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The Village
John Fitton 2008 |
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The 40th Annual Exhibition 2008
St
Swithun's Church once again provided the stunning backdrop to the
Retford Art Society Annual Exhibition which took place in October. This
was the 40th Annual Exhibition staged by the society and was opened in
this celebration year by Retford's Lady Mayor Wendy Quigley. For the
second time this year the exhibition
featured
more than one hundred pictures and art works created by members
old and new plus a superb contribution from guest artist Carol
Hodgson.
| Left: David H Brown and daughter Jane enjoy the exhibits on the brand new display boards that David helped to create. Centre: Lady Mayor Wendy Quigley opened the exhibition and enjoyed the pictures immensely. Right: Invited guests attended the special preview evening and enjoyed a leisurely browse and a glass of wine. |
This
years
exhibition was marred by the indisposition of our
inspirational Chairman, Warren Cookson. Warren suffered a nasty injury
falling from a ladder and was unable to bring his energy and enthusiasm
to the task of setting up the exhibition display and lights this year. The rest
of the team muddled through and all our best wishes for a speedy
recovery go with him.
The guest artist for this years exhibition was Carol Hodgson who
contributed several fabulous examples of her work. Carol's work is
primarily about colour and texture as she aims to capture the essence
of the subject with a light and lively use of the pastel. Click here to visit Carol's website.
| Carol
Hodgson attends the Retford Art Society 40th Anniversary Annual
Exhibition. Here she is seen with our treasurer, Joan Vickers, and is
flanked by two of her pictures which were on display at the
exhibition. |
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Sales
of pictures, both framed and unframed, were again impressively high this year
despite the much reported credit crunch as once again the society continues to
supply original art to the people of Retford and the surrounding area.
The next scheduled exhibition will be in May 2009.
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