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Hound & Horse: A Sporting Art Exhibition at Rountree Tryon

BY JAMIE FOSTER For devotees of sporting art and country life, the arrival of autumn in London brings a notable highlight. From 29 September to 16 October 2026, the Rountree Tryon Gallery in St James’s will host Hound & Horse, a selling exhibition that celebrates the enduring bond between man and his two most loyal companions through the lens of artistic genius. This is no ordinary … Continue reading Hound & Horse: A Sporting Art Exhibition at Rountree Tryon

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The Woman Who Brought Illusion Back to Life

BY JANE HARVEY An Interview with Cheryl Anita Miller at Bengaluru’s Most Unusual Museum A Place That Refuses to Sit Still BANGALURU — There are museums one walks through politely, hands clasped behind the back, pausing briefly before each work. And then there are places like the Miller Museum of Anamorphic Art, where standing still is quite useless. Tucked away on Carlston Road in Cooke … Continue reading The Woman Who Brought Illusion Back to Life

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Art, Interviews

Strawberries to Canvases

Last month the Editor enjoyed a coffee with Lisa Pingale, founder of Monalisa Kalagram in Koregaon Park, Pune, India. The Monalisa Kalagram is an art centre/gallery that aims to promote art and create a community of artists, painters, poets, writers, creative thinkers. Here is the interview, below: Editor: Lisa, thank you for speaking with Country Squire Magazine. Monalisa Kalagram is described as an ‘oasis’ in Koregaon Park. … Continue reading Strawberries to Canvases

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The Hood in the Wood

BY THE EDITOR Andrew Hood, not to be confused with Robin Hood, is a contemporary British sculptor known for his distinctive work that often merges fine art with elements of nature and the human experience. His sculptures explore themes such as movement, form, and the interplay between different materials. Hood has gained a reputation for his innovative techniques and varied use of materials, including metal, … Continue reading The Hood in the Wood

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Great Art: Contested and Reconstituted 

CITY GRUMP The world famous work of art by John Constable, The Hay Wain, is to be rehung in a new exhibition at our National Gallery. Dr Mary McMahon, a curator there, explains what’s going on . She declares: “We want to talk about everything that has not been included in this painting. The British landscape was a contested space. We have the Corn Laws, … Continue reading Great Art: Contested and Reconstituted 

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Art, Books, Reviews

An Artist by Nature

BY NICK PEARCE Rodger McPhail is a world-famous British painter, best known for his detailed wildlife paintings of sporting fowl, fish, and dogs. After studying at both Liverpool and Coventry Art Colleges, he achieved the rare distinction of having a painting published on the front cover of The Shooting Times at the age of just 19. With numerous exhibitions at The Rountree Tryon Gallery and … Continue reading An Artist by Nature

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Art, Social Commentary

Farts & Music

BY SAM WHITE The inherent leftiness of the arts and music scene is relentlessly stifling, the creative industries having become intractably connected with so-called progressive politics. Those in the industry articulate, of course, a belief in artistic freedom, but it’s a false one, as the strict confines of the like-minded collective invisibly demarcate actual artistic practice. There’s a rejection of capitalism, while working in ways … Continue reading Farts & Music

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The Artist Gill Erskine-Hill

CSM INTERVIEWS Gill Erskine-Hill has been painting for 35 years in a variety of locations, being fortunate enough to live and work in Devon, Scotland, Norfolk and the Dordogne area of South West France. Following a move back to Devon, she is re-experiencing the beauty and diversity of this part of Britain and drawing inspiration from the people and landscape there. Most of Gill’s early work … Continue reading The Artist Gill Erskine-Hill

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The Stained Glass Artist

Country Squire Magazine’s Dom Wightman interviews Andrew Fitzsimmons, the talented stained glass artist. Born in 1978 at the start of the ‘punk era’ in London, Andrew spent his early childhood on Mersea Island, near Colchester. Andrew has one daughter, Lilly, who’s also an artist and he lives in Southend.  Dom: How long have you been an artist? Andy: I come from an artistic family of, painters, … Continue reading The Stained Glass Artist

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Interview with a Master Weaver

BY ANASTASIA CHOO Ask anyone what the word “tapestry” means and the chances are that they’ll talk about old and grandiose designs that are metres long and wide, which the aristocracy often used to keep out the draft. Nowadays the need for tapestries to keep out draughts in a large hall has disappeared but the weaving of tapestries did not die in medieval times and … Continue reading Interview with a Master Weaver

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The Great British Pottery Revival

BY CHRIS EGAN The successful BBC TV series The Great Pottery Throwdown has added to the current wave of popularity gripping the world of ceramics in the UK; underlining how clay is oozing back into contemporary art. As Hettie Judah wrote in the Independent last year, “the championing of clay as a sculptural medium by a younger generation of artists has brought with it a re-examination … Continue reading The Great British Pottery Revival

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Star Shooter & Character: Allan Warren

INTERVIEWEE: ALLAN WARREN Allan Warren is a British portrait photographer based in Covent Garden, primarily known for his images of high society including stars of the screen, celebrities and royalty. Allan also happens to be a great character, raconteur and bon vivant. Allan has photographed Mae West, Salvador Dali, Prince Charles, Roger Moore, Joan Collins and many others. Here, in a transcript of their interview, his friend … Continue reading Star Shooter & Character: Allan Warren

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Lucy Sparrow: Shoplifting

For one entire month in the summer of 2014, felt artist Lucy Sparrow took over a rundown corner shop in Bethnal Green, East London, and filled it with more than 4000 hand-stitched felt replicas of everyday items that you’d ordinarily find in a local shop. Even the ice lollies in the freezer were felt lollies. The show was a huge success and visitors from all … Continue reading Lucy Sparrow: Shoplifting

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