An exhibition of paintings and monoprints by Benita Kevill-Davies
Clare Hall is pleased to present an exhibition by Benita Kevill-Davies, from 28th November 2025 to 8th January 2026. The exhibition is open for public viewing, 10am to 5pm, seven days a week.
Introduction by Frances Spalding, Chair of the Clare Hall Art Committee
On Friday 28th November an exhibition of paintings and prints by Benita Kevill-Davies, opens to the public, at Clare Hall. It is a curious show, well-worth a visit. In the past Kevill-Davies earned a reputation as a landscape and sea-painter. She also admitted getting caught up in the swirl of activity that surrounds the work of her husband, a leading stained-glass artist. But her work today looks back at barrows, ancient mounds of earth or stone that served as collective funerary monuments from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. At the same time, her work looks forward, inventing people-situations that touch on aspects of life today, such as the business of waiting, when time stops and the direction of life seems unclear. Although this kind of subject generates figurative art, it is minimalist in method and using deliberately limited means.
What catches and holds the viewer’s attention is her rich love of colour. ‘Colour has always been central to my life,’ Benita writes. ‘It supports the subject of my image but also holds stricture and expresses fielding’. It a major part of the appeal of her pictures. But there are other reasons why these initially strange paintings gradually get under your skin. You will find them gradually calling out in you the welcome you normally given to old friends.’
Useful information
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- Queries can be directed to Fiona Blake, Secretary of Clare Hall Art Committee.
- Discover more about art at Clare Hall via this page.