Affordable Art Auction and Open House
A celebration of community, kindness and resilience
2nd - 27th May 2024
“Sometimes it's easy to walk by because we know we can't change someone's whole life in a single afternoon. But what we fail to realise is that simple kindness can go a long way toward encouraging someone who is stuck in a desolate place.”
―
If you're passionate about addressing youth homelessness, you're in the right place. Explore a diverse collection of artworks generously donated by local artists, all in support of Sussex Nightstop's mission to help young people sleep safe.
Here's the deal: if you bid the asking price, the artwork is yours, knowing that your purchase directly supports Sussex Nightstop's efforts providing short-term accommodation and support to young people facing homelessness in our city. And if you're feeling bold, you can even make an offer below the asking price—we'll let you know if a higher bid comes through.
Thank you for your interest and support. Start browsing and bidding to be part of something meaningful!
Want to see more art? Visit our Open House at Cardinal Newman Catholic School any Saturday or Sunday in May from 10am-5pm. Over 80 stunning artworks on show from local artists. Guest artists too. Refreshments and car parking available. Location map here.
If your bid is successful, you can collect your artwork on 26th May 2024 from 1pm at our open house, or we'll send it to you by courier at cost. If you have any questions, please write to [email protected]
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LOT 01
Lightning Bolt: Original
Artist Ian Daniels
Bid starting £76
Oil on canvas
LOT 02
Wave of Love
Artist Ilona Drew
Bid starting £28
Giclee print
LOT 03
The Donut
Artist Ruth Mulvie
Bid starting £160
Giclee print
LOT 04
Sandfield Pond ll
Artist Jo Watters-Pawlowski
Bid starting £96
Oils on unprimed birch panel
LOT 05
Fungi
Artist Helen Twigge-Molecey
Bid starting £120
Handblown Glass
LOT 06
The Tree
Artist Carolyn Nicholls
Bid starting £68
Oil on canvas
COLLECTION: Eight Miles Away by Tony Mills
An elderly man slept in a bus shelter opposite me for a year on the noisy seafront. Deeply moved by his resilience, I painted his portrait, hoping to raise funds to help him. 'Eight Miles Away' symbolises the warmth of a distant wind farm illuminating his nightly shelter.
All prints from this series are printed on Somerset Velvet archival paper and signed by the artist.
Available in A5, A4, A3, A2 and A1 sizes.
LOT 07
Arctic Tern
Artist Tom Wilson
Bid starting £68
Sycamore and wenge on a cherry perch
LOT 08
The ash bowl
Artist Tom Wilson
Bid starting £44
Maple felled in
south London
LOT 09
Brighton Royal Pavilion Landscape: Ltd edition print
Artist Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca
Bid starting £144
Giclee print
LOT 10
Santorini Night
Artist Maroulla Simmonds
Bid starting £200
Oil on canvas
LOT 11
Stronger: Limited edition
Artist Bimbi Urquhart
Bid starting £44
Reduction linocut handprinted
LOT 12
The Outsider
Artist Isabela Vasques
Bid starting £88
Mixed medium on canvas
COLLECTION: Brighton at Dawn by Charlie Clarke
A glimpse of the world as I saw it through the viewfinder of my camera for the first 24 mornings of December 2023.
The prints are available in A4 & A3 sizes.
LOT 13
Alfie The Dog
Artist Liza Morton
Bid starting £30
Clay sculpture
LOT 14
Fear and Hope
Artist Laura Thorne
Bid starting £52
Acrylic & Black Indian Ink
LOT 15
An abstract mobile
Artist Claire Knill
Bid starting £96
Sculpture
LOT 16
Thistle: Hand signed
Artist Katty McMurray
Bid starting £316
Giclee print
LOT 17
Bird I
Artist Louise Airey
Bid starting £56
Acrylic on canvas
LOT 18
Bird II
Artist Louise Airey
Bid starting £56
Acrylic on canvas
LOT 19
Recycled Revelations #1
Artist Vanessa Bizzarri
Bid starting £40
Collagraph etching
LOT 20
Recycled Revelations #2
Artist Vanessa Bizzarri
Bid starting £40
Collagraph etching
LOT 21
Brighton Layers: Colour Drama
Artist Vanessa Bizzarri
Bid starting £48
Mixed media
LOT 22
Robertson Road
Artist Claire Houlihan
Bid starting £120
Acrylic on canvas
LOT 23
Shania beaded handbag
Artist Halima Yunus
Bid starting £80
Handmade Beaded Bag
LOT 24
The Boys
Artist Tom Clifford
Bid starting £160
Oil on aluminium
LOT 25
Hope
Artist Charlie Doodle
Bid starting £48
Signed print
LOT 26
Sussex Downs
Artist Allison Murphy
Bid starting £68
Oil on deep canvas
LOT 27
We are all connected
Alfie White - Cardinal Newman
Bid starting £32
Digital print
LOT 28
Friendship
Brighton MET Art Students
Bid starting £20
Photograph
LOT 29
Blue Wave Twirl
Artist Mjriam Sessa Selwyn
Bid starting £280
Mixed materials
LOT 30
Driftwood Sculpture
Artist Sue Winter
Bid starting £36
Driftwood & beads
LOT 31
Peace@brighton
Artist Jane Green
Bid starting £80
Print on watercolour paper
LOT 32
Memories under the arches
Artist Jane Green
Bid starting £80
Oil print on watercolour paper
LOT 33
Line is Cast
Artist Pierre Bamin
Bid starting £112
Giclee print
Guest Artists
Our guest artists have not only donated an auction piece but are generously donating 20% of sales proceeds from their collection on display at the Cardinal Newman open house.
Alexandra Urquhart (Bimbi)
Bimbi Urquhart is a linocut artist living in West Sussex. She attended Cardinal Newman School before entering a career as a professional musician. Her other love growing up was creating art, and she began making and selling linocuts in 2020, as well as taking on commissions. One of her preferred combinations is gold ink on black paper, although now she is exploring multi-coloured, multi-layered processes in her work. Resilience and strength are features of her artworks.
Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca - Linescapes
Set up in 2014 by Amalia, Linescapes specialises in highly detailed CAD architectural portraits of iconic buildings, architectural landmarks and bespoke commissions.
The aim is to tap into people’s emotional relationships with buildings. Architecture can evoke memories, a sense of belonging and relate to our aesthetic sense. That’s why Linescapes collections are constantly growing with drawings of buildings that mean something to people, whether it’s a cultural landmark, an architecturally significant structure or a bespoke house portrait.
Halima Yunus - Murembo Jewellery
Halima's artwork is inspired by her Nubian heritage. The girl child was never sent to school. They were trained in arts, crafts and house/ home management in preparation for marriage. To get married and raise families. Her journey changed when my later father prioritised my education. I continued doing art and donating proceeds to some charities with my daughter, who is also an artist.
Mjriam Sessa Selwyn
Mjriam Sessa Selwyn has been living and painting in Brighton. Mjriam is mostly self-though and she creates mix mediums, acrylic and oil paintings, which combine the vibrant colours with the purity of light and movement, which reflect her spirit. Born in Rome, Mjriam obtained a B.A. Hons Business Studies Degree at the University of Westminster in London, a Masters Degree in Psychology and a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages.
Mjriam currently works as a primary school teacher. Mjriam is married and has a daughter, she lives with her family in Brighton. Mjriam loves the sea, she is a dive master and she started painting seascapes in 2018 after she spent a sabbatical year in Florence and followed a course led by Maestro Marco Cavallini.
Paul Cary
Paul is well known in Brighton and Hove for painting Plein Air and works part-time in the Cardinal Newman School Art Department. His artwork featured as part of the Van Gogh Alive experience that ran at Brighton Corn Exchange from May to September 2023. Over the past few years I have painted many of our seafront shelters. I consider them Hove’s own pavilions. I have on many occasions provided food and clothes for people who use them for shelter. It saddens me that in our affluent community, people are neglected and these shelters have equally become unloved and are deteriorating.
The Plein Air artworks in acrylic and take between 20 to 40 hours to complete. They usually have hidden messages within them.
Pierre Bamin
Pierre is a Brighton based artist drawing on the influences and stories from his years growing up in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
"My creations gravitate towards a wide range of subjects and styles; exploring each piece as a unique extension of my personality and narrative. The sole aim to create a visual diary, highlighting narratives from my life’s journey and its relation to present time.
I hope they bring with them joy, discussion and reflection."
Tom Clifford
Tom Clifford is a modern painter of light, his representational oil paintings record his responses to the world. Tom’s paintings explore notions of the sublime moment in time. He is drawn to imagery that has a strong sense of light. Tom’s painting process begins with observation and snapshots of reality, he then builds up multiple layers of paint forming enigmatic surfaces. Tom studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, he now lives and works in Brighton.
On Show in May AOH 2024 are 9 framed signed limited edition prints of his original oil paintings at £75 each (wall hung) and 10 original micro oil paintings on board (table top) at £25 each, donations of 20% of the sale price is being made to Sussex Nightstop.