Ruth McCabe Contemporary Art

Contemporary artwork in oils, collage and watercolour

2026

Watch out for further news on her Instagram account: @ruthmccabeartist8420

29 August 12pm to 4pm

Open Studio and sale

I am opening up my studio archives! Until midnight GMT Friday 28 August, I am hosting a retrospective sale featuring a curated selection of my paintings (£50–£250). This is your chance to own an original piece you might have missed out on before.

If you see a piece you love, you can buy it right now with 15% OFF and FREE UK shipping!

Online payments are processed securely through the PayPal links in the catalogue where you can pay either using your PayPal account or a standard debit/credit card.
The online-only 15% discount disappears at midnight on Friday 28 August.

“STUDIO SALE” right now, Click the direct link to the Scrollable Digital Catalogue! 

Note: Buying early online means you secure your favourite piece before the physical open studio doors open on Saturday 29 August!

7th May to the 19th May

Observations +

Lorry Cudmore, Ruth McCabe, and Malcolm Cudmore ….bring ceramics, collage and paintings to the upstairs gallery at Southwold’s ‘CraftCo’ for just 2 weeks in May: 7th to the 19th.
 
Craftco is a gallery for contemporary crafts and applied arts from makers in East Anglia which now welcomes selected 2D artists into its gallery space. It is situated on Southwold High street near Adnams main outlet.
 
‘Observations +’ takes Southwold’s characterful ‘Blackshore’ as inspiration, offering the artists’ personal reflections on this much loved centre for the local fishing and boat building industries. 
 
Ruth has selected a range of new pieces in collage and acrylic inspired by dark, stormy winter days but also responding to the brilliant colours and shapes always to be found around boats.

7th May to the 19th May

Observations +

Lorry Cudmore, Ruth McCabe, and Malcolm Cudmore ….bring ceramics, collage and paintingsto the upstairs gallery at Southwold’s ‘CraftCo’ for just 2 weeks in May: 7th to the 19th.
 
Craftco is a gallery for contemporary crafts and applied arts from makers in East Anglia which now welcomes selected 2D artists into its gallery space. It is situated on Southwold High street near Adnams main outlet.
 
‘Observations +’ takes Southwold’s characterful ‘Blackshore’ as inspiration, offering the artists’ personal reflections on this much loved centre for the local fishing and boat building industries. 
 
Ruth has selected a range of new pieces in collage and acrylic inspired by dark, stormy winter days but also responding to the brilliant colours and shapes always to be found around boats.

Wild swimming (collage) 20cm

Blackshore patterns (collage) (30cm)

Blackshore winter (2) collage (20cm)

sea-farers

Watercolour and collaged work celebrating Southwold’s coastal heritage.

Dates: March 3rd to April 26th (excluding Mondays)
Times: 8:30am to 3pm

Ruth’s first solo exhibition of 2026 will be held in ’The Canteen’, a community café nestled away from Southwold’s bustling high-street, and within the Old Hospital Hub. The Old Hospital has become the community heart of Southwold and is also home to Southwold Library, the Geography Fieldwork Academy and in the near future, a community gym. The hub’s ever-expanding community projects support hundreds of local people. The Canteen has been a second home for Ruth over the last 2 years.

As an all year round sea swimmer, (member of Sole Bay Swimmers), and with a love for the beautifully un-glamorous ‘Blackshore’ (Southwold Harbour), she presents 14 pieces expressing her love for this great seaside town, and concerns for the increasing coastal erosion on this eastern edge of the UK.

Work is for sale in the show: payment by Paypal or BACS.
Postcards and Photobooks will also be on sale.
The Canteen menu is of delicious quality, house-made and locally-sourced food and speciality coffee.