Moish Sokal was first brought to my attention by an older friend whose judgement I admired and who took a great interest in my having set up Guggleton for young artists, at least fifteen years ago. In those days we were establishing ourselves with arts related workshops, seminars and just a few exhibitions. We were not ready for such a well established artist as Moish. I filed away the information given by my friend retrieving it from time to time and following the exhibitions he regularly holds at the Malthouse Gallery in East Lambrook, the Black Swan Gallery in Frome and the Meeting House Arts Centre in Ilminster.

At the age of twenty Moish left Israel and his family's beachside hometown near Haifa, where his artistic parents had encouraged his talents, settling in Sydney, Australia to study graphic art and design, and worked for many years as a freelance graphic designer. A passionate traveller, he began recording his visits through the peoples and landscapes of those countries in paintings which lead to exhibitions.

Since arriving in England in 1990 he has held twenty five one-man exhibitions whose titles cover Nomads, Crossing Worlds, Hidden Waters, Arabs and Jews, Reflections, Desert to Surf among many others. Moish has developed a large clientele with works now in collections all over the world.

Moish Sokal and his wife Prue Biddle live in Norton-sub-Hamdon where Somerset embraces them. For five to six months of the year, Moish is on his travels bringing east and west together in his paintings and gleaning plenty of interesting notes for his annual newsletter. His exhilarating sense of colour and powerful skill with watercolours bring about highly desirable paintings.

We are thrilled that this renowned artist should be showing with us in Dorset at Guggleton Gallery. Travelling with my Watercolours from Sunday 26th September - Saturday 1st October 11am - 5pm each day. India, Australia, Venice and back home in England are all recorded in this new exhibition where we look forward to welcoming you together with Porter Dodson, Solicitors and Advisers who have so generously supported us.

Isabel de Pelet