December 2022 & January 2023

Anthony Day In December 1968, despite the snow and the howling winds of a stormy winter’s night, Anthony Day held his first preview in the restaurant which started over half a century of exhibitions and previews at The Old Fire Engine House. 55 years later, he has exhibited every December since and at 100 years old, has selected this collection of work which dates from the 1950s to this year. Using pencil, gouache and egg tempura, Anthony captured the Fen landscape throughout the seasons and decades, his work often focused on walks around the village of Wicken, and views of is garden and from his home in his later years.

Peter Cavaciuti Seeing my new work together, a couple of themes emerge. There is a sense of movement, a passing from one space to another such as in Through the Moon Door and Returning Home. All the paintings are original and have either been painted from life or sketched and then finished in my studio. I'm seventy this year and am still passionate about painting and am happy to see a feeling of optimism and freshness in my work. I intend to give a talk and demonstration in the Gallery in the New Year.

Sonia Lewis Porcelain has a quiet strength. This gives opportunity for the greatest impact within the simplest forms. I use three main glazes derived from Korean celadons; White Celadon, Ying Ching, and Olive with delicate underglaze decorations. In the sitting room are some of my wood fired stoneware showing the robust nature of stoneware in the fire. Clay, whether porcelain or stoneware is mud/earth. It contains Water and is in turn shaped by water. Fire is the means by which the potter transforms the clay into pot. The extra ingredient in which I hope to show in this exhibition is movement. There is a moment when clay in the potter’s hand is right for “capture”. This is the caught moment of movement.