May 2023 News

• NEW EXHIBITIONS AT EAST LODGE WITH MARY USHER THOMAS AND PAT McHALE FROM WEDNESDAY 26TH APRIL TO SUNDAY 21ST MAY
• SUBMISSION FORM WEBLINK AND DETAILS FOR ‘DEADLY SINS’ THEME AT LSA ART ROOM
• WOS PROMOTIONAL EXHIBITION AT EAST LODGE FROM WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY TO SUNDAY 11TH JUNE
• MADDIE WEBB’S EXPERIMENTAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP AT LSA ART ROOM
• LIST OF RELEVANT LSA CONTACT

“Timeless Memories” 

By Mary Usher Thomas

I was born in Shipston-on-Stour, and in my early years I lived in Kenilworth but I now reside in Royal Leamington Spa.

I am a member of Leamington Studio Artists (LSA) and also Coventry & Warwickshire Society Of Artists (CWSA). I have named this exhibition “Timeless Memories” as my paintings are of favourite places I have visited over the years that hold special memories for me.

I have always loved arts and crafts – it has always played an important part in my life. I have been painting for many years using oil, acrylic, soft pastel, watercolour and pen & wash. Always looking for a new challenge and a new way to express the subject, whether it is landscape, seascape or maybe flowers.

Mary Usher Thomas’s Private View is on
Sunday 30 April from 2.00 pm – 4.00pm

‘Who has seen the wind?’

AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND WOODCUT PRINTS
by Pat McHale

Pat McHale studied Fine art at Warwickshire College and Birmingham City University.  He works in various mediums including printmaking, painting and stone carving.

The artwork in this exhibition is inspired by John Ruskin’s book Queen of the Air.  Ruskin (1819 – 1900), was a renowned philosopher and the concerns he expressed in his writings, albeit 150 years ago, are seen by many as anticipating the disastrous effects of air pollution that we are witnessing in our world today.

The subject of the artwork is Air, and the notion that everything in nature, the clouds above our heads, the tree bent with the wind, even perhaps our own bodies have been shaped by this totally invisible yet vital force.

Pat McHale’s Private View is on
Sunday 7 May from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Please use weblink below to fill out form for submission to the next Artroom exhibition:

LSA Art Room DEADLY SINS exhibition submission (google.com)

Submission window will close on Wednesday 26th April at 8pm

Acceptance / rejection emails will be sent by the end of
Friday 28th April.

Work must be dropped off and old work collected on
Sunday 30th April, between 11am and 4pm. 

WOS PROMOTIONAL EXHIBITION 2023 from
Wednesday 24th May until Sunday 11th JUNE

Would all members who have informed the LSA Secretary that they would like to place a piece in this exhibition please ensure that they have also sent the following details regarding their work:
Your name, title of work, medium and the no of the venue where you will be exhibiting.  You need to be an LSA member to exhibit.
Please deliver your work between 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm on Sunday 21 May or between 10.00 am and 11.00 am on Monday 22 May.

URGENT – PLEASE DO NOT COME BEFORE 4.00 PM ON SUNDAY AS THE PREVIOUS EXHIBITION WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN DOWN.  APOLOGIES BUT NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED BEFORE 4.00 PM – TO GIVE US TIME TO SET UP TO RECEIVE YOUR WORK.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE – YOU MUST HAVE CONTACTED LSA SECRETARY WITH THE ABOVE DETAILS AND TO KNOW IF YOUR WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO BRINGING YOUR WORK

Experimental Painting Techniques with Maddie Webb

BOOKING LINK:  https://maddiewebbart.com/product-category/workshops/

A 6 week course with LSA Art Room Artist in residence Maddie Webb

All levels welcome.  Starting Thursday 18th May 2023 , 7-9pm.

Venue –  LSA Artroom, Satchwell Court, The Priors, Leamington Spa. CV32 4QE.

£180, some materials provided. Unfortunately, unattended classes cannot be refunded.

Beginners & improvers will gain some knowledge and skills during this course.

Course Outline:

Together we will work through a stage-by-stage process of experimental techniques, mark making using mixed media leading to creating your own abstracted seascape or landscape. I hope to inspire you with some new ideas and techniques to take away with you and apply to your own work.

If you have your own image of a landscape or seascape to work from then please bring along, working from an I-pad or printed colour photograph