As the lockdown continues all club meetings are still cancelled. However with the Government talking about easing restrictions we may be able to re-start some activities. This will be difficult however as social distancing will need to be maintained for some time yet.

We had a demonstration by Nikki Griffith planned for 19th June in which she was going to paint a seascape in mixed media. This has been cancelled due to government restrictions on the number of people allowed to  meet.

It is not clear when we will be able to resume normal activities.

Frank Wrigley

Due to the current crisis with the Coronavirus the committee has decided to cut back on club activities. The AGM will still go ahead on 20/03/20 but without the demonstration which was planned to follow.

During April all meetings have been cancelled except for the Painting Day at Kelsey Park on the 6 April. It is currently felt that as this is an outdoor event and participating members will be spread out around the park, it will be relatively safe.

During May all events have been cancelled.

This post will be updated as and when further changes become necessary.

Trevor Osbourne – demonstration 21 June 2019

Trevor was born in Essex, but moved to Staffordshire when he was ten. At the age of sixteen, while studying at the Stanfield Technical School, he won the National English School Portrait Competition. He was admitted one year early to the North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he studied Graphic Design. He has subsequently completed degrees in Theology and Education.

Trevor now lives on the Isle of Wight. He is fascinated by light and colour and has recently been studying the relationship between texture and colour in pastel and watercolour. His subjects include figure work and portraiture as well as light on water and the marine environment. In his recent work he has studied the relationship between people and animals who work together in the Suffolk landscape. Trevor’s work has been sold all over the world, including in the UK, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the USA.

Demonstration by Carol Aston of Landscape painting in watercolour

Carol Aston trained in the 1960’s as a textile designer, supplying fabric designs to Tootals and Marks and Spencer and wallpaper designs to Crown and Sanderson.

Nowadays she works in watercolour, acrylics. pastels, mixed media and collage and is also a printmaker. She draws inspiration from the natural world and from her collection of sketchbooks. Below are a couple of examples of her work.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see a fine artist at work. Visitors are always welcome to our meetings.

Our next demonstrator with be Adrienne Parker who is no stranger to our club having provided us with many demos and workshops in the past. Adie’s visits are always very popular and inspirational.

Adie was born in South Africa during the seventies and enjoyed a colourful, energetic childhood. She has always been passionate about painting and drawing and has found plenty of stimulating subjects around her to observe and illustrate over the years.

After studying Graphic Design in Durban for 3 years, she worked as a Graphic Artist for various agencies in South Africa. She finally moved to the UK in 1997 and started giving painting and drawing lessons 18  years ago.

Adie enjoys painting both outdoors and in her studios, both here and in France.

Some Accolades:

Best in Show:  Tandridge Art Society 2012

One of 50 selected for “Artist of the Year 2013”  –  Mall Galleries

​One of 50 selected for “Artist of the year 2014”  –  Mall Galleries

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