Congratulations to Claire on winning the President’s Award for her pencil and watercolour work “Schachbrettblume”. The piece was selected by PSGFA Jackie Devereux. A pot of Fritillary Flowers initiated the research which led towards my painting...
Sally Wilson has been chosen as a Finalist in the Wildlife Artist of the Year 2018 for her piece ‘The Shoebill’s Flight (Plight)’. The exhibition ran from the 2nd May- 6th May 2018 at the Mall Galleries. The piece has been entered in the ‘Vanishing Fast’ category; I...
Sally Friend – HIGHLY COMMENDED PRINT – DRAW17 – “Beach Dogs” “Beach Dogs” is an etching & aquatint on copper plate. Inked in sepia with an aqua blue applied by gel roller to top third of print. Printed on Somerset Satin....
Highly Commended Work in Colour, sponsored by Stabilo – ‘Self Portrait’ by Jo Barber I returned to my childhood love of drawing later in life and have just completed a degree in Drawing & Applied Arts at the University of the West of England. I studied on a part...
by Claire Sparkes SGFA My painting ‘threads’, watercolour and pencil on paper, was actually the second painting of this subject. The first painting, is titled ‘Warp and Weft’ and was made using oil paint on canvas. The inspiration for both pieces was my daughter. In...
The John Ruskin Prize 2017 Shortlist Exhibition MASTER OF ALL TRADES “Without mingling of heart-passion with hand-power, no art is possible. The highest art unites both in their intensest degrees: the action of the hand at its finest, with that of the heart at its...
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