The Harley Open Exhibition is a celebration of 2D art, and gives artists, whether just starting out and experimenting, or experienced professionals the perfect opportunity to showcase their work.
Over the years, we have received entries from across the world as well as wonderful works from local artists, with a truly diverse selection of artworks in a variety of styles and media. Many of the pieces are for sale, allowing visitors the chance to purchase original artworks at a range of prices.
Key dates:
- Delivery of shortlisted artwork for final selection: 7- 11 July 2020, 11am – 3pm.
- Judges final selection: 13 July 2020.
- Successful entries announced on website: 14 July 2020.
- Exhibition dates: 1 August – 1 November 2020.
- Prizegiving party: TBC
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Shortlisted entries from the digital round are:
Alan Huntley, Reedbeds
Alistair Mavin, Self-portrait from Travelcard
Amelia Fulton, Heart
Andrea Parsons, Funky Fungi
Andrea Parsons, Rainbow Funky Fungi
Anette Holt, Winter Mirage
Anette Holt, Autumnal Reflection
Angela Maloney, Simple Sanctuary
Angela Maloney, The Garden
Angelo Murphy, Metal Teapot
Anna Turner, Anterior
Anne Stansfield, After Harry
Anne Samuel, Poached Eggs and Mushrooms from the Gallery Café
April Virgoe, Canopy
Arantza Pardo, Study of Phenomenon No. 3
Arantza Pardo, Study of Phenomenon No. 5
Ashley Allen, Crow
Ashley Allen, The Frog
Beth Walker, Bromelia
Bryan Ecceshall, Saint Bartholomew Dreaming of Martin Kippenberger Dreaming of Théodore Géricault’
Callie Greaves, It Happened To The Best (And The Rest) Of Us
Carole Heys, Winter Sky, The British Sugar Factory, Newark
Caroline Quincey, The Greenhouse #3
Caroline Greyling, 1993
Carolyn Blake, The Day Now Far Spent 9
Carolyn Blake, The Day Now Far Spent 1
Carrie Pletscher, The Advocate
Catherine Ray, Lime Tree Avenue
Ceri Graham, Sundowning One
Ceri Graham, Sundowning Two
Charlie Howarth, One Last “Whoo-Hoo!”
Charlie Howarth, Bedroom Filling With Smoke
Charlotte Dawson, Ten To One, Imperial, Leather Painting
Charlotte Dawson, Encircle
Chris Cooper, Let Them Eat Cake
Christopher Dale, Black Beach
Christopher Dale, Newborough Moon
Clee Claire Lee, Root
Courtney Dilks, Extinction
Craig Longmuir, Burbage
Craig Longmuir, Curbar Edge, Gritstone in the Rain
Daniel Cullen, Fall 3
Daniel Roberts, Pickled Shellfish
David Supper, Up and Down
David Mayne, Breathing Space
David Gurney, Bread on Wood
David Gurney, Intruder
David Wiliams, Distorted Reflection
David Wiliams, Drop Out
David Crouch, Expressive Landscapes
Deb Allitt, Walking in Autumn Woods, Kedleston Park
Deb Allitt, Breezy Autumn Walk
Deborah Lee, This Is Not My Green Chair
Denis Peach, Gaunless River in Spring
Diane Griffin, The Hidden Seeps
Elena Mclaren, He Said, She Said
Emily Cartwright, Point Eight
Emily Sidwell, Awaken The City
Emma Gardner, View II
Emma Gardner, View III
Erika Stira, ….. And No Brakes, No Steering Wheel
Fiona Buck, Meadow I
Gabbi Patterson, Starfish
Gail Moody, Self Portrait
Galina Belinscaia, Silver Birch Landscape
Geoff Litherland, Now and Not Yet
Geoff Litherland, Tangle Formations
George Turner-Gale, Tippos Tiger
Georgia Peskett, Light #1 (Sojourn 2019)
Georgia Peskett, Light #2 (Sojourn 2019)
Giles Davies, ‘Captivate my Heart’ (Californian poppies)
Jill Edwards, Juxtapose
Graham Firth, Extended Family
Graham Firth, Dog Lovers
Hannah Cawthorne, The Garden of the Future
Hannah Cawthorne, Leó on the Beach
Helen Lewis, Design in Nature
Holly Clifford, The Edale Skyline – Contour Map Wall Sculpture
Ingrid Wiggins, Follow the Children
Isaac Hepworth, Aging with Grace
Isaac Hepworth, To Be Frank
Jackie Berridge, Lost in Space Too
Jackie Berridge, Escape Rooms 2
Jane Wilson-Smith, Paired
Jane Wilson-Smith, Apostle Spoons
Jane Mellor, Access Denied: Covid19
Janet Wootton, East Meets West
Janet Wootton, Wildflower Meadow
Janet Beautyman, Snake in a Cleft
Jaqueline Warrington, Andrew and the Fish
Jaqueline Warrington, Francis and the Birds
Jayne Cooper, The Laughing Bridesmaid
Jayne-Anita Smith, Reliquary
Jeanie Clark, Fossil
Jeanie Clark, Time
Jennifer Margaret Jones, Summer19
Jenny Oldknow, Park Lane, Heage
Jenny Zigzag, Isolation 2
Jenny Zigzag, Isolation 3
Jerry Daniel, Curbar Oak
Jill Davies, Woodland Walk
Jim McElvaney, Going Home
Jo Morley, Flamingo
Jodie Wells, Red Stallion
Jodie Wells, Bee Kind
Joseph Sheldon, Defender on the Beach
Joseph Sheldon, Hole in the Wall
Judith Tucker, Dark Marsh: Winter Tangle
Judith Tucker, Dark Marsh: Winter Samphire
Julian Wright, Spanish Self Portrait
Julie Leggett, Wave
Karen McInnes, The Journey Home 1
Karen McInnes, The Journey Home 2
Kat Fell, Don’t Let This Consume Your Existence
Katherine Rhodes, A View from the Ridge
Kathryn Desforges, Support Structures
Kim Coulthard, Home Tree
Letitia Thompson, Letitia
Linda Wallis, Woodland Sketch
Line Neilson, BRITT
Line Neilson, VINTER
Lisa Baraona, Ripe fruit
Lisa Baraona, Pear
Lois Wallace, These Days Can’t Last Forever
Louise Asher, Toys 1
Louise Asher, Toys 2
Lucy Stevens, Kingfisher (Blue Lobster)
Lucy Stevens, Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Lucerne Red)
Lufeianna Gillies, Dissection
Luke Tarpey, It Speaks and Yet Says Nothing 2
Luke Tarpey, It Speaks and Yet Says Nothing 3
Lynda Crofts, VLTAVA
Lynda Crofts, Lost Memories
Lynne Chapman, Passing Through
Madeline Pick, Hugo’s Barn
Maggy Herbert-Jobson, Forgotten and Remembered
Maliheh Zafarnezhad, Untitled (From Lovers Series)
Marcia Wilson, Under the Skin
Marcin Szuba, Landscape from Svaneti
Margaret Rose, Going swimmingly
Maria Emilov, Under the Blossom Tree
Marie Muir, Social Isolation
Mark Hinch, Early Doors
Mark Langley, Clumber Park, Long Range Greenhouse
Martin Davies, ….the minutes, the hours, the days
Martin Pick, Mum with her Future Before Her
Martin Pick, Give Way
Matt Lyons, Young Man with Long Fingers
Matthew Turner, Vostok 1
Melanie Jakubson, No.2 (Series)
Michelle Hobbs, Stages of Life
Michelle Hobbs, BAR
Myfanwy Williams, Winter Journey
Myfanwy Williams, Distant Boundaries
Nick Humphreys, Of Waving Weed and Waiting Claws
Nick Hugh McCann, House of Commons: The Bell Inn Sawley
Nicola Briggs, Afonwen Valley
Nicola Sanderson, Creeping In
Oliver Jones, Resilience
Oliver Jones, Reflection
Olivier Leger, Treasures of the Deep
Olivier Leger, Leviathan Ray
Patricia Carrington, The Bare Bones
Patricia Brookes, A Composite Time of Flight Secondary Ion Map of Nickel, Oxygen and Fluorine.
Paul Mellor, Fence
Paul Mellor, Bear Pit
Paul Radburn, Falgu
Paul Redburn, Rock Edict
Paul Letchworth, Turbine Hall (green jumper child)
Penny Kealey, The Heated Debate (Kilpeck)
Pete Ramskill, Self Portrait
Peter Johnston, Ruckland, Lincolnshire Wolds
Polly Warren, Step Back in Time 1/3
Polly Warren, Back to Back 1/8
Richard Baker, Desk 2
Roanna Wells, Glitch
Robert Wibberley, View of St Michael’s Mount from the Beach
Robert Wibberley, Landscap’d Head
Robert Cook, Symphony
Roger Tenny, It’s a Rip Off
Roger Tenny, Cost of Nothing
Roger Allen, Clearing Showers, Rydal Water
Roger Allen, Ullswater
Rose Wood, Man in Station
Rose Wood, Lady on the Tram
Rosemary Firth, Snowy Waters
Rosemary Wells, Driving Snow
Rosemary Wells, Dust Curtain
Russell Ashcroft, Failure
Russell Lumb, Alice 2, 5/6
Ruth Hudson, Mars
Ruth Murray, Erica
Ruth Murray, Fish Market, 100 Smirrells Road
Ryan Hancock, Between Voids
Sally Brown, Attempted Murder!
Sally Brown, Flamboyant Flamingos
Sandra Moran, Decay #2
Sarah Kirby, Lighthouse
Sarah Kirby, Shortest Day
Sarah Tutt, Thirteen Forms
Sarah Roberts, It Went Like This
Sarah-May Johnson, Changing Lanes
Sean Bendell-Whittaker, Butterfly 1 Simulation
Shelley Mawbey, Peggy Sue
Shelley Mawbey, RED 2
Stephen Todd, Eruption of Waders (Humber Estuary)
Stephen Todd, Tide Out (Humber Estuary)
Stephen Grey, Self Portrait
Steve Sadler, Mercy
Steve Sadler, Death
Steven Taylor, Cold Lake
Susan Dodd, Doll
Susan Dodd, St Dymphna – Patron Saint of Stress and Anxiety
Susan Issac, Marking Time
Susan Issac, Rabbit Hole Day
Terry Bond, Selfie
Thomas May, River Trent, Early Morning
Tom Palin, Scan
Tom Palin, Slip
Tony Kemplen, One Tree, One Hundred Cameras
Tony Kemplen, alt_moon 53°20’36.8″N 1°28’40.7″W
Tracey Keeping, Fifteen
Trish Brown, Alteration 1
Victoria Scholes, Companions or Self Portrait with Budgie
Victoria Scholes, A Birdseye View or the Girl and the Goldfinch
William Gregory MacArthur, Orange X
Yvette Phillips, Under Orion’s Feet
Zoe Buckberry, The Advocado Pit Wallpaper
Submissions for The Harley Open 2020 are now closed.
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