We are a group of local artists aiming to foster the artistic talents of local people and to encourage a general interest in art within a friendly club setting. Visitors and members of other art groups are most welcome.
These optional themes are an opportunity to develop a piece of your own design in a medium of your choice depicting the chosen subject in any way you feel.
This subject can be fluid (pun intended) in interpretation. Anything from a raging sea to a drop of dew on a petal. Below are our members interpretation of this theme.
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Last week (2nd June) Sue Redman, Julie Searing and Pam Harvey installed the paintings at Leyland Library. There was only room for 24 paintings which will be on display until the end of July.
Click/Tap any picture for a larger image.
Photo credit: Sue Redman
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Our Monochrome theme finished this evening with (up to now) six entries. A piece of work of any subject and in any medium but only using shades of one colour. These optional themes are an opportunity to develop a piece of your own design in a medium of your choice depicting the chosen subject in any way you feel.
More will appear here as they are completed.
A few photos showing the Hare and some of Elise's recent works. Click/Tap a picture for a larger image.
Photo Credit: Paul Stanley.
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This week our own Paul Stanley hosted an optional workshop entitled 'Spring'. Cut flowers were placed on the tables and members were invited to have a go at painting or sketching them.
The finished works are shown below and more will be added upon completion.
Click/Tap for a larger view. Photo Credit: Paul Stanley.
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Our first exhibition of 2025 is now on at The Birkdale Community Hub & Library, Southport, and runs until the 30th April. Over forty paintings are on display around the building and it's great to see work from some of our newer members on display.
If you are out and about in the area do drop in and take a look.
2 Liverpool Road, Birkdale, Southport PR8 4AR.
Opening Hours are: Mon - Wed - Fri 10am to 4pm. Tues - Thurs 10am to 7pm. Sat 10am to 1pm.
Click/Tap an image for a larger view. Photo Credit: Paul Stanley.
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Our activities for 2025 are now available to view on our 'Meetings' Page. There are still a couple of things to clarify but the listing is 99% complete. Professional demonstrations, workshops run by members and optional themes are all locked in and loaded.
This morning we received news that Mike Ainsworth had passed away late Thursday evening. His family were with him. Mike had suffered some complications after successful radiotherapy for a recent cancer diagnosis. He had been a member of Leyland Artists for nearly eleven years and the groups treasurer since the restart after the Covid lock down. A role he had successfully taken on with enthusiasm. He will be greatly missed and we wish him God speed on his journey.
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| Mike Ainsworth 1947 - 2024 |