The Walnut Gallery

Contemporary Art · Poundbury

Exhibitions

A curated programme of exhibitions running from February to December, with new work on the walls every few weeks.

Now showing

Autumn Exhibition — Contemporary Local Art

11 September – 16 October 2026

Four artists new to the gallery this autumn — Colin Willey, Vicky Finding, Morgan Willey and Roy Winstanley — showing alongside new work from Erica Fairhurst, Charlotte Miller and Diana Parker.

Colin Willey

Oil · painted outdoors

Dorset's big skies and dramatic light, in the tradition of British landscape painting. His work is held in the permanent collections of the House of Lords and HRH Princess Anne.

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Vicky Finding

Coast and landscape

Dorset cliffs and beaches, and sailing waters further afield, painted with colour, emotion and movement. Exhibiting since 1998, from St Ives to Cork Street.

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Morgan Willey

Oil · light, colour and texture

Rugged cliffs and sweeping beaches, often painted outdoors in whatever the sky is doing. Named Abstract/Experimental Artist of the Year by the SAA in 2025.

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Roy Winstanley

Acrylic and watercolour

Weymouth-based, painting from a wide range of interests and memories, full of colour and nostalgia. First Chair of Dorset Art Weeks, and exhibited with the Royal Watercolour Society.

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Cloudy Day and Golden Cap — oil on canvas by Colin Willey, a heavy cumulus sky over Golden Cap with surf breaking onto an ochre beach

Colin Willey

Cloudy Day and Golden Cap

Oil on canvas · 90 × 90 cm

View across Constantine Bay — oil on canvas by Colin Willey, a broad Cornish beach of wet ochre sand and dark rocks below a green headland and a tall cumulus sky

Colin Willey

View across Constantine Bay

Oil on canvas · 91 × 122 cm

Crevasses of Imagination — oil on canvas by Vicky Finding, a high pale sky streaked with cloud over a dark broken shoreline in blues, greys and ochre

Vicky Finding

Crevasses of Imagination

Framed oil on canvas · 30 × 25 cm

Tide Recedes — oil on canvas by Vicky Finding, a wide beach at low tide in ochre and grey, pale pools catching the light under a heavy sky

Vicky Finding

Tide Recedes

Oil on canvas · 61 × 61 cm

Ancient Hills — framed watercolour by Vicky Finding, a wash of blue and grey hills with a seam of crimson, gold and green breaking across the middle

Vicky Finding

Ancient Hills

Framed watercolour · 67 × 33 cm

Low Tide Looking Out To Sea — oil on canvas by Morgan Willey, a wide blue sky of loose cloud over a low horizon, green weed showing through the shallows at low tide

Morgan Willey

Low Tide Looking Out To Sea

Framed oil on canvas · 32 × 32 cm

Sunset Looking Towards Lyme Regis — oil on canvas by Morgan Willey, a gold and grey sunset above a dark headland, surf breaking onto a brown shingle beach

Morgan Willey

Sunset Looking Towards Lyme Regis

Framed oil on canvas · 25 × 30 cm

Estuary — acrylic on canvas by Roy Winstanley, a wide textured sky of purple, grey and rose over a thin pale band of water and dark mudflats

Roy Winstanley

Estuary

Framed acrylic on canvas · 77 × 108 cm

Out to Sea to Portland — acrylic on canvas by Roy Winstanley, a road curving between blue and gold hills towards the sea, Portland a dark shape on the horizon under a banded blue sky

Roy Winstanley

Out to Sea to Portland

Framed acrylic on canvas · 72 × 72 cm

Wetlands — acrylic by Roy Winstanley, a sky of crimson, rust and turquoise breaking through dark cloud above a low strip of water

Roy Winstanley

Wetlands

Framed acrylic · 42 × 42 cm

Blackthorn Blossom — acrylic on canvas by Erica Fairhurst, white blossom scattered along dark branches across a dense field of turquoise, pink and yellow

Erica Fairhurst

Blackthorn Blossom

Framed acrylic on canvas

The Dolomites — acrylic on canvas by Erica Fairhurst, jagged blue-grey peaks under a pale apricot sky, laid on in thick palette-knife strokes

Erica Fairhurst

The Dolomites

Framed acrylic on canvas

Cliff Walk, Hot Summer — oil on canvas by Charlotte Miller, a chalk headland above a pale blue sea, a sandy path running up through ochre and pink grasses

Charlotte Miller

Cliff Walk, Hot Summer

Oil on canvas, tray frame · 40 × 40 cm

Dusk, Late Autumn — mixed media by Charlotte Miller, a small white cottage alone on open heathland, the foreground worked in pink, blue and cream below a distant band of sea

Charlotte Miller

Dusk, Late Autumn

Mixed media, tray frame · 40 × 40 cm

Hand-thrown bowls by Diana Parker — three nested bowls with wavy rims, their outsides carved with concentric blue sgraffito discs on cream, on a bare wooden bench

Diana Parker

Hand-thrown bowls

Porcelain and stoneware · custom glazes and sgraffito

Next exhibition

Winter Glow — Local and National Art

2 November – 20 December 2026

Five artists new to the winter show — Laura Kedzlie, Ed Marriott, Stephen Calver, Sue Fawthrop and Mala Hassett — with new work from Vicky Finding, Colin Willey, Morgan Willey and Victor Krause.

Expressive cloud paintings and seascapes, semi-abstract Dorset coastline, plein air oils, and richly layered colour drawn from Indian textiles and Dorset geology.

Autumn Heath — oil by Stephen Calver, a heath in ochre and rust below a soft blue-grey sky, a dark line of scrub across the middle distance

Stephen Calver

Autumn Heath

Oil · 40 × 30 cm

South Beach — oil on board by Stephen Calver, a pale estuary under a heavy grey sky with rust and ochre saltmarsh along the far shore

Stephen Calver

South Beach

Oil on board · 43 × 31 cm

Chesil 2, Abbotsbury to Portland — mixed media by Mala Hassett, the shingle bank as a patchwork of coloured squares running diagonally to a pale sea and a low headland

Mala Hassett

Chesil 2, Abbotsbury to Portland

Mixed media

Chesil 3, Abbotsbury to Lyme Regis — mixed media by Mala Hassett, a pale mottled shingle bank sloping to a turquoise sea and a dark line of coast under a clear sky

Mala Hassett

Chesil 3, Abbotsbury to Lyme Regis

Mixed media

Previous exhibitions

Four Artists — High Summer

11 July – 29 August 2026

Original artwork by local artists inspired by the colours, light and beauty of summer. Featuring expressive seascapes and abstract landscapes by Stella Bawden-Hollis, vibrant pastel and acrylic works by Judy Tate, atmospheric oil paintings and semi-abstract landscapes by Rebecca Guyett, and beautiful contemporary oil paintings of the Jurassic Coast and Cornwall by Caz Scott.

Mossy Shore — mixed media on canvas by Stella Bawden-Hollis, a pale shoreline abstract in greys, black and white with orange triangular loops and touches of turquoise

Stella Bawden-Hollis

Mossy Shore

Mixed media on canvas · 70 × 70 cm

You Have Come a Long Way — oil on board by Stella Bawden-Hollis, a dark curved headland scratched with pale lines beneath washed blue-grey water and sky

Stella Bawden-Hollis

You Have Come a Long Way

Oil on board, white floating frame · 33 × 33 cm

As I See It — acrylic on canvas by Judy Tate, irises, poppies and alliums massed in purple, pink and yellow

Judy Tate

As I See It

Acrylic on canvas · 50 × 50 cm

Blooming Lovely — soft pastel by Judy Tate, purple and magenta blooms against pale foliage

Judy Tate

Blooming Lovely

Soft pastel · 30 × 30 cm

Sunset Rooftops, Poundbury — oil on canvas by Rebecca Guyett, Poundbury rooftops under a gold and grey evening sky

Rebecca Guyett

Sunset Rooftops, Poundbury

Oil on canvas · 73 × 73 cm

Sky Blue Pink Over Bowleaze — painting by Rebecca Guyett, a wide sky over the shoreline at Bowleaze in blue, pink and gold

Rebecca Guyett

Sky Blue Pink Over Bowleaze

84 × 64.5 cm

Chalk Stacks, Ballard Down — framed oil painting by Caz Scott, chalk sea stacks and cliff in blocks of white and grey above a turquoise sea

Caz Scott

Chalk Stacks, Ballard Down

Framed oil painting · 50 × 50 cm

Durdle Door V — framed oil on canvas by Caz Scott, the Durdle Door arch and the green headland above it in flat blocks of green, chalk white and blue

Caz Scott

Durdle Door V

Framed oil on canvas · 40 × 30 cm

Moods of Colour

22 May – 26 June 2026

Moods of Colour explored the energy, emotion and beauty of colour through an inspiring collection of contemporary artworks from the talented featured artists Janet Massey, Michelle McCullagh, Erica Fairhurst, Charlotte Miller, Paul Cleden, John Boyd, Diana Parker and Victor Krause.

The Moods of Colour hang at The Walnut Gallery — large animal paintings by Michelle McCullagh above a pine bench piled with Moroccan kilim cushions
Moods of Colour, on the walls
To Get Away — oil on board by Michelle McCullagh

Michelle McCullagh

To Get Away

Oil on board · 130 × 117 cm

The Morning Blushes — framed oil painting by Janet Massey

Janet Massey

The Morning Blushes

Framed oil painting · 97 × 97 cm

Gorse, Cliff Walk — oil on canvas by Charlotte Miller

Charlotte Miller

Gorse, Cliff Walk

Oil on canvas · 40 × 40 cm

Puncknowle — framed oil painting by John Boyd

John Boyd

Puncknowle

Framed oil painting · 62 × 62 cm

Scorched Ash — handcrafted wooden bowl by Victor Krause

Victor Krause

Scorched Ash

Wooden bowl

Olympic Swimmers — framed lino print by Paul Cleden

Paul Cleden

Olympic Swimmers

Framed lino print · 30 × 45 cm

Durdle Door — framed acrylic on canvas by Erica Fairhurst

Erica Fairhurst

Durdle Door

Framed acrylic on canvas · 140 × 120 cm

Olwen — oil on linen by Michelle McCullagh, a pale flamingo curving its neck against a ground of green and blue

Michelle McCullagh

Olwen

Oil on linen · 100 × 130 cm

Shady Tree, Royal Park — framed oil painting by Janet Massey, a stand of autumn trees above a pale lake broken into flecks of cream, pink and green

Janet Massey

Shady Tree, Royal Park

Framed oil painting · 97 × 97 cm

Blue Jug and Blossom — framed oil on board by Charlotte Miller, a pale blue jug and a black vase of thin blossom branches against dark and grey-green panels above a yellow table

Charlotte Miller

Blue Jug and Blossom

Framed oil on board

Burton Cliff — framed oil on board by John Boyd, a heavy dark sky over a green headland and white farm buildings, gulls above a stubbled foreground

John Boyd

Burton Cliff

Framed oil on board

Burst of Hazel — framed wood art by Victor Krause, a disc of end-cut hazel rounds in pink, red and pale wood tones mounted on a grey-green ground

Victor Krause

Burst of Hazel

Framed wood art

Racing Shadows — framed lino print by Paul Cleden, a mass of cyclists in teal, orange and cream, bodies and wheels overlapping into one sweep of movement

Paul Cleden

Racing Shadows

Framed lino print

Snowdrops in a Pot — framed acrylic by Erica Fairhurst, white snowdrops in a glass jar against a mottled mauve ground, laid on thickly

Erica Fairhurst

Snowdrops in a Pot

Framed acrylic · 30 × 40 cm

Hand-painted Fish and Flower Jugs by Diana Parker — two hand-thrown porcelain jugs on a dark table, one painted with blue fish, the other with yellow, orange and blue flowers

Diana Parker

Hand-painted Fish and Flower Jugs

Hand-thrown porcelain

Opening Exhibition

March – April 2026

A collection of local artists featured their works to celebrate the official opening of The Walnut Gallery. Showcasing the artworks of John Boyd, Erica Fairhurst, Paul Cleden, Caz Scott, Victor Krause, Rebecca Guyett, Sue Fawthrop, Judy Tate, Liz Wright, Reba Bawden, Sharon Oliver and kilim cushions from the Curated Nomad.

Poundbury — framed original pastel by Judy Tate, a vase of roses, delphiniums and hydrangeas in orange, pink and blue, with Poundbury's domed rotunda and pale classical facades softened behind

Judy Tate

Poundbury

Framed original pastel

Hand-thrown stoneware vase by Reba Bawden — a round white vase holding two white peonies against a pale grey ground

Reba Bawden

Hand-thrown vase

Stoneware

Two Tone Bud Vase by Sharon Oliver — a small hand-thrown vase glazed green over deep blue-black, holding five dried poppy seed heads, on a pale wooden table

Sharon Oliver

Two Tone Bud Vase

Stoneware · hand-thrown, glazed and fired

Film in Colour — screenprint and acrylic on canvas by Rebecca Guyett, vertical bands of yellow, red, blue and grey like a strip of film, in an integral ash frame

Rebecca Guyett

Film in Colour

Screenprint and acrylic on canvas · 70 × 70 cm

The Cobb — framed oil on board by John Boyd, fishing boats grounded on the mud inside the Cobb at Lyme Regis under a wide grey sky

John Boyd

The Cobb

Framed oil on board · 144 × 75 cm

Winter Light — framed acrylic by Erica Fairhurst, a ploughed field in pink, gold and dark green stripes running to a low horizon under a streaked sky

Erica Fairhurst

Winter Light

Framed acrylic · 100 × 100 cm

On the Edge — framed original lino print by Paul Cleden, a skier in red cutting across a swirl of pale green and cream

Paul Cleden

On the Edge

Framed original lino print

Last Light, Okeford Fitzpaine — oil painting by Sue Fawthrop, a lane curving past a white cottage and bare winter trees under a grey sky

Sue Fawthrop

Last Light, Okeford Fitzpaine

Oil · 15 × 15 cm, framed 31 × 31 cm

Cove Cottages and Shored Boats — limited edition print by Liz Wright, clinker boats drawn up on a shingle beach below chalk cliffs and a row of cottages

Liz Wright

Cove Cottages and Shored Boats

Limited edition print

Berber kilim cushions from the Curated Nomad — vintage handwoven wool cushions in pink, red, green and cream stripes and diamonds, ranged along a pine bench in the gallery

Curated Nomad

Berber kilim cushions

Vintage handwoven wool

Our programme

The Walnut Gallery runs a curated programme of Featured Artists and solo exhibitions from February to December each year, with opportunities to meet our artists in residence. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for new Featured Artists and what's coming next.

Between exhibitions

Work by our regular exhibitors is here year-round, whether or not their names are on the current show. Enquiries, viewings and requests for particular pieces, or an artist you would like to meet, are always welcome — please get in touch.

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