51a whole new Colony on the Edge of the big City A painter and an art collector have got together and formed a working partner- ship to start an Art Colony in a town on the outskirts of Manchester. It all began when the painter (Richard Fitton) managed to extend his contract on his studio to take in two floors of the building he occupied. Anthony Cosgrove had been working on Richards behalf to help establish himself as an Artist in the area some time ago, and as luck would have it, they both are literally round the corner from each others premises. Both, as you’d expect love art, but wanted to move away from the cap and chim- ney stack image of Northern Art and spread their metaphorical wings that will embrace both known and unknow artists from far and wide.The ethos of the Colony Art Gallery, is multi-disci- Colony Art Galleryplined, with their first show they are exhibiting bothpaintings and ceramics and hope to diverse further Rugby Road,with original and authentic art forms that they feel Rochdale OL12 0DXhas a fresh feel. www.colonyart.co.ukFor the artists of the Town email: [email protected] Rochdale, on the edgeof the big City, this new tel:07740 625635Colony Art Gallery must or 07841 484708feel like a breath of freshair and much needed. images © artists/Colony Art Gallerypainters Tubes magazinewish them all the goodluck in the world and lookforward to covering theirexhibitions and beingintroduced to a whole new‘colony’ of painters andsculptors alike... all thebest guys. Denis Taylor. Editor for painters Tubes

52 Our latest exhibition, People Watching, runs from Friday 17 November 2017 to Friday 15 December. It focuses on people and their stories - this is the essence of what is known as The Human Condition, all the things that are unique about being human. It is the search for one’s purpose in life, the experience of birth, isolation, joy, sadness, love and death. It is a rich subject matter for art. They say that every picture tells a story and we have brought together more than 70 paintings by 14 artists to tell these stories. The exhibition features iconic work by Peter Howson, Ghislaine Howard and Geoffrey Key (amongst others). All work can be viewed on our website, where we hope you find your story... Visit us at www.gateway-gallery.co.uk e-mail us at [email protected] or call us on +44 (0)161 928 7884 Follow us at www.facebook.com/gatewayartgallery Gateway Gallery, 116 Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire, WA14 2UN, UK