“Sculpture to me is a landscape - a visual and tactile terrain which begs exploration and engagement. The contours that are the wrinkles of a human face or hands for example, are mountain ranges and ravines, valleys and plains, which corrugate the human experience.

Much of my work is in bas-relief, to be mounted on a wall. A topographic rendering which tricks the eye into a more 3d perception. I wish to further this semi 3d artform by giving my ‘little plots of land’ a strong narrative; by treading the ‘footpaths’ around the sculpture through the making process, and for the viewer, or feeler, by way of emotive recognition. As long as the highs and lows of my sculptural mark-making are in the right place, and the mapmaking is successful, then the piece is open to anyone’s navigation.”

The Metamorphosis of Light in Landscape

A Landscape in Sculpture

Bas-relief and freestanding sculpture

Chris Groombridge

“This series of works serves to provide a journey of moments in time and place with landscapes that have inspired emotional responses.

The paintings range from the local to the national and international. They feature: The Majestic Oak, the Wetlands of Welney in Norfolk and the seascape of New Zealand.”

Joan Kirby

Paintings evoking the beauty of nature