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In 2020 the requirement for social isolation and distancing has led to art galleries closing their doors. However, new visual art may still make a positive contribution to the quality of people’s lives and this page offers the public the opportunity to view the work that LFA members are producing in this challenging time for all of us. We hope that visitors to the website will gain some pleasure and benefit from these posts. Take care and keep safe.
In the current circumstances LFA was not able to hold its annual exhibition at Dean Clough in June and July as planned. The exhibition in the Station Gallery, Richmond planned for 24th July to 4th September 2019 has now been postponed until summer 2022 and our exhibition at The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery at Leeds University scheduled for later in 2020 has also been postponed and will now run from February 2021 to July 2021. As a positive response to these circumstances the Members News page also includes an on-line exhibition of members’ work that was shown between 11th July and 29th August 2020.
As a positive response to these circumstances the Members News page also includes two on-line exhibitions of members’ work : the Summer Online Exhibition that was shown between 11th July and 29th August 2020; and the Winter Online Exhibition running from 18th November 2020 to 31st January 2021.
As coronavirus restrictions are gradually being eased, LFA is delighted to be able to hold its first physical exhibition in over a year. This exhibition is at the Blossom Street Gallery in York and Charles Hutchinson, the editor of York’s number one online cultural magazine, has published an excellent article on the show. Click here to read the illustrated article.
North Sea Canal and Stormy Wind under Humber Bridge
As we have not been allowed to travel more than a few miles from home for nearly a year now, I have used photographs as subject matter from which to make small paintings. George’s cousin who lives in Holland photographed this particular scene of the North Sea Canal.
What a Wonderful Spring – as an Exercise
What a wonderful spring. As an exercise I decided to fill a concertina watercolour sketchbook (bought a while before at the Norman Ackroyd exhibition in Bretton Park and consigned to a cupboard). Each day I painted in the garden and just enjoyed a relaxing time. No onus to make a finished work of art’.
Lock down from here in Fife
Lock-down 1 arrived suddenly and severed a series of demonstrations that I had commenced for a local art group. In order to bring the work to a satisfactory conclusion and as a means of trying something new I completed one of the works and made a video recording of the process.
Sketching – Last Summer
On one or two of the rare days last summer that we managed to get beyond the garden gate during a beautiful warm period, we were fortunate to be able to grasp the opportunity to walk from our house up the lane through the fields of grazing sheep and into the area adjacent to Addingham golf course.
Lockdown Concertina Sketchbooks
It’s been a challenge during lockdown not having access to all the usual inspirational sights and sounds but I have been lucky enough to get out pretty frequently into some big open spaces close to where I live.
A New Gallery in Doncaster, the d31 Gallery
Over the last year a group of Doncaster artists, including myself, have been working towards setting up a new art gallery for the town.
Lockdown Year Diary
The first lockdown coincided with the Spring Equinox 2020 and since then I have kept a sketchbook diary of wildlife, garden features and wild plants, birds and animals that have caught my attention on walks or in the garden.
50 Things
Last spring I was busy working on new prints for a solo show, which was the culmination of a 2-year funded project with the Dales Countryside Museum.
Commission from Skippko Arts Team
During lockdown I’ve been working on a commission from Skippko Arts Team, where I also work as project manager.
Time to Reflect on life and Art
The coronavirus era so far had been a time to reflect on life and art. I have looked through my portfolio of past work.
Rhino Project for Knowsley Safari Park
My recent ‘Rhino’ project has been broadcast via the Knowsley Safari Park website, in conjunction with Kirkby Gallery Knowsley,
Lockdown Art
Quite predictably the Lockdown has triggered a greater degree of introspection and as a result I have rediscovered a fascination for self-portraiture.