25/05/2026
Maurice Cockrill (British 1936 -2013)
Mixed Media on Sandpaper one of two paintings on show in my current exhibition. Seen here with a Carol Cutler vase.
Cockrill - born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he studied at Wrexham School of Art and University of Reading from 1960–64.
He taught at Liverpool College and Nottingham University. He was a central figure in Liverpool's artistic life, regularly exhibiting at the Walker Art Gallery, before his departure for London in 1982
Cockrill's Liverpool work was in line with that of John Baum, Sam Walsh and Adrian Henri, employing Pop and Photo-Realist styles, but later he moved towards Romantic Expressionism, as it was shown in his retrospective at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 1995. His poetry was published in magazines such as "Ambit" and "Poetry Review”
Cockrill received the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, in addition to awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain, Flags and other Projects, Royal Festival Hall, the Arts Council of Great Britain (Major Award), and the Arts Council Works of Art in Public Spaces. He was also given a British Council Award in 1985.
Carol Cutler worked at Poole Pottery from 1969 - 78. She is well known and celebrated for her Delphis designs and this work can be found in many important collections including a piece in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
She worked under Guy Sydenham, who at this time, was the head potter at Poole. She also threw and decorated pots for their Atlantis range.
In the past few years, Carol has set up a pottery at home, and has been consistently making new work and enjoying experimenting with slips and glazes dug from Bramble Bush Bay in Poole Harbour. I have a lovely selection of her work, but they're selling out fast!