NEWS 2010

Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair - selection is now complete and WOW! What a fantastic line up we have in store. Selected artists include Jessica Zoob, Dani Humberstone, Branda Hartill, Brigitte Evill, Helen Masacz and Colin Ruffell. Invited artists include Guy Portelli, Megan, Romeo and Selina di Girolamo, Bob Farquhar and Billy Childish. More information on the website - www.BattleFineArtFair.co.uk.

August Exhibition - Our Anna Keiller and Richard Swann exhibition is now finished. Exhibition dates were Saturday 07 August - Saturday 21 August, 10.00-17.00 Mon-Sat. The show also offered a taster of artists selected to exhibit at the Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair in September. For more information please call on 01424 772 130 or email on info@saffrongallery.co.uk.

July - Where has the time gone? Submissions have already closed for the Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair in September. Wow! The quality of work submitted is superb and the Selection Panel will have a very tough job to choose the successful artists and students who will exhibit. You can follow activities on the fair's Facebook page.

May - Exciting news! We have been working very hard on our latest venture, The Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair, and have just launched our website - www.battlefineartfair.co.uk. The fair launches on September 18 and artist submissions are now being accepted. We will exhibit up to 100 artists and 15 students in a selected and juried show. A prize fund of %uFFFD5000 will be split over 8 awards and 2 student bursaries. Awards will include Best Overall Artist, Best Painting or Original Print and Best Sculpture or 3D. See the fair website for full details.

April - Diane Rogers has recently delivered her long awaited new work, beautifully observed architectural oils, up close and personal in Italy and Spain. We are delighted that Hazel Barker has recently joined the fold and her page will be uploaded shortly. Celia Allen's new work has arrived and is receiving the usual aclaim. Keep an eye here over the coming days for new of an exciting new exhibition.

March - Welcome to our new artists Lorrain Mailer, Julia Brooks and Jess Levine. New works by all can now be seen at the gallery and on this site. We are also currently exhibiting new work by old favourites Jane Skinner, Annett Bank and Anna Keiller - their web pages will be updated shortly. More exhibition space at the gallery has now been devoted to 3D so expect more works in the near future. On the windows - Julia Brooks, Jane Skinner, Lorrain Mailer, Jo Ansell and Anna Keiller.

Jan - Phase 2 of our refurbishment is now complete giving us defined areas of light and contemporary exhibition space.

Jan - On the windows - Jane Skinner, Anna Keiller, Eric Masefield, Alison Trask and Jo Ansell. Their latest work has now been uploaded to the website.

NEWS 2009

We exhibited at 2009's Affordable Art Fair in Battersea from 22-25 October, accompanied by Jane Skinner, Aliston Trask, Sarah Masters, Cathryn Kemp and Luella Martin.

We are delighted to welcome the work of the renowned Celia Allen, a member of the Rye Society of Artists.

Sarah Masters' new collection was unveiled at the Preview on 04 September and the exhibition continued until until 19 September. Sarah will also join us at the Affordable Art Fair in October.

Eric Masefield has joined the fold and his work can now be viewed on his page. Eric's work is beautifully evocative of childhood innocence, family, friends and happy times.

Chrissy Guest's latest collection is now on display in the gallery and on her page on this website and, yet again, Chrissy keeps us on our toes with her palette and style. And as is becoming usual, a couple of pieces haven't quite made it to the gallery and instead adorn our house.

We are delighted to welcome Carol Gillan to the Saffron fold, bringing with her her own unique take on our bovine friends and a particularly adoreable chocolate labrador. Carol has been painting animals for over 20 years and brings them to life with more than a touch of humour and affinity.

For info - we recently extended the gallery and the new exhibition space officially opened at the Private View for the Kemp/Trask exhibition on 04 July. The new space doubles our previous exhibition space and will offer a greater number and diversity of artists.

Eternal gratitude to John Wooding of Watching Windows for turning our vision of a visually stunning and user-friendly website into reality. Patience is his virtue!

Previous Exhibitions (2009)

* Christmas Exhibition - 05-24 December. New work by some of our best loved artists including Jane Skinner, Mark Fisher, Chrissy Guest, Cathryn Kemp, Luella Martin, Eric Masefield & Sue Barnes will be unveiled for the first time.

* Late Night Shopping - drinks and nibbles on Thursday December 10th from 6.30pm.

* Affordable Art Fair in Battersea 22-25 October
* Brighton Art Fair 02-04 October
* 05-19 September - Sarah Masters solo exhibition
* 04-18 July - Alison Trask & Cathryn Kemp joint exhibition
* 08-23 May - Mark Fisher solo exhibition