Having decided not to organise an HOS 2023 exhibition in August 2023 due to the fact I was to be attending a 3 week inquest into the death of my middle son Ben in July, I have now decided to get back on track and organise an HOS 2024 exhibition. More news to follow…
King’s Church and friends ran another successful exhibition over the weekends of the summer in 2022.
I have finally got round to having some more of my popular blank art cards printed. These are limited print (38 of each) high quality cards with envelopes sealed in individual wraps of some of my more popular paintings. As well as previously printed examples (So they are now 76 print limits) I have had three new cards printed from recent paintings.
Oh my goodness. I have just applied to Landscape Artist Of The Year! Pretty scary stuff though it would only be really scary if one was to get selected I guess. https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape/
So the plans for the art exhibition this year are coming to fruition. You an find out more at www.kings-soton.org.uk/hos as this year we have a more spiritual focus featuring the art of Anne House and her ‘New Generation’ exhibition.Click the image below to see a poster. Addendum We had about 300 visitors over the ten days of the exhibition. Several returning for a second visit. We also raised £500 for Congo from contributions. Here are a few more photos.
Due to the Covid lockdowns and social distancing I decided to cancel the exhibition this year
In our third year, the King’s Church and Friends Hampshire Open Studios exhibition featured the return of guest artist Marina Stuart who also held impromptu art classes painting on slate with acrylics and accomplished artist Gill Drew. New works by Cyril Thomas, Nick Clark and Chloe Jarvis were also on display. There was a lot of interest in the unique stone and sea glass art on display from Aaron and Sarah Hamilton. Photography from David Carpenter Sue Dear and Peter…
In 2018 we not only had a larger exhibition than in 2017 but we also had the church cafe ‘Café 153’ open during the 10 days of the exhibition. Our guest artists were Nick Clark a local mountain biker, car builder, and steampunk artist, and ceramics artist Ashley James. We also featured photos from Phil Pegg & his daughter, David Carpenter and Sue Dear. Chloe Jarvis and Cyril Thomas exhibited their acrylic artwork too. A major feature was a quiet…
The Hampshire Open Studios event each year has been something that until this year was an opportunity for me to visit artists homes and studios to see what local artists were up to. With over 250 locations and thousands of artists and craftspeople to see its an amazing event.
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