Us Breckland Artists have been busy today hanging all our artwork ready for the start of our exhibition tomorrow at St Margaret's Art Church in Norwich NR2 4TU. The Exhibition will run until Saturday 26th May 10.00am - 4.00pm. Please come and have a look at the variety of our artwork on display.
Featured Artist Questionnaire - Heather Graham
Creative Medium: Stoneware pottery
Q1. What artist has influenced you the most?
I admire many potters and have learnt from most of them. A finished piece of pottery is the result of a multitude of small techniques and as I work I remember with gratitude all the generous potters who have demonstrated their skills for others over the years
Q2. What is it that inspires you most in Norfolk?
Much of my inspiration comes from the clay itself and the magic that happens in the heat of the kiln but I am always on the lookout for natural things like leaves, seeds and shells that can be pressed into the clay to create textures. Ideas for one off pieces often originate when I am out walking in Breckland with my dog, not necessarily inspired by the landscape but the peace and solitude free up my mind to explore new directions.
Q3. If you had to pick a favourite past artwork of yours what would it be?
There is one piece that I made many years ago that I would not part with. I was commissioned to make a jug based on the 14th century Grimston ware. It had a face on the rim and I was lucky enough to be lent an original fragment to copy. After the commission had been filled I made another one for myself which turned out to be much better than the first one. It was glazed with a lovely apple ash glaze that I had just developed and everything worked just as I had hoped – a rare occurrence!
Q4. What are you working on at the movement?
I have been invited to take part in a sculpture trail at Hoveton Hall in the summer so I am planning work for the garden. At the moment I have a few bird baths going through the Kilns and other garden/conservatory ideas are incubating. I am sure that I will revisit the Green Man if I have the time.
Q5. Can you choose 5 words that best describes your art?
Useful, colourful, traditional, durable, domestic.
Breckland Artists Latest Member Jayne Stinton.
We are delighted to introduce you to the latest addition to the group, Jayne Stinton.
"I am a visual artist (and sometimes jewellery-maker) and work from my studio at home in Garboldisham on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Although I occasionally dip into portrait and other figurative work, I am principally a mixed-media artist pursuing abstract and semi-abstract explorations of atmosphere, feeling and visual imagery through line, form and texture using drawing and mixed-media."
Featured Artist - Jill Sharpe
Jill Sharpe is are next Featured Artist who specialises in stitched textiles.
Q1. Which artist has influenced you the most?
It would be hard to pick one particular artist but the work of Gerhard Richter by its very diversity has to be one. For colour I consider Matisse and Hockney influential and in the field of textiles Sara Impey and Pauline Burbidge are favourites.
Q2. What is it that inspires you most in Norfolk?
I love the seasonal changes and watching the crops developing. The landscape in itself does not inspire me having more affinity with northern moorlands but I love observing the sea in all its different moods.
Q3. If you had to pick a favourite past artwork of yours what would it be?
A piece called Entwined made in 2011. It is hand sewn in silk using paper templates and hand quilted. The design plays with multiple symmetries and the interplay of shades of colour.
Q4. What are you working on at the movement?
I have been producing a series of pieces using the titles of tracks from Bob Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks. I have completed Shelter from the Storm, Tangled up in Blue and Meet Me in the Morning and am working on Idiot Wind at the moment.
Q5. Can you choose 5 words that best describes your art?
Texture, Flow, Movement, Colour and Line.
Jill Sharpe
Entwined
Shelter from the Storm
Featured Artist
This new post lets you get to know a little bit more about us all as individual artists. We start the New year off with Emma Wells who specialises in encaustic wax art and mixed media painting.
Q1. What artist has influenced you the most?
I couldn’t pin point it down to a particular artist but I love the mark-making, composition and freedom of Chinese Brush Painting, from the old calligraphy scrolls to the thrown ink style of flora and fauna. I always try to add an element of this into my own artwork.
Q2. What is it that inspires you most in Norfolk?
There is so much inspiration in Norfolk for artists but what inspires me the most would be tall sedge grass blowing in the wind, dramatic stormy skies and the mud flats at low tide.
Q3. If you had to pick a favourite past artwork of yours what would it be?
A mixed media on paper piece called 'Fenland'. This is a personal favourite of mine as it is extremely atmospheric and captures the eerie gloom of the fens just as the rain and darkness falls.
Q4. What are you working on at the movement?
Currently I am working on an encaustic wax collection of British garden birds inspired by the many colourful winged visitors to my own garden.
Q5. Can you choose 5 words that best describes your art?
mark-making, colourful, fluid, expressive and atmospheric
Emma Wells creating encaustic wax art in her studio.
'Fenland' Mixed media on paper
'The Nuthatch' Encaustic wax on card. Part of a collection by Emma of British Garden Birds.
Brecklands Artists exhibitions in 2018
This year of 2018, we are holding 4 exhibitions, all details in our diary all at different venues, starting in Norwich, then onto Wymondham, and the next a big adventure for us as we are going to Thornham on the North Coast of Norfolk and finishing the year at the Lincoln Hall in Hingham. Invitations will be sent closer to the time, and we do hope that you can make one of the venues if not all of them.
Last Chance for the Summer Exhibition!
The summer exhibition has been a great success so far and there's still time to come along and experience our wonderful collection of art in a variety of media and styles.
We have had a lot of visitors so far and even the EDP has been kind enough to give us a mention.
The exhibition is open today and tomorrow (Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20) from 10am until 5pm so don't miss out!
New Logo & Poster Design For Forthcoming Exhibition
Look out for our new coloured Breckland Artists logo design by Alan Porter and poster design by Emma Wells advertising our forthcoming Summer Exhibition at the Undercroft Gallery this August. This is a great chance to see exciting new works by The Breckland Artists including the new debut of artwork by our latest Breckland Artist Anna Loake
Read MoreBreckland Artists Facebook Page
The Breckland Artists now have a Facebook page. To visit our page follow the link below
https://www.facebook.com/Breckland-Artists-1688773018093706/?locale=en_GB
Breckland Artists Summer Exhibition 2017
We are pleased to announce the dates for our annual Summer Exhibition; this year to be held in the Undercroft, Norwich. We look forward to sharing a fantastic variety of work this year with a debut from our newest member, Anna Loake. Watch this space for details of our exciting opening event!
Breckland Artists Art Trail 2017
We are pleased to announce that four of the Breckland Artists are presenting an art trail as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios event.
Details of this event and all the Breckland Artists that are taking part in NNOS this year can be found in the brochure at the link below.
Breckland Artists Winter Exhibition
With our growing band of merry men...and women, we once again look forward to visiting Wymondham Arts Centre with an air of excitement to show our latest works. Having attracted new member Emma Wells to join us, this will be her first showing with Breckland Artists. This year will see twelve of us showing and we invite you to a Private View on Tuesday November 1st. at 6 - 8pm.
New Member for Breckland Artists
Following our latest 'selection meeting', we are delighted to announce our third new member to the group this year, Emma Wells.
Emma works primarily with encaustic wax, with depth of colour and utilising mark making, she produces beautiful works of art. Please have a look at Emma's page.
Beautiful New Altar Cloth
At the end of May 2016, the commissioned Altar Cloth, made by Jill Sharpe, was installed at St. Catherine's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral. This beautiful piece of work will be on permanent display.
Read MoreNorfolk Wildlife Trust 90th Anniversary Celebrations
Roger Gamble will be showing work at the Forum, Norwich from May 21st to June 5th, 2016.
This is an exhibition of art as part of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust 90th Anniversary Celebrations.
Roger's work will feature the Breckland landscape in both figurative and semi abstract styles.
New Members for Breckland Artists
Following our latest 'Selection Meeting' we are delighted to announce and welcome two new members to the Breckland Artists group.
Alan Porter is a photographer with a strong preference toward black and white, use of colour being limited. Alan is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and has just received his LRPS.
Katie Millard FRSA & BA (hons)Theatre and Costume, worked in Theatre, TV and at Glyndebourne Opera House for many years. Katie is a watercolour artist and has been developing her style since the 1980's with a passion for the sea and the Norfolk and Suffolk countryside.
Breckland Artists Winter Exhibition
We enjoyed a busy Private View on Monday at the lovely Wymondham Arts Centre, where eleven of the group are exhibiting, including our newest member Alfie Carpenter who uses a concoction of materials to produce his organic and fabulously unique creations. We will be at Wymondham until 15th November and look forward to showing you our latest works.
Summer prize draw 2015
Following our Summer Exhibition 2015 at the Forum, Norwich, we are delighted to announce that the winner of the Breckland Artists prize draw, ( entries included our entire mailing list ) is :-
Patricia Bashforth of Norwich.
Congratulations, the £50 voucher is on its way.
Private View
You are cordially invited to join the Breckland Artists at Wymondham Arts Centre on Tuesday 5th November from 6.30pm for a private view of their autumn exhibition with wine and tapas.
Seventeen artists, one venue, a wealth of art
The Breckland Artists bring a new and vibrant exhibition to Wymondham this November with three additional artists.
Breckland Artists are a diverse group of seventeen artists, living and working in the south west of the county, who originally got together following participation in the Norfolk Open Studios scheme. In 2012, Breckland Artists celebrated their tenth anniversary. The group’s longevity and appeal owes much to the diversity of subject matter and the range of techniques employed.
The group, which includes artists specialising in painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, glass, photography and textiles, will be bringing an eclectic and vibrant mix of work to Wymondham Arts Centre to delight and inspire the people of Norfolk.
Roger Gamble, Chairman and one of the founder members said, “Our 2012 exhibition at Wymondham Arts Centre was extremely well received and we are delighted to be returning with a new selection of work. We hope that visitors in 2013 will share our passion for the visual arts and enjoy the work on show.”
New artist, Les Williams, will be exhibiting his pen and wash drawings. Les, who trained at the Princes Drawing School, produces his drawings on location to capture the moment and finds inspiration in the life and buildings of the city of London.
This will also be the first time that new artist member, Marie Dawe, exhibits at Wymondham with Breckland Artists. Marie is an artist specialising in fused glass and her work is an exciting new addition to the group.
The 2013 Wymondham exhibition also sees the welcome return of painter Jane Wareham who returns to exhibiting with Breckland Artists for the first time in two years.
Breckland Artists have been exhibiting annually in Wymondham for the past three years and, in 2013, bring a new and exciting body of work to Wymondham Arts Centre. With their exhibitions becoming increasingly popular in recent years they are confident that this exhibition will have something for everyone. Members have been included in, and won awards in, major national and regional exhibitions with their work seen in many galleries in East Anglia and beyond.
The Breckland Artists’ exhibition will be held in the fine space of Wymondham Arts Centre, located at Church Street, Wymondham. The show runs from Tuesday 5th to Sunday 27th November, 10am to 4pm, daily except Sunday 12pm to 4 pm.