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.

Mari Hayman

Pitton Methodist Chapel, near Rhossili

Skaters

Mari Hayman is an experienced, well motivated artist and teacher with a studio in Swansea. She makes versatile use of a variety of media and processes producing individual and collaborative work on both a small and large scale. She draws from life and paints in all media with her subjects including landscapes, seascapes, people etc. In addition, she makes panels for churches and homes, stained glass windows, mosaics and also undertakes community work. She enjoys co-operating  with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds and has successfully completed community and educational projects in the U.K. and abroad.

Richard Paton

Windows for St Augustine's Chelmsford and St Barnabas Kensington

Richard Paton graduated from Liverpool with BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1990 and was then awarded an MA in Visual Culture at Middlesex University in 1998. He is a self taught stained glass artist with 20 years in the trade who started Rainbow Glass Studios, based in Stoke Newington, North London, in 2001 .

In that time Richard has had hundreds of commissions which have required different techniques and designs to fulfill the very diverse briefs. These range from corporate work to individual commissions from the rich and famous through to work in Churches. The variety of glass techniques at his disposal uniquely puts him at an advantage to explore interesting and original work. He also teaches regularly at his studio on weekday evenings and runs Saturday workshops for beginners. His work has been featured on TV and at the National Gallery. He is also on the committee for the Contemporary Glass Society who promote the work of glass artists.

Reflect: Sergiy Shkanov

Sergiy Shkanov

Sergiy with visitors to the exhibition

'Easter Soon'

Sergiy Shkanov's summer exhibition at St Andrew's Leytonstone, part of the Reflect programme run by the church, will end after tomorrow's 10.00am Mass. The exhibition reflected aspects of the diversity of Sergiy's work with abstract, figurative and symbolic work all featuring. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sergiy graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Printing before studying stained glass and the restoration of oil paintings at Richmond College, London. He has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, participated in group shows across Europe, and held personal exhibitions in the UK. He writes: "My concern in art is as old as the world itself - to introduce to our world something that will not destroy, but construct it. The artist is like the emptiness of a flute, through which a sound goes resulting in the creation of music. In our contemporary world there is too much violence and too little love. There should be something to oppose this. I choose art as a means of resistance."

Summer exhibitions

'Nice To See You' by Sergiy Shkanov

'Trinity' by Sergiy Shkanov

Reflect at St Andrew's Leytonstone is to host a Summer Arts Exhibition by Sergiy Shkanov between 17th - 24th July from 12 noon - 2.00pm (closed Sunday 18th and Monday 19th). Originally from the Ukraine but now a local artist, Sergiy works with stained glass, murals, mosaics and painting. His work carries a powerful message about love and peace, and art as a means of opposing violence and anger. Entry is free and creative activities will also be held in St Andrew's community cafe, Refresh.

Caroline Richardson and Michael Creasey are to exhibit in BASH (Big Arts Submission Havering) at the Visual Arts Centre in Frances Bardsley School, Romford. BASH features four artists over four weeks at the Visual Arts Centre. Caroline will exhibit from 2nd - 6th August and Michael from 23 - 27th August.

Caroline's exhibition features layers of glass and light interacting in a collection of work inspired by natural themes. The exhibition opens on Monday 2nd with a launch night from 7-9.00pm. Tuesday to Friday opening times are 9.30am - 3.00pm.

West Ham exhibition: Additions

Our newest member, Sergiy Shkanov, has added three works to the ongoing commission4mission exhibition at All Saints West Ham. Tree of Life is an etching on paper from 1984, while Nice to see you and Trinity (see above) are photographs of original stained glass created by Sergiy in 2003.

Sergiy Shkanov

'Nice to see you', stained glass

'Beginning', oil & acrylic on canvas, 2008

Sergiy Shkanov is a professional artist working in the fields of stained glass, murals, mosaics, painting, graphic arts, and book illustration. He is a tutor of Fine Arts.

Sergiy has participated in group shows across Europe since 1987 and holds numerous personal exhibitions in the United Kingdom. He undertakes art commissions for private and corporative clients.

Sergiy says: “My concept in art is as old as the world itself – to introduce to our world something that will not destroy, but construct. Artists are like the emptiness of a flute, through which a sound goes and results in the creation of music. In our contemporary world there is too much violence and too little love. There should be something to oppose this. I choose art as a means of resistance.”

Abundant life

Caroline Richardson has been commissioned by St Peter's Harold Wood to work towards the enhancement of the windows in their north transept.

This commission celebrates a major £2.5 million redevelopment to bring the St Peter’s Centre (and the Ingrebourne Centre across the road, leased from the Council) fully into the 21st Century and fit for purpose. The main emphases are welcome, hospitality, accessibility and service to the community. First impressions and relationships are important – hence contemporary and attractive facilities to welcome and serve people; a central hub for reception and information, café-style facilities for hospitality and meeting people, designated provision for the very young and the elderly, commercial kitchens up to the best professional standards, areas and equipment for leasing and training needs, complete accessibility to all areas, purpose-built offices for all staff and today’s ministry.

The coloured sections of Caroline's design are textured to imply the movement of water and the spray as it tumbles down. The image of plentiful water is evocative of abundant life and represents the flow of living water mentioned in John’s gospel, poured out from heaven to earth. The two windows show complimentary images containing John 10.10 (I have come that they may have life and have it to the full) and in the other, John 8.12 (I am the light of the world).

Caroline Richardson

'Tree of Life' - St Lukes Chapel, Queens Hospital Romford

Tranquility

Caroline Richardson studied Architectural Glass at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Design. She is particularly interested in using the colour and transparency of glass to create layers of images within her work, sometimes using light to add depth or colour. Caroline combines shapes and textures to create works inspired by natural themes, but often with a spiritual interpretation. She has also worked extensively with fabrics and silk paints and produced many banners and wall hangings.

St Andrews Leytonstone

Sanctuary of St Andrews Leytonstone


Painted altar

Stained glass by Hilary Davies

Stained glass by Margaret Chilton

Stations of the Cross by Lewis Davies

Above are photos of the interior of St Andrews Leytonstone, venue for our summer exhibition. St Andrews contains windows by noted stained glass artist Margaret Chilton, banners and a window by Hilary Davies and Stations of the Cross by Lewis Davies. Our exhibition will therefore complement a space in which art already plays a significant role.