The Gallery in the Square is based in the centre of Usk, Monmouthshire and has a collection of classical works offered for sale in addition to a contemporary exhibition space where we exhibit new artists.

Learn to take advice from any available source and don’t be afraid to follow it.

David Sansom - Gallery in The Square

I had settled into a life in the hospitality sector, running pubs, restaurants and hotels for a large multi national company, regularly wondering if this was the time to revive that long lost entrepreneurial spirit. I didn’t start running my own business until I was approaching 40 and that was only as a result of the sad and sudden death of my Dad.

Operating my own business has re-engaged that part of the brain that was so full of ideas in my early years.

Business mentors always stress the importance of location, and even though we have a fantastic gallery premises in a beautiful town square, I wish I had taken more account of footfall when choosing the location. In retail, footfall is everything