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Across the Bay, 2025 -
Bay Window Evening Light, 2025
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Norwegian Church with Cranes, 2025
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Market Stall with Shadows, 2024
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Presence, 2024
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Open Market, Passing Shadows, 2024
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Passing Through, 2024
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Evening Rituals, 2023
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Sunflowers in an Ewenny Jug, 2024
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Market Sentinels, 2024
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Mending, 2024
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Noticing, 2024
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Remembering Penderyn, 2024
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Shadows of the Fisher King, 2024
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Walking Shadows, 2024
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The Restorer, 2023
Philip Archer was born and brought up in Cardiff. He started his studies in Art Foundation at Cardiff College of Art, and went on to complete a BA in Sheffield College of Art and MA in The Royal College of Art, London. He later moved to Scotland where he was Principal at Leith School of Art from 1991 - 2019. Philip was awarded an OBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list for services to art and education.
'The sun never knew how wonderful it was until it fell on the wall of a building', American architect Louis Kahn
Philip Archer's new work is a drama of shadows and feints, reflections and glimpses inspired by Cardiff Market. Both his paintings and pastel works are of people and places, and of shifting patterns of light and shade. His beautiful market place dramas are of figures and shadow plays, and of people at work or in contemplation.
The oil paintings emerge from a long, patient process, adding thin layers of paint repeatedly to achieve a fine balance of colour and form. The pastels distil his subjects into tight, intense geometric forms.
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Summer Exhibition / Arddangosfa Haf
Mixed show by our gallery artists / Sioe gymysg gan artistiaid yr oriel 19 Jul - 17 Aug 2025Celf is pleased to announce our second annual Summer Show. The constantly changing exhibition will highlight work by our gallery artists, including Shani Rhys James, Mary Lloyd Jones, Kevin Sinnott,...Read more -
Easter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Pasg
Mixed show by all our Artists / Sioe gymysg gan ein holl Artistiaid 11 Apr - 4 May 2025Celf Gallery is pleased to announce our annual Easter Show. The exhibition will highlight work by our gallery artists, including; Shani Rhys James MBE, Kevin Sinnott, Mary Lloyd Jones, John...Read more -
FLORA
8 Mar - 6 Apr 2025FLORA will be the first of what will become an annual themed exhibition at Celf Gallery. The exhibition will have a different theme each year and include work by both...Read more -
Winter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Gaeaf
Celebrating the gallery's first anniversary / Dathlu pen-blwydd cyntaf yr oriel 23 Nov 2024 - 26 Jan 2025This is our first of what will become an annual Winter Exhibition at Celf Gallery. The constantly changing show highlights the work of our gallery artists, including; Philip Archer OBE,...Read more -
Summer Exhibition / Arddangosfa Haf
Mixed show by all our Artists / Sioe Gymysg gan ein holl Artistiaid 19 Jul - 18 Aug 2024Eleri Mills lives and works in rural Mid Wales, where she was born and raised. She has exhibited worldwide, and her work is in numerous national collections including the National...Read more -
Philip Archer OBE
CATCHING SIGHT 22 Jun - 14 Jul 2024Philip Archer was born and brought up in Cardiff. He started his studies in Art Foundation at Cardiff College of Art and went on to complete a BA in Sheffield...Read more -
Easter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Pasg
A mixed show of new work by our gallery artists 20 Mar - 7 Apr 2024Celf Gallery is pleased to announce what will become our annual Easter Show. The exhibition highlights work by our gallery artists, including; Shani Rhys James MBE, Kevin Sinnott, Mary Lloyd...Read more
