I’m delighted to share details of my new exhibition, that will he held from February 10th through March 17th at The Guildford Institute, in Guildford, Surrey.
New Exhibition To Start 2025
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Mr Mr Pearce
Now I’m used to photographing in very small places, as my project on bellringers will attest, but when I agreed to photograph artist Mr Mr Pearce in his studio on Johnson’s Island, I didn’t realise that it wasn’t much bigger than a desk, and had all the usual artist paraphernalia inside including a lot of his artworks (obviously).
Chertsey Artist Dorota Levine
Dorota is a painter from Poland who has been in England since the 1970’s and who has one of the Chertsey Artists studios in Windsor Street, Chertsey. You can see some of her paintings here.
Chertsey Artist Mary Hayward-Smith
Another artist with a studio within the Chertsey Artists commune is Mary Hayward-Smith who is a ceramics artist and also paints in oils. She is Head Of Art at a school in Twickenham, and you can see some of her work here.
Mixed Media Artist Claudia Stendel
I photographed Claudia in her Chertsey Artists studio on a fabulously sunny afternoon with lots of lovely day light streaming through the windows. Claudia is a mixed media artist and you can see some of her work here.
More Artists
Continuing my series of portraits of Chertsey Artists in their studios, here is Simon Gannicliffe who is a painter and enjoys life drawing:
On The Receiving End
Chertsey Artists are a very talented bunch of artists who run a variety of workshops and art sessions from their studios in Chertsey. However their premises are under threat of redevelopment and they contacted me to help underline what they do for the community and the arts, to see if the development could be avoided or a new home could be found. As well as creating portraits of some of the artist in their studios, I attended some of their portrait sessions to capture the artists at work, which you can see below.
However this did mean I had put myself in the firing line and was cajoled in to sitting for one of the portrait sessions. Sitting still was my main concern but somehow I managed it. You can see the resulting portraits at the end of this post.
No Naked Walls
Continuing with my local shopkeepers theme, the No Naked Walls art gallery in Windsor Street, Chertsey was taken over by Sharon four years ago and has a loyal following. Sharon herself is a painter and has been a member of Chertsey Artists since 2003.
Chertsey Artists
Chertsey Artists is a society of artists who provide a range of workshops, courses and art sessions in Surrey. Their current site contains several artists studios, a gallery and a print room where many art related activities are held, but the site is under threat from a planning application that would force them to leave their studios. I was asked to create some portraits of the artists in their studio to aid awareness of their plight.
This is John Bergwyn Green, who is primarily a figurative artist and illustrator.
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