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.
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Drawing on the RBSA collection - Dry media 1822-2022
FEBRUARY 29 - APRIL 7 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Gallery, 4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA
https://rbsa.org.uk/event/drawing-on-the-rbsa-collection/
I have a pastel painting entitled 'Winter at the Chase' (Cannock Chase) in this exhibition. In 2022 I exhibited 6 pastels of landscapes for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Members to consider and vote on. I was successful, and donated one of my six artworks to the RBSA permanent collection. https://rbsa.org.uk/about-us/collection/ This artwork is currently exhibited as part of this exhibition.
‘Drawing with dry media is as old as mankind. Ochre and charcoal dust were blown through straws onto cave walls by the first artists. In more recent times, the dry media of pencil, pastel, and charcoal were favoured by travelling artists as ideal for drawing with minimum of fuss on site in sketchbooks or portfolios. Drawing was the means through which European artists recorded, prepared, studied, and imagined, and it was often a prelude to painting or engraving. Dry media were also central to art training and versatile both en plein air and in the studio.’
Artists in Conversation: Saturday 23 March 2.00 – 3.00pm Join me in conversation with Brendan Flynn, Professor of Art History, when we talk about ‘Winter at the Chase’.
As part of the first heritage exhibition of 2024, join Brendan Flynn, RBSA Professor of Art History, for an in conversation event with four of the artists whose work is included in Drawing on the RBSA Collection – Dry Media Works 1822 – 2022.
We will be joined by:
Paul Bartlett RBSA – Not Very Well, 1994
Linda Nevill RBSA – Winter at the Chase, c.2022
Janette Summerfield RBSA – Vitalism 2, c.2015
David Walton RBSA – Hippopotamus Amphibius, c.2005
Brendan will give an introduction to the exhibition before inviting the artists to discuss their work and approach to dry media. Questions from visitors will then be welcome.
There is no need to book for this event.
I am exhibiting 3 landscape paintings in this exhibition.
I've been having a lot of fun working with oil paint mixed with some cold wax medium. This gives it texture and it is possible to work with transparent layers to create depth. I've also embedded slate dust and raw pigment into some of the paintings, including of the Honister Pass in the Lake District.
This painting conveys the atmosphere of a beautiful, Autumn day in the Lake District. The sky is grey, it has been raining and the colour of the mountains is muted. Then, a moment of excitement as the sun breaks through illuminating the more distant fell. There is a sublime splash of colour. The burnt sienna of the bracken and the light slope next to it are revealed.
The exhibition is on from 16 November to 6 January 2024, 4 Brook Street, St Paul's Square, B3 1SA
June 2022 Royal Birmingham Society of Arts gallery - Candidates show.
Linda Nevill RBSA
Earlier this month I showed 6 landscapes created using pastels at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' gallery in the Candidates Show. As an elected Associate Member (2018) I was a candidate for full membership this time.
The artwork was displayed in the RBSA gallery and voted on by the members. I was delighted to be elected as a full member of the society and I am entitled to use the letters RBSA after my name.
I am a featured artist at Ironbridge Fine Arts Gallery, Shropshire in March, April and May.
'To be there'
Solo Exhibition
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - ground floor
17 August – 3 October 2021
Linda Nevill would love to
be in any of these landscapes again whether in sunshine or snow, on a clifftop
overlooking the sea or high in the hills.
These are her responses to a range of landscapes evoking memories of,
amongst other things, the softness of heather, the searing heat on the coastal
path, the tingling of ice and the crunching of footsteps in snow.
Working in all weathers to
make plein air sketches and studies she works with these and photographs to
create finished pieces.
For this exhibition she has
worked with vibrant soft pastels
Post Lockdown Exhibition 20th April to 22nd May 2021
