as artists we came together to connect, as co-founders this is our story
BlueHouse was founded in 2023 by KC Crompton, Binu Chaudhary and Parul Tolentino. An art collective now with seven artists, it is a place to collect art, exhibit work, meet artists, attend workshops and foster expression in a creative space.
Our name is inspired by the Mexican revolutionary and artist Frida Kahlo, whose home Casa Azul, was a place where artists and philosophers shared ideas, encouraged creativity and community.
You will always receive a warm welcome at BlueHouse, see inspiring art, be offered time and coffee, the opportunity to linger over an art book on the sofa or chat with our founders and resident artists.
We encourage you to be part of the BlueHouse story.
Read more about our story below
Collect , Connect and Create with us.
KC
Founding BlueHouse, a working, living, breathing gallery, led by artists is a reflection of my belief that art is a universal language that connects us all. It is a space to collect art, inspire, make, show, talk art and creativity.
I believe passionately in the power of women coming together to make a difference for and to each other, their community and culture. Choosing the iconic Frida Kahlo as a driving force in the naming of the gallery reflects the power of women, art and spirit to inspire, challenge and transcend. These principles have guided me throughout my career both as an artist and as a psychotherapist.
They guided me from the initial idea of BlueHouse - the name yet to come - to enlisting and recruiting my fellow cofounders, Binu and Parul shaping and developing both ideas and physical space.
Like all good things, it emerged over coffee, cake and laughter. A huge risk, emotionally and financially it has been the most wonderful journey.
In a central position in Esher, BlueHouse brings the creative process to the heart of the community and spreads the well being that creativity can generate within the individual and the community itself.
Binu
I deeply believe in the power of collectivity and have always enjoyed being on my creative journey with like minded people. This changed for a little while in my life when I moved to the UK from Singapore and I felt isolated and alone. I continued to paint in my small studio at home, but I longed for more. I dreamed of being surrounded by other artists, of working in a vibrant art space where doors would be open to the wider community, where creativity flowed freely and conversations sparked new ideas. Little did I know that the universe was working in the background bringing me closer to two other lovely ladies who in their own world were having exactly this dream.
And that is how we found one another, three artists with one common dream. We created BlueHouse artspace: a place where collective vision meets community, and where shared dreams are brought beautifully to life.
parul
I paint to seek serenity and working with watercolours is both compelling and calming. I have a fascination of our kinship with the ocean as land-dwellers. Despite the other worldliness of marine biodiversity, it is essential to our lives. I am engrossed in exploring these distant worlds to which we as human are tethered. I have learned from nature, as we so often do, that there is tranquillity in the repetition of form & pattern. Playing with the repetition of organic shapes and textures in my work is a process through which I find peace.
For me, joining BlueHouse was instinctive. I knew I wanted to enrich my art practice by meeting artists in person. With BlueHouse I have received a place in a community of creative thinkers, where making art is an integral part of who we are, we cannot help but feel connected & supported.