EXHIBITIONS

During the year there are opportunities to buy one of Shelley’s limited edition photographs. Visitors to her exhibitions often say that seeing the photographs in “real life” is so much better than viewing them on a computer screen. Most of the photographs she prints are on archival quality, matt cotton rag which gives a depth and richness of colour that cannot really be appreciated on a monitor. Some of them are printed with archival quality inks on aluminium dibond, which she considers to be the modern equivalent to those Dutch Masters who often painted on copper.

She looks forward to welcoming you at her forthcoming shows!

2023
QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS 21-27 SEPTEMBER 2023

Shelley is back for the seventh time at the very lovely Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings alongside the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival. YUM! A Feast for the Eyes  is an incredibly popular show, particularly during the weekend of the Festival. As usual she will be setting up on the morning of the Thursday (21st) so the show will be open from that afternoon.

She will also have her range of greeting cards and her English fine bone china mugs featuring her photographs available for sale.

Please be aware that should you want to visit at the weekend, you will need a ticket for the Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival. On all other days access is free.

THE ALDEBURGH GALLERY 13-19 APRIL 2023

Shelley is back on Aldeburgh High Street at The Aldeburgh Gallery with her Flower Pieces as well as a few Still Lifes. Still Life & the Art of Slow Photography demonstrates the care, time and expertise she uses to achieve her astonishing photographs.

This is a privately owned, intimate gallery and has been a central part of the Aldeburgh art scene for decades. Shelley’s work always looks good there and you will also be able to buy her A5 greeting cards and Fine English Bone China mugs and matching melamine coasters.

2022
ART FAIR EAST, ST ANDREW’S HALL, NORWICH 2-4 DECEMBER 2022

Art Fair East logo

Shelley’s final show in 2022 is at Art Fair East in St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. As the Eastern Daily Press says, Art Fair East is “The foremost place to see and buy top quality contemporary art in the East of England”. It is a gathering of artists using all forms of media – there is bound to be something there for you!

Shelley will have a range of her work to see and buy. She had a very busy time last year and hopes to see friends old and new again 2022.

QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS 22-28 SEPTEMBER 2022

Shelley is back for the sixth time at the very lovely Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings as a Fringe Event for the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival. The Festival will be back to full strength post-COVID and we are all looking forward to it. YUM! A Feast for the Eyes will feature stunning new game photographs. As usual she will be setting up on the morning of the Thursday (22nd) so the show will be open from that afternoon.

She will also have her range of greeting cards and her brand new mugs and coasters available for sale.

Please be aware that should you want to visit at the weekend, you will need a ticket for the fabulous Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival. On all other days access is free.

THE ALDEBURGH GALLERY 15-21 SEPTEMBER 2022

Aldeburgh Exhibition posterShelley is back on Aldeburgh High Street at The Aldeburgh Gallery with her Flower Pieces as well as a few Still Lifes. Still Life & the Art of Slow Photography demonstrates the care, time and expertise she uses to achieve her astonishing photographs. She will also have her remarkable Flowers in a Silver Vase which comprises 14 months of photography and many more months of editing to create a homage to her hero of the 17th Century Ambrosius Bosschaert.

This is an intimate yet light gallery and has been a central part of the Aldeburgh art scene for decades. Shelley’s work always looks good there and you will also be able to buy her A5 greeting cards and NEW Fine English Bone China mugs and matching melamine coasters.

UPDATE: There will not be a private view as the exhibition will take place during the period of national mourning following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

2021
QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS

Details about my exhibitionShelley is thrilled to be back (for the fifth year) at the very lovely Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings as a Fringe Event for the returning Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival. For this exhibition, YUM! A Feast for the Eyes, Shelley is returning with her glorious still lifes and, for the first time in this exhibition, some of her stunning Flower Pieces influenced by those Dutch Master of the Golden Age. As usual she will be setting up on the morning of 23rd so the show will be open from the afternoon.

She will also have her range of greeting cards available for sale.

Please be aware that should you want to visit at the weekend, you will need a ticket for the fabulous Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival. On all other days access is free.

2020
QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS

Yum! Feast for the Eyes information2020 has been a year of challenges and this exhibition will be  your only opportunity to see Shelley’s work on show. She’s delighted to be back in The Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings – quite the loveliest of galleries set alongside the River Alde. As a Fringe Event of The Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival which, for this year due to COVID-19, will take the form of a weekend farmers’ market. For the past few years Yum! A Feast for the Eyes has been an incredibly popular event and she expects this year to be no different. She will be open from the afternoon of 24 September until the afternoon of 30 September and looks forward to welcoming you there!

2019
ART FAIR EAST, ST ANDREW’S HALL, NORWICH

Art Fair East logo

Shelley is delighted to be back at Art Fair East in St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich. As the Eastern Daily Press says, Art Fair East is “The foremost place to see and buy top quality contemporary art in the East of England”. I’d love to welcome you there from 29 November to 1 December 2019.

DARSHAM NURSERIES AND CAFÉ

Shelley’s flower photographs will once again be gracing the walls of the fabulous Darsham Nurseries and Café. She feels this is the perfect surroundings for her naturally lit flower still lifes. Her work was last shown there in 2017 and she still has people remembering seeing her photographs while enjoying a superb lunch. What a terrific combination! The photographs will be on show in the café and shop from 28 August until 6 October.


 
QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS

She’s delighted to be returning to the Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings for the week of 26 September to 2 October which includes the weekend of the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival as a Fringe Event. The exhibition “Yum! A Feast for the Eyes” is hugely popular and she’s looking forward to showing you some new work as well as favourites. The Quay Gallery is situated in a beautiful position on the edge of the River Alde at the entrance to the Snape Maltings complex. Her exhibition is free but those wanting to visit during the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival will have to buy an entry ticket to that event to gain entrance to her show. On all other days you can come and see her work completely for free!

 

 
ART FAIR EAST, ST ANDREWS HALL, NORWICH

I am returning to  Art Fair East in Norwich from 29 November to 1 December 2019 in the lovely St Andrews Hall. This is a gathering of artists and galleries from the East Anglian Region and beyond. It was great fun there last year and I was thrilled with the response to the visitors to the exhibition to my work. This is an important exhibition for the region and I’m delighted to be part of it


2018

2018 was a busy year!

THE ALDEBURGH GALLERY

Shelley is delighted to be back at The Aldeburgh Gallery with her Still Lifes. Entitled “Still Life and the Art of Slow Photography” it again features a mixture of traditional and modern takes on the genre of Still Life. Most of her photographs take many hours to compose and take but one of the exhibits took over two years to complete!

You will find a number of the exhibits in the Fine Art Photography  and the Flower Still Life sections of this web site. Don’t forget to also look at the image in the Slow Photography page which is an homage to the 17th century art of flower painting.

 

ART FAIR EAST, ST ANDREWS HALL, NORWICH

She is exhibiting for the first time at Art Fair East in Norwich from 30 November to 2 December 2018 in the lovely St Andrews Hall. This is a gathering of artists and galleries from the East Anglian Region and beyond. She’s really looking forward to showing her work to a wider audience and amongst other artists.


 
QUAY GALLERY, SNAPE MALTINGS

She’s delighted to be returning to the Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings for the week of 27 September to 3rd October which includes the weekend of the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival as a Fringe Event. The exhibition “Yum! A Feast for the Eyes” was hugely popular last year and she’s looking forward to showing you some new work as well as favourites that visitors always enjoy. The Quay Gallery is situated in a beautiful position on the edge of the River Alde at the entrance to the Snape Maltings complex. Her exhibition is free but those wanting to visit during the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival will have to buy an entry ticket to that event to gain entrance to my show. On all other days you can come and see her work completely for free!

 


GARAGE GALLERY, ALDEBURGH
CONTRAST: Landscapes and Still Life

contrast exhibition

A joint exhibition with Hugh de Las Casas – our first in many years! His beautiful local Landscape photographs will be a stunning contrast to my Still Lifes. It’s a lovely gallery in the centre of Aldeburgh, below the Peter Piers Gallery and on the way through to the beach. We will be there from 2-8 August 2018.

 


 
GIFFORDS HALL VINEYARD

Giffords Hall tasting room with one of my 2018 exhibitions

I’m thrilled to have been invited to show my work in the tasting room at the lovely Giffords Hall Vineyard. So visitors can sample delicious wines while looking at my photographs of food and flowers. It’s a lovely venue and my photographs are looking very much at home there. My Still Lifes will be showing in the tasting room from 1 July to 5 August 2018.

2017
ALDEBURGH FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL

For the first time I’m exhibiting at The Quay Gallery during the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival as a Fringe Event. The exhibition, “Yum! A Feast for the Eyes” is open 22-28 September which includes the Festival on 23-24 September. The gallery is in an ideal position on the edge of the Snape Maltings complex, overlooking the River Alde. I am so looking forward to being part of it.

The exhibition will include new works as well as some old favourites. I look forward to meeting you there!

DARSHAM NURSERIES AND CAFÉ

In early 2017 I was excited to be asked by David Keleel to create an exhibition my flower photographs at the lovely Darsham Nurseries and Café.

Mixing some existing photographs with newly created works, they look very much at home in the shop and café. As always, I use natural light to enhance the beauty of the blooms and photograph them in two very distinct styles. One is firmly rooted in the Dutch masters, while the other offers a simpler, more modern close up view of the flowers.

Running from 6 July to 1 August it is a new excursion for me and I’m thrilled with the result!

2016

Exhibition private view invite

In 2016 I was delighted to be back at The Aldeburgh Gallery with my exhibition of Still Lifes. Entitled “Still Life and the Art of Slow Photography” it featured a mixture of traditional and modern takes on the genre of Still Life. Most of my photographs take many hours to compose and take but one of the exhibits took over 15 months to complete!

Nature’s colours and textures are revealed as the focal point of my images. Drawing influences from the Dutch masters, re-interpretations and re-inventions of this style of work were evident. At the opposite end of the scale I showed, for the first time, a range of abstract images too. Running from 19 to 25 May 2016 it was a hugely successful show with many photographs travelling the world.

You will find a number of the exhibits in the Fine Art Photography section of this web site. Don’t forget to also look at the image in the Slow Photography page which is an homage to the 17th century art of flower painting.