Food for the soul 2..........Whitewall

A couple of months ago, as a means of wasting a lunchtime I decided to wander around the Manchester Art Gallery which was fantastic.

Today, and again with the prospect of a wet cigarette and an expensive cup of coffee I decided to see what else was out there. I know that there are a large number of museums in the area, but many of them would take longer than the allowed 1 hour (okay so sometimes 90 minutes but don't tell anyone!) to see, and lets face it if you are going to see a museum you really want to see it all.

I know that there is another art gallery on Portland Street and intend to see this, but with other minor errands to run I knew that I would not be able to appreciate it fully. Instead, whilst walking down Deansgate/King Street I stumbled across Whitewall Galleries. Okay so it wasn't difficult at all to find, and I have walked past it a couple of times and considered going in.

Well today was the day.

I was amazed at what could be done with such a small space, and really enjoyed all the art that was on display. My favourite was a very moody sea-scape by an artist called Philip Grey, whose "Irish Storm" (I think that was what it was called although I didn't feel like I could take a picture of it or get my phone out to record the name whilst I was in the gallery!) The use of the colours made you feel like the crashing waves could flow out of the frame and soak your shoes.

Further sea-scapes by Chris and Steve Rocks were also very impressive, and if I had the odd £5,000 lying around I would have loved to have bought an oil on canvas of a wood-scape by Inam. Unfortunately I don't have that kind of cash, and even if I did there would be so many far more pressing uses for it (but it's nice to dream, and I might just have to try my luck on the lottery tonight!)

I would really recommend Whitewall Galleries, or certainly the one in Manchester. Even though I was somewhat dressed down, within 10 minutes of walking through the door I was being offered coffee, and whilst it's not somewhere you can spend hours, it is a very pleasurable way of spending 45 minutes.