Cambridge Open Studio 2023

01 – 02 July | 08 – 09 July | 15 – 16 July  | 22 – 23 July Weekends

10am - 5pm

Happily I will be returning for my annual Summer Exhibition as part of the Cambridge Open Studio to the light airy cool annex of St. Andrews Hall in Chesterton a short walk from the river. So why not take a walk along the river and pop in and see how my work has developed, have a cool drink and rest a little. I am sharing with Maureen Mace on weekends 1/2 and Katrina Wilkie on weekend 3/4 at the annex so there will be plenty to see from them as well as the other artists nearby opening their studios to visitors. Come on in and join the conversation.

Find us at: St Andrew's Hall, St Andrew's Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1DH

(Accessible for wheelchair users: Fully accessible)

Dates for your diary:

01 – 02 July | 08 – 09 July | 15 – 16 July  | 22 – 23 July

If you are using the guide or walking an art trail I am number 96 in the guide. Artists near by are;

94 Elizabeth Hodder

95 Danielle Stretch

95 Iain Smith

96 Katrina Wilkie

96 Maureen Mace

97 Susan Cupitt

98 Rowan

99 Cathy Parker

100 Stephanie Hemming

More details at: www.camopenstudios.org

Coastlines Exhibition explores the British Isles beaches and coasts through artists eyes. I will have 4 paintings in this mixed show. Visit www.vkgallery.co.uk for more details

Cambridge Drawing Society annual spring exhibition. A selection of members work including my own. Private view 24th March 5.30pm - 8pm. Please visit www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org for more details.

I am pleased to be showing in this lovely gallery in the pretty village of Linton alongside some wonderful artists for the month.

If you are in the area please do go and take a look at how my work is developing and see some outstanding work by Derek Chambers and charming work as ever by Angie Lewin.

This year I am exhibiting on all for 4 weekends of the Cambridge Open Studios so hopefully what ever you are doing in your July you will have a chance to pop by to see how my work has developed and progressed and to catch up.

I am showing this year with Clare Millen on the first two weekends and Katrina Wilkie on the second two weekends.

Event details:

Weekends 2/3, 9/10, 16/17, 23/24 July.

Open: 10am - 5pm

at St. Andrews Hall Annex, St. Andrews Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1DH

No. 84a in the guide.

So pleased to be part of a mixed exhibition at The Old Fire Engine House. I am showing small framed oil paintings at this super venue alongside talented East Anglian artists.

I am pleased to announce that I will be showing at Gallery Above in Linton this October - November. I will be showing medium to small oil paintings on the theme of rivers.

Update

A selection of paintings are still available from Gallery Above please contact Rosemary for details.

My annual summer exhibition starts this weekend as part of the Cambridge Open Studios in Cambridgeshire. The dates for your diary are this weekend 3/4 and the following weekend, 10/11th of July. Open 11am - 6pm.

My Summer Collection is an eclectic mix of, new work, reworked pieces and old favourites that i think still deserve a good home. Work in a variety of sizes and prices, framed and unframed. I hope there will be enough to interest everyone.

The Old Fire Engine House has reopened its doors to welcome visitors to the Upstairs Gallery. This beautiful exhibition features oil, acrylics, solar plate etchings and mixed media in a variety of delicate tones depicting landscapes, representations of nature and abstract work. I am showing with Melanie Goemans and Clare Crouchman. The show can also be viewed online at www.oldfireenginehouse.co.uk To reserve or purchase any work, please email Chloe at info@theoldfireenginehouse.co.uk

Laura Pococks’s unique, friendly eclectic gallery Pocock’s the artmonger, in Burnham Market is a delight. I have had the good luck to have my exhibition extended until mid September. For more information on the paintings that are still available visit www.theartmonger.co.uk

Hugely excited to be showing with Hugo Grenville in “Best of the Rest” at Gallery Tresco from the 20th of September. Preview my catalogue of work on the artists pages of www.gallerytresco.co.uk .My series “In the Light of Shadows“ have been selected for my entry in this years show www.gallerytresco.co.uk

“Solitary walks at dawn and dusk are my favourite way to be in the landscape. Visiting Tresco gives me plenty of chance to have these special moments. To be calmed and to be soothed by the soft light and the silence. I hope this collection of paintings reflects the peace I find there.”

Thrilled to be part of a curated show by Beau Art Interiors at the Fen Ditton Gallery in Fen Ditton. A selection of my paintings will be on show from 28 February - 10 March.

“Through her paintings, Melanie Max seeks to capture the elemental exchange between the sky, sea and earth. Living & painting on a narrowboat on the River Ouse affords Max a privileged position to witness the unique landscapes laid out by The Fens. Max focuses on the nature of light, especially the forms and gradients created by its interplay with water on the British coastline: reflecting off the sea, filtering through mist & clouds and driving through precipitation.

Her painting process takes form in various ways - sometimes through subtle vertical strips, which make their way across the canvas, one strip slightly offset from the next - to wide, sweeping and blended brushwork. Progressively more, Max delineates the meeting point of the earth and sky with a sharp, highlighted line, effectively dissecting the canvas at the horizon and introducing a focal point within the soft planes of colour. The atmospheric paintings entice the viewer into their calm & expansive ambience, even in the more dramatic paintings, where the turbulent water is rendered with an impasto technique.

Born and brought up in Cornwall and Devon, Max graduated from the prestigious Chelsea School of Art, London. Her work has been exhibited nationally in the UK from Ely to the Isles of Scilly” (by Beau Brady 2018)