Saturday 1st March - 9am -1pm 

Catherine McVean - Still Life in Oils or Acrylics

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Catherine describes her still-life paintings as quiet celebrations of everyday life and takes her inspiration from nature and seasonal changes, and pairs fresh produce or flowers with objects from her home. Catherine started painting in watercolour, then in 2021 she changed to oil and has not looked back. She has been shortlisted for the British Art Prize, Women in Art Prize, and Longlisted for the Jackson’s Art Prize. Catherine has lived in the UK, Oman and New Zealand, moving back to the UK in 2020. She paints full time in her Ascot studio, and has been teaching drawing and painting to adults since 2019.

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Saturday 7th June - 9am - 1pm

Paolo Francis – Gouache & watercolour on A3 Watercolour Paper Tropical fish, or fresh water fish.

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Paolo Francis graduated from art college in 1984 and worked as an illustrator and graphic designer. To fulfil his passion for painting, Paolo became a freelance illustrator and fine artist. He produced illustrations for educational books and supplied galleries with his oil paintings. Paolo’s work ranged from commercial illustration and commissioned portraits to painting landscapes. In 1997, he opened Paolo Francis Gallery and he also teaches aspiring artists. Paolo has exhibited his work in many galleries including The Mint Gallery and Landgate Gallery in Rye, The Elliott Gallery in Devon and The Edward Ash Gallery in Orpington, Kent.

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Saturday 6th September 9am-1pm

Bob Meecham – Acrylics – moving into abstract OR Collage & other textures – Harbour scenes

Bob Meecham studied art at West Surrey College of Art and North East London Polytechnic. He worked in the East End with deprived children building adventure playgrounds for the Greater London Council. Bob has lived and worked in Israel and travelled widely in Europe and Indonesia. He has taught painting and ceramics in Adult Education, working with young offenders. Much of Bob’s work reflects the idea that places; landscapes, buildings and objects bear witness to, and reveal the collective memories of human stories. There is a spirit of place that can be captured and drawn out in the practise of drawing and painting, both in situ and in longer contemplation through sketchbook diaries.

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Saturday 6th December 9am-1pm 

Julia Hawkins - Still Life with a Christmas Twist, A Winter Landscape or Portrait.

Julia Hawkins is a contemporary figurative artist and her modern impressionist style is well recognised. Elected a Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the New English Art Club, she is a regular exhibitor at the Mall Galleries in London. Julia’s work has been selected for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize and Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize. She is an experienced art teacher and in recent years has taught public courses at the Royal Academy, the St Ives School of Painting in Cornwall and for The New English Art Club. Currently, Julia is a tutor at The Art Academy London and runs her own oil painting class in Leatherhead, Surrey

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