Art for Art's Sake art sale

Henry Shelton staffed the commission4mission stall at the Art for Art's Sake art sale organised by Danielle Lovesey at St Peter's Aldborough Hatch. Christmas cards, jewellery and notebooks were among the items designed by our artists to sell from the stall. Danielle showed several of her works and the sale featured the work of other local artists.

commission4mission Christmas cards

 

Designs by Harvey Bradley and Henry Shelton

Designs by Peter Webb

Designs by Mark Lewis and Hayley Bowen

commission4mission has produced Christmas cards for the first time this year featuring designs from our artists in a variety of media and styles.

Artists contributing 11 different designs include: Hayley Bowen, Harvey Bradley, Mark Lewis, Henry Shelton and Peter Webb.

The A5 cards are available either in packs of eleven (£5.50) or as single cards (£0.50) and can be purchased by emailing to cform@btinternet.com or by visiting the Inspire exhibition at St Stephen Walbrook.

Inspire - exhibition hang

Inspire: art as spiritual exploration

Inspire: art as spiritual exploration is a commission4mission exhibition at St Stephen Walbrook from 18th – 29th November (10.00am – 6.00pm, closed 24 November). Among the artists exhibiting are: Ross Ashmore, Ally Ashworth, Hayley Bowen, Harvey Bradley, Christopher Clack, Anne Creasey, Valerie Dean, Jonathan Evens, Clorinda Goodman, Alan Hitching, Mark Lewis, Pouka, Caroline Richardson, Janet Roberts, Francesca Ross, Henry Shelton and Peter Webb. Parish priest, Peter Delaney will also exhibit his work as part of the show.

A Private View will be held on the evening of Monday 18th November from 6.00pm – 8.30pm and will include a welcome from The Venerable Peter Delaney MBE. All are welcome.

Deconstructing c o n f l i c t

 

 

'Burning Heads' by Maciej Hoffman

 

'The World In Despair' by Pouka



'Conflict Kid - Fun Future's Resort' by Hayley Bowen



'Agony' by Henry Shelton

'Drawer from The Cabinet of Sin & Salvation' by Jonathan Evens

 

Deconstructing c o n f l i c t is an art exhibition that will be held in Chelmsford Cathedral on 21^st - 23^rd October 2013 (7.45am – 9.00pm, ends 3.00pm Wednesday) and will feature expansive expressionist paintings by Maciej Hoffman supplemented by related work from commission4mission artists. Among commission4mission artists contributing work will be Hayley Bowen, Harvey Bradley, Jonathan Evens, Pouka, Henry Shelton, Joy Rousell Stone and Peter Webb. 

 

Maciej Hoffman is a Polish artist whose work is concerned with the trauma of all individuals and peoples who have suffered - and continue to suffer - worldwide. Hoffman “views his art as both a means of self-expression and a way of engaging in public discourse, depicting contrasts, emotions and powerful human experiences.” He has said that the subjects which interest him are those "issues that puzzle us throughout the years, forming our way of looking at the world, changing us."

 

Hoffman's work has been the focus previously of conferences and events on themes of conflict and resolution in the UK and Poland, including exhibitions such as: Art of Reconciliation 2012 - Edith Stein Centre, Wroclaw Poland; Blue Line Holocaust Memorial Exhibition 2012 - Town Hall, Barry; Journey Line 2011 - Town Hall Wroclaw; and Journey Line 2010 - Oxford Chabad Society.

commission4mission's Greenbelt market stall

commission4mission's market stall at this year's Greenbelt Festival has been organised for us by Harvey Bradley, who will be showing ceramics and paintings at the stall.

Harvey's work will be supplemented by a selection of original work from Hayley Bowen, Ally Clarke, Elizabeth Duncan Meyer, Jonathan Evens, Mark Lewis, Caroline Richardson, Joy Rousell Stone, Henry Shelton and Peter Webb.

Additionally, we will have cards, jewellery, meditations, notebooks and t-shirts produced by our artists for sale, as well as information about our work on commissions, events, exhibitions and publications.

Please do come to see us if you will be at Greenbelt this year.

Fr. Stephen's anniversary gift

Fr Stephen Pugh, Parish Priest at St Margaret of Antioch Ilford, recently celebrated 25 years of ordained ministry and commission4mission received a commission to create a gift celebrating this occasion. The brief included reference to silver, the colour for 25th anniversaries, plus Stephen's love of France and his ministry itself. Henry Shelton rose to the challenge with the image above which was presented to Fr Stephen on Sunday 7th July.

St Margaret of Antioch recently received a special commendation from the Diocesan Advisory Committee in the Diocese of Chelmsford for their commissioning of a holy water stoup by Mark Lewis, which was also a commission4mission commission. commission4mission also gained a second such commendation for etched windows by Henry Shelton and Richard Paton at All Saints Hutton.  

Portraits

Our recent exhibition at St Paul's Goodmayes included three portraits of local clerics: Michael Creasey exhibited a striking portrait of The Rt. Revd. David Hawkins, Bishop of Barking, in reflective pose; Henry Shelton showed his portrait of Fr. Benjamin Rutt-Field, Vicar of St Paul's Goodmayes; while Peter Webb included his quirky painted wood relief portrait of Rev. Jonathan Evens.

Portraits are an aspect of the work by our artists which is not well known currently but, in which, several of our artists possess considerable expertise. Peter Webb, for example, has been working on a series of painted and also wood relief portraits as a fundraising project for St Mary's Woodford, while the characters in his major paintings for church settings, such as The Denial at St Mary's Woodford are often based on life studies.

25th Anniversary of ministry commission

A painting by Henry Shelton was commissioned by St Margaret's Ilford for presentation today to Fr. Stephen Pugh on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his ordination. St Margaret's had previously commissioned a holy water stoup from Mark Lewis through commission4mission. We are glad of the opportunity to have a continuing relationship with St Margaret's and to be part of the celebration of Fr. Stephen's ministry.

commission4mission exhibition - St Paul's Goodmayes

commission4mission's exhibition at St Paul's Goodmayes has been set up today ready for the parish's Patronal Festival on Sunday to be followed by the opening of the exhibition to the public and our opening night reception on Monday featuring art talks and our AGM. All are welcome - click here and here for more details. 

In addition to c4m's exhibition, the permanent collection of art works commissioned by St Paul's Goodmayes can also be seen. These range from stained glass produced by Morris & Co. to Henry Shelton's 'Stations of the Crown of Thorns', a set of Stations of the Cross commissioned from c4m. To explore St Paul's permanent artworks click here.