Exhibition of city artwork is full of colour

THE artists of Plymouth Colour Collective return to Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) for their 2025 Summer Exhibition - and this year, they're also showcasing the work of guest artists from across the region.

- By LAURA JOINT

The Collective - Brian Pollard (paintings) Arth Lawr (paintings and woodcut), Lou C Fused Glass (glass art), Laura Edmunds of Serendipity Sea Crafts (beach clean art), and Henry Sells (paintings) - all work very differently but their pieces have one thing in common: colour.

For this year’s exhibition, which runs from June 24 to July 19, they've invited six artists to join them: painters Amy Teague and Abi Douglas, both from Plymouth, paper cut collage artist Clover Robin from Teignmouth, textiles artist Gill Sargeant from Okehampton, watercolourist Mary Boreham from Kingsbridge and painter Paul Nicholls from Mithian in Cornwall.

Brian, one of the UK's leading naïve artists and co-founder of Plymouth Colour Collective, explained: “As a group, the Plymouth Colour Collective has always planned to expand in order to include more of the wonderful artists who live and work in the South West. We are fortunate that Theatre Royal Plymouth provides the space for us to invite a number of guest artists to exhibit alongside our artwork and produce a colourful, diverse, and hopefully interesting exhibition for people to come and enjoy.”

Visitors can expect to see around 50 pieces of new art that the artists have been working on for this exhibition - Brian's paintings have a big focus on some of Plymouth’s most iconic landmarks.