The Gallery

The Gallery’s aim is to provide a selling exhibition space for contemporary art, within a rural setting, and to make art easily accessible to the local community.

The intention is to begin each new exhibition with a *launch party (sign up to my newsletter to receive notifications for these).During exhibitions, The Gallery will be open to the public two weekends each month, you are welcome to make an appointment to see the exhibition outside these times. The Gallery exhibition will change approximately every 8 weeks.

*Free art events run early evenings to allow day working people to attend

The Gallery open days

The Gallery will re open on 14th February 2026 with a Launch Tea Party 2-4pm for exhibition of ‘Drawings and Etchings by Ruth Wharton’ this exhibition will run until 5th April. Exhibition Open

Versatile plywood space views of the hay meadow and North Pennines

Ruth Wharton

Ruth’s work is rooted in a deep engagement with the Pennine landscape. Having drawn all her life, she has a particular affinity for charcoal, valuing its responsiveness to the hand in creating expressive lines that capture the character of this landscape. Over the last fifteen years she has also focused on etching, particularly aquatint techniques, which require a more contemplative approach that complements the intuitive nature of her charcoal work. Her etchings combine creativity with technical skill, and she embraces the medium’s inherent unpredictability. Central to her practice is the commitment to draw on site rather than from photographs, ensuring a direct, embodied connection to the landscape that informs both her charcoal drawings and her more considered etchings.

Ruth Wharton Biography

Ruth Wharton studied Fine Art at Kingston College of Art (BA Hons 2:1, 1968-72), exhibiting at New Contemporaries, ICA London in 1972 and later at the Aegean School of Fine Art in Paros, Greece. She has taught art and English as a Foreign Language, and ran an artisan food business importing Greek products – all work that sustained her family as a single parent. In 2008, she returned to her art practice, mastering etching techniques largely independently. Her work has been exhibited at Hotbed Press Salford, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Blossom Street Gallery York, Gallery Northwest Brampton and Kirkcarrion Gallery, Middleton in Teesdale.