Reminder of tomorrows 'Meet the Artists' event
Oct 24, 2025 3:54 pm
Dougal the Salty Sea Dog & Three Graces by Laura Callaghan insitu at Colonnade House
Dear ,
Just to remind you that you are invited to join us for drinks this Saturday 25th at 'Meet the Artists' event 2-5pm
Sussex Bay Creates: Living Sea
Colonnade House, 47 Warwick St,
Worthing BN11 3DH
Opens 10am if you can't make the afternoon
I have the pleasure of exhibiting with:
Laura Callaghan
Andy Ash
Emma Chow
Simon Roberts
Kate Mcminnies
Lila Wordsworth
Instagram handles if you would like to check out their works:
@laura_callaghan_creativity
@1andyash @emmacchow @simoncroberts @katemcminnies @lilawordsworthart @ninagarstang
Sussex Bay is a cross-sector initiative aiming to restore and protect the coastal and marine environments from Chichester Harbour to Camber Sands, and to connect the communities that depend on them.
This exhibition will;
– showcase a small group of contemporary artists working along the Sussex coast.
– explore what a “living sea” means … culturally / environmentally / socially: approach this through a spirit of radical optimism, of embracing hope as a radical and political act in the face of the climate emergency.
– act as a call to action, inviting artists, communities and partners to join a longer-term Sussex Bay creative network.
Click here for more info on the exhibition
Dougal the Salty Sea Dog insitu at Colonnade House
More about the work....
Dougal the Salty Dog is an embodied supernatural being — a modern folklore incarnation born from the detritus of the sea: discarded fishing gear, rope, and plastic. He carries within him the memory of the ocean and the voices of those who once sailed upon it.
In centuries past, tales of sea spirits and oceanic beings bound humanity to the sea through story. These myths guided mariners, warned against folly, and offered protection when faith and law faltered. In the 18th and 19th centuries, such stories were more potent than religion or land-bound rule — and the art of telling them was sacred, entrusted only to the ship’s elders, the true salty sea dogs.
Dougal stands as a symbol of the sea’s enduring power — a reminder that the ocean has always been perceived as sentient: a vast, living entity deserving of awe, fear, and respect.
Today, Dougal is reborn as a cultural, environmental, and social ambassador — a figure of radical optimism. He shows us that even amid crisis, between a renewed respect for the living sea and our own creative resilience, transformation is possible. Through him, the old sea yarns live again — guiding us toward a future where myth and action meet on the tide. A creature of both loss and renewal.
Next Show
15 November - 14 December
Bond St Gallery, Brighton
Also delighted to have been asked to be in this show 'The Stolen Orange'; an exhibition featuring over eighty painters, sculptors, writers, makers of all stripes making work celebrating the words of Mersey poet Brian Patten.
'...when I went out I stole an orange, It was a safeguard against imagining There was nothing bright or special in the world!'
Extract from 'The Stolen Orange' by Brian Patten
Show runs 15th Nov to 14th Dec 2025, Bond St Gallery, Brighton
This evening private viewing needs to be booked as it will be very busy! Click bellow:
Or contact me.
It would be lovely to see you at either or both of these events.
All the best
Nina
