Fred Levine

‘A Clearer Morning’ Oil and spray paint on canvas 70 x 30 x 3.5cm 2026 This is the third iteration of paintings I have made of a drawing I made years ago of @gillesmadan writing. The last one I made referred to a lyric in one of his poems; ‘tomorrow I will rise/ with a clear state of mind’. I am always drawn to the lines in his work that observe the natural elements and cycles to touch on something deeper; he also wrote the poem ‘rain’ which inspired a favourite painting a few years ago (we collaboratively sell my hand written exert of that text as a print now). It was Gilles who introduced me to Louise Gluck’s poetry collection, which has inspired this body of work so deeply. And in her poem ‘Clear Morning’, I found inspo for the show’s title 🌱 My show ‘A clearer morning’ is open for three more weeks at @fredlevinegallery . Time is flyyyinggg ! ——— I’ve watched you long enough, I can speak to you any way I like— I’ve submitted to your preferences, observing patiently the things you love, speaking through vehicles only, in details of earth, as you prefer, tendrils of blue clematis, light, of early evening— you would never accept a voice like mine, indifferent to the objects you busily name, your mouths smal circles of awe— All this time I indulged your limitation, thinking you would cast it aside yourselves sooner or later, thinking matter could not absorb your gaze forever— obstacle of the clematis painting blue flowers on the porch window— I cannot go on restricting myself to images because you think it is your right to dispute my meaning: I am prepared now to force clarity upon you. ~ Louise Glück —— First photo by @bjdeakin_photography last by @williambutterick #contemporaryportrait #painting

Room for a life Oil and spray paint on canvas 180 x 140 x 3.5cm 2026 This painting came about from a spring equinox gig I went to last year at @thegeorgetavern . Midway through drawing the singer sat down on the stage, so i was left with just the trace of her standing before, which became a sort of spirit rising up out of her. The hares and birds and flowers decorating the stage danced and made shadows around her, and the flutist in the background reminded me of the nymphs in Chris Ofili’s work, inspired by Blake. All this life around me, and legacy; couldn’t help but make me think of that Kate bush song… No, we never die for long Whilst we got that little life to live for It’s hidden deep inside There’s room for a life in your womb, woman Oh inside of you can be two Woman Big up women and mothers everywhere ✨✨✨ Currently on show as part of my solo ‘A Clearer Morning’ with @fredlevinegallery Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to visit so far! And to fred for putting it on and believing in my work ❤️ #painting #roomforlife #chrisofili #blake #romanticism Photo by @bjdeakin_photography

We are pleased to share ‘A Clearer Morning’, an exhibition of new paintings by London based artist, Harriet Gillett. A Clearer Morning’ takes its title from a Louise Glück poem of the same name, one written after an intense period of personal struggle and creative block in the poet’s life. For Harriet Gillett, spring is a powerful metaphor to explore broader themes of hope, transformation and reemergence, this time through the medium of paint. Her rose-tinted compositions draw upon vast literary and musical references, meanwhile employing imagery from personal experience and observation. Text from Anna Moss The exhibition is on show until June 6. Fred Levine, Bruton. Thurs - Sat 11-4 and by appointment @harrietgillettart @anna__petrovna

I talk to the wind Oil and spray paint on linen 180 x 140 x 3.5cm 2026 Currently on view as part of my solo ‘A Clearer Morning’ at @fredlevinegallery in Bruton, Somerset Based on drawings made at a spring equinox gig last year at @thegeorgetavern (THE place to see bands before they blow up) 🌱✅ 🌱 Please send any enquiries to fred ✨ First two photos by @bjdeakin_photography #painting #italktothewind #delphianopencall

Based on a drawing of @sianamiles taking to the piano at @royaloakedinburgh last summer. I’d come in ready for bed but soon we were all harmonising together at the bar. The Royal Oak is like that. One minute you’re down the next your flying. All jokes went aside when Sian sat down at the piano and quite literally stunned us into silence with two ballads. Something so magical, so reviving about a room brimming with people all honed in and hushed, listening to her power, her voice. When I left that night, I walked on air. ‘And never get out again’ oil and spray paint on linen, 120 x 95cm. 2026 Now on view at @fredlevinegallery (Bruton, Somerset) ❣️ ~ All the colours look brighter now Everything they say seems to sound good Drifting into tomorrow too quick Yesterday too good to forget Stop the swing of the pendulum ~ Kate bush First pic by @bjdeakin_photography 🫶🏼 + detailZ and my new studio key that I am obsessed with. Not enough people are talking about the selection at @timpsonuk am I RYT??! #painting #folkpub #theroyaloak #folkmusic

Opening this Saturday 25 April Harriet Gillett A Clearer Morning An exhibition of new paintings, ‘A Clearer Morning’ takes its title from a Louise Glück poem of the same name, part of a collection famously written after an intense period of personal struggle and creative block in the poet’s life. This poetic point of view seeps into Gillett’s work with subtle force; swathes of warm, vibrating colour, brushwork that blends image with rhythmic line, and song lyrics lovingly jotted onto canvas borders. Harriet Gillett (b. 1995, East Yorkshire) is an artist living and working in London. She received her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds art school in 2022 after studying a BA in English Literature at Edinburgh University (2017). She has shown in Italy, Spain, China, Belgium and the UK, and her work is held internationally within private collections. Group shows include exhibitions at Brooke Benington, Roman Road, Delphian x Saatchi, Badr El Jundi Gallery, Tube Culture Hall, Edji, Yusto-Giner and duos with Soho Revue and New Normal Projects. She has presented solo exhibitions with LAMB, London, Hot Sheet expo and Fred Levine Gallery. She was shortlisted for the Ingram prize in 2020 and was one of the 2023 New Contemporaries. Residencies include Goodeye Projects, Xenia and Palazzo Monti Residency. @harrietgillettart 📷 @russmcclintock Words @anna__petrovna

A short montage of videos trying to capture the process of drawing while immersed in the ocean and straddling temporary islands that are inhabitable between tidal shifts. A minute or two of randomly seen and perceived things happening in coexistence with the drawing process, observed and thought about in a steady stream of heightened consciousness, albeit it to eventually fade and drift away into the universe unless caught on paper as a line, a smudge, an impression, a trace, a mark of some kind. Drawing shown is 13 Hours In and With the Pacific Ocean (Japan) drawn last year while working in solitude in Hokkaido. Other works on paper have recently been acquired in my solo exhibition Windward, @fredlevinegallery ending this Saturday, but this one remains. Enquiries to [email protected] All images and video content by artist. #petermatthews #art #contemporaryart #gallery #drawing

Details ✨ my show ‘A Clearer Morning’ opens at @fredlevinegallery on 25th April 🌚🌹🌝 Drop fred a message to see the preview xo

Peter Matthews Watermelon Man, 2025 Oil, oil bar, earth matter, found objects, found paper from outside a KFC in Leicester, England, and sand from Venice Beach, California on canvas from the pacific coast of Hokkaido, Japan and Hainan, China 169.5 x 139 cm Currently on show in Windward until April 18. Gallery hours: 11-4pm Fred Levine, Bruton @peter_matthews_artist

Fred Levine is delighted to announce its upcoming presentation ‘A Clearer Morning’, featuring new paintings by London based artist, Harriet Gillett. Taking its title from a poem of the same name in Louise Glück’s poetry collection ‘The Wild Iris’, the paintings in this exhibition revolve around the theme of Spring; hope, transformation and re-emergence after a period of dormancy. Glück’s collection, which charts her overcoming block through imagining life from the perspective of a flower, the paintings reflect a similar process of slow looking, and a shifting of perspective for growth. Harriet Gillett (b. 1995, East Yorkshire) is an artist living and working in London. She received her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds art school in 2022 after studying a BA in English Literature at Edinburgh University (2017). She has shown in Italy, Spain, China, Belgium and the UK, and her work is held internationally within private collections. Group shows include exhibitions at Brooke Benington, Roman Road, Delphian x Saatchi, Badr El Jundi Gallery, Tube Culture Hall, Edji, Yusto-Giner and duos with Soho Revue and New Normal Projects. She has presented solo exhibitions with LAMB, London, Hot Sheet and Fred Levine, Bruton. She was shortlisted for the Ingram prize in 2020 and was one of the 2023 New Contemporaries. Residencies include Goodeye Projects, Xenia and Palazzo Monti Residency. A Clearer Morning 25 April - 6 June Fred Levine, Bruton with an accompanying essay by @anna__petrovna @harrietgillettart

The gallery will be closed for good Friday and open 11-4pm on Saturday this Easter. Currently on show: Peter Matthews Windward Until April 18 Pictured here: Cape Erimo, 2025 Oil, oil bar, earth matter, found objects and sand from Venice Beach, California on canvas from the Pacific coast of Hokkaido, Japan and Hainan, China 140.5 x 132 cm For further information please visit the link in our bio @peter_matthews_artist

Peter Matthews South From Haikou, 2025 Oil, oil stick; marker pen, sand, dirt and found objects on canvas 80 x 75.5cm Currently on show in ‘Windward’ a solo presentation by artist Peter Matthews at Fred Levine in Bruton, Somerset. This painting began its journey on Hokkaido an island in Japan and later travelled to Hainan in China where the painting was completed. Working on unstretched canvases packed into a backpack, the paintings often function as makeshift shelter during travel and passage. Their surfaces record a lived, generative process: paintings begin in the landscape, folded, carried, and reopened thousands of miles away, pausing and resuming in different climates and states of mind. Through this intense and personal odyssey, Matthews refines a visual language shaped by exhaustion, insomnia, lucidity, mindfulness, and moments of spiritual ex-stasis. The work exists deliberately at a distance from technological mediation, grounded instead in embodied experience and attentiveness to a rapidly changing world. ‘Windward’ runs until April 18 Thurs - Sat, 11-4pm and by appointment @peter_matthews_artist