Last week I went to have a look at this art exhibition in Debenham church - it's one I try and get to every year and this year it was huge with over 500 pieces to look at as well as lots of unframed art and greetings cards.
It was very busy too, lots of people looking and the sun shining, didn't make for good photos so I didn't take many.
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| Lino Cuts by Judy Holloway -£155 each |
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| Realistic still life oil paintings. Strawberries, satsuma and marbles by Cate Swinfen £395 each! |
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| Lino cuts in muted colours . The middle one is titled Softly Suffolk. By Anne Townshend £185 each |
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| Giclee Print of original mixed media work. Covehithe Coastline by Alfie Carpenter. ( A local artist and musician who died from cancer age just 33 in 2023) |
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| Display of small art work in various mediums |
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| Mixed media - looks like glass but is a pourable plastic? whose name I can't remember by Mark Wheeley. Really bad reflections makes a poor photo. |
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HUGE painting of a gull on blue sky. Apologies - I can't find the artist in the catalogue but I'm sure it said it was £900! on a label at the side of the other similar painting. Not something I would choose to own.
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| Beach huts by Shirley Harvey and Red Sails by Kay Lucas |
As usual I just bought a couple of cards. There was one unframed painting I liked - it was £90 and large and would have cost much more to be framed. There is usually something I like in Art Exhibitions but the house would soon be full and bank balance empty if I bought them all!
Then I headed home again to be in time for tennis watching.
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I too buy the cards as I can’t afford the original or sometimes even the print and then have to get it framed.
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of cards purchased in Norfolk they depict a row of seals sitting on a bridge eating fish and chips from a paper parcel and another of seals in a boat watching the humans sunbathing.Just tickled me.
I'm traditional in what I like - country views mostly. The one I liked was of woodland with all green colours
DeleteSome lovely work - but as you say, if you bought your favourites, the walls would be full and the bank balance empty. We have two pictures bought by Norfolk artists, and I love them, they hang in the lounge. But I enjoy looking at exhibitions and deciding which I like most. The peeled satsuma is very clever, but I wouldn't want it in my house, even at £3.95, let alone £395
ReplyDeleteI suppose I have got room for one or two more paintings but that means drilling holes - which I'm hopeless at doing
DeleteWe also only buy cards, we went to an exhibition recently which was very enjoyable ( set in a beautiful church new to us) but the prices even for modest size works were eyewatering. The cakes and coffee were good!
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I love to look at things that I can't do - although would love to be able to do!
DeleteThanks for sharing a lovely collection Some people are very talented. Glad you enjoyed it Sue
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at the range of subjects and the skill of local people
DeleteJust looking at art is refreshing even if you know you can't actually buy it!
ReplyDeleteI like to go and look and see what local people are doing - it's always good
DeleteLovely art but too expensive for me, sadly. I did very much like the strawberry painting but £395! I think the plasticky painting is durable Resin. I have seen a man doing it on Money for Nothing, usually on a table, so much larger.
ReplyDeleteI buy cards from art exhibitions too, I have framed some of them. Carole R.
Resin! That's what I couldn't remember- thank you
DeleteThe exhibition is overwhelming - delight for the eye in every direction. I couldn't justify spending hundreds of pounds on artwork, so would also settle for cards.
ReplyDeleteThere were so any lovely paintings - so many cards too - it was hard to chose
DeleteThat's a lot of art! I do struggle though, with the unframed works offered here as they end up looking like jumble sale! The prices are exorbitant here too.
ReplyDeleteThere were so many unframed works and cards to look through as well as the 500 on show. So many clever people!
DeleteA lot of very striking Artwork there. I'm not keen on the heavy black frames.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
The likeness to the fruit was amazing but what a price!
DeleteFor someone who lives in the country, you have access to a lot of artists and art. Is Suffolk an artist magnet?
ReplyDeleteAlways has been, Think Constable and Gainsborough!
DeleteI wish our churches hosted art sales. Viewing art and being able to appreciate the wide range of talent on display is so enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteFinding something to buy and adding to your collection is always great.
We certainly have some talented people in the local area
DeleteSuch a huge variety of art to enjoy. Do many people buy anything? I've never bought an expensive painting in my whole life.
ReplyDeleteI think several get bought. I was there early so didn't notice any red dots yet
DeleteOh Sue, how beautiful. I'm glad you went home with some cards. Many of those can be framed too & take up a lot less room. ~Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteI got a pretty card and found a frame for it last year. but the two I bought this time are for birthdays
DeleteBeautiful and interesting artworks! Art is never cheap, but the artists surely put an awful lot of time into every piece. That seagull painting would be perfect for a beach house -- and a person who owns a beach house could probably afford it! LOL
ReplyDeleteThere are some gorgeous pieces there, I might have been tempted to spend, but at the moment my funds are low and my walls are pretty full, so I am trying to avoid 'arty' places.
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