22nd June – 20th July 2010
Pictorial Record of a Day in the Life of Alford

 

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20th April - 11th June
From Lincolnshire to Lucca
Work by Brian Trotter
A painter/printmaker, I was educated at Carre’s Grammar School, Sleaford and Coventry College
of Art. Working in art and design education, I eventually progressed to the Headship of Rugby School of Art. My own interests usually involve working “en plein air” in the British Isles, Southern Europe and more recently Scandinavia, choosing the media most appropriate to interpret the particular subject matter and my response to it.

I keep sketchbooks on my travels and often interpret the subject matter in printmaking, on my return to the studio. My oeuvre is extremely varied but the mark making and paint application draw it
together.

15th June - 6th August
Lovely Lincolnshire
by Tom Brooker
Tom, a Louth person, studied art at both Grimsby and Birmingham Schools of Art. He works on paintings in both watercolours and oils and subject matter is mainly landscape and coastal scenes. Living in
Lincolnshire all his life, has enabled him to understand the many changes in mood and character of the area and it is this which predominates his work. He is a member of the Lincolnshire Artists Society and the North Lincs Artists Society as well as being a member of the Society for all Artists. His work is available from local
galleries and exhibitions and commissions are undertaken.

10th August - 15th October
Breath-taking Botanicals
Paintings by Toni O’Neill
Toni was born in Boston and studied art at Boston High School.Career-wise, she worked in Banking and the Civil Service before running her own business in Berkshire. Latterly, she worked in an estate agents in Essex.
She and her husband retired in 1997 and settled in Woodhall Spa when she stook up painting again.

Her particular passion is botanical painting inspired by her lovely garden but she undertakes a wide range of subjects in various mediums.

She is a member of several art groups including the Horncastle Botanical Painters Group and she exhibits regularly in Lincolnshire and has had exhibitions in Horncastle College and The Sir Joseph Banks Centre in Horncastle.

19th October - 17th December
Mixed Media and Textiles
by Glynne Bulman and Gabrielle Harris
Glynne and Gabrielle first met in 1979 whilst teaching in Liverpool.Until 1987 they worked and exhibited together at Skelmersdale, Southport, Derbyshire, Warrington and Liverpool University. In 2001, having lost touch for a number of years, they met again by chance, at a car boot sale in Lincolnshire and now support each other’s artistic endeavours.

Glynne is head of art at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (QEGS) in Alford while Gabrielle works both
at QEGS, and King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth.

A selection of paintings and textiles will be on view and for sale during this exhibition.

To accompany the mixed media work we are pleased to introduce

Canal Barge Art
by Melanie Clare
After a life long interest drawing and painting, it was a holiday on a narrow boat which sparked Melanie’s interest in this traditional folk-art form. A lengthy period of research and study has resulted in what has become a passion, not only for canal art but for the history and future of the waterways in Britain.

Melanie Clare is one of a handful of artists keeping the canal art tradition alive. Her use of historic canal art motifs and vibrant colours not only enable boaters to add some “authenticity” to their craft, but anyone with a passing interest in our waterways heritage to have a small piece of that long history in their own home.