Liz Gascoigne & Vivien Shelton: Unearthed
About Liz Gascoigne & Vivien Shelton: Unearthed
Exploration and distinctive outcomes underpin the artwork of Liz Gascoigne and Vivien Shelton.
Liz enjoys incorporating the shapes of abandoned stoneware with fragments juxtaposed.
Vivien shares a similar visual language of flowing shapes, muted palette and the interplay of line. Both artists embrace texture and love what is revealed beneath the surface.
Liz Gascoigne is an abstract expressionist. Her paintings consist of layering, mixed media and emerging motifs. Liz starts painting without an intention and lets the process lead the way. Sometimes her painting becomes an abstract landscape or has a sense of place.
Mostly, the outcome includes an element of realism such as hints of a figure, a sculpted shape, a ceramic outline or vegetal semi-natural imagery. This serendipitous approach brings total freedom, as a painting reveals when it is complete, the point when it is unearthed.
Vivien Shelton is a ceramicist working in central Oxford. From a small workshop in her garden, Vivien makes all her work by hand, using ancient techniques including pinching, coiling and slab building; a slow but very satisfying process.
Keeping within a limited colour palette, Vivien likes to explore ideas of shape, texture, flowing lines and ultimately the landscapes or tableaux created when the work comes together and the individual piece becomes part of the whole.
Special Opening for Ceramics Oxford
Sunday 01 November from 12pm to 4.00pm
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Wednesday 21 October to Saturday 07 November 2026 from 10am to 4.00pm
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About The North Wall Arts Centre
The North Wall Arts Centre is an an award-winning theatre, gallery and performing arts centre located in Summertown, North Oxford. The facility was opened in 2007, and offers a fully flexible 200-seat theatre, a public art gallery, as well as studios for dance and drama.
The centre is owned by St Edward’s School and shared with the city, and it was created for the benefit of emerging artists across a range of disciplines. The programme of events at The North Wall places emphasis on new and innovative work.
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