The West End House Gallery (2008)

Please see the new website www.wehg.co.uk for up-to-date details.

The West End House Gallery is located in the premises that were built in the early 1800's as the grocer's and draper's shop in Smarden. The building commenced its time as a gallery in June 2003 when the artist Joel Arnstein, assisted by his wife Laura Hawken, participated in the annual South-East Open Studios - a wonderful two-week period when over 250 artists and crafts people in Kent and Sussex open their work studios to the public to view and discuss the artists work and techniques.

The Gallery is now being run by Jane Johnson and Barbara Spens.

Artists

Smarden and the surrounding area have attracted many talented professional artists.

A majority of these participate in the South East Open Studio scheme, so you can visit their studios in June each year.

Artists working in Smarden itself include:

• Rib Bloomfield (abstracts, acrylics)
• Vikky Furse (portrait and landscape painter)
• Chris Furse (wild bird watercolours)
• Suzy Coombe (watercolours)
• Liza Townsend (glassware and stained glass)
• Gill Withers (prints)
• Jenny Mowatt (ceramics)
• Marilyn Ferris (ceramic sculpture)
• Joel Arnstein (oil painting, prints, sculpture - currently mainly abroad)