Author Archives: Esther Boehm

Focus on Helen Adams

‘Anna’s house’ acrylic

I live in the Norfolk countryside with my husband Tony in my family home near King’s Lynn. For many years we lived on a 40 foot steel junk rig yacht, built by Tony in his back garden. We sailed in Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and North Africa and motored through the French and German canals.

Focus on Patsy Hood

‘Summer Contrast’ watercolour

Largely self-taught, I went back to painting when my daughter started school in 1975. Founder member of the Buttsbury Art Society and member of “The 7” life drawing group in Billericay, Essex for many years. I moved to Norfolk in 2005 and co-founded the Northwold Art Group in 2006.

Focus on Pauline Wrighton

‘ Sun seekers ‘ textiles

The common element throughout my textile and mixed media work is stitch. Whether by hand or by machine, I am fascinated by the ability of  simple sewn marks to alter a prepared surface, creating textural interest, structural integrity  and emotional response.

Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail on until 20th October

Jean Kiekopf – Craning Cranes

The weather was kind when we visited this exhibition. The setting is magical in the grounds of Bayfield Hall with its sweeping lawns, a great treescape and the lake.

We started in the Natural Surroundings cafe and plant nursery spending longer there than we had intended. Such peaceful surroundings with all the cottage garden and wildflower plant nursery. We ventured into the summerhouse to find some harvest mice scampering around their enclosure. Hard to believe that such small creatures can survive in the wild.

The Five Painters Exhibition

Thornham Village Hall,
Main Rd,
Thornham,
PE36 6LX.
Weekend of 5th – 6th October
10-5

Over the weekend of the 5th and 6th October, five Norfolk artists will host an exhibition of their paintings in the well-known venue of the Village Hall at Thornham on the North Norfolk coast.

Wighton 2024

WIGHTON 24, 4 JULY – 4 AUGUST 2024
10 am – 5pm daily
All Saint’s Church
26 Kirkgate Lane
Wighton
Wells-next-the-Sea
NR23 1PL

“This year the brief is brief: the artists will explore and push the boundaries of their practice and, in that spirit of exploration, amaze and impress with exciting new work personifying themselves.”

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION by Barbara King

Thursday 22nd to Monday 26th August 2024
10am to 4pm
Ringstead Village Hall, High Street, Ringstead
West Norfolk PE36 5JU
 
Exploring how musical terminology can enhance our visual experience.
Can a painting be described as a Rhapsody? In music the term is used to describe something irregular in form, an improvisation. So, yes.  If George Gershwin can use the colour blue to describe his rhythmic jazzy ‘Rhapsody’ then ‘Rhapsody in Green’ can be used to describe my painting of barleycorn blowing in the wind.