Dear Helen,
Congratulations!
Since becoming an Associate Member three years ago you have taken a full and active part in the Society.
On behalf of the Council, I have great pleasure in offering you Full Membership.
Founded in 1919, the Society promotes fine drawing skills in both traditional and contemporary media. Today there are more than 160 elected members of the SGFA across the UK — professional artists from all areas of the art world who work in all drawing and printmaking media.
Tiny Sheffield Beauties were selected for this show too 🤗
Two prints selected for this show. Tiny Sheffield Beauties 1 & 2.
Linocuts with watercolour 10x10cms.
Delighted to have my triptych Sheffield Beauties and Queen Anne’s Lace selected for this. Prints all posted with Parcelforce - arrived safely and was a very good price too!
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Delivered my Sheffield Tiny Beauties prints to Blue Anchor Street today (great name- office of PMC).
They will be in the Inkscapes exhibition at Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable - details on poster below.
Just finished this print- been an absolute mission to get it completed in time for ‘Ukraine from past to future’ an exhibition of work by British and Ukrainian artists at Milton Keynes Central Library in September. It’s now with the lovely @dmrframing who will do their usual brilliant job on the framing 🤗.
The inspiration for this print is Ukrainian White work lace showing stylised sunflowers and ears of wheat, the leaves and flowers are Viburnum (Guelder Rose) the national shrub of Ukraine which symbolises rebirth and infinity of life in their culture.
Very honoured to be invited to take part in this by Tatiana Birch, thank you 😊
For information about the event visit https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/ukraine-from-past-to-future-exhibition.html
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Delighted to have my triptych Bred in Captivity - Sheffield Beauties selected for this wonderful exhibition.
Three of my prints are going to this lovely gallery for their next exhibition. Well worth a visit and there are goats 😮online gallery at obsidianart.co.uk
Delighted to have two prints selected for this exhibition in March 2024 at Mall Galleries, London.
Just finished this print. Took ages not sure about it yet as have spent a long time with it.
I’ve been working on this Linocut for a very long time. Long time to observe and draw and a very long time to cut. It’s now ready to proof, phew. I had hoped to have it finished in time to submit to SGFA- Drawing Society annual exhibition but I missed the deadline. Never mind I have submitted other work instead 😊
I’ve been working with The Cowper & Newton Museum in Olney Buckinghamshire for the last year making prints inspired by their collections. I have ideas for future work, but for now I have concentrated on their collections of historical lace. They have an extensive collection in their Lacemakers Room room and I found it really interesting and visually very inspiring.
Delighted to have three prints selected for this fun event. And I sold Greenhouse Earth I subsequently discovered, which was a nice surprise as completely understandably with the current cost of living my sales have been quite slow lately.
I currently have Summertime Garden and Swiss Garden Dreams exhibiting at Woburn Art Gallery, a small artist run gallery in the centre of Woburn - well known as the village where Woburn Abbey is and The Safari Park 🦁😊. They have an online gallery but do pop into the actual gallery if you’re passing.
Delighted to have three of my prints selected for this exhibition at Mall Galleries, London in May 2023.
Absolutely delighted to become an associate member of this association. If you would like to find out more about the SWA visit their website here.
I have a solo exhibition in October 2023 at The Cowper and Newton Museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire. Here is the work in progress of prints inspired by their extensive and fascinating collection of objects relating to the lace industry which historically was a very important part of Buckinghamshire’s past.
The museum is celebrating 250 years of Amazing Grace this year, written by John Newton during the time he lived in the house which now is home to this museum.
Here is an interesting and constructive review of the SGFA 102nd Open Exhibition by the very well respected ‘Make a Mark’
Review: Society Graphic Fine Art Annual Exhibition 2023
A blog which is Well worth following.
Delighted to have two of my prints selected for this show at The Mall Galleries, London in March 2023.
Do visit the SGFA website for all the information and an online gallery of all the exhibits.
I currently have Greenhouse Earth exhibiting at Woburn Art Gallery, a small artist run gallery in the centre of Woburn - well known as the village where Woburn Abbey is and The Safari Park 🦁😊. They have an online gallery but do pop into the actual gallery if you’re passing.
