Atelier Ellis Makers:
What Colour is Home?
In February 2026, Atelier Ellis, makers of beautiful, breathable mineral-based paint, curated and hosted a new creative initiative and exhibition.
The inaugural theme was What Colour is Home? Meditations & Conversations.
Cassandra Ellis, founder and colourist of Atelier Ellis, brought together Celia Dowson, Stephanie Forrest, Isobel Napier, Nancy Nicholson and Andrea Walsh to meditate and converse on what colour says ‘this is home ’to them.
Each artist was asked to consider how colour feeds their work and how what they make influences their notion of home and that of their clients. They were invited to respond to this meditation with a personal conversation through their practice—documenting their thinking as well as creating specific pieces for the exhibition.
Stephanie Forrest released a new series of work expanding her experimentation and love of blue using Japanese suminagashi indigo ink, whilst Andrea Walsh made a series of studies and arrangements exploring softness and our relationship to objects at home. Working with paper and wood to echo the quality of cloth, Isobel Napier studies the tension between fragility and solidity, control and chance. Glass artist, Celia Dowson celebrates glowing, morning light, reflecting on her happy childhood memories. Weaver Nancy Nicholson responds to her Great-grandmother Winifred’s painting ‘Northrigg Hill’, a painting that wraps her and her family in safety.
Find out more by reading each artist’s individual interview by writer Alice Vincent: Stephanie Forrest; Andrea Walsh; Isobel Napier; Celia Dowson; Nancy Nicholson.
Exhibition
Thursday 5th - Saturday 7th February 2026
General Assembly Gallery
First and Second Floor, 12 St George St, London W1S 2FB
Thursday 5th February 11am - 5pm
Friday 6th February 10am - 5pm
Saturday 7th February 10am - 4pm
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