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Entering West Ox Arts, one is struck by the inventiveness and liveliness of the occupation on display. John Stephen is influenced by early cubism and expressionism; his oils on canvas are more epitome
that realistic. Inspired by a wall painting in Pompey his Flora, depicting a housekeeper picking flowers, recalls the flat planes of Stanley Spencer’s vague figures. In his striking The Milkmaid, a
tribute to Vermeer, he keeps the tenderness of the make heads, the gentle but insistent light and the way each homely object relates to the next.
Teresa Munby makes dangerous pots and sculptural pieces by moulding clay, porcelain or earthen-ware on to sheet a documents pulp which burns away during firing, leaving an almost transparent profile like her
delicate tea-light holder allowing the candle light to gleam through. Her wrap-around waterproof Yellow and Blue Inlaid Vase (pictured), patterned inside and out in a out of the ordinary design, comes alive
when filled with flowers. Her marbled and castigate imprints are different, delicate and desirable.
Source: The Oxford Times