There is one week left to see our exhibition Idylls of the Field @lemonstgallery set in the ancient village of Withiel in the heart of Cornwall. Curating the dialogue between each other’s work after months of back and forth conversations in the studio together is the best part of any exhibition we get to be a part of. “The conversation between both artists’ works as they meander through the gallery space come together to challenge the viewer’s perspective on the true realities of our contemporary rural environment; with the intensity of hand stitching closing in around the centred rural idyll in Booth’s works, and the dark scarring evident in one of Bainbridge’s vessels produced from the presence of barbed wire engulfed by a tree that once straddled an invisible boundary ...” - extract from essay by @ourisles. Idylls of the Field 13 Aug - 24 Sept open by appointment @lemonstgallery Withiel, Cornwall For further details about the works, enquiries can be made to [email protected] #expandedpainting #textilepainting #textileart #textileartist #quilt #patchwork #handquilt #handstitch #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #environmentalart #earthpigments #materialhistories #abstractart #sculptor #woodartist #wood #fineart #sculpture #art #woodsculpture #craft #woodturning #visualart #artdaily #contemporarysculpture #contemporarycraft #forestandfound #abigailbooth #maxbainbridge