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Naked Norfolk New Gallery

5. Le Strange Terrace, Hunstanton

Opening exhibition May 2nd
12 noon -7pm.

A new venture in an old coal shed.
Naked Norfolk at the The Coal Shed Gallery

Featuring several WNAA artists and some new surprising talent.

The Coal Shed Gallery in Hunstanton returns to its former glory as an art gallery! ‘A right little treasure trove of Norfolk talent!’

Located along Le Strange Terrace in Hunstanton, the Coal Shed Gallery is part of the original railway site which ran from the seaside resort of Hunstanton to the nearby town of King’s Lynn. Following investment from the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (BCKLWN) in 2008 and support from the Hunstanton and District Civic Society (HDCS), the once derelict building was beautifully converted into an art gallery.

The new tenant of the Coal Shed Gallery, Jacqueline Kitch who ran the art gallery and shop in Westgate, Hunstanton up until the national lockdown in December 2020 says she is “absolutely thrilled to be moving into this beautiful building. My Husband and I love the building and we always make a bee line for it on our walks. I could not believe my luck when I walked past and saw that the building was empty and after making enquiries through the Borough Council and through the Civic Society, I managed to secure a lease. I have lots of local Artists and Artisans coming on board along with some of the old favourites that were previously in the gallery and shop and on the website.

The lockdown has been tough on lots of local businesses and at one time I was ready to just give up but now the Coal Shed Gallery door has opened and I am going to jump straight through it!”

Quote from HDCS ” Hunstanton and District Civic Society is delighted that this iconic building will finally be put to good use. We believe that the art gallery and retail offer will enhance the area and bring vibrancy to Le Strange Terrace”.

NakedNorfolk @The Coal Shed Gallery opens its doors on Sunday 2nd May at noonand asks that customers remain Covid aware and follow the Covid guidelines at all times.

https://www.nakednorfolk.co.uk

 

The Garage Studio relaunches in the community of Ringstead

The Garage Studio

44 Docking Road, Ringstead, PE36 5LA
Open Thursday to Sunday 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Hanneke Robson and her husband Derek moved to the village of Ringstead in 2018 after several years of living ‘on the move’ in a motorhome. Passionate about bringing the natural landscape back to rural England they embarked on a project to rewild an acre of land along Peddars Way South, near their home in Ringstead. To pay for this scheme, Hanneke had another project in mind, to open a small gallery in the village, showing both her own work as an artist and photographer and the work of other local artists. Continue reading →

Barbara King Exhibition

Me working on one of the paintings NORFOLK HEDGEROWS

NORFOLK HEDGEROWS
Paintings of Wild Flowers by Barbara King at the Creake Abbey Café
14th April to 12th September 2021
At last! One year late almost to the day, my exhibition climbed onto the walls at the Creake Abbey Café, North Creake. (www.creakeabbey.co.uk).I had spent the preceding months planning a layout which would create a bright, colourful and uplifting display, and working on the paintings some of which had to be large enough to take on that enormous south wall where they are hung way up high. Continue reading →

North Norfolk Open Studios

Pauline Wrighton and Alison D’Oyley

29th May -6th June

WNAA members’ Pauline Wrighton and Alison D’Oyley are taking part in the upcoming North Norfolk Open Studios starting end of May Bank Holiday weekend. Part of the Fakenham Area Art Trail, both artists live and work in Hindolveston.

Both will be open 10am – 5pm on Saturday May 29, Sunday May 30 and Monday May 31.

Pauline’s studio will also be open the following weekend, also 10am – 5pm June 4, 5 & 6. We would love to see you!

Solvents and Solutions

When I was studying at university, it was a time when health and safety was just beginning to be a big deal. We did wear our Mickey Mouse ears when using power tools and respirators when working with resins and solvents. However, this practice wasn’t generally carried out when one wasn’t working. Continue reading →

Janette Williams

SOLO ART EXHIBITION

12-17 APRIL 2021, West Acre Gallery

My first solo exhibition will take place at West Acre gallery 12th – 17th April 2021.

This week-long showcase will include a diverse portfolio of my oil paintings, pastel works and linocuts.

I’m a versatile local artist who can work in many mediums, although my main preference would be oils and pastels.

I’m constantly developing and experimenting with new skills, so my portfolio is full of diversity and subjects – there is sure to be something for everyone.

If I were to say I had a style I would say somewhere in the middle of realism and impressionism, depending on the subject matter. I also enjoy doing hand finished and hand printed limited-edition reduction linocuts, as this allows me to offer original art at a reasonable price and tackle yet another side to creative art making.

Not only an artist and teacher creating original paintings, I also work closely with clients on commission pieces to create either that ‘wow factor’ statement piece, a portrait or just a memory that is special to them.

The exhibition will have framed original paintings, browsers full of mounted original art, a selection of limited-edition reduction linocut prints and a huge selection of individual quality embossed gift cards depicting my artwork.

My exhibition will be 10am-4.30pm, 12-17 April, 2021, at West Acre Gallery.

https://www.westacregallery.co.uk/portfolio/janette-williams-2021/

https://janettewilliamsart.co.uk/gallery/

https://www.westacregallery.co.uk/

Or you can email me at: info@janettewilliamsart.co.uk for more information

Painting to your favourite Music

"The Party's Over" (what happened next?!)

“The Party’s Over” (what happened next?!)

What have I done?! 
Setting a challenge to produce a piece of artwork so depicting how you feel about your favourite piece of music.

Well, it was a challenge for me, as I dare say for many of you.

I have named my paintings with a musical title and found one that I had done some years ago of a pair of shoes lying on a discarded evening dress with my favourite silver bracelet so I called it “The Party’s Over” (what happened next?!)

"Port de Soller"

“Port de Soller”

Then discovering a picture that I had painted in situ in my favourite holiday destination “Port de Soller” with a couple gazing out to sea on a sunny morning.

I titled this one “On days like these” by Matt Monro or it could have been Neil Diamond’s “Love on the Rocks”.

After being undecided these last six weeks, I decided to actually listen to some music. So, whilst playing a DVD of Einaudi’s haunting piano music especially, L’Onde, I found a piece of gessoed MDF & grabbed my acrylic inks and I poured, painted, stippled, glazed areas letting the ink take me into the music.

The whole process only took a couple of hours and when I had finished it felt like the end of lockdown.   
Maybe it’s a new me!

Hope all the members have enjoyed the challenge.

Jill Ilett

WNAA Art Blog post

I am currently working on a self-initiated project to illustrate a book about King’s Lynn. It is a fascination town with much history. I felt inspired to create this project whilst invigilating at our summer exhibition in St Nicholas’ Chapel. One of the church staff was giving a guided tour about the church and was enthusiastically talking about the church’s history. This gave me the idea to create a book about the history of the town. I then spent many trips to King’s Lynn sketching around the town and taking photographs. Fortunately, when the first lock down happened, I already had a large number of images to be working from and have been able to continue since. I have so far created 10 drawings out of a list of 55 that keeps on growing as I discover more and more buildings to add!

When the book is complete, I hope to have it printed and perhaps crowd funded or sent to a publisher.

My process for creating each drawing involves:
1) drawing the outline in pencil
2) painting a wash of watercolour on areas to be in colour
3) adding detail to the drawing using colour pencil and graphite pencil

Izzy Wingham