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Artists Group
We meet 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday of the month 10.00 am to 12 noon at the Community room in Up Holland (attached to the library).
£1.00 per visit this pays the rent, includes refreshments and any excess is saved to pay for locals artists to do a demonstration or a workshop.

October 6th 2011 – A wonderful exhibition of work.was displayed at the coffee morning in October. Everyone appreciated the talent we saw displayed (An very impressed viewer)

Friday 6th May 2011

We must go down to the Marina again,

To the grey water and sky,

All we want is a long boat

And a canal to sketch her by.

(With apologies to John Masefield)

 

The visit to the Scarisbrick Marina proved successful with most artists taking advantage of having long boats to practice perspective drawing. Enjoying the canal banks with good company, and listening to the proud owner of the last river boat telling us how he had taken four years to renovate it.

We met in the restaurant for a tasty breakfast and after a couple of hours sketching met up again, enjoying the company and of course a delicious lunch.

We must go down to the Marina again!

Ray

 

Artists Group visit to the Walker Art Gallery on 2nd May 2010

We were greeted by the laughing driver of the Minibus with the words, "Are you the ‘Saga Louts’ going to Liverpool?" After happily agreeing with him we climbed on board and made our way to the city. 
The first stop in the Walker Art Gallery was for coffee, then we made our way to the Steam Exhibition through the various rooms, passing paintings that made you think: a family having a meal, with a horse looking through a half door being fed by the mother while a sad dog looks up at her waiting for his share: a portrait of a well to do lady with her two daughters. Some we liked, others were rather dreary and dark. One, “The Death of Nelson” had a sailor who had extraordin-arily long legs; we decided this was to fill the space. Finally we stood in front of "When did you last see your father?” As you look at it you sympathise with the little lad standing on a stool trying to be brave.

As we reached the Steam Exhibition a group of well-behaved school children beat us to the door. They piled through in a quiet orderly line, one lad staying to hold the door for us. The pictures here depicted railways all round the world. One rather sad one showed a woman in a carriage who had been arrested, being escorted by two policemen. There was a Monet of a little girl and a lady in a French station. One that really showed how the railway was changing people’s lives was of American Indians riding through snow in shadow looking down on a train that was coming out into sunshine.  At the end of the exhibition was a waiting room with a basket of Victorian clothes; we watched two children dress up and have their photograph taken.
Lunch beckoned: it's surprising how hungry you get looking at pictures.  After lunch the group broke up and went their various ways.  Some went to St George's Hall, or the Library, some to the museum, others went shopping. We all met up again at three o'clock for the journey home, several of us commenting on how various areas had changed as we travelled through different parts of the Liverpool area.
Our grateful thanks go to Alex Fisher for organising a wonderful day out which, I am assured, was enjoyed by all.

Report by Ray Slater

Leaders, Ray Slater & Alex Fisher.