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“Artists of the Month”

“Artists of the Month”
We get to see what members work on at the Thursday Art Evenings and at exhibitions, but it is great to see all the other work they do and have done in the past.

April - Claire Carr
Claire kindly volunteered to be our first ever ‘Artist of the month’ and brought in examples of her work to show us and to talk about.  Claire has done commissions in the past and does some very unusual painted dolls, none of which we had seen before so we had a chance to view these and find a bit more about how Claire works. You can see more of Claire’s work on her website
http://clairecarrartist.yolasite.com

May - Richard Brown
Richard unwittingly volunteered to show his works to us in May. He gave us a very informative introduction about his main artistic influence which was his geat uncle, the portrait painter R G Eves and showed examples of his portraits. We looked at various recent pieces of Richard’s work including his winning entry in the 2010 Paint me a Bluebell competition.

Painting Demonstration - Colin Merrin

 Thursday 30th June, 7-9pm, Arlington Village Hall

Colin Merrin was born in London and studied at Maidstone College of Art, Kingston University and the University of London, Institute of Education. Primarily a landscape and figurative painter, he strongly believes the process of making paintings to be at least as important as what they represent. It is the abstract and expressionist elements; the manipulation and physicality of paint and colour and the qualities of light and mood that interest him. Whilst based in London, the urban landscape dominated his work. Nevertheless since 2007 he has lived and worked in Sussex and recent paintings have reflected more rural themes.

£6 per person, all welcome. (£5 AAG members) Please call or email to book your place.

http://www.colinmerrin.co.uk/index.php

Artist Demonstration - Vivienne Walkington

Artist Vivienne Walkington will be demonstrating her watercolour technique at Arlington Village Hall on Thursday 19th May, 7-9pm.
All welcome. £6 visitors (£5 AAG members). Refreshments available.
Please call or email to book your place. Contact us.

See Vivienne's website here.

Portrait workshop a successful evening.

Portrait Workshop with Juliette Dodd and model, Sharon Dinnie.
This was a very enjoyable evening. Juliette not only completed a quick likeness of Sharon in 15 minutes at the same time as showing us how to start a portrait, but also kept us entertained and laughing throughout the evening.