Annelise Forster

Main Gallery

Nature offers a rare opportunity to exit outside of perception. To feel small, but not insignificant, entangled in a world much greater than ourselves. This entanglement provides a temporary freedom from the anxieties of everyday life allowing my body to be in a state of play and wonder.

My experience of the natural world underpins this exhibition, exploring the quiet awe, mystery and vitality I find in landscapes both the vast and intimate. Each work is an emotional and sensory response to place, shaped by moments of presence, play and deep connection. They are sensory portals into landscapes where colour, texture and gesture evoke the physical and emotional resonance of the natural world.

Before the World Was Big is an invitation to return to a way of experiencing nature that is instinctive, immersive and full of wonder. I invite viewers to step beyond observation and into an experience that engages the senses, encouraging a feeling of presence, curiosity and connection.

Scraplings

Maggie Moy

Foyer gallery

Hand-stitched monsters and their painted likenesses unite in this charming exhibition, each creature constructed entirely from salvaged and discarded materials.

Exhibition opening

5:30 - 7:30pm

Thursday August 13th 2026

This exhibition will run from

August 13th to September 12th 2026