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SIMON DOLBY

Oundle in Lockdown by Simon Dolby 2020 at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

Dolby trained at The Ruskin School of Art in Cambridge in the 70’s and worked as an illustrator and designer for many years before embarking on a career as a fine artist 20 years ago. After buying the old Oundle doctors’ surgery, he and his wife Gillian converted it into a house and studio, later changing the patients’ waiting rooms into an art gallery.

He paints in watercolour and oils, particularly architectural and landscape subjects. He has taken on many commissions for architectural paintings including Burghley and Drayton House. In 2018 a commission by Lucy Chenevix-Trench to paint a 4′ x 3′ oil painting of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire was completed. Madresfield Court is a wonderful 900 year old moated house and is also famous as the setting and inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited.

In 2013 he was commissioned to paint a large canvas of the Grand Canal, Venice and in 2018 was commissioned by the same client to paint a 6′ x 4′ Capriccio painting of Oundle featuring the customers house set in 18 century Oundle along with a number of Oundle School buildings.
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SIMON DOLBY, WATERCOLOURS, OILS AND PRINTS

A Wet Day on West Street, Oundle 2021

Original Oil-on-Board 230x430mm SOLD
Limited Edition of 25 prints available for £200 unframed. Framed price from £300 – £350
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Oundle in Lockdown by Simon Dolby 2020 at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

Oundle in Lockdown 2020

Original Oil-on-Board 580x800mm POA 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £300 unframed. Framed price from £450 – £500
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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St Peter's Church Oundle by Simon Dolby 2019 at The Dolby gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

St Peter’s Church, Oundle 2019

Original Watercolour 420x300mm SOLD 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £98 unframed. Framed price from £150 – £180
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Snowy Oundle 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

Snowy Oundle 2020

Original Watercolour 340x530mm SOLD 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £150 unframed. Framed price from £300 – £400
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Rio Degli Ognissanti Venice 2021 by Simon Dolby The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire
Rio Degli Ognissanti Venice 2021

Original Oil-on-Board 500x730mm SOLD 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £200 unframed. Framed price from £300 – £400
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Nene River at Oundle, Northamptonshire 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

 Misty Morning Sunrise on the river Nene, Oundle, Northamptonshire 2020

Original Oil-on-Board 380x800mm  SOLD
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £300 unframed. Framed price from £350 – £450
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Zebra Crossing West Street Oundle 2018 by Simon Dolby @ The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

Zebra Crossing, West Street, Oundle 2018

Original Oil-on-Board 430x530mm SOLD 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £200 unframed. Framed price from £300 – £350
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Sunset on West Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire, 2020 by Simon dolby

Sunset on Oundle, Northamptonshire 2020

Original Oil-on-Board 230x230mm £500SOLD 
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £100 unframed. Framed price from £175 – £225
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Sunrise West Street Oundle Northamptonshire England 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Sunrise on West Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire 2020

Original Oil-on-Board 230x230mm £620
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £100 unframed. Framed price from £175 – £225
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Evening Light Santa Maria della Salute Venice 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Northamptonshire England

Evening Light, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice  2020

Original Oil-on-Board 410x400mm SOLD
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £200 unframed. Framed price from £300 – £350
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Custom House Venice Towards San Giorgio Maggiore 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire England

Custom House, Venice, towards San Giorgio Maggiore 2020

Original Oil-on-Canvas 140x140mm £250
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £50 unframed. Framed price from £125 – £150
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Venice Backwater 2020 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

Venice Backwater 2020

Original Oil-on-Board 250x290mm SOLD
Limited Edition of 50 prints available for £100 unframed. Framed price from £175 – £225
depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Capriccio showing ‘Gardenways’ in Blackpot Lane, Oundle. The painting has been set in an imaginary,
18th century street scene of Oundle, showing a number of Oundle school buildings

Original Oil-on-Canvas, 2019 (Commissioned work) 4’x6′ SOLD
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Madresfield Court Worcestershire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle NorthamptonshireMadresfield Court 2018

Original Painting, (Commissioned work) SOLD

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Venice Grand Canal 2015

Regatta Storica

Original Painting oil on canvas 40″ x 64″(Commissioned work) SOLD
Edition of 50 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £99. Framed £169. A2 size. Unframed £129. Framed £230. A1+ size. Unframed £349. Framed £599 Framed with extra thickness double mount, non reflective anti U.V. museum glass and antique style gilt frame.

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Drayton House, Lowick, Northamptonshire

Drayton House, Lowick, Northamptonshire 2015 Original Painting, Oil on Canvas 24ins x 32ins (Commissioned work) SOLD

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market oundle at the dolby gallery by Simon Dolby

Market Day in Oundle 2012

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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St Osyth's Lane Oundle by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

St Oysth’s Lane, Oundle 1999

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £70. Framed £120- £180 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Oundle In the Snow at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

Oundle in the snow 2005

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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bBeans Coffee Stop at The Dolby Gallery

Beans Coffee Stop, Oundle 2009

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 1 size at A2. Unframed £125. Framed £225 – £250 depending on frame
Edition of 50 in 1 size at A3. Unframed £99. Framed £180 – £200 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Towards Nassington by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Towards Nassington 2013

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Wadenhoe Church Watercolour by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Wadenhoe Church 2013

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50 in 1 size only. Unframed £98. Framed £180. depending on choice of frame and glass.

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red bus at the dolby gallery

Red Bus, The Thames at Tower Bridge 2012

Original Painting £3,500 
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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sir nigel gresley at the dolby gallery

Blue Thunder 2012 – Afternoon sunshine highlights the Ribblehead viaduct as it is crossed by A4 No. 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 -£400 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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West Front Lincoln Cathedral at The Dolby Gallery

Lincoln Cathedral 2011 – The West Front from the Watch Tower Lincoln Castle

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 -£400 depending on choice of frame and glass.

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Towards Oundle in the Snow at The Dolby Gallery by Simon Dolby

Towards Oundle in the Snow 2012

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £170 – £200 Depending on choice of frame and glass

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St Peter's Church Oundle at The Dolby Gallery
St Peter’s Church Oundle, in the Autumn 2013

Original Painting  SOLD
Edition of 50 in 1 size. A4+ size. Unframed £70. Framed £110 – £130 depending choice of frame and glass

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Snowy Oundle at The Dolby Gallery

Snowy Oundle 2010

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £170 – £225 depending choice of frame and glass

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Northants Landscape at The Dolby Gallery

Northamptonshire Landscape 2011

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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St Pauls Cathedral at The Dolby Gallery

St Paul’s Cathedral from London Bridge 2009

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £350 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Durham Cathedral at The Dolby Gallery

Durham Cathedral 2009

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Towards Stoke Doyle at The Dolby Gallery

Towards Stoke Doyle 2009

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 1 size.  A2 size. Unframed £120. Framed £200 – £225 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Cobthorne at The Dolby Gallery

Cobthorne, Headmasters House, Oundle School 2009

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50 in 1 size.  A2 size. Unframed £120. Framed £200 – £250 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Ely Cathedral by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Ely Cathedral 2008

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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West Front, Peterborough Cathedral by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

West Front, Peterborough Cathedral 2006

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Towards Bulwick at The Dolby Gallery

Towards Bulwick, nr Oundle, 2005

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Cley Mill at The Dolby Gallery

Windmill at Cley Norfolk II, Norfolk, 2001

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 50.A1 size. Unframed £220. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Blakeney Harbour by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Blakeney Harbour, Norfolk 2004

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Thames Barge at Snape Suffolk by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Thames Barge, Snape, Suffolk 1995

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Dutch Barge at Woodbridge Suffolk by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Dutch Barge, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1995

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Cley Mill, Norfolk by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Cley Mill, Norfolk 1995

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70.Framed £120 – £180 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Looking Down on West Street Oundle by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Looking Down on West Street, Oundle 2002

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £200 – £250 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Fotheringhay Church, Nr Oundle, Northamptonshire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Fotheringhay Church, Northamptonshire 1998

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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Oundle Market Place by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

The Old Town Hall, Oundle Market Place, Northamptonshire 1999

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120- £180 depending on frame and glass

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Laxton School, Oundle by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Laxton School, Oundle 2003

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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New Street, Oundle School by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

New Street, Oundle School 2002

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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New House, Oundle School by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

New House, Oundle School 2008

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 250 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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Close Field, Oundle School cricket match, by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Close Field, Oundle School cricket match 2004

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 250 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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Great Hall, Oundle School by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Great Hall, Oundle School 1998

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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Oundle School Chapel with Statue of 'Here am I, Send Me' by Kathleen Scott by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Oundle School Chapel with sculpture by Kathleen Scott, Northamptonshire 2004

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass
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St Anthony House, Oundle School, by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

St Anthony House, Oundle School 2002

Original Painting SOLD

Edition of 250 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £200 depending on frame and glass

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Oundle School Cloisters by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Oundle School Cloisters, from St Peter’s Church Tower 2007

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Burgundy Farmhouse by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Burgundy Farmhouse 1995

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size. Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

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Paulette, Provence, France by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Paulette, Provence, France 2003

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending choice of frame and glass

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North Street Oundle by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

North Street, Oundle 2005

Original Painting £1,385
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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Loch Droma Scotland Watercolour by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Loch Droma, Scotland, 1998

Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 500 in 1 size. A3 size.Unframed £70. Framed £120 – £180 depending on frame and glass

Southwold Harbour looking towards Warbleswick Suffolk a limited edition print from an original watercolour By Simon Dolbyat The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Southwold Harbour, Suffolk 2005

Original Painting £1,385
Edition of 250 in 3 sizes. A3 size. Unframed £98. Framed £180.
A2 size. Unframed £127. Framed £220. A1 size. Unframed £225. Framed £325 – £400 depending on choice of frame and glass

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 Towards Scope End Newlands Valley, Lake District, 2016 Oil-on-Board
Original Painting SOLD
Edition of 100 23x30cm Unframed £80. Framed £135-£170
depending on choice of frame and glass

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Towards Skiddaw, Lake District, 2016, 11ins x 21ins, 
Oil on Board SOLD
Towards Hindscarth and Dalehead, Lake District, 2016, 11ins x 21ins, Oil on Board SOLD


Sunset over Buttermere, Lake District, 2016, 9ins x 12ins, Oil on Board £350
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Wensleydale Summer, Yorkshire Dales, 2016 Oil on Board SOLD
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Sunset over Cape Cornwall, 2016, 9ins x 12ins, Oil on Board SOLD
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Sunset over Cape Cornwall, 2016, 9ins x 12ins, Oil on Board SOLD

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Porthcothan Beach, Cornwall, 2016 Oil on Board SOLD
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Lilford Bridge on the River Nene Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery Oundle NorthamptonshireLilford Bridge on the River Nene, 2016  Oil on Board SOLD

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Towards Fotheringhay Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery Oundle NorthamptonshireTowards Fotheringhay IV, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Canvas 12ins x 16ins SOLD
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Towards Southwick Woods Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards Southwark Woods, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Canvas 12ins x 16ins SOLD
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Last Houses nr Otford Kent at The Dolby Gallery, NorthamptonshireOast Houses, nr Otford, Kent 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Towards Muker, Swaldale, North Yorkshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards Muker, Swaledale, North Yorkshire 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Oundle Lodge Farm, Oundle Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery,Oundle, NorthamptonshireOundle Lodge Farm, Oundle, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Towards Warmington, Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards Warmington, Oundle, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Towards All Saints Church, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards All Saints Church, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Sunset over Lock Droma, Wester Ross, Scotland, at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle NorthamptonshireSunset over Loch Droma, Wester Ross, Scotland 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Loch a Bahrain, Wester Ross, Scotland at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireLoch a Bahrain, Wester Ross, Scotland 2016, Oil on Board 8 1/2ins x 11 1/2ins SOLD
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Stac Pollaidh, Assynt, Wester Ross, Scotland at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireStac Pollaidh, Assynt, Wester Ross, Scotland 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Towards Achnahaird, Assnyt, Wester Ross, Scotland at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards Achnahaird, Assynt, Wester Ross, Scotland 2016, Oil on Board. SOLD
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Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assent, Wester Ross, Scotland at The DolbyGallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireTowards Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt, Wester Ross, Scotland 2016, Oil on Board 8 1/2ins x 11 1/2ins £350
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Gurnards Head, Cornwall at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireGurnards Head, Cornwall 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Thornham Harbour, Norfolk at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireThornham Harbour, Norfolk 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Setting Sail, Thornham, Norfolk at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshireSetting Sail, Thornham Harbour, Norfolk 2016, Oil on Board SOLD
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Pilton Manor, Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshirePilton Manor, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Pilton Church, Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, NorthamptonshirePilton Church, Northamptonshire 2016, Oil on Board  SOLD
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Towards Fotheringhay, Nr Oundle Northamptonshire at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Towards Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire 2014
Oil on board  8 x 10 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Towards Oundle Northamptonshire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery

Towards Oundle, Northamptonshire 2014
Oil on board  8 1/2 x 9 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Bend on the River Nene, between Barnwell and Ashton Northamptonshire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

Bend on the River Nene, between Barnwell and Ashton Northamptonshire 2014
Oil on board  9 x 12 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Towards Oundle III at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire

Towards Oundle, Northamptonshire 2014
Oil on board  8 1/2 x 9 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Towards Stoke Doyle Church at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire

Towards Stoke Doyle Church, Northamptonshire 2015
Oil on board  8 1/2 x 9 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Towards Benefield Church 2016 at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire

Towards Benefield Church, Northamptonshire 2016
Oil on board  8 1/2 x 9 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD

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Towards Fotheringhay III 2015 at The Dolby Gallery, Oundle Northamptonshire

Towards Fotheringhay III, Northamptonshire 2016
Oil on board  8 1/2 x 9 inches by Simon Dolby    SOLD


Towards Muker, Swaledale, 2017, 20ins x 30ins,
SOLD
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Swaledale Summer, 2017, 20ins x 30ins
SOLD
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West Street, Oundle, summer storm approaching 2017, 13ins x 16ins,
SOLD
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Towards Oundle, across the Nene 2017, 7ins x 11ins, £180
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An Teallach, North West Scotland 2017, 12ins x 16ins, £495
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Towards Stoke Doyle 2017, 12ins x 12ins
SOLD
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Towards Ashton Wold Northamptonshire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery
Towards Ashton Wold, Northamptonshire 9in x 12ins
SOLD
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Towards Oundle From Ashton Northamptonshire 2017 by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery
Towards Oundle From Ashton, Northamptonshire 9in x 12ins
SOLD
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Pont-De-Montford, South West France 2015, 8ins x 10ins, £300
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Le Verdier, South West France 2015, 8ins x 10ins, £300
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Towards Compagnac, South West France 2015, 12ins x 16ins, £395
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JON PAINE

JON PAINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘I am a professional Chartered Engineer, but have always had a passion for working with wood. I was introduced to woodturning in the mid 1990s by my father who was recovering from illness and had decided to try his hand at the craft as a form of therapy. Through the early, somewhat experimental, days helping my father I realised that woodturning offered a unique way to express myself outside of the relatively straight lines generally associated with conventional cabinetwork. I regularly enter pieces into the national woodturning shows and have been commended on my work with some pieces winning prizes.’

 

 

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CARRY AKROYD

CARRY AKROYD

 

 

Painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd has lived most of her life in rural East Northamptonshire. Her interest in the landscape draws on many levels of fascination: history mainly, also geology, botany and wildlife. She is drawn to the nature of the unlabelled countryside trying to survive alongside agribusiness. Carry enjoys working in different media; a subject will sometimes demand to be treated in a certain way or go through many processes. Her use of colour is instinctive.

We stock a varied range of Carry’s originals, prints and artist cards at The Dolby Gallery.

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MAGGIE SMITH

MAGGIE SMITH

 


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Maggie Smith Basket at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

 

‘Inspiration for my work comes from the natural world and the materials around me. Observing both, for as long as I remember, inspired hours of creative mind games and excitement in me.  Many of my works start from a found object which I build a form around, often using materials from the same location. This element of chance forces me to explore the possibilities of these, often unconventional, materials. My abilities to make use of such materials rooted in the discipline of traditional basketry technique.

My recent work has focused on willow, deconstructing and experimenting allowing me, over time, to develop a more intimate knowledge of it. This knowledge then helps me to reconstruct using the various craft and basketry skills available to me.’

 

 

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CRISPIN HEESOM

CRISPIN HEESOM

 

Crispin Heesom, Twilight Over Bridge, Oil on Canvas, £400

 

‘After graduating from the Byam Shaw school of art in London in 1973 I did a series of different jobs but always kept painting. I lived in an Acme house in Hackney.  I have been a full time artist since 1992 and have shown in London, Cambridge and Viersen in Germany.

The work consists mainly of oil paintings and drawings and etchings. My main source of inspiration until recently has been landscape, but now I am working on a series inspired by figures in motion.

In my work I want to maintain an abstract independence between form and content. My aim being to work on the borderline between abstraction and figuration rather than copying nature.’

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GERI WADDINGTON

GERI WADDINGTON

 

 

Geri Waddington  trained in painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. She started engraving in 1995, and was elected a member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 2001, and its Chairman in 2014. She has exhibited regularly with the Society of Wood Engravers, the National Print Exhibition (later named ‘Originals’), (prizewinner 1999 and 2005), The International Miniature Print Exhibition, and at the Royal Academy and numerous independent galleries. She makes and sells independent prints and also illustrates hand-made private press books, where her engravings are printed directly from the wood, and has work in collections in the UK and abroad.

Wood engraving is one the simplest and yet most intense forms of printmaking; an image is produced by engraving into the polished endgrain surface of a block of wood (traditionally boxwood), with a variety of tools, which can produce a wide vocabulary of marks. The block is then inked with a roller and printed onto paper, where the cut marks appear as white. .

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GILLIAN DOLBY

Oundle 2 by Gillian Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Northamptonshire

GILLIAN DOLBY

 

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Oundle II

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Dora Dormouse Front cover. Written by Liz Dickson and illustrated by Gillian Dolby

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Gillian’s style is bright, colourful and amazingly observant. Her detailed style has developed from her earlier career as a children’s book illustrator. She has in the past has worked for ‘Ladybird’ Books, Cassell Books, Transworld Publishing, National Trust, and Oxford University Press.

She has illustrated educational books as well as book jackets and stories. More recently she was commissioned to illustrate ‘Dora Dormouse’ an enchanting picture book for young children written by Liz Dickson.

Her compilation illustration of ‘Oundle’ has been a best seller at The Dolby Gallery and a new version is now finished and published as a new Limited Edition Print.

 

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EDWARD DOUGLAS

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EDWARD DOUGLAS

 

 

Edward is a local designer/maker working from his busy workshop in the heart of Oundle’s market place. He designs and makes a range of bespoke furniture including cabinetry, kitchens, garden gates and doors. He has a clean, stripped back aesthetic and enjoys using sustainably sourced, beautiful timber allowing teh materials to take centre stage.

See more of his work here: edwarddouglas.co.uk

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POLLY DOLBY

POLLY DOLBY

 

Polly trained as an art historian at the Courtauld Institute in London and has always had a passion for art which has led her to take up painting once more, producing one-off originals in oil, watercolour and acrylic. She has become a popular local artist whose work has been described as colourful, uplifting and expressive.

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GORDON MONK

GORDON MONK

 

 

‘Green wood is much easier to work than seasoned wood, especially when working with hard woods. Chair components are traditionally made from green  wood, the components are dried before the chair is assembled.’

The Dolby Gallery have always loved Gordon’s chairs and have sold many over the years. Their natural, flowing forms and comfort make them very popular. They create a wonderful, wholesome presence in a room. Pop in to see which designs we have in stock or to commission a piece.

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JOHN PARFITT

John Parfitt Shadow Oil on Canvas at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

JOHN PARFITT

 

John Parfitt, 'Shadow', Mixed Media on Canvas at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

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“Vibrant colour and dramatic yet sensuous line capture joyfully expressive moments of solitary acrobatics, of tender coupling, of Zen-like dance and dynamic interaction”.

John Parfitt lives in East Northamptonshire, He is a painter and printmaker, trained in fine art/paintmaking at Gwent College of art and education at London University.  He has combined a career in teaching alongside developing his artwork.

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JEWELLERY

Ruth Lyne at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

JEWELLERY

 

We have a gorgeous permanent collection of jewellery at The Dolby Gallery exhibited alongside our exhibition programme.

Pop in to see new work by the following…

Helen West | Ruth Lyne | Carol Clift | Jane Barker | Valentina Brunn



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Helen West at The Dolby Gallery Oundle
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Ruth Lyne at The Dolby Gallery Oundle
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Helen West at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

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The Dolby Gallery Summer Show 2013 at The Dolby Gallery Oundle
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We show a wide and diverse collection of ceramics at The Dolby Gallery on a rolling basis either curated alongside pieces on the wall or as dedicated exhibitions. Our makers include:

John Masterton |  Rob Bibby | Jenny Dunbar | Harvey Bradley | Rosemarie Cooke  | Susan Cupitt | Peter Deans | Moira Goodall | Helen Humphreys | Frank Logan | Anja Penger-Onyett | Marion Stuart | Pam Schomberg | Margaret Gardiner | Stephen Murfitt | Gunta Krumins

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RUTH RIGNALL

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Ruth Rignall, Felted and Knitted Bag, 2016

 

‘I enjoy hand knitting as an instant and portable way of responding to the world around me and the ideas that develop from what I see. I like the balance of control and surprise in the process of designing the knitted piece for transforming into felt, the soft wool yarn becoming a sturdy fabric.’

 

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MIKKI LONGLEY

Mikki Longley Oundle Market

MIKKI LONGLEY

 

Fotheringhay Church by Mikki Longley at The Dolby Gallery Oundle

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Oundle Post Office, New Street Oundle by Mikki Longley at The DolbyGallery Oundle

Mikki trained at Cheltenham School of Art and Nottingham Trent Polytechnic, graduating with first class honours in 1988. She then spent 13 successful years as a graphic designer in London and Surrey, producing award winning work for international clients. Mikki returned to the East Midlands in 2000 and was inspired to paint the attractive villages and towns she found on her doorstep.

In her work, Mikki defines a sense of place and the architectural character for each individual location. Each piece is brimming with colour, texture and pattern, creating a heightened reality and a very personal view of the world.