of paintings and original prints by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers inspired by ‘The Big Smoke’.

Linden Gardens, Notting Hill Gate.

Bankside Gallery
Gallery of the Royal Watercolour Society
& the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
Thames Riverside
48 Hopton Street
London
SE1 9JH
Open daily 11am – 6pm
Admission Free