FAMILIAR

FAMILIAR

20 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER 2025

There is a particular kind of joy that comes from sitting with artists as they talk, not just about their work, but about the world as they see it. In the case of these four, the experience is something richer still. The conversation loops easily between philosophy and paint, bronze and memory, light and form. What strikes me most is the depth of attentiveness to each other, to their materials, and to the quiet significance of their subjects.

FAMILIAr is an apt title. Not simply for the affection and creative kinship that connects Rockley, Cecil, Roud, and Burlò, but for the sense that each piece in this exhibition carries something recognisable, a lived moment, a fleeting mood, a landscape walked many times but seen anew. And yet, the familiar here is never static. These artists don’t pin things down; they give them space to move, to shift in meaning as we meet them with our own experiences.