Apple Store Gallery

Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford HR1 2UA

TELEPHONE:

01432 263 937

A Year at Hergest with Chris Williams.

Chris writes:
I was delighted to be invited to be Artist in residence at Hergest Croft Gardens in spring 2024. I had visited
the gardens many times before and have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know them better.

Every day here is different and although I’ve now been here a year I’m still making new discoveries on
every walk through the gardens. I’ve always liked working with the seasons and that’s been wonderful at the
gardens, especially noticing how quickly everything changes from day to day.

I’m primarily a landscape painter, painting both outside directly from the landscape and back in the studio
from drawings, photographs and memory. Even when painting en plein air memory and invention play a part
in the process. Everything is constantly changing with the moving light, revealing new elements and
markedly altering what you are looking at. As the painting is formed features are left out, moved, altered as
decisions are made.

The paintings in this exhibition are some of the work I’ve completed since last March, there are others on
display in the tea rooms at the garden where everyone is welcome to view them while enjoying coffee and
cake, lunch or tea. I aim to change them every few months until the early autumn.
Websites chriswilliamspaintings.weebly.com

chriswilliamspaintings.com ( still under construction but is public and will replace the
version above eventually)

We are open:

Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 3pm

Saturday, 10am to 1pm

About Apple Store Gallery

Apple Store Gallery was started by David Laws and Marion Campbell in 2005 in a converted apple store in Brockhampton, Herefordshire. Several moves later, we are now based in Rockfield Road, Hereford where we have a gallery showing local artists’ work, a framing workshop and artists’ spaces for rent.

Our aim is to provide opportunities for artists to work in a creative atmosphere where they can show and promote their work to visitors and the wider public. We take part in h.Art (Herefordshire Art Week) in September and at Christmas and sponsor Framework Herefordshire, a support network for emerging artists with exhibition opportunities on site and in other venues. Other regular activities and events include poetry evenings, music events, book signings and workshops for adults and children.

For more information about what we do, please contact Marion or David on 01432 263937 or by email, applestoregallery@btinternet.com.

Exhibition space

20th mar – 27th apr · Primavera (Spring) ASG studio artists and guests celebrating the season

1st may – 8th jun · What Lies Beneath  · guests Amanda Attfield & Michael Mable

12th jun – 20th jul · The Painful Truth  · guest artist Chris Cursons

24th jul – 24th aug · Guest artist Caroline Whittaker

28th aug – 21st sep · h.Art @ ASG & Artsite3/Unit6 studio artists Studio artists showing work and opening their studios 

9th oct – 16th nov · Guest artist Richard Branczik

20th nov – 21st dec ·  Christmas Delights Local artists’ seasonal offerings

Cards, prints and books

We hold a selection of cards, prints, and unframed original work by artists who have exhibited with us.

Books and publications by local authors and publishers are also available.

So why not come along and stock up on items to mark special occasions and celebrations and if you’re looking for something in particular, email us with details and we’ll see what we can do.

More than an art gallery

Custom framing, artists’ studios, private event and much more…

Framing

  • Bespoke framing
  • Custom mouldings and frames available
  • Glass, acrylic and laminating to suit your needs
  • 3D object framing

Artists’ studios

  • Space to create
  • 24-7 access at times to suit you
  • Ideal for artists, photographers, printers, designers and an array of small creative start-ups including creative technology, software and web design
  • Exhibition opportunities, artists’ workshops & participation in h.Art (Herefordshire Art Week)