The Frogmore Street Gallery

The Frogmore Street Gallery High quality collectable Art and Craft works affordable prices. Workshops and year-round exhibitions

The finest traditions of Welsh arts and crafts are celebrated here in the centre of the bustling market town of Abergavenny. Our Gallery showcases the work of members of the Black Mountains Circle Ltd and their guests. As well as high-quality, collectable art and craft work, there are special monthly exhibitions and a growing schedule of workshops. Each time you visit you will be greeted by one or two of our artists/makers who are always on hand for a friendly chat and to offer help.

Today, we are showcasing the work of artist, Keith Foster. For as long as Keith can remember, painting has been his pass...
02/10/2026

Today, we are showcasing the work of artist, Keith Foster.

For as long as Keith can remember, painting has been his passion. He cannot remember a time when he has not painted.

Keith studied fine art at Newport College of Art, and received the National Diploma in Art and Design, following which he was awarded The David Murray Landscape Scholarship for Painting – which financed his early years as a painter.

Completing the postgraduate teaching degree in Cardiff University, enabled Keith to teach fine art, life drawing, and ceramics in various educational establishments in both England and Wales. He taught students to A-level, as well as adults in Further Education and evening classes.

Following his retirement from teaching, Keith has enjoyed being able to paint full-time from his studio at home in South Wales. His work has been exhibited in many galleries throughout Wales and the South of England, and in many open exhibitions including The John Moore’s Exhibition in Liverpool, the Royal Academy Summer Show, the National Eisteddfod, and Chapter Arts Centre, to name but a few.

Keith's stunning work can be found on the ground floor of our gallery.

There is something really wonderful about black in art. Of course, colours are lovely but black makes a real statement. ...
30/09/2026

There is something really wonderful about black in art. Of course, colours are lovely but black makes a real statement.

🖤In terms of science, black isn't actually a colour at all - it's what you get when there's a complete lack, or absorption of visible light.
🖤The colour black is achromatic, just like white and grey. This means that it has no hue.
🖤It is linked to prestige and elegance, which is why it dominates luxury branding and formal wear.

Black is definitely a statement and all these examples in our gallery show how wonderfully versatile it can be in art.

With the new season just started, the nights are drawing in and it's time to get cosy! Guess what? We have you covered. ...
28/09/2026

With the new season just started, the nights are drawing in and it's time to get cosy! Guess what? We have you covered.

What could be more cosy than a lit candle? We have candlesticks, tea light holders, beautiful match pots to light your candles and even some lovely candle snuffers to put them out again.

Gotta love a candle!

Today is the first day of the Abergavenny Food Festival. Now, obviously, the clue is in the title and it's all about foo...
19/09/2026

Today is the first day of the Abergavenny Food Festival. Now, obviously, the clue is in the title and it's all about food but as you're in Abergavenny anyway, why not take a little detour into our lovely gallery and cleanse your palette with some gorgeous artwork?

This is just a very small selection of what's there over our two floors - yes, TWO FLOORS! And we also have the beautiful exhibition of felting from our visiting artists. This is too good to miss; you can always go and stuff yourself with cake afterwards 😁

This coming weekend is the Abergavenny Food Festival. As always, our expert ceramicist and window-dresser, Jane, does a ...
15/09/2026

This coming weekend is the Abergavenny Food Festival. As always, our expert ceramicist and window-dresser, Jane, does a terrific job of making the window link to the theme of the food festival. This year, she's taken the theme of 'Al-fresco'. Think picnics, birds clearing up the stray crumbs from a magnificent Victoria Sponge Cake - you get the idea.

Now, I took some photos of the windows in order to show you how brilliant they were but you know what happens when you photograph windows? That's right, you get a reflection of everything else in the street, too: there was a nice reflection of the italian restaurant across the street, and also a queue of cars waiting to pull out of the opposite road. Neither of those things helped my photos.

So, I have managed to salvage two of the pictures which don't do the window justice! What's the answer to this dilemma? Go and see it for yourself 😉

Today, we'd like to showcase the work of woodturner, Peter Dixon. Peter originally turned to wood urning to destress fr...
11/09/2026

Today, we'd like to showcase the work of woodturner, Peter Dixon.

Peter originally turned to wood urning to destress from an intense job. He has since retired from that job and now spends his time creating wood art.

Woodturning is the foundation to all of his pieces but over the years he has developed skills in a range of other techniques and materials to enhance and build on the initial turned item. Peter considers himself lucky to have access to locally sourced woods of unusual character and colour. Sometimes this is enough in its own right, sometimes he may add carved and pierced features, apply texturing, scorching and pyrography techniques, stains and acrylics to achieve the final piece of “woodart”.

You can see a small collection of his work in this photo - including his very popular (and super-cute) nutmeg grinder. If you want to see more, you can find his work in our upstairs gallery.

Have a go at this little thought experiment: imagine a world without colour. Imagine what you'd see when you opened the ...
09/09/2026

Have a go at this little thought experiment: imagine a world without colour. Imagine what you'd see when you opened the curtains in the morning, if there was no colour.

Admittedly, sometimes when we open the curtains it can seem a bit grey, particularly in the deep winter, but mostly, there's the greens of the grass and landscape, the vibrancy of the flowers and sunlight and the wash of blue in the sky or the soft yellow of the first primrose.

This is all very poetic but hopefully it's shown you why colour is so important. And (queue segue...) you can see lots of it in the artwork in our gallery. Whether it's vibrant glass or landscapes, colourful wood vases and jewellery, or a soft pastel wash on ceramics, we have it all.

Come and surround yourself in colour.

Visitors to our gallery will know that we have two floors of beautiful artwork. Yes, you read that right: two whole floo...
07/09/2026

Visitors to our gallery will know that we have two floors of beautiful artwork. Yes, you read that right: two whole floors.

Here is a collection of work you will find on the ground floor - it is a mere snippet, as there is a great deal more but this is to whet your appetite. Just this small selection shows ceramics, basketry, jewellery, wooden sculptures, Welsh Love Spoons and a gorgeous Welsh landscape.

This all looks much better in the flesh so do pop in and see for yourself. Oh, and don't forget to go upstairs afterwards 😉

As a follower to our page, you will know that each week, we showcase one of our members and this week, we are featuring ...
04/09/2026

As a follower to our page, you will know that each week, we showcase one of our members and this week, we are featuring the work of watercolour artist Tracey-Anne Sitch

Tracey-Anne paints natural history; primarily British wildlife for which she has a special passion. She enjoys working in tight detail (not easy in this challenging medium), and in differing styles, which varies from simple portraits of the subject on a white background to elaborately patterned ‘frame-breaking’ paintings. Composition and a strong narrative, plus illustrating the character and behaviour of the subjects, are more important to her than realism.

As well as exhibiting locally and in national exhibitions, Tracey-Anne has also published four illustrated books and sells limited edition prints, cards, mugs and other gift items all decorated with her images of our beautiful native flora and fauna.

The detail in Tracey-Anne's work is incredible and has to be seen to be believed. You know what to do 😉

For a lot of artists' materials, there is so much that can be done with them. As an excellent example, let's look at tex...
01/09/2026

For a lot of artists' materials, there is so much that can be done with them. As an excellent example, let's look at textiles.

This array of artwork is currently on display at the gallery; some of it is from our long-standing members, and some of it is from the textiles visiting exhibition which is on in our upstairs gallery. If you look at these photos, you will see the sheer range of possibilities in this medium: teddy bears, pots, weaving, felting, picture artwork made solely from fabric.

Even if you aren't a textile creator yourself (and yours truly is most certainly not), you can appreciate the standard of artistry in all this work. It's just beautiful. Come and look - you won't regret your visit!

Address

20 Frogmore Street
Abergavenny
NP75AH

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm

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+447474348872

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