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The Story of Art

19 March 2026 – 19 April 2026

This months exhibition The Story of Art explores the power of narrative in contemporary art. This exhibition brings together artists who engage with text and books as literal materials, as well as those whose works unfold through strong storytelling and visual narratives. Collectively, the artworks reveal how stories, written, implied, or imagined, shape meaning, memory, and human experience across artistic practices.

Artwork at the Exhibition

Antoine Josse

Y At’il Quelqu’un Pour Jouer Avec Moi

Ann Winder-Boyle

When Life Gives you Pears
£695.00

Alison Pullen

West Horsley Place, Stone Parlour ‘Network
£2,850.00

Emma Jean Kemp

Up and Over 1 : Secrets of Gardening 3/25
£275.00

Emma Jean Kemp

Up and Over : I Believe 4/25
£290.00

Emma Jean Kemp

Up & Over 1: The Singer Not the Song
£275.00

Katherine Kingdon

Tiny Jug
£55.00

Katherine Kingdon

Tiny Jug
£55.00

Alison Stockmarr

This Game of Golf

Alison Stockmarr

The Water Babies

Emma Taylor

The Swan
£1,100.00

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

The Secret Life of Birds

Roo Waterhouse

The Observer’s Books
£2,750.00

Marie Robinson

The Charm of a Goldfinch
£1,760.00

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

The Birdcage Parade in the Sky

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

The Bird Hotel in The Sky – Blue

Marie Robinson

The Apple Tree
£1,100.00

Marie Robinson

The Acorn Tree
£1,100.00

Marcelle Milo-Gray

Tea With Mother
£7,500.00

Marie Robinson

Tales of the River Bank
£1,760.00

Alison Stockmarr

Snowy Owl

Katherine Kingdon

Small Jug
£75.00

Ann Winder-Boyle

Reading in the Dark
£695.00

Alison Stockmarr

R is for Romance

Antoine Josse

Quand l’air semble plus léger

Ann Winder-Boyle

Problems of Parents
£695.00

Ann Winder-Boyle

Pastures New
£695.00

Alison Stockmarr

Panorama of Magic

Emma Jean Kemp

One Moment: South Riding
£290.00

Emma Jean Kemp

One Moment : Cooking For Kings 5/25
£290.00

Emma Jean Kemp

One Moment : Educational Library 4/25
£290.00

Thurle Wright

Musing with Hardy
£3,750.00

Emma Taylor

Most Musical, Most Melancholy
£725.00

Emma Jean Kemp

Moment of Fun : A Town Like Alice 11/25
£290.00

Alison Pullen

Merchant Taylors Hall, Court Rm ‘Purchasing Patterns’
£2,850.00

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

Marvellously Magical Rainbow Making Machine (Blue and Cream Cogs)

Betty Pepper

Living on the edge 251; Globe 2
£400.00

Betty Pepper

Living on the edge 251; Globe
£530.00

Betty Pepper

Living on the Edge 237; The Bridging Loan…
£770.00

Betty Pepper

Living on the edge 226; The only way is up…
£515.00

Katherine Kingdon

Like No-one’s Watching
£55.00

Antoine Josse

Le Tuteur

Antoine Josse

Le temps des sentiments

Antoine Josse

Le gout sale de la libertie

Thurle Wright

Lament
£3,300.00

Antoine Josse

La Traversee

Antoine Josse

L’apesanteur Du Temps

Alison Stockmarr

L is for London

Katherine Kingdon

Juice
£80.00

Antoine Josse

Je t’attendais

Antoine Josse

Je sens ton coeur

Thurle Wright

Italian Mnemonic
£3,300.00

Alison Pullen

Interior- ‘Troopers’
£2,850.00

Katherine Kingdon

Head Full of Music Teapot
£210.00

Katherine Kingdon

Footed Beaker
£65.00

Katherine Kingdon

Footed Beaker
£65.00

Katherine Kingdon

Footed Beaker
£65.00

Katherine Kingdon

Footed Beaker
£65.00

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

Flying Musical Notes -Mozart -Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

Flying Musical Notes -Beethoven’s piano Sonata

Ann Winder-Boyle

Fire and Fury
£695.00

Katherine Kingdon

Espresso Cup
£55.00

Katherine Kingdon

Espresso Cup
£55.00

Katherine Kingdon

Espresso Cup
£55.00

Lucy Dorothy Nichols

Escaping to the Countryside

Katherine Kingdon

Edgar Allen Poe
£75.00

Marcelle Milo-Gray

Dartmoor Spring
£5,000.00

Alison Stockmarr

Cricket Form at a Glance

Thurle Wright

Creation
£2,860.00

Thurle Wright

Composition
£3,550.00

Roo Waterhouse

Charles The First’s Travelling Library
£2,750.00

Alison Pullen

Cambridge Interior ‘Knots
£2,850.00

Alison Pullen

Cambidge Interior ‘elegance and performance’.
£2,850.00

Katherine Kingdon

Brillo
£120.00

Alison Stockmarr

Ballet

Antoine Josse

Apres la terre des hommes

Katherine Kingdon

Angel Candle Holder 2,
£55.00

Katherine Kingdon

Angel Candle Holder 1
£55.00

Thurle Wright

Ancient History
£2,650.00

Katherine Kingdon

A bit of space at last
£75.00

Marie Robinson

‘The Lepidopterist’
£1,100.00