The Art Group meets every Wednesday

"1.30pm to 4.30pm"
at their new venue at the Recreation Hall, Portskewett.

 

Art Exhibition 2010 at the Methodist Chapel, Caldicot Town Centre.

 *Please click the image below to access a photo slideshow of our Art Exhibition

How lucky we were with the weather after all the rain we had previous days in the lead up to our Art Exhibition on the railings and in the Caldicot Methodist Chapel hall.

A steady flow of visitors throughout the day browsed the display of our artists work and from remarks overheard everyone went away happy, visitors who had viewed the display and those that had managed to sell some of their paintings and others that had just displayed their work.

Judith did a fine job of demonstrating the techniques of sketching, thank you Judith and all our members and Jack who helped to make the day a success.

 

Ron Lapthorn

 

We have yet to have a count up but the chapel will be receiving a percentage of all sales. 

 

 

CALDICOT & DISTRICT U3A ART EXHIBITION

Friday 27th August 9.30am - 3.30pm
at Caldicot Methodist Church, Town Centre, Caldicot

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photo: Our artists photographed outside their meeting place at Portskewett.

The Artists work will be displayed on the railings and in the hall, some of the pictures will be for sale with a percentage going to the Church Teas etc. can be purchased during the morning

 

 

ART GROUP LATE CHRISTMAS DINNER

The Art group had rather a late Christmas Dinner on the 24th March, mainly due to the heavy snow in January and having to cancel our arrangements.

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photo: Tony presenting our convenor Sue a gift from the class

Today everyone had a wonderful lunch and an enjoyable time as can be seen in the photographs.

An end of year gift was presented by Tony to our convenor Sue. Sue went on to thank us all and hoped we had a successful year painting in 2010.

 

ART DEMONSTRATION by RITA LAWRENCE

We were pleased to welcome a local artist to our Wednesday art class in Portskewett.

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Rita Lawrence gave us an interesting afternoon, she explained and demonstrated different art techniques, they included sketching and using watercolours.

I am sure we all learnt something from Rita’s visit and would like to thank her for coming.

 

 

Christmas 2009

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Members brought goodies to an end of term tea party for our art group, although the Christmas dinner is in January.

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Ron Lapthorn painted the Robin at the art class

Water colour artist Vivien Bowman was born in Accrington, Lancashire, and from an early age her work was influenced by the open vistas and grandeur of the Lancashire moorlands and the nearby Pennines. She was particularly fascinated by rocks, strata and fossils she found around her.

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Photo: Vivien Bowman

Since moving to Chepstow about ten years ago, she has found new inspiration in the Monmouthshire countryside, in its ancient buildingf, in the River Wye and the nearby Severn and in the neighbouring Forest of Dean.

Living in the area she has developed an increasing appreciation of the surrounding flora, fungi and wildlife, which are reflected in her paintings.

Monnow Bridge, Monmouth watercolour by Vivien Bowman

As a consequence of her love of animals, Vivien often finds herself commissioned to create lifelike portraits of much-loved pets.

Building on her previous experience as a lecturer in further education, she now also runs painting courses at Chepstow Hospital, providing a therapy for people suffering from strokes and Parkinson's disease.

WE are very fortunate to have Vivien as a member of our Art group, providing her experience and help to members at our art classes, as all of our members do.

Caldicot U3A are very lucky to have so many talented members in their Art group.

 

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A watercolour by one of our artists of Newport Transporter Bridge and
John Duke the operator during the Bridge's Centenary Celebrations in 2006

Some of our artists are seen here posing for our pre exhibition photo for the press

*Please click the image above to access a photo slideshow of our 2008 Art exhibition