You can’t miss The Yellow House! One of Brighton’s most popular houses has moved across the city to open in 2013. Born & bred Brighton artist Jehane Boden Spiers opens her new home this year with a stellar mix of professional artists from Brighton and across the UK. This will be the 8^th time that Jehane has curated ‘The Yellow House’and the 2013 show promises to be as popular as ever.

‘The Yellow House has Moved’ is open each weekend in May from 12 – 6pm and offers a sunny westerly garden (Sat/Sun 4/5, 11/12, 18/19, 25/26)

Juliet Bawden from Creative Salvage recently praised The Yellow House as being ‘one of the best craft events in the country’ and Arts correspondent William Cook recently interviewed Jehane for an article in The Spectator…watch this space!

Amongst the artists exhibiting at The Yellow House this year, make sure not to miss Paul Thurlby’s Alphabet prints from his book for Templar which recently won the highly prestigious Opera Prima award at Bologna Book fair.

Collected by many, Emma Brownjohn’s dreamy and atmospheric paintings will be transforming the front room in 2013

Also showing for the first time at The Yellow House is paper artist Helen Musselwhite whose inventive and cleverly detailed 3-D environments are reminiscent of childhood and the world of Lewis Carroll.

Ken Eardley’s ceramics are like gold dust! If you want to add to your collection, The Yellow House is the place to go to stock up on these highly collectable and desirable functional ceramics from jugs to cakestands.

An old favourite at The Yellow House - enter the magical world of sculptural ceramicist Jane Muir whose figures and ceramic animals offer a unique and humorous view of the world.

Angela Harding’s printmaking is a joy to see, her exquisite use of line to create lino-cuts and silk-screens are exhbitied across galleries nationally.

Jehane Boden Spiers will be showing a range of limited edition giclee prints and embroidered textiles as well as hosting and making sure all the Open House visitors are happy!

Last but not least, The Yellow House is offering an exclusive opportunity to see the work of Swiss ceramicist Natalie Pedetti Prack who has created a range of garden ceramics especially for the show, including especially commissed ceramic yellow houses!

Round the corner from the winner of Sustainable Pub of the Year in 2013 ‘The Preston Park Tavern’ and offers a whole range of culinary delights!

To see previous years at The Yellow House, click here

Watch out for the canary yellow bunting!

18th April 2013: It's time for our popular Behind the Scenes feature and this month we are focusing on the atmospheric and beautiful paintings and illustrations of Tiffany Lynch 

We have lots more images to show you in Tiffany's portfolio - not everything is on the website..

What's your favourite design/piece of work & why? My favourite painting to date is a recent one called ‘chasing rainbows’ 75 x 75 cm. I escaped the winter months through this painting using vibrate colour and spring time symbolism, in hope of capturing the magical realms of walks in the beauty of springtime!

What's been your best-selling design or piece of work to date?

My birdy poster for John Lewis is on of my favourite illustrations and currently the best selling in the John Lewis ‘House’ collection

Which part of the process do you like most? I love the process from beginning to end!

Which part do you like the least?! I enjoy all the ups and downs of creating art work!

What would your dream project be? To create a huge woodland range with all the different creatures and treasures through the seasons.

Who or what is your biggest source of inspiration? Nature

Which is your favourite Art House Licensing artist & why? I am drawn to Heather Flynn's work, i love her use of flat colour.

Which is your favourite Yellow House Art artist & why? (www.yellowhouseart.com – our closely associated online-gallery for buying original artworks) That’s a tricky question as Yellow House have some great artists! Paul Thurlby’s R is for Rabbit print would look great in my home!

Do you have your own work at home? Of course as I am work obsessed and like to study my paintings to see how I can improve my image making.

When designing your studio, what was the most important factor? Music mostly, it keeps me in the zone so I wear head phones as I like it loud. Working in a shared studio – Studio Greenhouse we all have very different tastes in music. I am a big fan of electronicia.

What's been your biggest mistake/cock-up?! My pricing of artwork has never been my forte. My painter pals always tell me I sell my work too cheaply but I want folks of my own age group to be able to purchase my work. With commission to add on, pricing is tricky for me.

What's on your drawing-board/ in your kiln / on your easel / etc. right now? Several canvas paintings on the go for my latest collection in the Brighton Open house festival at Milton House Park view Terrace Brighton.

What is the last book you read? Marks out of 10? Narcopolis Jeet Thairl 9 out of ten, I love novels set in India, brings back travel memories

What is the last exhibition you went to? Marks out of 10? Our Time in Ice- Onca Gallery Brighton

If you could own a masterpiece, what would it be? Yikes another tricky question - Cragie Aitchison ‘holy Island’

What’s your proudest achievement? Seeing my work at the R.A summer exhibition next to Cragie Aitchison was quite awesome, I was still a student at St. Martins at the time!

What’s been your biggest challenge? Being a muma and funding childcare for my working hours as professional artist, never enough hours in the day/night

Thanks Tiffany - it's great to gain insight into your diverse portfolio of work!

Paul’s work which will be familiar to so many from his award winning Alphabet book and his latest illustrations for the “Allez en Vacances” series of posters will feature on a variety of product from toys and home accessories to gift ware and stationery.

Launching in A/W 2013 with new products following in S/S 2014 and beyond, this retro modern range by Wild & Wolf will appeal to adults and children alike.

An ideal fit of artist and licensee, this collaboration is definitely one to watch out for and we can't wait to announce the first set of products to launch so watch this space!

You can buy limited edition prints of Paul Thurlby's Alphabet on our associated online gallery Yellow House Art

“With Paul Thurlby’s Alphabet, the author takes us back to the ABC books that were part of our childhood. First on account of the paper, finely squared, all the letters we read and write carefully framed within their confines. More especially, Thurlby – storyteller, collector and demiurge – invites us into his own alphabet world. He welcomes us into this typographical realm where whale meets owl and space is comfortably enclosed in a trapeze. This phantasmagoric universe is the real stuff of children’s dreams. It explains how, when they first learn the alphabet, children set off on a voyage into its secrets. Seeing the world through a child’s eyes, Thurlby knows that without those tiny squared sheets we risk not seeing life’s traffic lights.”

 

Well done to Paul and all at Templar - you deserve to wined & dined in Italy for this award!

What's your favourite design/piece of work & why? Difficult questions and it's only the first! Pass for now.

What's been your best-selling design or piece of work to date? Screen prints are still quite a new thing for me and the ability to sell lots of one design means 'Six lost owls' is probably the best selling piece. I have sold more original work though, especially my canvas sketch book series which have been great sellers in galleries and at art fairs.

Which part of the process do you like most? Probably the ideas stage, sketching out new and old characters. Having what seems like a great idea then soon after dismissing it as ridiculous.

Which part do you like the least?! Not having enough time to work up ideas or spilling drinks on a sketch and then not being able to do it again as well.

What would your dream project be? Working on a huge ad campaign for a major brand so everyone sees it and knows about it.

Who or what is your biggest source of inspiration? Everything around me, my partner, daughter, birds in a tree or something silly I see in the street.

Which is your favourite Art House Licensing artist & why? After having a browse I like the simplicity of Heather Flynn's work and the work of Luke James because he likes owls.

Which is your favourite Yellow House Art artist & why? (www.yellowhouseart.com – our associated site selling original artworks) – Jane Muir because she's the jedi master of ceramics and her pieces have a a quality you can't not love.

Do you have your own work at home? I have number 1 editions of 'Six lost owls' and 'Angels & other flying things' and various pieces in the studio. There is always so much DIY to do or we are getting ready for the next Artists' Open House so it's difficult creating a permanent display.

We are delighted to see greeting-card publisher Ling Design launch a multitude of our Fine Art images for their Christmas Charity Cards 2013 offering and the classically beautiful fine art range Galleria.

The images selected cover a huge range of Arts & Crafts including Stained Glass, Tapestry and Contemporary & Heritage paintings from Religious Subjects to Florals and Landscape.

We are proud to work with such a rich portfolio of images!