This week is the hang of my latest body of work for a joint show with artist Junko Burton at Mid Wales Arts, Caersws. It is a superb venue and a huge, modern space to fill. The hard part, once the work is unloaded and unwrapped, is deciding on the running order of the paintings. …
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Exhibition News
Delighted to exhibit work from the past two years at The Coach House gallery at St Dogmaels Abbey Visitor’s centre in Pembrokeshire. My second show at this venue, it includes watercolours and acrylics painted in Scotland and in my studio in Wales. It is on throughout August 2024. It is lovely to think that visitors …
New York
After 12 years, I was longing to revisit New York and see the skyline, the museums and to enjoy the city vibe! A very invigorating, if exhausting, trip that included touching base with one of my favourite paintings, Matisse’s The Piano Lesson. I have seen this painting three times now and still it intrigues and …
Charles Causley Exhibition
This weekend I am exhibiting with artists Jill Swarbrick-Banks, Wayne Summers, Rachel Ricketts and Emma-Jayne Holmes. The theme is making a response to the words of Cornish poet Charles Causley. The show is on from today, 30 June, until 2nd July, and is in the 13thC Southgate Arch – what an amazing venue – right …
Up and Running!
The Private View of “Seasons Change”, my exhibition at New Court Gallery, Repton, was a lovely evening of meeting new people as well as old friends. So nice to have such support and keen interest shown in the work! We also managed to pop in to see Paula Kemp’s super work, just down the road …
Seasons Change
Exhibition at New Court Gallery, Repton OPENING 7 – 9 PM FRIDAY 13th JANUARY 2023 This exhibition, “Seasons Change”, is the result of two sketching trips to Scotland in late 2022, with the aim of making visual responses to the autumn and early winter colours. I chose to work directly on cotton paper postcards because …
New Exhibition
Twenty Twenty Gallery Ludlow https://issuu.com/hughelliottuk/docs/when_the_land_rested_-_claire_scott_curates_june20 Delighted to be part of this group show ‘When the Land Rested’ curated by Claire Scott. A superbly hung exhibition that highlights correspondences between the various artworks by Dennis Farrell, Alysia Webster, Mick Manning, Claire Scott and June Forster. Read my full exhibition statement below.
Another Line to Follow
‘Another Line to Follow’ is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and collages at the School of Art, Aberystwyth. It celebrates the ongoing friendship and collaboration between artists with links to Aberystwyth University. Although currently closed because of the Coronavirus crisis, we are lucky to have an online catalogue available, thanks to School of Art …
Exhibition news
I am happy to be invited to exhibit at the Freelands Foundation, London, in ‘Fully Awake 5.6’, a show that celebrates inter-generational aspects of teaching painting. My brief was to select a work by a former tutor and one by a former tutee. I met up with one of my chosen artists,Tom Voyce, at the …
A trip to Snowdonia in February resulted in a series of new work…nothing finished just yet but great to get back to oil paint!
June Forster 