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14
January
2015

Art for Valentines Day

With Valentines Day not far away we have put together some tempting ideas from which to choose that perfect and memorable gift. Why not surprise with a truly special piece of contemporary art by Martyn Brewster ? Or perhaps a fabulous sculpture from Ingrid Sterling ? We have a great range of Jewellery including Jo Vane & Jane Adam – along with beautiful soaps by Caroline Rothschild. Come and be inspired at Coastal Gallery !

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January
2015

Happy New Year !

Firstly a very Happy New Year to you and every good wish for 2015. January is often a month for new plans and projects including home decoration and interior design – including a fresh appraisal of art or sculpture to inspire a new look or feel to your home. We have plenty of new arrivals from all our artists and designers so do come and visit us soon for some fresh ideas !

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December
2014

Art & Colour at Christmas

Plenty of new arrivals ready to inspire you for Christmas – including new work by Claire Wiltsher, Mike Turner, Will Rochfort, Claire Gill and Ingrid Sterling. Complemented by our increasing selection of art and design gift ideas we really do have an interesting and eclectic collection of work at Coastal Gallery – so do pop in and add some colour to Christmas this year with a wonderful new painting or sculpture !

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December
2014

More gift ideas for Christmas

Christmas will be upon us all next week – so here is a round up for those with gifts still to buy or ideas to inspire ! For the home, why not choose one of our fragrant room diffusers or scented candles by The Spitalfields Candle Company ? These are priced from £10.50 – £29.50 with lots of really lovely scents to choose from….. Alternatively we have fabulous jewellery from Jo Vane, Jane Adam and Lucille Scott – all one-off’s and unique. New arrivals this week include Claire Wiltsher seascapes and beautiful wood sculpture from Nicola Henshaw. Come and see all these ideas and more at Coastal Gallery !

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December
2014

Caroline de Rothschild soaps and other Christmas gift ideas

The Rothschild family is usually associated with banking and winemaking…….but now you can buy the most gorgeous handmade soaps by Caroline de Rothschild, made locally by Caroline at Exbury and now available at Coastal Gallery Lymington. Only the finest natural essential oils are used to provide the perfume and they are devoid of horrid chemicals ! Choose from a selection of handpicked ladies soaps in a white rope handled bag or a bag of 4 ‘Blokes soaps’ in a styling chocolate brown bag – both priced at £16.

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December
2014

MORE GIFT IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS

This week we have received work from a talented new artist – Lucille Scott – who is a lady blacksmith and sculptor working in copper . We have two wonderful copper and glass ‘wave’ sculptures which are exclusive to Coastal Gallery and priced at £345. Lucille has also designed a bold and intriguing collection of jewellery including copper wrist cuffs priced from £65 which are also exclusive to Coastal Gallery. Other gift ideas include studio pottery from David Rogers from £30, cashmere scarves from Gohar Goddard at £125 and both candles and room diffusers from The Spitalfields Candle Company.

02
December
2014

THE PIRHANA & THE BULL

All change today with the arrival of the PIRHANA by Mike Turner – this fabulous steel sculpture is now in our window awaiting Christmas. We have also featured sculpture in our other window and now have The BULL by Ingrid Sterling – complete with perspex horns ! Keep an eye on our facebook and twitter feeds for images of these to exceptional pieces. Other changes this week include a series of new limited edition photomontage prints by Claire Gill and beautiful ceramic bowls by Jackie Giron – perfect for a Christmas gift !

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November
2014

Christmas Gift Ideas

With Christmas shopping now in mind we thought it useful to include regular blog postings about art inspired gift ideas for Christmas. All tastes and budgets are taken into account and so here is our first ‘Christmas shopping list’ ! £29.50 – Room Diffuser by The Spitalfields Candle Company in Orange & Clove £195 – Large ceramic bowl by Jackie Giron – beautifully hand crafted and individual £2950 – Female Torso Sculpture in polished steel by Ingrid Sterling We are full with exciting new arrivals so come along and have a look for your art-inspired gifts !

20
November
2014

New Arrivals & Christmas Shopping

We are delighted with the latest arrivals from Ingrid Sterling – two fabulous perspex wall sculptures – you can see these featured on both our Facebook & Twitter feeds. Priced at £2500 each these will create a truly contemporary feel to you home and focal point for any room ! A new artist from France has also been introduced – Jean-Paul Checinski – JP’s work is vibrant and full of joie de vie ! Thank you to JP’s sister Francine Corbin for introducing his work to us. Our Christmas Preview & shopping days are next week – Tuesday 25th November and Friday 28th November – do pop in if you can and be inspired by all our artistic ideas for you !

14
November
2014

Martyn Brewster & Mike Turner Visits

We welcome new work this week by Martyn Brewster and Mike Turner and thank both artists for visiting Coastal Gallery to spend time with us talking about exciting new projects and ideas. Mike has delivered ‘The Wasp’ to us which you can see images of on our Facebook page – what an impressive sculpture this is ! Do come and have a look – it will be at equally at home indoors or outside as a beautiful garden sculpture. Martyn Brewster visited today with further copies of his book – along with some really special new paintings he used as the inspiration behind some larger pieces he is working on in his studio. We will be visiting Martyn in his studio soon to select some further work for us and discuss new projects.