The exhibition which rounds off 2015 brings two exciting artists to Graze.

Angela Charles paintings reveal her sense of awe at the southwest coast – its contrasting peacefulness and untamed wildness. Layers are built up, forcefully wiped away and frantic marking with tools or pencils reflecting memory and felt experience. Born just outside Brighton, and now based in Somerset, Angela Charles studied at Worthing College of Art before continuing her studies at GC where she gained a BA Hons in Fine Art (Textiles). Her reputation as a painter has grown since first exhibiting in 1989 and her works are increasingly sought after by galleries throughout the UK.

Katrina Pechal studied at Camberwell School of Art where she cites the influence of Takashi Yasadu, Colin Pearson and Ewen Henderson on her work. Other influences include Medieval English and Japanese ceramics and the work of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie.

She works with stoneware clay and fires her work in such a way that the glaze pits and pulls away from itself into globules, creating an eroded, ‘volcanic’ look. She continues to develop new colours and textures in the glazes and seeks inspiration in her surroundings and costal landscapes.