From our President, Linda Sutton...
"It is with sadness that I inform you of the death of our previous SPG President, Anne Wright.
Most of us called her Annie. I always enjoyed her kindness and hospitality when she hosted our Council Meetings and SPG Christmas Parties at her home in Clapham among her antiques, vintage furniture, collection of crockery and memorabilia. Also, her own paintings of Santorini, an island she loved. In the early days I remember her elegant greyhounds on the front room sofas.
As the current President, I'm glad we had a transition, so Annie was able to come to my house the last couple of years for our Christmas Parties. It meant a great deal to her that the Group was continuing. She never missed an AGM, until last month."
A short film about Anne by Gavin Kingcome...
Linden Hall Studio are hosting a three week long Small Paintings Group Exhibition this spring.
Linden Hall Studio is an independent, family run, contemporary art gallery in Deal in East Kent. It has been working as Deal’s ‘premier’ centre for the visual arts since 2014, with a vibrant exhibition programme that hosts eleven major shows each year.
Dates...
19th of April to the 10th of May 2025
Linden Hall Studio
32 St Georges Road
Deal
Kent CT14 6BA
Ann Heat RBA, a long time and much loved member of the Small Paintings Group, has died after long illness.
Born in Esher, Surrey in 1945, Ann studied at Kingston School of Art, London College of Printing and Kathleen Browne School of Painting.
Her beautiful paintings, still lifes and landscapes will be missed at our group exhibitions, and those that knew her will greatly feel the loss.
Judith Gardner NEAC RBA, a valued member of The Small Paintings Group, died recently after a long illness. She will be greatly missed by many who knew her.
Judith studied at Maidstone College of Art in Kent where she gained a BA Honours degree in Fine Art. Whilst at college she was awarded the David Murrey Scholarship for landscape painting in 1974.
After leaving college she taught drawing and painting at Adult Education Centres in Kent and later in Windsor at the East Berkshire College. Here she also taught ‘A’ level and GCSE Art to full time students and also drawing and painting for the BTEC Design and Display course.
In 1998 Judith moved back to Kent to paint full time. She became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 2000 and was elected to the Small Paintings Group in 2002.
A Eulogy for Judith Gardner by James Horton PPRBA
The Small Paintings Group has an exhibition of members work at the Russell Gallery in October.
This exhibition will also include four works from the Memorial Collection of the late Tom Coates and four works from the estate of the late Ronald Morgan.
Dates...
Thursday 3rd to Saturday 26th of October.
Private View...
Thursday 3rd of October 10am to 8:30 pm.
Gallery Hours...
Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5:30 pm.
Russell Gallery
12 Lower Richmond Road
London
SW15 1JP
Congratulations to our newly elected members. Brief details are given below; click the image for full biographical details...
Rachel is an award-winning artist originally from Rochdale, Lancashire. She currently lives in London with her husband and two children. She is a regular exhibitor at Mall Galleries, where she has shown her work alongside The Royal Society of British Artists, NEAC, the SWA and The Pastel Society, each on several occasions.
Rachel is better known for her atmospheric sea and landscapes, which are gestural, heartfelt and emotional.
Richard Baker (b. 1971) lives and works in Leeds, UK. He holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Leeds Metropolitan University and an MA in Creative Practice from Leeds Arts University. His work has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, including at museums in China, The San Francisco Arts Institute, the National Museum of Poland in Gdansk, the Mall Galleries, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Richard Baker’s small to medium scale oil paintings depict mid-century furniture and sometimes clothing, or other items. Reimagined from found photographs, these unpeopled and modestly scaled works invite the viewer to consider the hidden human histories behind seemingly insignificant objects.
Lisa loves painting people and animals involved in everyday life and domestic activities in a colourful and cheerful way. A few years living in rural France and on a narrowboat provide many an inspiration. Now based in Wimbledon, rows of terraced homes and allotments, horse riding and dog walking on the Common are current themes.
She went to Camberwell School of Art obtaining a BA with Honours. Elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1996 and the Society of Graphic Fine Artists in 2015.
Studied Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art and Waltham Forest School of Art 1968 - 1972. Went on to train as a Scenic Artist at BBC Television Centre in White City before pursuing a long career as a mural painter, working throughout the UK, the Channel Islands, Italy and Sweden.
Now paints exclusively from her studio in Wiltshire making paintings concerned with the direct gaze and the emotive qualities of facial expressions, posing questions about time and place and suggesting a narrative.
My work is mainly about people, but also still-life and landscape, particularly the watery landscape of East Anglia. I work in oils, watercolour and print (linocut and etching), underpinned by drawing.
I studied at Chelsea and the Royal Academy Schools (RA Gold Medal), and live in Norfolk.
Our next group exhibition is being hosted by Mandell's Gallery in Norwich, Norfolk.
Dates...
20th of April to the 18th of May 2024
Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
Mandell's Gallery
Elm Hill
Norwich
Norfolk NR3 1HN
Panter & Hall are hosting a Small Paintings Group Exhibition later this year. The artist PJ Crook MBE RWA FRSA will be exhibiting with us as an invited artist.
Located in the heart of London in Pall Mall this prestigious gallery has, over the last 20 years, "forged a solid reputation for dealing in art and artists of talent and value".
Dates...
29th of November to the 22nd of December 2023
Panter & Hall
11 - 12 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5LU
An exhibition that celebrates the Suffolk Coast whilst lamenting the advance of the North Sea. Beneath the sea, lie the remains of Dunwich and countless vessels lost to storms and battles. All these themes are explored in this exhibition.
Dates...
8th to the 24th of September 2023
Dovecote Studio, Snape Maltings
Snape
Suffolk
Oxford IP17 1SP
Sarah has a solo show with Sarah Wiseman called 'Objective Beauty'.
Dates...
7th to the 30th of September 2023
Sarah Wiseman Gallery
40-41 South Parade
Summertown
Oxford OX2 7JL
It is with sadness and regret that we have to announce the death of Bob Brown NEAC. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Sue, and family.
Bob was a member of The Small Paintings Group for many years and had recently retired from active participation with us.
Remembrances of Bob from fellow artists can be found on a Memorial Page on the NEAC website.
Linda has a solo exhibition at La Galleria Amantea in Calabria. Called "'Amphitrite and other Stories", the exhibition is open from the 5th to the 12th of August 7:30 pm until midnight.
La Galleria Amantea
Louise is showing 6 works at the Pastel Society Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries in London.
Dates...
24th of May to 3rd of June
...and 4 works with the Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition at Chelsea Old Town Hall in Kings Road, London.
Dates...
14th to 19th of June (Closes at 2pm on last day)
...and 6 works with the Wapping Group of Artists at 340 Kings Road, London SW3.
Dates...
9th to 22nd of July
Francis is participating in the 'Artists at Home' annual open studios scheme, hosted in Gainsborough Road in Chiswick. Follow the link below for more details...
Dates...
16th to 18th of June
Julia Heseltine, until recently a member of the group, has sadly died.
The Small Paintings Group will be exhibiting at Geedon Gallery in their Spring 2023 Exhibition.
Dates...
1st to the 16th of April and then by appointment until the 15th of May. Open daily 11am to 5:30pm
Geedon Gallery
Jaggers
Fingringhoe
Colchester
Essex CO5 7DN
It is with sadness and regret that we have to announce the death of Ken Howard.
Ken died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on the 11th of September following a bad fall at his home in Mousehole.
We were so lucky to have him in the Small Paintings Group - a brilliant painter and an exceptionally kind and generous man who encouraged so many others. He will be missed hugely.
'Presence' is Sarah's first solo show with Tregony Gallery in Cornwall.
Dates...
3rd of September to 15th of October 2022
Tregony Gallery
58 Fore Street
Tregony
Cornwall TR2 5RW
Linda has a solo exhibition at Palazzo Asciutti in Caulonia, a comune in the Italian region of Calabria.
Dates...
20th to the 28th of August.
John will be exhibiting at a solo show of paintings and screenprints, 'Ebb and Flow', at Eames Fine Art in London during August and early September.
Dates...
4th of August to the 4th of September.
Eames Fine Art
58 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3UD
0207 407 1025
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