Previous Artists of the Week
Our Artist of the Week window exhibition changes fortnightly on Fridays, showcasing the work of one featured artist or maker in our front gallery window.
These rotating displays are an opportunity to discover original artwork, handmade collections and emerging creatives from across the local area and beyond.
Each feature offers a closer look at the artist behind the work, celebrating their style, inspiration and creative process through a carefully curated window exhibition. Many of our featured artists are exhibiting with us for a limited time only, making each display a unique opportunity to discover something new.
24th April - 8th May 2026
Shelley Perry
Based in Southbourne, artist and teacher Shelley Perry creates vibrant, expressive landscape paintings inspired by coastlines and places explored with her family. Using bold, often neon colours, her work captures the energy and feeling of a landscape rather than fine detail.
Shelley paints entirely with her hands, embracing an intuitive and tactile process that focuses on colour, texture and spontaneity. Her work is driven by a fascination with colour itself, leading to her unique framed ‘Colour Palette’ pieces made from layers of dried acrylic paint.
More recently, Shelley has begun painting with her non-dominant left hand to further release control and encourage freer, more instinctive mark-making. Her uplifting work reflects a belief in creativity as a process of presence, exploration and letting go.
10th - 24th April 2026
Sally Ann Stone
Sally Ann Stone, originally from the South West and now based in Hampshire, has worked professionally in photography for over 25 years. Following early retirement from teaching Photography, Art and Media in Further Education, she now focuses on developing her own portfolio, particularly her passion for cyanotype photography.
This historic photographic process, developed in the 19th century, is known for its striking blue and white tones created using UV light and light-sensitive chemicals. Sally creates unique botanical prints using plants gathered from local walks and her garden, embracing the changing seasons and the unpredictability of the process, meaning no two prints are ever the same.
Alongside exhibiting her work nationally as an Associateship member of the Royal Photographic Society, Sally also teaches cyanotype workshops for both children and adults.