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A perfect pair: Art and beer come together following The Harley Open Exhibition

Jane Hindmarch’s painting “Redhill Lodge Gardens with Sculpture and Mound” is the winner of the Welbeck Abbey Brewery Prize at this years’ Harley Open Exhibition.

It is now featured on Welbeck Abbey Brewery’s limited-edition label ale “Redhill”, available exclusively at the Welbeck Farm Shop (which you might recognise from Channel 5’s recent programme ‘Britain’s Poshest Farm Shops’).

Welbeck Abbey Brewery’s Founder and General Manager Clare Monk selected this years’ prize-winner. She said “I’m always impressed by the quality and imagination on show in The Harley Open, and it was a very difficult choice this year. I chose Jane Hindmarch’s painting “Redhill Lodge Gardens with Sculpture and Mound” as my winner as it reflects the use of botanicals in our beers, and I love the colour and vibrancy of the artwork.”

The Harley Open is an art competition which takes place at The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, every two years. It’s open to anyone within 100 miles of the gallery, and the resulting exhibition is an impressive snapshot of creative talent in the region. This year, it received over 750 entries, with 130 artworks being selected for the final exhibition.

The Harley Open Exhibition is on show until 23rd October and is open 6 days a week. The competition also awarded The Harley Prize, a £2000 prize which was jointly awarded to painter Millie Welburn-Cowell and glass maker Verity Pulford. Votes for The People’s Prize, sponsored by Welbeck Estates Company, can be cast until the end of the exhibition. Visit www.harleygallery.co.uk to vote.

Welbeck Abbey Brewery was set up on the historic Welbeck estate in 2011. The award-winning microbrewery makes four core beers, with a changing menu of specials. Two of their core ales were recently awarded stars in the Great Taste Awards, the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme.

Jane Hindmarch is a multidisciplinary artist based in Stamford, Lincolnshire. She specialises in painting, drawing and metal sculpture inspired by the natural world, has won numerous awards, and her work is in collections at Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot Watt University, Clare Hall College Cambridge and Cambridgeshire County Council.

- The Harley Open Exhibition is on show until 23 October 2022.

- The exhibition is free to enter and there is a large, free car park.

- The Harley Gallery and Foundation is on the Welbeck estate, on the A60 south of Worksop. It is 15 minutes from both the A1 and M1.

- The Welbeck Abbey Brewery Open Exhibition limited edition beer is now available at Welbeck Farm Shop.

- Welbeck Farm Shop is located next door to The Harley Gallery, in The Courtyard at Welbeck.

www.harleygallery.co.uk

Notes to editors

For further information about this news release, please contact :
Rebecca Hardy at The Harley Gallery e: rhardy@harleygallery.co.uk t: 01909501700

The Harley Foundation
The Harley Foundation is a charitable trust which supports the visual arts and crafts. It has created award-winning visitor attractions, a community of artist’s studios, and a vibrant event and education programme on the historic Welbeck estate.

Visitor attractions include the award-winning Harley Gallery, which shows contemporary exhibitions and The Portland Collection, a museum showing the art collection created by the Dukes of Portland and their families over 400 years.

The art spaces are accompanied by the gallery shop specialising in contemporary craft from leading names and emerging makers. Visitors can also enjoy an Art Trail through the Welbeck countryside, family activities, and an events programme that includes Harley Open Studios, Makers Club and a monthly programme of talks.

Free entry. Free parking. See www.harleygallery.co.uk for opening hours and current exhibitions.

Welbeck Abbey Brewery

Welbeck is one of the great traditional landed estates bordering Sherwood Forest. It is home to an artisan village, producing specialist foods and crafts in a beautiful rural setting.

General Manager and brewer, Claire Monk, established our microbrewery in 2011. It’s housed in a beautiful, listed barn at the heart of this community, and has steadily grown in size to meet the demand for good local beer. We also have some fabulous neighbours in adjacent barns, including a coffee roaster, chocolatier and bakery. All our products can be found at the Welbeck Farm shop in the Welbeck Courtyard.

The two guiding principles which underpin our brewery are to produce the best quality beer in the market and provide our customers with exemplary service every time. Our head brewer, James, brews 15,000 pints a week which we supply into pubs, restaurants and specialist bottle beer shops within a 35-mile radius.

You won’t see our bottles in supermarkets as we believe that our top-quality, hand-crafted ales should only be available in outlets which pride themselves on sourcing the best quality, locally produced beers.

We are based at the centre of a historic estate which is rich with stories and characters from centuries past. Originally a monastic residence established in 1153, it has evolved to become a stately home which was the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Portland. After a spell as an Army training college, it’s now reverted back to a private residence for descendants of the Cavendish-Bentick family who held the title of ‘Portland’ for centuries. Although much of the estate is private, we are able to bring Welbeck’s tales, heroes, and heroines to light using our beer names and illustrations.

https://www.welbeckabbeybrewery.co.uk/

Jane Hindmarch

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Stamford Lincolnshire UK.

I studied at Edinburgh College of Art and specialise in painting, drawing and metal sculpture inspired by the natural world.

My work explores mood and emotion evoked and informed by observations of natural phenomena.

Through direct observational drawing I take time to engage with nature, noticing the transient changes taking place during the seasons as the climate alters throughout the year. I am interested not only in how we connect with nature but also how we see ourselves reflected in it.

In the natural world I find a haven to reflect on existence, soaking up the weather, light, colours and sounds. I see lifecycles taking place throughout the year in times of new growth, blossom, and decay. There are times of dynamic energy and times of quiet dormancy, inevitable decay and vibrant celebrations. The paintings and sculptures I make express my own inner landscape as much as that which I experience around me.

I am deeply concerned by the current and impending climate crisis and awareness of this situation is inherent in all my work.

My work process begins by making drawings and paintings outdoors and in wild environments. These pieces aim to realise personal perceptions as well as recording accurate information; expressed through colour, tone, texture, pattern and form.

In later stages of the creative process, I develop these elements into paintings in oil or acrylic on board or canvas and into metal sculpture.

https://janehindmarchart.com/