Art News and Views

When your 79 year old Mum suddenly announces a lifelong regret at not having visited Canada, what do you do? The worlds second largest country was on our to-do list too, just not quite yet! So we spoke to our friendly neighbourhood travel agent and got help putting together a potential trip! Gill at Embarque Travel here in Pocklington was brilliant! She has a fantastic knowledge and great connections so was able to put together a superb route covering the main points we wanted to visit along with some great suggestions for accommodation and sightseeing along the way! The trip...

Every year we like to tell you who has won our 'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most pieces in the last twelve months... and now the results are in if a tad later than normal!!  ARTISTS In FIRST Place:  Danny Abrahams In SECOND Place: Mackenzie Thorpe  In THIRD Place: Marie Louise Wrightson In FOURTH Place: Kerry Darlington In FIFTH Place: Andrei Protsouk   Due to the popularity of Sculpture, we have added these to our  'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most sculptures in the last twelve months... and the...

There are few in this world who haven’t taken those tentative steps into Diagon Alley, who haven’t wished so hard to be able to run at the wall on Platform 9 ¾ and find themselves beside the magnificent Hogwarts Express with it’s steam billowing out amid the chaos of a new term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry… so bring your owl, your cat or your rat and follow us… into this incredible, magical collection, created and produced under the watchful eye of Warner Brothers…this incredible Collectors Set is something you don’t want to miss! The artist is someone...

Born 1964 Born in Liverpool. I was in the Pompidou centre in Paris, the huge modern art museum that is famous across the world and I was taking in all the exhibits and displays when I came across an empty exhibition room. I walked to the centre of the room and placed my plastic bag on the floor with my can of Pepsi by the side and then stood away.   It was fascinating to see what then happened with twelve people coming into the room within a ten minute period... three walked straight out in disbelief, however the remaining people...

Every year we like to tell you who has won our 'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most pieces in the last twelve months... and now the results are in:  In FIRST Place:  Danny Abrahams Yorkshire artist Danny Abrahams has continued to go from strength to strength with his heart-warming paintings of peace, love and family time. In these trying times his works bring much happiness and with a growing collection of limited edition works too, there is something for every pocket... oOo  In SECOND Place:  Kealey Farmer The lovely Kealey Farmer puts her heart and...