The Estate

OUR INSPIRATION

ART ON THE ESTATE

There is an integral link between wine and art throughout history. Both evoke emotion and are subjective to the individual. Both are created with passion and have unlimited creative potential. The ever-growing art collection at Hush Heath Estate is visible everywhere you look, from our tasting room and throughout the grounds of the estate. Featuring paintings, collages and photography, and eye-catching, oversized sculptures, our collection is a source of great pride and inspiration and a must-see on any visit.

OUR INSPIRATION

Zebra by Nicholas Johnson

Johnson studied at Brighton College of Art before moving onto the Slade School of Fine Art until 1964. Primarily a sculptor, Johnson works in wood and bonze. His life-size sculptures of animals and birds are the result of assiduous planning and physically demanding labour. Johnson spent 20 years living in Africa, where art is so overwhelmingly three dimensional, inspiring him to think in sculptural terms.

OUR INSPIRATION

Praca de Touros by Nandipha Mntambo

Suitably located in our female Winemaker Victoria Ash's office, Mntambo's work address ongoing debates around traditional gender roles, body politics and identity. She works in photography, sculpture, video and mixed media to explore the liminal boundaries between human and animal, femininity and masculinity, attraction and repulsion, life and death.

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The Potter With Lee, Before Bed by Henry Hudson

Hudson's 'Hominidae' series explores a series of ten portraits of his family. The title of the series refers to the taxonomic classification of the 'great apes' of which two of the main groups are humans and chimapanzees. The series looks at physical and psychological traits and collective characteristics of different members of his family, brought together under this one classification.

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Geese in Flight by David Norris

Co-owner of the Hush Heath Estate, Leslie Balfour-Lynn, was given ‘Geese in Flight’ by her parents Nannette and Richard Stewart. They originally brought the geese from a gallery in London for their home in the South of France, before passing it onto Leslie. It seems fitting that the geese have flown back to England and come to rest in front of Nannette’s vines here on the Hush Heath Estate.

The artist, David Norris is a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, after studying sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools, London. David works on both figurative and abstract pieces, concentrating on architectural and landscape bronzes and stainless-steel pieces.