Adventure 2015

We're not the most techie bunch so despite the lack of posts, a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes all year, culminating in the return of our annual Adventure exhibition at Jubilee Community Centre, East Grinstead.

The exhibition opens with a private view on Saturday 5 December, thereafter it runs until 13 January. With 13 artist's work there should be something for any art lover. Please do come and long, we'd love to see you!

 

Adventure 2014

It's that time of the year again - when The London Road Group and a few other local artists put up the advent show - an exhibition running through Advent - at the Jubilee Community Centre, East Grinstead.

If you're local to the area, we'd love to see you at the private view - please come along and meet the artists - Thursday 11th December, 6-9pm.

We have 13 artists showing their work - drawing, printmaking and painting. It should be a varied exhibition, hopefully something to suit everyone's taste. 

Hope to see you there! 

Adventure extension!

If you've not made it to see the Adventure exhibition, it will now stay up until January 24th!

Come along and browse work by many local, outstanding artists.

Adventure exhibition - NOW ON

It's up and it's looking good. Come along to the Jubilee Community Centre on Charlwoods Road to see paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by 14 local artists - open from now until January 4th. Entrance is free. Commission on sales goes to the Jubilee Initiative - a number of local and international charities.

See the flier below for centre opening times (click on the image to view it larger).

Do drop us a line if you have any questions, including how to be a part of this exhibition next year!: londonroadgroup@yahoo.co.uk

Sheri - portrait of the artist's daughter

I thought it would be a good point to post this painting, which I've just finished working on this evening. It's been an interesting session, with encouragement from fellow London Road Groupers Lynn and Catherine to go bold and step out of my comfort zone.

I was trying to bring some of the strengths of my life paintings to an accurate portrait - to add interesting colours and patterns which are not necessarily in the original scene, so to make the painting more than just a copy of life, to take it beyond into a more constructed painting.

This has resulted in some very bold areas which speak to each other from one side to the other, with flowing lines and diagonals which take the eye around the painting. I wanted a very detailed figure to play with flatter areas of colour and pattern, not trying to make everything three dimensional and 'real'.

My daughter is very happy that I put the hearts on her socks!

Sheri - Latest portrait commission

It's taken me some time, but I've finally finished my latest portrait commission of the adorable Marley. It's oil on canvas, approx 1'x 2' in size.

I learnt a lot painting this, challenged by a busy, distracting background on the reference photo, challenged to make flatter areas interesting through paint and, as ever, challenged to bring together an accurate likeness through expressive marks. I'm happy with the result and so pleased that the boy's grandmother, who commissioned me, was blown away by it, followed up with his parents who received it as a present.

 

First picture of the new year

At our session last Tuesday, I finally managed to finish my first painting of 2013. Trees again, but this time in a larger format, being 1m square.

Acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm

Adventure 2012: Private View

On Saturday afternoon we had the opening and private view of the Adventure art exhibition.

The exhibition was officially opened by Steve Alliston representing the Jubilee Initiative, the collection of charities to which commission on sales will be donated. There was a great turn out for the private view, with many friends and family attending.

  Adventure is open until 22nd December. We hope many of you will have a chance to stop by and have a look. We will post more pictures of the work in coming days.

Finally, from all of the other artists: a big “Thank You” to Sheri. Without her vision, enthusiasm and sheer hard work, this exhibition would never have happened.
 

Nearly all the artists. From left to right: Sheri Gee, Richard Wombell, Caryl Mann, Robert Meldrum, Kat Ferguson, Charlene Yates, Rebeka Lord, Fran Elliott, Alan Mathers, Chris West, Jenny Harvey. Missing: Jill Waldock and Lynn Warren.

Steve Alliston with Kat and Sheri

Adventure 2012 - Hanging

Got the exhibition hung yesterday.  In the end was too busy to take many photos. Will try to post some more soon.

Richard - Dancer with red skirt

This picture was developed from one of our Life Sessions just before the summer.

Sketch from Life Session

Finished painting

Richard - Summer shadows

A picture I worked on over the summer. Acrylic on canvas 60cmx80cm.

Richard - Painting of Kat

Back in the spring Kat, one of our London Road Group, volunteered to sit for one of our Saturday life drawing sessions. I liked the pose so worked it up into a finished picture. Oil on canvas, 60cmx80cm.

Richard - Winter Birches 2

I've been a bit remiss in posting work over recent months. With our exhibition fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to start posting pictures of some of the new work I'll be showing. This first is a set of pictures inspired by the trees in winter on Ashdown Forest.

ADVENTure Art Exhibition

Very excited about our new exhibition, just a few weeks to go!!

Sheri - New beginnings

I've been painting and drawing horses for a while and have been pretty much out of my comfort zone. Not naturally a horse enthusiast, they've been a challenge which has been at times rewarding but at others much less so! So, back in the comfort zone, I'm working on a new portrait of my daughter, reclining. I've just spent a couple of hours on it so far, mapping it out, drawing in the bare bones of the composition to get the proportions right. Many more hours to go, but it's good to be starting something human!

There are a lot of difficult areas that aren't really explained properly in the sketch, but hopefully the lights and darks that come into the painting will answer any questions. This is oil on canvas, about a metre wide.

Lynn Warren at The Gallery, Cork Street

Here are some photos of Lynn's sculptures from the Tactus exhibition at The Gallery, Cork Street,  April 30 - 5 May, 2012. Stunning work, Lynn - well done!

 

 

Richard - Recent Pictures

Like Sheri, I've not posted much here over the last couple of months. To make up, here are some recent pictures.

Sheri - latest portraits

A few times now I’ve been commissioned to do portraits as birthday presents. I always feel there should be a complete embargo on mentioning what I’m working on, publicly, or showing work in progress. I always fear that the recipient may find out, however random or unlikely that may be. So, what may look like a month of inactivity has actually been a period of solid painting. For the last month I’ve been hard at it, working on two portraits, brothers, as a surprise birthday present. Here are the finals - both oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, painted from supplied photos.

Michael: Moving on

In future, I'll be posting only on my personal blogs. If you'd like to keep up-to-date with my work in progress, please go to:

michaelwjgage.blogspot.com

and

floatingrabbit.blogspot.com

Hope to see you there!

Michael: Sissinghurst

A dark green layer (the ninth!) across the entire image completes the print.



Sissinghurst. Linocut, 30 x 24 cm.