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Sarah Gillespie & Amy-Jane Blackhall – National Portrait Gallery Acquisition
Sarah Gillespie – Mezzotint of an Eye. Mezzotint, 2022, 15.7 cm x 20.7 cm. Gifted 2023
Sarah Gillespie & Amy-Jane Blackhall
Enter the National Portrait Gallery – Permanent Collection
Artists Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Tristan Reid and Paul Kirkup were commissioned by Paul Cox, curator of the Reference Collection at the National Portrait Gallery, to contribute works on the theme of the ‘Process’.
Their contributions, (including Mezzontint of an Eye by Sarah Gillespie, pictured) have been acquired for the Permanent Collection of the National Portrait Gallery. They are currently on permanent display in Gallery 11 of the National Portrait Gallery and online as part of the National Portrait Gallery’s educational programme.
In a lovely addition to this story, the contributors, printmakers Amy-Jane Blackhall and Paul Kirkup both worked as printmakers at 107 Workshop, Melksham, with the late master printer Jack Shirreff.
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Sarah Gillespie will present a new exhibition with Rabley Gallery from June 1st, 2024.
View available works by Sarah Gillespie
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Amy-Jane Blackhall is one of Rabley Gallery’s feature artists at the upcoming Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Detail of Sarah Gillespie’s original copper Mezzotint plate and tools for her recent commission for the National Portrait Gallery.
Opening Night of Making an Impression: Prints in Room 11, National Portrait Gallery. Featuring Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Paul Kirkup & Tristan Reid.
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“The new galleries are stunning and it is a great honour to have been able to help them in this way.” – Sarah Gillespie
Mezzotint Plate Size 17.5 x 12.5cm / 7 x 5ins Paper size 32 x 25cm / 12.5 x 10ins Printed on a warm black in on 370sgm Arches Moulin du Gué paper Edition 25
Mezzotint, Paper size 43 x 43cm, Printed to the edge on Arches Moulin du Gue paper, Edition 20, Published 2023
2023
Photopolymer Gravure
Plate size 16 x 9cm, Paper size 25.5 x 18cm
Kozo paper
Edition 25
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 30 x 30 cms (11.81 x 11.81 ins)
Edition of 15
Published 2020
Mezzotint (blue black ink). Printed on Arches Moulin du Gué. Plate size: 12.5cm x 17.5cm. Edition 20. 2022.
(2024) Photopolymer Gravure with Chine-collé, Printed on Kozo paper, Paper 65 x 47.5cm, Plate 47 x 35cm, Edition 30
Mezzotint, Paper Size: 23 x 23 cm, Plate size 17.5 x 17.5cm, Edition of 20, Published 2021
Mezzotint, Plate 40 x 40cm, Paper 51.5 x 50cm, Edition 25, Published 2025
Mezzotint, Paper 51.5 x 50 cm, Plate 40 x 40 cm, Edition 30, Unframed
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 46.50 x 46.50 cms (18.31 x 18.31 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2021
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: Paper 57 x 57cm
Edition of 20
Published 2019
2023
Photopolymer Gravure
Plate size 16 x 9cm, Paper size 25.5 x 18cm
Kozo paper
Edition 25
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Golder-Thompson and Sadie Tierney
An Autumn morning at Rabley Gallery with Mark Golder and Brian Thompson viewing wonderful prints by Sadie Tierney RCA.
Oct
Birded and Eyed – Sarah Gillespie
New mezzotints by Sarah Gillespie, a signed hardback publication and a solo exhibition at Kestle Barton, Cornwall. A limited number of signed books are available as a gift to collectors.
Jul