May Paintings

Staithes from the old viaduct abutment on the Cowbar side- Collage on 20x16 in canvas board.

Looking down on Gun Gutter Lane Staithes- 12x10in collage on canvas board.

Four collages on 10x12 in canvas boards trying to avoid horizontal and vertical line.

1 Dylan -early years

2 Nude

3 Girl in a hat

4 Bantu girl

Also several watercolours on 1/4 imperial Bockingford 200 lb paper.

Old Durham from a walk from Sherburn village

Painting with Hazel- High Birk Howe Farm in Little Langdale. Started the painting without a sketch so I had to move the building further apart.

Baxter's Wood and the River Browney near Durham City

Shell painting with Tricia McLaughlin at the Monday Art Group at Lanchester. Decided to add a beach scene to the composition. The Blast Beach looking across to Nose's Point and Seaham Harbour.

Stuck with what to paint at the Friendly Art Group so I asked one of the ladies for a number from 1 to 50 (sketch books) and a number from 1 to 65 (page numbers). 6 and 35 turned out to be Townend House in Troutbeck in Cumbria which I had drawn in July 97.

Second week with  Tricia McLaughlin was a seascape with a wet in wet sky.

My subject was Spital Point near Newbiggin-by-the-sea in Northumberland

Quink ink drawn with a kebab stick and washed with water to make the ink run. Initial wash was textured with cling film along the bottom and also used on the trees lifting slightly during drying. White Night Russian paints were used.

Subjects for seascapes

Blast Beach Seaham

Pincushion Rocks Ryhope

Easington beach

Crimdon Beach

Whitburn Rocks

Chemical Beach Seaham Harbour

Seaham Hall Beach

Blast Beach Seaham

Blast Beach Seaham

Groynes at Seaham Hall Beach

Chester le Street Spring Exhibition April 2019 for two weeks

This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the society and we still have two founder members. Your treasurer Jan produced a cube showing past photographs and examples of members work.

South wall 1

South wall 2

Corner

West wall 1

West wall 2

Picture cube

The results of the visitors votes based on overall number per artist were:-

First - Jan Graham

Second - Malcolm Coils

Third - Peter Robbins

Fourth - Sylvia Berry -one of our newest members 

Winning Paintings by Jan

Horse Whisperer -pencil

 Waiting - Pastel Pencil

Our next meeting was a celebration of fifty years with current and past members attending

Members old and new

Our Chairman in fine voice entertaining us with two of  his songs.

Chairman Peter Robbins presents awards to our founding members Beth Wyer and George Levitt.