New Year’s Eve Owl, Johnny Carroll-Pell

While Project Art Works In Residence closes its doors during the winter break we present a New Year’s Eve Owl by Johnny Carroll-Pell, 2025.

Not wanting to be a dark space we have the owl illuminated from 21 December – 6 January when we reopen the gallery.

Located at 12 Claremont, In Residence is a brand-new pop-up gallery, workshop space, and shop in the heart of Hastings. The space has been beautifully renovated and refurbished by Hastings Commons. As part of a longstanding alliance with Project Art Works the building will serve as a vibrant, central hub of creativity, inclusion, and community engagement over the next 7 months.

Johnny is a prolific artist whose work is both figurative and abstract. There is a beautiful synergism between the dynamic movement of his work and the way he moves around the studio clearly enjoying his work.

Often inspired by nature and people, Johnny regularly creates large scale paintings of scenic landscapes and life-size and larger-than-life figures of animals and people.

Johnny makes smaller drawings of instinctively interconnected shapes and patterns using charcoal, ink and paint pens. His use of vibrant colour is confident, considered and joyful.

Johnny started painting around the age of 10 and creates some kind of art most days at home. He has recently moved onto making sculptures in clay and wood and using found objects. He likes to listen to music when he’s creating and will often dance at the same time! He also paints large scale paintings and small scale ink drawings at home.

Buy work by Johnny Carroll-Pell here at Untitled Gallery.