We will again be holding a special Exhibition and Competition during ARTBURST Painswick 2019. The theme for this will be "The Character of the Cotswolds" and work may be entered with original fine art pieces in any media including paintings, sculpture, drawing, photography, woodcarving, ceramics, mixed media and more. Work will be selected before the opening day and there will be cash prizes presented by a celebrity from the Art world on the opening Saturday.
N.B. The paintings illustrated below are of some of our winners from 2017.
FIRST PRIZE
ALEXANDRA DARBYSHIRE has exhibited her artwork across North America and Europe over the past 25 years, and she teaches painting to people of all ages and experience levels in Stroud.
Artist website: alexandradarbyshire.com
Teaching website: gl5-art.com
ALEXANDRA DARBYSHIRE has exhibited her artwork across North America and Europe over the past 25 years, and she teaches painting to people of all ages and experience levels in Stroud.
Artist website: alexandradarbyshire.com
Teaching website: gl5-art.com
SECOND PRIZE
GREG THATCHER Greg Thatcher began his Yew tree series in 1991 and has since worked in St. Mary's churchyard, Painswick every summer, working on his plein air drawings which can take up to 650 hours to complete! Greg's series has won many awards, has been exhibited in Canada, USA, France and the U.K. and is in collections around the world. In 2018 he exhibited in Iowa, the Dubuque Museum, Quincy Art Centre and Painswick! Look out for him working in the Churchyard daily! See more at: www.gregthatchergallery.com and www.greagthatchergalery.com/highlights/
GREG THATCHER Greg Thatcher began his Yew tree series in 1991 and has since worked in St. Mary's churchyard, Painswick every summer, working on his plein air drawings which can take up to 650 hours to complete! Greg's series has won many awards, has been exhibited in Canada, USA, France and the U.K. and is in collections around the world. In 2018 he exhibited in Iowa, the Dubuque Museum, Quincy Art Centre and Painswick! Look out for him working in the Churchyard daily! See more at: www.gregthatchergallery.com and www.greagthatchergalery.com/highlights/