Mark Nelson at the Storey Gallery

I was invited to the Storey Gallery for a exhibition opening " A Northern View" by Mark Nelson a urban artist.

 The decoration inside the Storey Gallery.

 This is another image from the stairs leading to the main gallery.

 Photograph of Mark Nelson's  pictures hanging in the gallery.

 This is one of the many paintings in the exhibition.

One his many portrait/ caricature face paintings.

 I've not heard of Mark Nelson before, so I was quite intrigued, and went to see his work. His work was very much of the samey with the towns and landscapes. Some of the paintings were of actual places of Lancaster and surrounding areas, others of Liverpool, Ribble Valley but some of them were a figment of his imagination. The face paintings were something different, not like real people more of caricature image I think some were actual people as the paintings had a name!  The pictures were very vibrant and I can see they will be good, commercial art. I personally wouldn't want one hanging on my wall, but that's is my opinion. I did notice there was a younger element of non artists at the opening and hardly any of the Lancaster artists who usually attend these exhibitions openings !

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As I was getting ready to leave the Storey Gallery I noticed an exhibition of  contemporary digital art by Neil Eckersley entitled " City skyscrapers and Feelings of the Soul". Contemporary digital artwork on  his iPad.

 New York skyscrapers.

 I thought these digital works were very playful and quite liked them. I know a few people that do digital art on their iPads. My partner he uses his iPad to draw local musicians playing their instruments in the Lancaster area. Of course, it was David Hockney who first made digital art created on the iPad respectable and not something just to doodle on.

 The Storey Gallery is a hub of activity where local artist's work is shown.
The tourist information is situated in the same building. Also there is a
very nice cafe and restaurant, which is  actually called Nice where they
serve very nice cakes, snacks and meals including gluten-free goodies much
to my deligh.