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The vsitor can wander around the two rooms for some time before venturing up another flight of stairs, again with paintings
positioned strategically on the wall, inviting the visitor to take a leisurely pace, before entering the large bright with a ‘ceramic-art
installation.’ The ceramics are cleverly placed on a central multi-level platform shown within a brightly lit large space. Colony
gallery is a place where the art lover can spend an hour of two viewing, enjoying and talking about the Art and the Artists in detail
with Anthony, and Richard, and as you would expect, both have extensive background knowledge on the
Artists that the Gallery represents.
The ambition of the Gallery is to bring to the publics attention to Artists that may otherwise not had the opportunity to be
represented by a Gallery of this statute before. Along with Art which is drawn not only Anthony’s collection, but also from
selected original paintings by Richard Fitton, many of which are his past work paintings, but there is no doubt he also plans to
show some of his future work within group exhibitions from new and exiting artists.
Colony is a gallery, that because of it’s location and the gallery owners ethos, makes it unique in the Rochdale area. And no doubt
local artists view this new space as a much needed addition to the local culture and art scene in the Rochdale area. Colony will
be adding new artists work to their current stable of artists which include, Richard Fitton, Michael Kelly Colin Beckett John
McCombs, Russel Howarth,Shirley Fletcher Lanty Ball (Ceramics) and Timothy Copsey (Ceramics). They also offer the Colony
Collection of Art which includes work from, Miles Richmond, Peter Prendergast, Arthur Berry, Kenneth Lawson, Dame Laura
Knight and Gyorgy Gordon.
The next major exhibition at Colony is currently being planned, Anthony has indicated to painters Tubes that this will be towards
the middle or the end of April the exact dates will be announced in late March.
Colony Gallery, Rugby Road, Rochdale, OL12 0DZ.
www.colonyart.co.uk - facebook.com/TheColonyArt - Contact for private views or other enquiries by
emailing: ant@colonyart.co.uk - mobile: 007740 625635 or,
richard@colonyart.co.uk mobile- 07841 483708