Paul Catherall for the London Transport Museum

LTM have very kindly allowed us to stock Paul’s very popular posters for his exhibition here at Castor & Pollux.

They are beautifully design in the tradition of the underground posters from the 1920s through to the 1960s.  At £9.95 each they are a steal!

Books from Julie Doucet

New exhibition poster – Julie Doucet

To accompany Julie’s linoprint exhibition, we have this amazing poster. £5 from the gallery or £7 inc. p&p. The bright lime green sets off Julie’s monochrome illustrations brilliantly!

Anita Klein – online gallery

As we have such amazing stock of brilliant prints from Anita Klein, we thought it was a great opportunity to show them all off here. Scroll down to see joy in the every day things with Anita and her family.

There is more information about the artist below. Anita Klein studied at chelsea and the slade schools of art. She is a fellow and past President of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and has work in many private and public collections in Europe, the USA and australia, including the arts council of great britain. Please contact us regarding any of these prints at castorandpolluxart@mac.com or on 01273 773776.

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Anita Klein – online gallery- updated 24 November

As we have such amazing stock of brilliant prints from Anita Klein, we thought it was a great opportunity to show them all off here. Scroll down to see joy in the every day things with Anita and her family. We also make sure we have a good stock of Anita’s ruder prints!

Anita Klein studied at chelsea and the slade schools of art. She is a fellow and past President of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and has work in many private and public collections in Europe, the USA and australia, including the arts council of Great Britain. Please contact us regarding any of these prints at castorandpolluxart@mac.com or on 01273 773776.

Andy Lovell – all prints in stock

We first met Andy Lovell at last years Brighton Art Fair, and he has quickly become one of our most popular artists. His exhibition here in wet November last year was very popular, and love for his work continues. What you see here is an online exhibition of the prints available in the gallery.

Borough Market, screen print, 520 x 370 mm, £ 330

Borough Market, screen print, 520 x 370 mm, £ 330

Observational drawing and painting act as the foundation of Andy Lovell’s work, imprinting memories from which he creates screenprints, lithographs and monoprints, exploring the layering of texture and colour.

Born in East London, Andy Lovell studied illustration at Liverpool School of Art & Design.

Please get in touch if there are any prints here that you are interested in. 01273 773776 or castorandpolluxart@mac.com

Mike’s saucy pots, NEW BATCH!

Flower jug

Flower jug £35

Mike Levy tableware

Mugs £20 each

We’re happy to announce that Mike’s been busy in the workshop and the fruits of his labours are now appearing on our shelves.

These saucy mugs are £20 each. Tiny tiles start at £1. The flower jug (140mm high) with lovers decoration is £35.

Now that the kiln is being fired every week we anticipate a regular supply!

The kiln ready to unload

The kiln ready to unload

Next show – Julie Doucet linocut illustrations

Coming up … linocut illustrations by Canadian graphic artist Julie Doucet.

Also featured in the bookshop will be Julie’s comics and graphic novels.

Click here to view the show online.

Paul Catherall – Lino prints

We are very excited to have Paul Catherall as one of our gallery artists.

Catherall’s architectural prints draw from 20th Century poster design and focus on structures that are part of the urban environment with a clean and sharp palette inspired by commercial art of the 1950′s and 1960′s Catherall depicts various well-known landmarks from London, New York and Brighton.

Catherall identifies the established and continually developing skylines of his locations, treated equally in measure.  Catherall displays an expert eye for composition and colour; and great draughtsmanship, achieving ultimately a delicate balance between classic commercial design and contemporary urban landscape. His linocuts have become synonymous with Transport for London and Tate Modern.

If you are interested in any of these prints, please phone 01273 773776, or email us.

Print exhibition – Julie Doucet – 23 April

Stella, I love you, lino print, 225 x 240 mm, £ 175

Here are some of the prints which will be on show in the gallery from 23 April.

You can find out more about the artist here.

Next Exhibition – Julie Doucet

We at Castor & Pollux are very pleased to announce our first exhibition in 2010. The sun has come out at last, and we are preparing for an show of lino cuts from Julie Doucet.

Opening on the 23 April, this small, but perfectly formed group of prints were made as illustrations for ‘Chroniques de New York’ by Jean-Francois Jouanne.

Born in 1965 in Montréal, Julie Doucet was educated at a girl Catholic school. Then she began Fine Arts studies, first at the CÉGEP du Vieux Montréal (the equivalent of junior college), later at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she completed a degree in printing arts. During her studies Julie Doucet took interest into drawing comics, and eventually devoted herself completely to that funny art form. Her comic book, Dirty Plotte began life as a photocopied fanzine. In it Doucet would document in french and in english her day to day life, her dreams, angsts, fantasies. The series was first published in 1991 by Drawn & Quarterly, in the comic book form. Shortly afterwards she won the prestigious Harvey Award for Best New Talent. She left for New York city, where she spent a year related in  ’My New York Diary’  In the 1990s, she abandoned the medium of comic books and went back to printing. Woodcuts, linocuts, silkscreen printing, followed by an abundant production of artist’s books. She took part in many group exhibitions and, finally, in 2006 she had her own solo exhibition of her print work at the galerie B-312. Julie Doucet now writes and makes collages. Mostly.

See more of her prints here.

Fanny Shorter – Tiny birds

Ms. Shorter explained that an exhibition she was showing in had a limit to the size of picture she could show. She then went on to select all the small birds that would fit, and made beautifully executed prints of these tiny birds-actual size.