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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ London Art Co UK Ltd Would you like to sell your work online? www.londonart.co.uk is now the Internet's leading contemporary art site. It offers a sales area for artists, listings, recent reviews and much more. Director, Paul Wynter is very generously sponsoring a new SWA Award and is also offering free membership to his site to all Members of the SWA. For the opportunity to put your work up for sale and free membership, contact Barbara at bsimpson1@btinternet.com for more information, alternatively full information will be included with Members 2010 schedules in our February mail out. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Artists Directory
The Showcase Directory of UK Visual Artists
Free Artist Registration currently available
Artists Directory is a new Showcase Directory of UK Visual Arts on the Internet that is free to join.
It looks to be quite an interesting site offering an unfussy visual directory of UK Artists, who can be accessed either by name or category, and they do not charge any commission.
The directory has also been designed to become a future archive for UK Visual Artists. If you are interested, view the above site for more information. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Carol Hill SWA RBSA SFP For full details on workshops & courses please click this link
20th –21st MAY 2010 TWO DAY LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING 5TH – 7TH JULY 2010 THREE DAY LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING 4TH – 6TH OCTOBER 2010 THREE DAY LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING For booking and further information on her forthcoming courses, workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions, please contact Carol Hill on 01629 582232, E-Mail: Carolhill@mailauth.co.uk or visit Carol’s website : www.carolhillartist.com The Beauty of Winter - Cromford Canal
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Forthcoming exhibitions: Exbury Gardens, Exbury, Hampshire Preview 2nd April 2010. Exhibition runs from 2nd April - 6th June Holland, Scheepskamer Chrissie has been invited to exhibit her work, with members of the RSMA, Holland. Exhibition runs from 17th April - 29th May
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Painting Water in Watercolour. Residential painting holiday, Cheddar Gorge June14th -18th 2010 Learn to paint water and marine landscapes as well as rocky landscapes with Becky Samuelson who has many years experience painting specialising in water, marine, landscape and architectural painting in watercolour. All abilities welcome. Much of our time will be spent on location in the Gorge or elsewhere in the Mendips. Becky will give a demonstration on Sunday evening and each morning she will give a "tips and techniques" session in the studio and then students will go out on location mid-morning and paint, applying what you have learnt in the studio. Becky is a very enthusiastic and energetic teacher and spends much of her time with students on a one-to-one basis giving hands on guidance. You will be sure to learn a lot from the wealth of her experience and her enthusiasm for painting and landscapes. Non painting partners are very welcome. For more information and booking please contact Matt Clark www.cheddargallery.co.uk or Becky on 01983 873351 www.beckysamuelsonfinearts.co.uk ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pastel Tuition and Studio Workshops 2010 For further details please click this link
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Congratulations to Soraya who has been invited by GOLDEN Acrylics Ltd, the USA based company, to a 5 day seminar with principal artist, Patti Brady at their New York headquarters. She has been their main UK demonstrator since 2008. Soraya's second book, 'Dynamic Acrylics' was launched in 2009. Published by Harper Collins, it is available directly from Soraya, Mall Galleries, Amazon and many other book shops.
For a full list of workshops with Soraya click this link.
Studio Workshops and Painting Holidays 2010
For further details please visit Christine's website: www.art-christinerussell.co.uk ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jean Haines
A new book entitled Colour and Light in Watercolour' by Jean Haines will be available from August. Jean also has 'Watercolour with Life' workshops available in September details of which can be found on her website.
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Congratulations to Doreen Langhorn whose painting 'The Red Bucket', has been chosen for the cover of a book entitled "The End of Emily West", by Wendy Turner Webster. The novel is being released in hardback at a Celebrity Launch Party in London on July 7th, in collaboration with Refuge, one of the countries leading charities against the crime of domestic violence, and 50% of the profits from the sale of the book are going directly to support the charity (go to: www.theendofemilywest.webeden.co.uk for more details).
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[See August Edition of A&I magazine]
Janette, who has a degree in 3D design likens her pastels to a box of sweets, her enjoyment of them certainly shows through. It will be exhibited at the 03 Gallery, Oxford Castle, Oxford from 8th - 13th September 2009
Vitalism II in pastel - size: 53 x 63 cm. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Congratulations to Tiny Nijman who has recently had all her exhibited etchings purchased by KPMG. Tiny recently had an exhibition of her etchings and collographs in the corridors of the brand new building of the KPMG office in Lausanne, Switzerland. These works were on display on 18th and 19th June to celebrate the opening at receptions organized for clients. The work was so successful that KPMG decided to purchase all 18 prints and they will now be on permanent display at: KPMG office, Av. du Theatre 1, CH - 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At the 2009 RI Exhibition held at Mall Galleries London, Anne’s work was chosen for The John Blockley award given for the best demonstration of a sense of place. Presented by Moira Huntley on behalf of the Marine Gallery in Beer Devon, the painting depicted an atmospheric coastal scene at Mersea Island in Essex. This is a second success for Anne at the annual RI exhibition, following an award in 2006 for ‘Best Figure Work’.
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Debby Faulkner-Stevens will be showing miniature works on vellum and other illustrative watercolours at the Christmas Exhibition at the Southwold Gallery in Suffolk, from 21st November 2009. This is her second feature exhibition at the gallery, who hold a permanent display of her work. Accompanying Debby will be Associate SWA Member, Rosemary Cook with her wonderful animal sculptures. View the exhibits online at www.southwoldgallery.co.uk click on 'Exhibitions'.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Society web pages for members Available to all Members - we now offer a link from our artists' page to your own web sites. Participate on our web site, to support the Society, at just £20 for your own page with 6 images and text and we will automatically link to your own web site.
Each image should be saved to disc (ideally at 300dpi) making sure each works title is easily identifiable or if you have no means to save your images digitally, normal photographs can be used. In addition please include the picture dimensions and medium used, your CV of approx 150 words and your website address if you have one. Your page will be uploaded onto the Society's web site within 7 working days. Any problems please email Claire at cmrussell@btopenworld.com
Art Products Sue Jelley admits to being quite “heavy” with her brushes and has been searching for some really good quality brushes that don’t lose hairs easily. Sue has found Rosemary & Co who have agreed to donate £250 worth of quality handmade brushes as an award at out next exhibition at the Mall Galleries. The mail order brush company is: Rosemary & Co, Quality Artist's Brushes, PO Box 372, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6WZ. Tel 01535 600090. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ An article on the success of 2009 Mall Galleries Exhibition Once more unto the Mall dear friends, once more Last Friday I had an appointment in London and therefore yet another opportunity to see some more works of art. So it was back to the Mall Galleries for Sandy and me to view an exhibition of mixed media works by ‘The Society of Women Artists’. Where do I begin? Amazing, stunning, beautiful, incredible? The show was all of that and more. Watercolours, acrylics, oils and pastels plus some excellent, and dare I say it, ‘proper’ sculptures. The exhibition would most certainly appeal to most tastes with almost 500 works on show including some delightful bronze dogs and a family group of bronze warthogs with mum and two baby hoglets, all three in a line measuring no more than a foot in total - delightful. I was also ‘blown away’ by what I first took to be a fine example of ‘my kind of oil painting’. A still life picture of a black and white cloth, a bright red enamel coffee pot and, oddly, a few black and white glass marbles. Absolutely gorgeous, but not an oil painting at all. I can’t remember the title but the picture was by Christine Russell SWA and was done in pastels. Incredible! I have never seen a pastel work so beautiful. Even thinking and writing about it now has made me come over all unnecessary. As I mentioned earlier, there was something in the show to appeal to most art lovers and Jean W would have been beside herself on seeing some brilliant watercolours of cockerels and chickens. Likewise, I’m certain that Betty would have appreciated some very fine gouache animal portraits which included an orangutan, a couple of superb tigers and a very fine zebra. We were a long time in the gallery where we would normally sort of ‘speed look’ at the rows of works and then home in on anything with particular appeal, giving other pictures no more than a passing glance. With this exhibition we simply could not do that as 99% of the works just had to be given ample study time. We took frequent rests and one tea break with the obligatory sticky Danish. All that oohing and aahing left us tired and more than ready for an early evening meal so off we strolled in lovely bright sunshine until, surprise, surprise we found ourselves in ‘Bella Italia’, our favourite eatery which is just behind The National Portrait Gallery. (some BARTies may be familiar with said joint!) A generous platter of Linguini con Gambas and a much needed glass of Italian red really complemented our Friday afternoon and it was two very contented folk who got on the train for the journey home. Unfortunately, by the time you read this the exhibition will only have three days to run as it finishes on Saturday 2 May. Despite that, I do hope you can get to see it as for an entry fee of just £1.50 (con.) it must be the best value in town and, if I could, I would go again even if it was just to drool and sob unashamedly as I looked again at that stunningly beautiful pastel still life. Oooohh! Written by Roy Sands ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Art Auction for Caron Keating Foundation
- An Art Auction was held during the SWA 2008 Summer Exhibition at the Mall Galleries for the Caron Keating Foundation. Work donated by Barbara Penketh Simpson, Chrissie Birchall, Debby Faulkner Stevens, Anne McCormack, Kim Roskell and Jackie Grisley raised much needed funds at the event, which was hosted by Gloria Hunniford. ~~~~~ The Society of Women Artists is keen to support and promote the activities of its Members, whether it be exhibitions or workshops and also to acknowledge any recent qualifications or awards granted to them. We look forward to hearing from you. Contact: Barbara Penketh Simpson, President - email: bsimpson1@btconnect.com |
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Congratulations
to Janette Summerfield whose vibrant pastel was a Runner Up in the
Artist & Illustrators, Artist of the Year- Landscape Section. 
