The Portrait
9th - 17th October 2021
Under the theme of portraiture, 13 artists came together to exhibit their work for the first Sixteen Gallery Curated Show. The show included a variety of styles including paintings, sculptures, illustrations and prints.



Meet the Artists

Andy Owen-Smith
Andy uses portraiture to capture the interaction between the subject and the space around them.

Neil Burridge
Neil works with absent sitters, creating art from memory, photographs and conversation.

Sheila Bryant
Sheila works with difficult subjects and focuses on details to create a likeness.

Arthur Owen-Smith
Arthur creates art using different mediums with his hobbies and interests as his subjects.

Hannah Shergold
Hannah uses palette knives and scraping tools to drag impasto paint as a blending method.

Lindy Allfrey
Lindy's portfolio features a range of subjects from military groups to families.

Paula Kear
Paula creates detailed drawings of people and animals, using chalk and pastel pencils.

Charlie Graham-May
Charlie is a portrait and landscape painter living and working and Chippenham.

Kate Doherty
Kate works to find new ways of depicting the human face and illusion of drapery.