The Old Brick Workshop is home to Wellington's very own Contemporary Art Gallery

The Gallery was launched in October 2015 as venue No. 1 for Somerset Arts Weeks Festival.
It was host to 13 contemporary artists and attracted over 800 visitors to its inaugural event.

A full program of exhibitions have been hosted throughout the following nine years. Shows that were modern, thought provoking and diverse. We're looking forward to bringing artists and the community together for many more exhibitions and events in the coming year.

DRAWN TO THE SEA

18 October - 1 November 2025

Open Daily 10am - 3pm

MEET THE ARTISTS
Saturday 18 & 25 
10am - 12pm

Drawn to the Sea - an exhibition featuring three artists each fascinated by the changing moods of the sea and seeking to capture a connection, reflect the atmosphere at a specific time and season, and identify what it feels like to be there.Each artist has a different approach but all have a deep involvement and affinity with the sea as a living, breathing, moving entity.

Bev Purdue:

I am a mixed media landscape painter and art tutor who lives and works in Wellington, Somerset. My current series of paintings are inspired by coastal areas in the South West of England where fleeting light and ethereal shapes and patterns can manifest unexpectedly. I sometimes pour paint to allow the unintentional to surprise and inspire me and other times I use oil paints and cold wax medium, depending on the outcome I want to achieve.

Please feel free to contact me about any of my art or about holding workshops in your area. I am also happy to accept commissions.

M: 07855 545 090

Website: www.bevpurduefineart.com

Instagram: @bevpurduefineartist Email: bevpurdue7@hotmail.com

Joanna Commings:

My father was an artist and I have been painting and drawing all my life. Not a fan of trying to paint outdoors in our climate, my working practice is to go out and sketch, using charcoal, pencil or oil pastels, and take many panoramic photos of my subject, from which I will work up my paintings in comfort back in the studio. I work in acrylics, which I love for their versatility, almost always on canvas. What inspires me is the natural landscape, the effects of sunlight through foliage, clouds, reflections or movement of water, effects of season and weather. I spent many years living on the North Cornish coast and still return there to inspire my work. Living in Somerset I am lucky to have a great variety of natural landscape to explore, from canals and rivers to woods and moorland, as well as easy access to the coasts of both north and south Devon – all rich and endless sources of inspiration. My work is exhibited at galleries in London, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset, and Hampshire.

I accept commissions, both for landscape and portraiture.

Email: info@joannacommings.co.uk 

Website: www.joannacommings.co.uk 

Instagram: joannacommings

Margaret Micklewright:

I was brought up on the beautiful Isle of Arran in Scotland, this gave me a great love of the sea and landscape and developed a rounded and extensive approach to my work at Gray’s in Aberdeen. A more expressive practice grew and as my use of ink became more prevalent, I relished its mark making opportunities. I continue to use oil paint indulging in its luscious qualities. My work has always involved the sea, relying on knowledge from my island living to visiting and enjoying Cornwall and other Scottish islands. A recent visit to Shetland encouraged me to become more gestural and the relationship between rocks and sea is at the heart of my work, en plein air work has helped to develop this further. I will always love the sea and especially to create work which reflects my feelings about it.

www.margaretmicklewright.com

mhmicklewright@gmail.com

07967117814

The Gallery is now available to hire for exhibitions and events. Please contact Alison on 07989 465427 or email alison@theoldbrickworkshop.com for details.