Fox Art Competition – Friends That Leave

by Eleanor Saussey | Sep 26, 2023

Fox Art Competition – Friends that Leave

We are excited to show our submission for the FOX ART competition. We weren’t selected for the exhibition – but we love the piece anyway.

This piece is called Friends That Leave – a collage/mixed media/painting/performance piece involving collaged elements glued to a canvas, and then being forcibly removed.

Inspired by Guernsey and it’s population management policies – and the inevitability of losing friends as life moves and changes.

See the Process of creating this piece...

Guernsey Arts Open 2023

by Eleanor Saussey | Sep 7, 2023

Guernsey Arts Open 2023 – Paisley Fractal in Silver

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been accepted for the Guernsey Arts Open Exhibition at the George Crossan Gallery which starts in October.

We’ve painted a 6ft long canvas and drawn intricate paisley and lace inspired spiral motifs. Once again a labour of love. Creating a pattern that looks like it could occur in nature with the elements of crafted human elements like lace. Embracing the ever intertwined relationships between our perception of design and nature.

Combining our some of our favourite things – spirals , patterns , super tiny details and metallic colours.

Learn more about the Guernsey Arts Website

Puffin Parade 2023

by Eleanor Saussey | Jun 7, 2023

Puffin Parade 2023

We were so pleased to be invited back to paint a puffin for the 2023 Puffin Parade, after painting a goat for the Golden Guernsey Goat Trail in 2021. Our goat was called Bejulicully – learn more about her here.

The puffin parade is in aid of Autism Guernsey and the GSPCA. A whole flock of puffins have been painted by various businesses and organisations from around the island. All the puffins have been displayed in different locations around Guernsey.

You can download an app that you can use to hunt for all the puffins- those who find all the puffins are entered into a prize draw. Autism Guernsey invite app users to make a donation. More info about the app here and you can donate here.

We have been paired with sponsors – Island Health, who have been great to work with, and neatly tying in with our own values around art and colour for mental health. The turquoise is one of their brand colours, perfect for a puffin.

The intricate hand drawn patterns are inspired by lichens – our reference photos were taken from the puffins’ winter home, Iceland, on a trip in the summer of 2022.

In Sept the puffins will be auctioned off and will go to their forever homes. All proceeds will go to Autism Guernsey and the GSPCA.

Guernsey Arts Open 2022

by Eleanor Saussey | Oct 14, 2022

Guernsey Arts Open

George Crossan Gallery – November 2022

We are delighted to be selected for the Guernsey Arts Open this year. This exhibition will run from 12th November in the George Crossan Gallery in the Inner Market.

We also displayed a piece in the 2020 Guernsey Arts Open, you can learn more by clicking here.

For this year’s piece we have created our own species of flower… “the carfreesion – a mixture of a carnation and a freesia “.

This painting was made using a technqiue inspired by face painting where multiple colours are applied the the brush. Creating something totally different for us – perfect for a creative breath of fresh air.

Learn more about Guernsey Arts

Portraits Exhibition – February 2022

by Eleanor Saussey | Mar 18, 2022

Portrait Exhibition

Sula Gallery – February 2022

We had to put our thinking caps on for this exhibition , how can we create a portrait with jewellery?

After a bit of thinking and a few cups of licorice tea, we had our light bulb moment. Jewellery is often an expression of ourselves and even if it is not the first thing you think of, it’s already somewhat of a portrait. The choice of colours, shapes, textures and stones can express a lot about a person.

So we choose one of our favourite selfies and created a quick self portrait using pastel crayons, (having not drawn anything since the 90’s, be kind) then from the colours, shapes and textures we observed we picked out stones that complemented them. Now when the necklace is worn it will suit the wearer perfectly.

The necklace is made from a variety of stones, warm pink opals, red rubies and orange carnelian. Contrasted with a brilliant blue opal, which picks out the colour from the sunglasses and ocean in the background. And very handily picks out the eye colour too.

To display our portrait we have combined the pastel drawing with the necklace to allow them to complement each other and show the relationship between the inspiration and the colours.

Learn more about Sula Gallery Here