OUR NEXT EXHIBITION

Between River and Sea – Katarzyna Coleman

Saturday 21 March – Saturday 2 May 2026

10am – 4pm, Monday – Saturday. Admission: FREE

My work predominantly reflects the unarranged, industrial harbour area of South Denes, Great Yarmouth, where my studio is located. The grid of streets, harbour-side, warehouses and factories have provided the focus and the backdrop for my work for many years.

This utilitarian landscape is suffused with unique, water- reflected light, transforming the everyday and familiar to something beautiful, mysterious and deeply human.

Originally from London, I studied Fine Art at Wimbledon, Hornsey and then an MA at Manchester, attracted by the monumental, Piranesi industrial architecture redolent there. I came to live in Yarmouth by accident, in the mid eighties.

I have exhibited widely in East Anglia, including Mandells Gallery and the Sainsbury Centre.

I make drawings on site, usually on a Sunday when no one is about. I make my studies from the containment of my car, or from an office window that provides a suitable raised viewing point. The chosen scene has been scouted out and considered for some time. These drawings are intensely focused and observed:- measurement, proportions, perspective and composition an essential element of my practice. I ignore the odd parked car and people.

However, my work is not concerned with a pictorial depiction of the Yarmouth landscape or features. Rather, rhythmic compositions and precisely composed arrangements of form and tone. I tend to override detail and small visual event with the aim of achieving the essence of a given scene and universality of place.

I develop paintings, drawings and prints from my studies back in the studio, usually working on a number of canvases concurrently, and they form a natural series. I find it essential to keep the exact proportional-scale relationships and underlying structure when the drawings are scaled up onto canvas and paper.

I obsessively work and rework the paintings numerous times, until there is just enough. My landscapes are always devoid of any reference to people. I am not sure why I strip out these references, but it seems to allow for a landscape that is open and indeterminate in scale.

OUR 2026 EXHIBITIONS

Celebrate 50 years of craft and community at The Jewellery Workshop’s exhibition. Explore the history, honour the artisans, and get a peek behind the bench at how jewellery is made, all alongside the winner of the Diss High School Mayoral Chain design competition and an exciting new collection launch!

Open: 10am – 4pm, Monday – Saturday.

Admission: FREE

Throughout the year our gallery showcases work by both international and emerging artists as well as exhibitions exploring local heritage.

We are generally closed on Sunday and public holidays.

For further information and enquiries please contact [email protected]

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