The Throatlake Gallery was conceived as a
result of a longstanding love of fine art, passed down through family
generations, and a desire to pass this passion on to others through making good
quality art available as simply as possible at affordable prices. Originally the brainchild of Alfie Ledlie,
who began by displayed his own significant art collection, the Gallery is now
owned and operated by Alan Ledlie along with his Wife, Joanne, and Sister in
Law, Hilary.
After 10 years in the original gallery in Creeslough,
Throatlake moved their family business to an iconic building in Portnablagh
overlooking the Harbour around 2 years ago.
Over 100 years old, this was originally the local Boarding House and
then the local Post Office and General Store before falling into disrepair
around 20 years ago. Throatlake are
delighted to have been able to re-generate the building into a bright and
generous space incorporating our new Gallery, our new Café and Bistro
(Buttermilk Art Café) and a luxury Holiday Apartment.
The Gallery is aimed at providing a wide
range of quality art at affordable prices with something to suit everyone’s
taste. Whilst the best work of a core
group of top quality established artists is always on display, Throatlake also endeavour
to provide a platform for emerging and established local artists to showcase
their work and bring it to a wider audience.
Throatlake aim to offer a high quality and friendly service which
reflects how they themselves would expect to be treated when making a
significant purchase, such as a piece of quality fine art, and sincerely hope
this has been achieved.
Throatlake firmly believe that art should be
purchased not just in the hope of it appreciating in value, although of course
it is a fine investment, but also because the chosen piece can be appreciated
as a thing of beauty and an acquisition which can be admired for many years to
come by someone who appreciates it. This
is how all of the pieces on display in the Gallery are originally sourced and
Alan, Joanne and Hilary endeavour to ensure that each artist featured has at
least one piece of work in their own private collections simply because they love
their work and enjoy admiring it daily in their homes. The aim of course is to ensure that you can too.