Oct 082025
 

Theo Platt, “Chrome”, Oil on canvas

Theo Platt, “Sunstream”, Oil on canvas

Theo Platt, “Sunstream”, Oil on canvas (detail)

Theo Platt, “Deep Calm”, Oil on canvas

Somerville Manning Gallery is currently showing two painting exhibitions: Theo Platt‘s textured oil paintings from his Oceans series of works (pictured above) and Steven Nederveen‘s Stillness in the Shade of Green.

Below Nederveen describes his process for the work (pictured below)-

Using a mixed media approach to image making, I combine acrylic paint and C-print photographs. By layering these elements I can etch down into the emulsion of the photograph to reveal golden hues and also build up the surface with impasto and washes of colour. The result is an image with photo sharp detail in focal areas and painterly brush marks that obscure and create space for the imagination.

Both of these exhibitions close 10/11/25.

Steven Nederveen, “Gold Hidden Within”, Mixed Media

Steven Nederveen, “Gold Hidden Within”, Mixed Media (detail)

Steven Nederveen, “Breathe In the Forest Air”, Mixed Media