In 1989, in a conversation at the Chelsea Arts Club, with Peter Peterson RBA, Sandra Pepys (then chair of the Society of Landscape Painters), Dennis Gilbert NEAC, Cinzia Bonada RBA and others it was mentioned that many of them often painted small scale works and that it would be good idea if there were a forum for exhibiting such works. The potential membership was discussed and a shortlist of names agreed on and the Small Paintings Society - subsequently renamed the Small Paintings Group - was founded. More...
Membership consists of a maximum of 35 artists, many of whom also belong to other exhibiting societies - NEAC, RWS, RBA and others - and of course paint on a much larger scale as well. The paintings exhibited with the SPG are limited to 12" by 12" or 144 square inches in area and may be in any medium.
Linda Sutton, our president, is exhibiting in the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery.
This is an open submission exhibition established by the Royal Society of Printmakers celebrating the best of contemporary printmaking from across the globe.
Dates...
5th to the 15th of November 2026
Bankside Gallery
Thames Riverside
48 Hopton Street
London SE1 9JH
Louise Diggle, a valued member of The Small Paintings Group, died recently after a long illness. She will be greatly missed by the many who knew her.
She studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School and CCAT (now Anglia Ruskin University) and was an art teacher for over 20 years teaching both children and adults before becoming a full time painter.
Her work was all about the exploration of light - the way it hits and transforms places, objects and people.
Louise was a regular exhibitor at the Piers Feetham and the Jerram Galleries with the Small Paintings Group and annually at Chelsea Art Society, Art for Youth at the Mall Galleries and the Wimbledon Art Fair.
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