Juried Plein Air Art Competition in Norfolk
Plein Air Painting Survey A local art student is completing a project on en plein air in Art History and has requested responses from other artists on their experience of painting en plein air for comparative study. “I am incredibly interested by painting outdoors, and was wondering if it were possible for you to answer … Read more
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse A new Royal Academy exhibition displays paintings by artists of inspiration found in gardens, Claude Monet being preeminent among them and representing a quarter of the gallery space. Monet was not only a masterful painter but also a horticulturalist who regarded his “garden [as his] most beautiful masterpiece” and nature as … Read more
Stephen Fry chooses canvases & paints for Desert Island castaway luxury The long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, Desert Island Discs – and its current presenter Kirsty Young, have secured Norfolk and national treasure Stephen Fry, for a second time, to quiz him on his castaway music, literature and luxury choices. One of his biggest regrets, it … Read more