Leisure Painter — June 2017

http://www.painters-online.co.uk JUNE 2017 9

REGIONAL

n Blackfriars Art Centre

Spain Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire. ‘Nigel

Vellam’: watercolours, 2 to 27 May. Open

daily, excluding Sundays, 10am to 4pm.

n Falmouth Art Gallery

Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth,

Cornwall. 01326 313863. ‘Artists Afloat –

Tuke and Hemy at Sea’: marine paintings by

Henry Scott Tuke and Charles Napier Hemy,

until 17 June.

n Hilliers Gardens

Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, Romsey,

Hampshire. ‘Off the Wall’: work by a diverse

group of local and internationally-known

artists, authors and art teachers, including

Leisure Paintercontributor, Wendy Jelbert,

9 to 28 June. See also page 7.

n The Jerram Gallery

Half Moon Street, Sherborne, Dorset.

01935 815261. New work by Ann Armitage

and Elsa Taylor, 13 to 31 May. Paintings by

Katherine Swinfen Eady featuring Salisbury

Plain, the west coast of Scotland, France

and Italy, 10 to 28 June.

n The John Russell Gallery

4-6 Wherry Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk. 01473

212051. Oil paintings by Cambridge-based
        oil painter, Francis Jeans, 8 May to 3 June.
        n Harbour House
        The Promenade, Kingsbridge, Devon. 01548


212052. ‘Defining Boundaries’: work by ten
        members of the Defining Practice Newlyn
        2016 group, 28 April to 7 May. ‘Seeing
        Double’: drawing, printing and printmaking
        by Sue Steele and Steve Kenna, 9 to 14 May.
        ‘Drifting into Plein Air’: paintings by Jolanta
        Bogdan, 16 to 31 May. ‘Swansong’: paintings
        by Simon Dobbs, 23 May to 4 June.

n Laing Art Gallery

New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.

0191 278 1611. ‘Quentin Blake: Inside

Stories’, until 8 July, providing an insight

into the origins of some of Quentin Blake’s

most characteristic and popular creations

n Llangollen Museum

Parade Street, Llangollen. ‘Bridges of the

Dee’: solo exhibition of work by artist and

author, Steve Williamson, 3 to 28 May. Visit

http://www.williamsonfineart.co.uk

n Worcester City Art Gallery

and Museum

Foregate Street, Worcester. 01905 25371.

‘David Cox and his Contemporaries’, until 3

June.

Bath Society of Artists

The annual open exhibition of the

Bath Society of Artists traditionally

attracts up to 1000 entries and this

year has been no exception. The

society was founded in 1904 with

26 members and since then has

attracted many notable painters,

including Walter Sickert, Patrick

Heron, Mary Fedden and Howard

Hodgkin. Open to non-members,

the annual exhibition showcases

the best of the region’s artistic

talent.

The Bath Society of Artists Annual

Open can be seen at the Victoria

Art Gallery in Bath from 20 May

until 15 July. For more information

and opening hours visit

http://www.victoriagal.org.uk

From Port Isaac

to Poppy Fields

From Port Isaac to Poppy

Fieldsis Annabel Playfair’s

inaugural exhibition at The

Fosse Gallery in Stow on

the Wold, from 11 June to

1 July. Classically trained,

Annabel took time off to

bring up four children and

only started painting full-

time three years ago. The

exhibition will include

around 40 canvases,

mainly painted en plein

air, encompassing the

unpredictable climate of

Devon and Cornwall and

the summer sunshine of

Italy and Provence. Visit

http://www.fossegallery.com or

telephone 01451 831319.

Annabel PlayfairBantham

Estuary, Devon, oil, 20 x16in.

(51x40.5cm)

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Gillian SylvesterTwo Pears, oil,

193 ⁄ 4 x 231 ⁄ 2 in. (50x60cm)

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