Fair Ground 2025
13 November – 19 December
But since man’s heart is small,
Ordains for each one spot shall prove
Beloved over all.
Each to his choice, and I rejoice
The lot has fallen to me
In a fair ground – in a fair ground –
Yea, Sussex by the sea!
– Sussex, Rudyard Kipling (1902)
Fair Ground is our annual exhibition of new work by Sussex artists. The title is taken from a musical stanza is Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem Sussex (1902), in which he describes the county as ‘beloved over all’. A hymn to the beauty of the place, Kipling saw his enchantment with Sussex as deeply rooted in an understanding of locality, a belief that the cottages, hedgerows, green rolling hills, seafronts, hidden coves and woodlands were all an integral part of connecting real people to their historical pasts. Each artist shown here brings their contemporary practice into conversation with generations of Sussex artists before them – a kind of visual poetry that traverses land and experience.
This year’s exhibition presents work by Katherine Allen, Michael Bishop, Freya Croissant, Gabriel Langlands, Tom Scotcher and Agnes Treherne. Showcasing an array of techniques and mediums, radiant landscapes sit alongside drawings that meditate on memory and quiet observation, and studies of home and human connection – a father tending a tree, a dreaming woman, couples embracing.
Also on view are works by Kathleen Walne (1915–2011), who lived and worked in Brighton for over 40 years. Quietly celebrated for her luminous watercolour paintings, Walne’s vivid compositions reveal a particular sensitivity to the interplay between colour, pattern and texture. Spanning the breadth of her career, the works on display offer an intimate glimpse into one of Sussex’s most distinctive artists.
For sales and enquiries please contact art@glyndebourne or visit the Shop.
Full viewing room coming soon.
Katherine Allen
We can never come back from there (2025)
Monotype on paper (Unique)
24.5 x 29.5 cm
£365.00
Katherine Allen
When love is done (2024)
Monotype on paper (Unique)
19.5 x 24 cm
£225.00
Katherine Allen
Something vacant settles (2024)
Monotype on paper (Unique)
24.3 x 29.7 cm
£365.00
Katherine Allen
Violently lovely (2025)
Monotype on paper (Unique)
24 x 30 cm
£365.00
Katherine Allen
It’s not like this with other people (2024)
Monotype on paper (Unique)
19.5 x 24 cm
£225.00
Katherine Allen
A cut that refuses to heal (2025)
Oil monotype, gouache and pastel on cotton
30.3 x 40.3 cm
£600.00
Katherine Allen
Those days would never end (2025)
Oil monotype, gouache and pastel on cotton
38.5 x 48.5 cm
£750.00
Katherine Allen
Something understood, assumed (2024)
Oil monotype, gouache and pastel on cotton
38.5 x 48.5 cm
£750.00
Katherine Allen
That doesn’t mean it works (2024)
Oil monotype, gouache and pastel on cotton
38.5 x 48.5 cm
£750.00
Michael Bishop
Guiding Light (2025)
Oil on wooden panel
60 x 45 cm
£2,000.00
Michael Bishop
Blue Moon over Wheat (2025)
Oil on canvas
60 x 90 cm
£3,500.00
Michael Bishop
That Summer (2025)
Oil on linen canvas
92 x 70 cm
£3,500.00
Michael Bishop
Eart (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
£3,500.00
Michael Bishop
Far from the Madding Crowd (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
£3,500.00
Freya Croissant
Remembering places once trodden, 1 (2025)
Soft pastels and pencil on paper
21 x 15 cm
£325.00
Freya Croissant
Remembering places once trodden, 3 (2025)
Soft pastels and pencil on paper
21 x 15 cm
£325.00
Freya Croissant
Remembering places once trodden, 6 (2025)
Soft pastels and pencil on paper
21 x 26.5 cm
£400.00
Freya Croissant
Bending towards the sun (2025)
Soft pastels and pencil on paper
21 x 15 cm
£325.00
Freya Croissant
Dancing trumpets (2025)
Watercolour on cotton
20 x 26 cm
£1,000.00
Freya Croissant
On our way to fall (Telscombe) (2025)
Watercolour, oil and collage on calico
80 x 101 cm
£3,000.00
Freya Croissant
Upon Telscombe Cliffs – June (2025)
Watercolour, oil, pigment and bleach on calico
76 x 55 cm
£2,400.00
Freya Croissant
Tiny Treasures (2025)
Watercolour and oil on calico
25 x 30 cm
£1,100.00
Freya Croissant
Tangled (2025)
Watercolour, oil paint and bleach on calico
25 x 30 cm
£1,100.00
Freya Croissant
A sweet vibrating silence, 2025 (Telscombe) (2025)
Watercolour, oil and bleach on calico
25 x 40 cm
£1,300.0
Gabriel Langlands
The Lake at Glyndebourne (2025)
Gouache, ink and coloured pencil on Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Priory Farm, Selbourne (2025)
Gouache on cardboard
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Pond with Yellow Sky (2025)
Gouache and ink on Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Downs near Elstead, West Sussex (2025)
Gouache and ink on gessoed Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Morning Sun at the Pond (2025)
Mixed media on Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
SOLD
Gabriel Langlands
Ploughed Field with Spinney (2025)
Gouache and ink on gessoed Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Looking Down over Alfriston (2025)
Gouache and ink on gessoed Fabriano paper
56 x 77 cm
£1,400.00
Gabriel Langlands
Sussex Landscape 1 (2025)
Gouache and ink on gessoed Fabriano paper
38 x 38 cm
£800.00
Gabriel Langlands
Looking Down over Alfriston Again (2025)
Oil on gessoed panel
56 x 92 cm
£1,500.00
Gabriel Langlands
Landscape with Pool (2025)
Oil on gessoed panel
38 x 56 cm
£1,200.00
Gabriel Langlands
Selborne Hangers (2025)
Oil on gessoed panel
38 x 56 cm
£1,200.00
Tom Scotcher
The Early Days of Creation (2025)
Oil on canvas
106 x 68 cm
£2,800.00
Tom Scotcher
The Palpable Air of an Autumn Evening (2024)
Oil on canvas
84 x 80 cm
£3,900.00
Tom Scotcher
Twisting Tendrils and Undergrowth (2024)
Oil on canvas
84 x 80 cm
£3,400.00
Agnes Treherne
Flint Lines (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
£4,800.00
Agnes Treherne
Flooding (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
£4,800.00
Agnes Treherne
Sea Kale (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
£4,800.00
Agnes Treherne
Tending Apple Trees (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
£4,800.00
Agnes Treherne
The Black Barn (2025)
Oil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
£4,800.00
Agnes Treherne
Washing Hands in the Channel (2025)
Oil on birch
53 x 61 cm
£2,500.00
