Lucy will bring along some favourite items so she can paint from observation. Lucy’s watercolours notably express the subtleties and effects of light.
Hamish Young RWA will talk on "The genesis of an installation" about the origins and development of his interactive installation 'Field' in Portishead last September, which was visited by over a thousand people in its two-day life span.
Chris describes how his lifelong passion for art, antiques and local history led to a career as an auctioneer, curator, and since 2015 a member of the Antiques Roadshow team.
Jessica is an artist and illustrator whose work spans collage, paper sculpture, paper cutting, digital drawing and painting.
Jessica will reveal how her way of thinking as an artist has evolved through her illustration training, working in museums and galleries, forming collaborations, learning by teaching art, working on commissions and experimenting with mixed media. She will talk about the techniques she has developed and the tactile nature of the way she works, share her appreciation of materials and show her sketchbooks and materials, as well as various pieces of her work. She will also talk about becoming an artist later in life, retraining and how to approach a change of career – the losses as well as the considerable gains in quality of life. Jessica’s clients include Disney Pixar and English Heritage.
(Jessica will return to the Club to hold a workshop on 20th April 2024.)
Check out Jessica’s website: http://jessicapalmerart.com
Nicky King explores a topic and gives us some insight into the genre.
Nicky is a local enthusiastic art teacher. She worked as a fashion designer for number of years and is a great mentor.
Join Esme Clutterbuck talking about and demonstrating her drawings. They are non-representational and representational. Some explore formal concerns on multiple surfaces – paper, flannels, household linen, walls, magazine pages, and plaster. Others are careful delineations of hair, drawn onto digital images, which explore loss and memory.
INTRIGUED? JOIN ESME AND LEARN MORE https://esmeclutterbuck.co.uk
Esmé has exhibited nationally and internationally and shown in numerous Open Exhibitions including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Meet the Watercolour Artist- Ros Cuthbert RWA
https://www.roscuthbert.com
- Since Covid and the lockdowns Ros has been working on a series of watercolours inspired by streets and buildings close to her home in North Somerset, often seen at dawn or dusk.
Ros will be bringing a selection of yer work and sketchbooks to look through.
Two of our fabulous members will be showing us their latest work and giving us more insight into their craft; be prepared to hear their different approaches to working with felt!
https://www.textileartist.org/gordano-textile-artists-natural-selection/kirsten-hill-nixon-robin/
Amanda Chambers is a British multi-disciplinary artist working in sculpture, ceramics, music, drawing, photography and printmaking. Recently she has had a residency, working in Japan.
https://www.amandachambers.co.uk
– Amanda is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and an elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
Take a look at Stephens work here…http://stephenjacobson.co.uk/?doing_wp_cron=1676979114.5650730133056640625000
- Since moving to Portishead Stephen has found a new and unexpected source of imagery.
Sara will talk about her work and the connections she makes with the landscape.
‘From a child collecting buckets of crabs on the shoreline of the Stour Estuary or jam-jars full of sticklebacks caught in local streams, my heart has always been rural and coastal. The natural environment and its myriad of inhabitants with their interwoven relationships has been a constant fascination and the enduring locus of my artistic practice. CONNECTIONS are at the heart of everything I paint, draw or film.’
Due to pressures of work Chi- Yen is unable to join us on Tuesday
You can explore her work on her web site…..
https://chiyiensnow.com/new-blog
Where she showcases her work and looks behind the scenes at Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year 2019, with Chi-Yen; a local member of the club and winner of Art Battle Bristol 2019.
‘Although it only took one day of my life, the impact of taking part in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year has changed my perspective permanently. Since filming for the show, I’ve started to hire studio space in order to pursue my ambition of painting as a full time career.’
