Monday, 22 June 2020

Zoom Meetings Challenge 3

Mackenzie Thorpe's Love Teesside Competition

This challenge only resulted in 2 entries, but both good ones from Julia and Les

Julia Cutter: What I Love About Teesside

Les Southerton: View Over Teesside



Zoom Challenge 2 - The Green Man

This second challenge produced a variety of approaches, including ceramics and digital imaging, as well as sundry 'Found' objects.

Rob Blenkarn

Les Southerton

Les Southerton

Les Southerton

A green woman from Val Harrison's garden

Julia Cutter

Found in the woods by Lesley Guy

Gill Place

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Zoom Meeting Challenge 1

Our zoom meetings have been a way of keeping in touch during Lockdown. At some of those meetings we decided to set challenges to help with our motivation and give us some group interaction. Here are some of the results from our first challenge.

Challenge 1 - The View from Your Window

Val Harrison

Gill Place

Les Southerton

Julia Cutter

Rob Blenkarn - Wishful Thinking



Saturday, 11 April 2020

Great Easter Egg Challenge

For the few weeks we have been in lock-down owing to the corona virus, so to keep the artistic juices flowing, Julia challenged us to produce a really original decorated egg for Easter. here are the results:
Brian Harrison (Guest member)

Dee Maloney

Gill Place

Julia Cutter


Julia Cutter - Frieda Carlo egg

Karol Nielsen - 'I'm going out of my head'

Lesley Guy - Girl With A Pearl Earring

Les Southerton - God And Adam give a corona virus greeting

Linda Cowling

Rob Blenkarn - Holding The babay

Rob Blenkarn - eggicopter

Rob Blenkarn - eggicopter close-up

Val Harrison

Val Harrison - Rooster

Monday, 13 January 2020

2020 New Year Offering

To mark the start of 2020, here are some images illustrating the variety of approaches on view at our first session of the new year. Encouraging to see new ideas and experimentation going on.

Rob Blenkarn - Saltburn

Karol Neilsen

Dee Maloney

Kate Geelan

Gill Place

Rob Blenkarn - Isle Of Lewis

Gill Place

Les Southerton

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Phil Reynolds Workshop - May 2019

This was our first workshop of 2019. York artist, Phil, gave us an entertaining and instructive demo and workshop on seascapes. Phil's approach was to produce an initial charcoal drawing, which was over-painted with acrylic, mixed either with flow improver or gel medium to provide texture, but allowing the charcoal to show through in places.

Norma was working straight from her imagination

Patsy's was one of the more complete paintings from the workshop

Sunday, 18 November 2018

Python Gallery Preview

Photos from the preview of our new exhibition at the Python Gallery in Middlesbrough: Spirit Of Place 2, courtesy of Julia