Category Archives: Exhibitions

Winslow Homer Force of Nature.

The Gale 1883-93

National Gallery London until 8th January 2023.

I’ve been a Winslow Homer fan for a long time but was long resigned to no one here having ever heard of him, despite his standing as a major artist in the USA.

So, I lost no time booking my ticket when I realised the National Gallery were putting on a major exhibition “Force of Nature” featuring works from his long career.

To quote the National Gallery.
“For the first time in the UK, we present an overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter. Well known to many but not everyone, follow Homer’s journey from magazine illustrator to sought-after artist in oil and watercolour.”

Northeaster 1895

With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, the exhibition is a lot to take in in one visit. Many of the paintings have travelled from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Homer first came to public notice as a war artist in the American civil war which had a massive impact on him. From exploring aspects of war, he went on to paint the lives of emancipated former slaves reflecting the difficulties they faced. He had a deep interest in people living in times of struggle. However, he also painted young society women and children.

He always let his work tell the story, not elucidating if asked for an explanation.

Apart from some early months in Paris, he lived and worked between the USA mainland and the Caribbean, Barbados and Bermuda.

The interlude that has always interested me is the 18 months he spent in Cullercoats, a coastal fishing village in the north of England. It was an artist’s colony, but he stayed through the winter when most visitors returned home. He made many sketches and paintings in his time there illustrating the tough lives of the women. These images also informed his later works.

Through his career he also had a love of seascapes painting the sea in a myriad of moods and the wild seas at Cullercoats added another dimension. He witnessed the life savers rowing out to rescue the crew of the Iron Crown inspiring a major work of his career. Towards the end of his life the sea, a central theme throughout his life became the dominant subject of his art.

The exhibition has a wonderful selection of watercolours and oils which trace the development of his painting style, always with the consistency and development of his colour palette and his attention to light.

It’s difficult to sum up such a huge body of work completed over 40 years, but I loved having the rare opportunity to see all these works together and would recommend a visit.

Michele Summers

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Skylark Woodturning at the Barton Bendish Annual Art Exhibition

Village Hall +
St Andrew’s Church
PE33 9GF

Saturday September 17, 10am till 5pm
Sunday September 18, 11am till 5pm

This is our first full year of exhibiting and selling Richard’s wood turned art…we have been very fortunate to have amazing support from Gallery 10 at Alby Crafts and Gardens as well as Artworks @the Town Hall in Hunstanton. Just recently we have also been accepted by The Giggly Goat in the heart of the Norwich Lanes. 

As new members of WNAA we look forward to meeting other artists and creatives in Norfolk sharing our passion for colour, form and originality.

We will be attending our first event in September at the Barton Bendish Annual Art Exhibition, near Swaffham. This is the 12th annual event which sees St Andrew’s Church and the village hall transformed into art galleries, showcasing a large variety of talented, local and well known artists, photographers and crafters.

All art exhibited is available for purchase with proceeds to benefit St Andrew’s Church and the Village Hall.

Refreshments and light lunches are available on both days.

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Waves of Seeing Art

Sheringham Art Exhibition
Waves of Seeing
1st – 8th October 2022
10am – 4pm
Oldfellows Hall

Six women artists, diploma students from Martin Kinnear’s Norfolk Painting School, are coming together to launch their work in an exciting exhibition this October. ‘Waves of Seeing Art’ aims to represent each artist’s unique and individual styles – with the name being illustrative of their varied backgrounds and interests, making the exhibition as diverse as the women themselves. Jane Brun, Jo Cowell, Liz Drayson, Lizzie Hayward, Nevine Hunt and Peta Wainwright are showing exciting pieces ranging from abstract landscape, seascapes and big skies, en-pleinair, historical subjects and personages, contemporary design. The exhibition at the Oddfellows Hall in Sherringham will be a celebration about triumph over adversity, endurance and their growth as artists bonding together. Art means different things to different people, this collection of inspirational artists prove that it can bring people together, be a form of therapy and a source of joy for those who create and observe.

Waves of Seeing Art’ will be exhibiting from the 1st to the 8th of October at Oddfellows Hall in Sherringham. Follow @wavesofseeingart on instagram for more information.

Art 21 Summer Exhibition

Brancaster Village Hall, on the A149 Coast Road through the village,
Friday the 8th to Sunday the 10th of July.
10.00am- 5.00pm

Art 21 is a small but very enthusiastic group of artists who meet every week to paint together in Dersingham.

Once a year they like to exhibit their work to the public, and this year their exhibition will be at Brancaster Village Hall.

The subjects, styles and mediums of the artwork on show, is very varied, including watercolours, oils, acrylics, pastels and silks, depicting coast and countryside and the flora and fauna of the area. From miniatures to large canvases, something to appeal to everyone.
Members will be on duty to offer a warm welcome to visitors every day, and of course admission is free.

Do drop in over the weekend, and enjoy meeting the artists, and chatting about their work.
For further details Email: arttwentyone@yahoo.com

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Paintings, Assemblages and All Things Wood

Westacre Gallery
Abbey Farm
River Road
West Acre
PE32 1UA

Open 10 – 4, Saturday 2nd to Thursday 7th July inclusive

Members Tom Sharp, John Walker and Lesley Williams will be joining together for an exhibition at the lovely little gallery at West Acre the first week of July and it would be so nice if any of you can come along to see us there.  

Paintings, mosaics, assemblages and lots of wooden items should make for a really diverse exhibition.

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WNAA Spring Exhibition 2022 in Pictures

Our first exhibition this year, held over the Easter weekend, was a great success with 430 visitors over the 4 days. It was so nice to be back at Thornham after three years and the weather was very kind to us, which made it even better.  Thanks to all who made this happen – the helpers and invigilators, as well as Izzy Wingham and John Lawson, who curated this time.