\n Stephenson’s Gallery is hosting The Northern Boys, a showcase of outdoor paintings by a collective of leading British artists.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition runs until Sunday, November 2, at the Clifford Street gallery.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark Stephenson, gallery director, said: “Hosting The Northern Boys is a fulfilment of Stephenson\u2019s Gallery’s mission to champion the highest calibre of contemporary Northern art in York.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Their work exemplifies the power of direct observation\u2014it is distinctly of the moment in which it was created, and yet utterly timeless.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This collective camaraderie and dedication to their craft ensures that the standard of work remains truly exceptional.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Northern Boys are known for their en plein air (outdoor) painting, capturing scenes across the UK and beyond.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their work has earned national awards and membership in institutions such as the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group includes Adam Ralston, Michael J Ashcroft, Andrew Farmer, David Allen, Steven P Smith, Ian Layton, Chris Slater, and Norman Long.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition also features Haidee-Jo Summers, described as the group\u2019s Northern Girl since 2020.\n<\/p>\n
\n Admission is free and original artworks will be available for purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephenson’s Gallery is hosting The Northern Boys, a showcase of outdoor paintings by a collective of leading British…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-201437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}