EVER PRESENT

25 October until 5 November

12 ARTIST COLLECTIVE CURATED BY ALISON SHELTON-BROWN

Open Daily 1000 - 1700

This autumn, twelve professional artists and makers, each specially selected by local curator Alison Shelton Brown, will showcase a wide variety of high-quality gifts, objects, and artworks here in Lyme Regis at the Malthouse Gallery. The event offers items at a range of accessible prices, making it an ideal opportunity to find meaningful, unique gifts in anticipation of the Christmas season. Visitors and locals alike are encouraged to support small businesses and independent creatives by choosing presents that endure and bring joy.

Featured Artists

Many of the twelve exhibitors are residents of Dorset, drawing inspiration from the region’s stunning landscapes and vibrant way of life.

Russell Coulson, a resident of Charmouth, has an extensive background as an art director in advertising, ran his own design studio collaborating with Disney and Warner Bros, and has illustrated for periodicals and children's books. He is passionate about exploring the expressive potential of colour—using its vibrancy and power to create atmosphere in his landscapes and portraits. Russell is also fascinated by the possibilities of line drawing, continually experimenting with how far a line can be pushed before it collapses into abstraction or cartoon.

Jane Colquhoun takes inspiration from the Jurassic Coast, and is currently developing clay Ammonite Head figures alongside her popular free-machine stitched textile figures.

Alex Brooks is a furniture maker who works with large pieces of local weather-damaged wood, crafting unique coffee tables that reveal polished, miniature universes—perfect statement pieces for discerning homes.

Sharon Campbell AKA Silver and Slate Textiles who lives in Bridport will bring her oil cloth art wraps and accessories, perfect gifts for aspiring and active artists.

Other painters taking part are husband and wife Robert and Julia McKenzie, Kimmy Thomson, and Zee Jones as well as jeweller Robin Shelton, enamellist Janine Partington, with ceramics by Jane Staniland and Alison Shelton Brown.