Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Summer Show, RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham - 3 July - 2 August

 This is a great exhibition consisting of both Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' (RBSA)members work and selected artists from the open exhibition.

I was delighted to sell my oil painting the day after it opened.

Exhibiting at Mrs Jones' Gallery, Shrewsbury, Saturday April 6th-May 4th 2024 in the Mrs Jones Spring Open Exhibition

 Mrs Jones Spring Open Exhibition

I am delighted to be exhibiting 'Winter Sunshine' in the Mrs Jones Spring Open Exhibition in Shrewsbury from Saturday April 6 - May 4 2024.

Mrs Jones Gallery beautiful, small gallery is open Wednesday-Saturday 10.30-4

118 Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury, SY37DU

hello@mrsjonesgallery.co.uk

@mrsjones_artshopandgallery

Abstract seascape paintings at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - 21 June-23 July

 

Royal Birmingham Society Of Arts Members And Associates Exhibition 21 June-23 July

I am exhibiting 2 abstract landscapes created in acrylic in this exhibition. They are very well displayed in this newly refurbished gallery in the Jewellery Quarter, St Paul’s Square, Birmingham Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery

The exhibition can be viewed on-line and in the gallery in the Jewellery Quarter, Brook Street, St Paul's Square, Birmingham

Deep blue sea

Elemental

I'm showing in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery in the Members and Associates show - an exhibition on the walls and visitors at last!

 Post Lockdown Exhibition 20th April to 22nd May 2021

Gallery 1, 2 & also online

For over 200 years the RBSA Members and Associates have been displayed in this annual exhibition.

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The Members & Associates Exhibition is displayed online for the first time, and across two floors of the RBSA Gallery.

RBSA exhibition - online view

Frozen lake - Pastel  Linda Nevill ARBSA

Silver birches - Pastel  Linda Nevill ARBSA

All work in the exhibition is for sale

I'm delighted to have my new etching 'Red by night' selected for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Prize Exhibition

 I'm delighted to have my new etching, 'Red by Night' selected for the RBSA Prize exhibition which takes place 8 October - 21 November 2020.

This exhibition is now extended on line until 16 January.  See all work online here  Prize exhibition - scroll down page to see all artwork

Here's the etching and the metal plate the etching was printed from.

Birmingham Art Circle - group exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists gallery, St Paul's Square from 23 September to 5 October 2019

I'm taking part in this group exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, St Paul's Square, 4 Brook St, Birmingham B3 1SA

Birmingham Art Circle and the Shapeshifters Sculpture Group are sharing the gallery for this new exhibition.

http://www.rbsa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/birmingham/

23 September to 5 October

Wolverhampton Open Studios - Saturday 12 October

I am participating in Wolverhampton Open Studios again this year on Saturday 12 October.

If you are interested in coming along to see some of my etchings, etching plates, lino prints and oil paintings in my Bradmore studio please contact me by email on linda_nevill@hotmail.com and I will give you further information.

Making the etching print Borderlands...

Making and printing the Borderlands etching

Etching plate ready to etch.  The copper sulphate/saline solution will 'bite' the uncovered areas creating grooves and pits which will later hold ink.  The red 'ground' protects the rest of the metal.

The etching plate in the mordant (biting solution). You can see that the exposed areas of the plate turn black.

The finished plate

The metal plate then has ink rubbed into the grooves, it is placed on the etching plate,  damp paper is placed on top and then protected by newsprint and blankets, the star wheel is turned so the plate goes between the rollers and the print is created.

The finished print.

Solo show at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - 11 February to 31 March 2019

My etchings are at the framers and I'm excited and nearly ready for my solo show at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, St Paul's Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA.

http://www.rbsa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/linda-nevill-arbsa/

All my prints in this exhibition are etchings but the subject matter is quite varied.  This is because I've been working with two poets, not to illustrate poetry but to create art that is inspired by it.

Here is an excerpt from Jane Seabourne's beautiful poem about trees...

Advice for Walking in Woods

‘Place the flat of your hand

on the first tree you meet

when you go through a wood.

Lay your life-line over

the bark. Let it cross-hatch.

Hold till you feel a bond.’…

I love trees too and I love the idea of laying your life-line over the bark and cross hatching and bonding with the tree.  I created this etching 'Through the trees'

Last year, I heard Emma Purshouse perform her poem about flamingos in captivity and was struck by the humour and the poignancy of the words

Flamingos in Dudley Zoo

…‘The pond by the gates, the faces,

The chair-lift soaring overhead,

us sky-watching, pale with envy.’…

To research for this poem I went to the zoo one cold, windy Autumn day. I went straight to  the flamingo pool near the main gate and it was empty! It started raining as I started to search for the temporary location of the flamingos.  I huddled as close to the building as I could to start drawing.  Of course they were moving, so I was drawing a head here, a leg there… Then the keeper arrived with two tubs of food and they plunged their heads into the tubs leaving only one view to draw!   Satisfied by their food, they preened their feathers, tucked their heads in and fell asleep.  Luckily, I had drawn enough heads, beaks, legs and bodies in my sketchbook and managed to use these to create my drawing.  This was the basis for my etching shown here printed in black ink and then re-printed with coloured inks. 

I'm working on some seascapes - part of a collection that will be on show at my Open Studios event 13/14 October 2018

Just a few of the paintings that will be on show at my Open Studios event... I can't show you them all on line you will have to come to see!

 Work in progress

Work in progress