The work of Michelle Saunders can be found at www.turnstonegallery.net
21st August 2010 - view five new paintings on this first page. If you are interested in any of Michelle's work please phone the gallery on 01947 893289 or email us via the website. Don't forget that we operate the Arts Council's 'Own Art' scheme, an interest free credit arrangement.
Michelle believes that the most important aspects of her paintings are the light and atmosphere and she works on site to achieve this. She hopes that viewers share this sense of place with her and wish to experience it for themselves.
Michelle has been painting professionally for the past twelve years. Her work is mainly in oils and her subjects usually marine and coastal. The coastal paths and cliffs between Sandsend and Staithes are amongst her favourite subjects and where she draws most of her inspiration.
Michelle's reputation has increased in recent years, following several successful exhibitions, including Changing Tides at the Turnstone Gallery and Personal Inspirations, a joint exhibition held at the Pannett Gallery, Whitby. Exhibitions have also been held at Scarborough Art Gallery, Ferens Gallery Hull, Parker Gallery Harrogate and she is a regular exhibitor with the Royal Society of Marine Artists, at the Mall Galleries London.
She has held demonstrations for Whitby Art Society and her work is now held in private collections in this country and abroad. Michelle's studio-gallery is in Lythe.
Links to Michelle Saunders's current pieces
Sandsend from Ravenhill; oil; 50x40cm; £480
Bright Afternoon ~ Robin Hood's Bay; oil; 25x18cm; £270
Morning Light over Runswick; oil; 25x20cm; £270
Runswick Bay, Winter; oil; 25x20cm; £270
The Lane to Goldsborough; oil; 30x25cm; £315
Reflections, Whitby; oil; 35x35cm; £390
Sharp Light & Gorse, Port Mulgrave; oil; 30x20cm; £285
Boats on the Beach, Sandsend; oil; 30x25cm; £315
Rooftops at Staithes; oil; 35x35cm; £435
Michelle painting outside her studio at Lythe
Early Summer, Sandsend; oil; 22x22cm; £255
Paint Tubes on the Pallet; oil; 25x17cm; £225
Soft Evening Light, Sandsend; oil; 25x20cm; £270
Soft Light, Upper Esk; oil; 20x30cm; £270
Reflections Sandsend; oil; 25x20cm; £270 SOLD
Harbour Glow, Whitby; oil; 35x25cm; £375
Sandsend Ness from Newholm; oil; 25x20cm; £270
Summertime ~ Sandsend; oil; 30x25cm; £315
Rape Fields above Whitby; oil; 25x17cm; £240
The Beach at Runswick; oil; 50x40cm; £480
The Boat Club Tractor, Sandsend; oil; 30x20cm; £285
Mid-Day on the Beach at West Cliff; oil; 25x20cm; £270
Summer on the Esk, Glaisdale; oil; 35x25cm; £360
Evening, West Cliff, Whitby; oil; 40x30cm; £390
Below the Sea Wall, Sandsend; oil; 35x35cm; £390
Holiday ~ Sandsend; oil; 40x30cm; £435
Outgoing Tide at Sandsend; oil; 30x25cm; £315
Across the Beck, Staithes; oil; 25x30cm; £315