Holiday sketches from Italy

 Here a few holiday sketches from Italy

View from the cafe across the lake

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Summer Show at the RBSA Gallery in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, 13 June-21 July 2024

 Exhibiting in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) Gallery - Summer Show 13 June- 21 July 2024

I am exhibiting 3 landscape paintings in this exhibition.

https://rbsa.org.uk/whats-on/

Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm, Sunday (summer months) 11.00am – 4.00pm

4 Brook Street
St. Paul’s Square
Birmingham
B3 1SA

I am currently exhibiting in the Rose Patterson Gallery at Weston Park, Shropshire

 

Exhibiting at Weston Park

I m currently exhibiting 'Towards Ullswater' (pastel) which has been highly commended by the judges.
The show opens Saturday 27 April in the Rose Patterson Gallery, Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Shifnal, TF11 8LE

Exhibition is open 11am-4pm daily

26 April to 29 May 2024

Artwork sold at Mrs Jones Gallery and replacement landscape painting is now on show

 My landscape painting exhibited at Mrs Jones Gallery has been sold and the gallery has accepted another landscape 'That Day' from the same series in its place.

The exhibition is on until Saturday 18 May.

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

118 Longden Coleham, 

Shrewsbury, 

SY37DU

hello@mrsjonesgallery.co.uk

@mrsjones_artshopandgallery

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

Sketching in Pembrokeshire

 I have been visiting north Pembrokeshire regularly since 1987 and never tire of the area, particularly the coast.  I love the craggy cliffs, swooping and diving birds, wildflowers, the coconut perfume of the gorse and the changing light. 

I spent a few days there last week and did some sketching in between the showers.

Drawing on the RBSA Collection - Dry Media 1822-2022 February 29-April 7 2024

 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.