SOLD! Harvest Reaper III
The phone rings and it’s a delighted steward reporting that she has sold one of my paintings.
What lovely news!
Now, I have to think about which painting should replace it. Watch this space!
The phone rings and it’s a delighted steward reporting that she has sold one of my paintings.
What lovely news!
Now, I have to think about which painting should replace it. Watch this space!
Today, Tuesday 14 June, I’ll be stewarding at the Loft Gallery from 2pm until 5pm.
If you expect to be in Salcombe then, please drop by and say hello!
My one-man show is still on show and I’d be delighted to talk you through the 14 paintings on display, plus the five I have in the main exhibition.
The Loft Gallery is situated behind the Fortescue Inn, and above a popular shoe shop, on a delightful footpath called Victoria Quay, which overlooks one of the best views in the UK including the mooring berth of the RNLI lifeboat Baltic Exchange III.
The Loft Gallery is the home of Salcombe Art Club and, every year since 1960, the Summer Exhibition opens at Easter and continues until the end of September.
An incredible number of visitors climb the 15 steps to view the exhibition, and more than 200 paintings are expected to be sold during the summer months. A percentage of the proceeds of each sale goes to the Art Club funds and, after expenses have been met, the club donates amounts to local charities. So, buying a painting benefits the artist, the club and the town – and provides a beautiful reminder of a visit to Salcombe. Prices range from £1 for a postcard up to £1000 – and the club now has the facility to accept payments by card, rather than ‘cash only’ as had been the practice for many years.
In the winter months, the Loft Gallery reverts to being a working studio with a full programme of workshops and classes for its members.
Salcombe Art Club comprises a mix of artists: some professional artists such as those who teach our classes but also many amateurs and some very new to drawing/painting. Everyone is welcome!
Membership of Salcombe Art Cub is not limited to those living in Salcombe. Anyone within striking distance is welcome to apply for membership, but it makes most sense for those who live near enough so as to benefit from the classes in the winter, and – if they intend to become exhibiting members – to fulfil their stewarding obligations during the summer.
Step 1 is to enrol as a Lay Member – that’s the first rung of the ladder! Then Salcombe Art club has three categories of membership.
Essentially, exhibiting is limited to the associate and full members of Salcombe Art Club. Full members are invited to display up to five of their works in the Summer Exhibition. This is me with some of mine:
Full – and associate – members may also book a week or more in the Little Studio. My one-man show commences on 28 May. In the Little Studio also, our teachers exhibit material of works produced by the various class groups; this inspires other club members to enroll for classes during the winter months.
The selection panel meets annually (usually in February) to select from Lay members who wish to become Associate of Full members. The usual progression is to become an Associate member for a year and then on to Full membership the following year. Sometimes, the panel may decide to admit a member straight to Full membership.
For more information about Salcombe Art Club, visit their website.
The original of , is for sale at the Loft Gallery and this image is also available as a fine art greetings card, at Bonningtons (the newsagents) and Salcombe Information Centre (both a short walk from the Loft Studio).
My one-man show in the Little Studio, at the Loft Gallery Salcombe, started Sunday 29 May and was supposed to end on Saturday 4 June. But the next artist was unable to show, so I am still there – until Saturday 18 June.
I have space to display a dozen paintings: watercolours, acrylics and oil paintings. For the original line up of paintings, click here to see the blog posting of 23 May. One, Low Tide at East Portlemouth, has sold already.
This has been replaced by Dawn at New Bridge.
The Loft Gallery is situated behind the Fortescue Inn, and above a popular shoe shop, on a delightful footpath called Victoria Quay, which overlooks one of the best views in the UK including the mooring berth of the RNLI lifeboat Baltic Exchange III.
I will be stewarding at the Loft Gallery on Tuesday 14 June from 2pm until 5pm and then again Saturday 18 June from 2pm until 5pm. I hope to see you there!
Nearly all of the images on sale in my one-man exhibition are also available as fine art greetings cards. Only a short distance from the Loft Gallery, you have the choice of buying these ‘man cards’ at Bonningtons, the newsagents, or at Salcombe Information Centre.