‘The Painter with Women’ – the evolution of a Project is the first publication about the artist Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) which draws upon his private journals and notebooks to give an insight into the painter's motivations and working practices in what is probably the artist's most misunderstood investigation of human relationships.
What emerges is a picture of the artist at variance with the ironic, urbane persona which Lenkiewicz presented to the world – here at last is a glimpse into the passion, and sometimes rage, which drives the creative process.
This book takes an honest look at the imagery of the Project and the motivations behind it and aims to draw out the visual ironies which Lenkiewicz was striving for in paintings which in many cases were a deliberate ravishment of the eye designed to provoke reflection on the viewer's part on their own responses to 'seduction'. The book brings back into view the uncanny sub-text of the Project's subtitle, Observations on the Theme of the Double, where mirror reflections of model and artist alike dissolve fixed identity and presence.
Above all, it is the artist's own words, from diaries and notebooks, which show a side of Lenkiewicz which has seldom been glimpsed – a man on creative fire at the height of his artistic power, driving himself beyond reason to construct the vast edifice of a Project which his serious heart condition seemed to indicate would be his last.

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'The Living Silence of the Hours' is the first publication by Cornish painter Jane Tresidder.

Prose poems and images influenced by Jungian psychology and Sufism create a unique publication by a private artist who seldom exhibits her work in public. Sensitive handling of colour reflect Jane's years of study at the Slade and at Cecil Collins unique drawings classes at the Central School.

The book is a limited edition of 500 copies.

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The new monograph on artist Gary Bunt contains more than 140 illustrations of the painter's work, old and new. The text, by Alexandra Fielding, explores Bunt's unconventional career, his inspirations and technique. Learn More

The 38 self-portraits collected in this book span the artist’s whole career. From his first paintings as an earnest fifteen-year-old boy, working in Room No. 3 of the Hotel Shemtov, the Jewish hotel run by his parents in Cricklewood in the post-war years, to the haunting last self-portrait in hospital shortly before his death in Plymouth aged sixty, these images make for an encyclopaedia of the artist’s changing styles and philosophical interests down the years. Learn More

In an era when derivative art is prevalent, Diane Nevitt’s paintings stand out for their sensitivity, skill and originality. Working with no preconceived idea of how the finished painting should be, she responds subconsciously with the colour, shapes and marks she uses to a mood or feeling connected to her experience of events and places. Learn More

A unique publication about Somerset artist John Caple, designed entirely by the artist, exploring the stories and traditions of this region through his visionary paintings. The book includes an introduction by playwright and novelist Nell Leyshon. Learn More

The first major publication about this popular artist. A journal of Fred Yates’ progress through France between the years 1992 to the present day, using his own words from letters, journals and other correspondence. Lavishly illustrated with over 70 colour images. Learn More

Sarah Gillespie presents a detailed visual exploration of the Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve in south Devon. A series of large-scale charcoal drawings and oil paintings capture the ever-changing atmosphere of the largest freshwater lake in southwest England. Learn More

Andrew Gifford was born in Sheffield in 1970. He is recognised as one of the most innovative young landscape painters working today. 'Andrew Gifford' shows the full range of the artist's work, from paintings of urban cityscapes as diverse as gritty northern English towns, Paris and Berlin to the airy spaces of the French landscape, where he now lives. Learn More