& Still Different Worlds



Thames-side Studios Gallery presents & Still Different Worlds a group exhibition featuring seven artists
working in the UK today.
Miranda Boulton, Martyn Cross, Sam Douglas, Michael Gurhy, Kirsty Harris, Paula MacArthur, Donna McLean

“I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper…there is goodness…but another force, a wild pain and decay, also accompanies everything.” 
David Lynch 

  • Michael Gurhy, Trauma doesn’t like to be touched, 3D Printed Sculpture, 202
  • Donna McLean, Place to Be, Oil on board, 30x36cm, 2020
  • Sam Douglas, Dalsfjord, Oil on board, 35x25cm, 2017
  • Martyn Cross, Another Name, Oil and sand on canvas, 152.8 x 213.5 x 2.4 cm, 2024, Photo by Damian Griffiths
  • Kirsty Harris, Encore, Oil on unstretched linen, 152.5 x 117, 2025
  • Miranda Boulton, Turn Around Again, Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 100x80cm, 2021
  • Paula MacArthur, Such a stillness, oil on canvas, 70 x 50cm, 2025

    • Something is pressing up from beneath. The surfaces hold back histories and myths, they do not feel like fixed boundaries but rather, thresholds. The artworks share a preoccupation with forces that exceed our control; erosion, detonation, evaporation, spectral return, decomposition, ecological fragility or blinding light. Considering painting as an object or monument, the mark making becomes almost stubborn, confidently holding its ground at the eye of the storm. 

    Opening Reception: Friday 17 October 6-9pm 

    Exhibition open: 18 October – 2 November 2025 

    Hours: 12- 5pm, Thursday-Sunday & by appointment 

    Artist Talk: Sunday 2 November 12-2pm 

    Finissage: Sunday 2 November 2-4pm 

    Location: Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Harrington Way, Warspite Road, London, SE18 5NR 

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    & Still Different Worlds is kindly supported by Contemporary British Painting 

    Further information:
    Disabled access. Free, limited parking is available on site.

    How to get there:
    Bicycle: Thames River cycle path (16 mins cycle from Greenwich).
    Bus: 161 / 177 / 180 / 472 to Warspite Road bus stop.
    DLR: Woolwich Arsenal (1 minute walk to Plumstead Road and take Route Bus 177 towards Peckham Bus Station or 472 towards North Greenwich Station).
    Road: A2 corridor, first roundabout east of Thames Barrier onto Warspite Road.
    Train: From Cannon Street or London Bridge to Woolwich Dockyard (8 minute walk) or Charlton (12 minute walk).
    Tube: North Greenwich (Take the Route Bus 472 towards Thamesmead Town Centre).
    Crossrail: Elizabeth Line to Woolwich (take Route Bus 177 towards Peckham Bus Station or 472 towards North Greenwich Station).

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