30th August – 28th September 2025
Opening Reception 30th August 5pm: Broad Horizons opening reception at 5pm, followed by Gypfunk live at The Buttery Café from 7pm.
This summer, Doone Valley Gallery is delighted to present Broad Horizons: Recent Landscape Paintings by Murray Hammick, a debut solo exhibition showcasing the recent work of landscape painter Murray Hammick.
After a decade in the army, Murray Hammick sought to leave the defence world behind, venturing into work as an estate agent and magazine editor. Yet the pull of the industry proved inescapable, and he spent the remainder of his civilian career within its orbit. Today, he turns his focus to a long-held passion: painting. His work draws inspiration from the seascapes and moorlands of North Devon, infused with a love of light, space, and atmosphere. From expansive coastal views with a ‘faint whiff of shipping’ to intimate studies of Exmoor’s rolling terrain, Hammick’s paintings capture a sense of place that is both personal and timeless.
Working mainly in oils on unprepared MDF board – often applying paint with a palette-knife – Hammick builds up layers of colour with a confident, intuitive touch. He embraces the unpredictable, allowing each piece to evolve naturally. Many of his paintings are small in scale, designed to invite private contemplation, offering what the artist describes as ‘straightforward attempts to encompass broad horizons in small frames.’
Though new to the gallery scene, Hammick’s art is shaped by decades of quiet observation, from early childhood sketches to more recent explorations of the Newlyn and St Ives schools. His works are a celebration of the open sea, the shifting sky, and the enduring beauty of the English landscape.
Join us on 30th August for an exhibition that offers both the exhilaration of wide-open views and the intimacy of a personal encounter with the land and sea.
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