Now that our secon exhibition at Chequer House is up and running, we can take time to look back on our successful first exhibition.
From a huge response to visitors selecting a favourite work, Maxine Byron came in first with her work Fiery Sky, Izzy Wingham was second with Presbytery at Whitby Abbey and C Julian Bull was third with Crows and Moon. Read more …
‘Impermanence’ from ‘Permanence — Impermanence’ Wighton 2024
I love anything that is new and different. That said, I love sculpting in any of the traditional ways. When I was at university, I wanted to learn everything — every style, every technique. I remember mentioning this to one of my professors. His horrified response was, “You’re talking about a universal education!” “Yes,” I thought to myself.
‘Gilbert and Sullivan were here, Thumbing’
My artistic journey, like many has been long and varied, I don’t remember when I first picked up a brush, for a long time I painted the usual subjects, landscapes and seascapes but never felt entirely satisfied, I had always studied art and been interested in the European and American modernists, then in 2013 our youngest daughter died, this altered my course entirely Read more …
I have always been drawn to creative pursuits; I am happy making and doing! I have never had any formal training in art & picked up inspiration from many places, some of the old Dutch masters or classical animal artists, and my dad. Dad is an accomplished artist and helps and inspires me more than he knows. Anything creative has always been outside of my day job which began as a Grenadier Guardsman in the British Army, where I would draw during quiet evenings.
‘Annabel and the youngers’ Kate Kelly
11-23 March 2025
Main Gallery
Anteros arts foundation
7-15 Fye Bridge Street
Norwich
NR3 1LJ
Unseen explores narratives from the present and past. We navigate and carve space for women’s voices and intersectional issues surrounding the female experience by using our practice of painting, drawing and film as modes of communication. Read more …
Fuschia – Ballerina
Helena Anderson
Chequer House Gallery
From Saturday 1st March
When I was running an Art Club at the Gaywood Art Centre, I used to encourage my members to paint on all sorts of surfaces, slate, wood, ceramic, linen, papyrus, glass, and my favourite, Silk. So when I was honoured to be asked to hold the first individual exhibition at our new home Chequer House, I thought it would be a chance to show my Silk paintings.
Distant trees
Initially, when I was asked to write a piece for the WNAA newsletter, I was slightly alarmed, but then I realised it is good to seize the opportunity and share a flavour of my day as an artist, digging down a bit, into what it feels like to stretch my skill set daily and hopefully help someone else along the way.
Life-drawing session Sketch charcoal on paper (A2) and wax maquettes
My creative work spreads across a variety of media both 2D and 3D but whether printing, painting, ceramics or sculpture, the process always starts with drawing.
I’ve always drawn, when I was nine years old, I won a Typhoo Tea competition with a drawing of teacups and lions in a desert! Often humour is still to be found in my work, particularly my ceramics, sculptures and Christmas card. Studying technical subjects instead of fine art meant that whilst raising children, I continued drawing even though mainly straight lines for planning applications.
Holme Beach, acrylic
Why do I paint? It’s in the genes I suppose as I come from a creative family and loved to watch my maternal grandfather produce amazing paintings.
No technology and mobile phones in my childhood. I learnt to sew, play the piano, draw and most of all look. Sketch books are the most essential part of my life. I still carry one around just in case I get a moment to capture an idea that could be used in a painting.
Scotland 2, soft pastel
Drawing has been my greatest passion from a young age. I achieve a great deal of self-worth and enjoyment from drawing.
My usual way of working has been to create detailed pencil drawings, but recently I have decided to try a less labor-intensive approach, focusing more on mark making and colour than tiny detail. A trip around Scotland last summer inspired this new approach. Read more …