Past Exhibition 2020

Artist member Lucinda Denning has certainly put the WOW factor into our windows for her lockdown exhibition. So many paintings to see you might want to grab a coffee at @cutthemustardcafe before you browse … it might take a while to take them all in.

At the beginning of lockdown Lucinda posted a ‘picture a day’ to her instagram account @lucindadenningpaintings The pictures featured here show their relevant lockdown day number and are available for sale. Those costing below £200 are featured in the Artist Support Pledge scheme on instagram.

10% of al her sales will go to the Furzedown Project which provides valuable help and support to the older members of our community.

Follow Lucinda on her instagram account @lucindadenningpaintings
Website: www.lucinda-denning.com
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BIOGRAPHY

I studied painting at Farnham College of Art and ten years later took an MA at Chelsea College of Art, London. My work encompasses paintings both oils on canvas and gouaches on paper, Some paintings will be of individual figures, some of groups of figures and others are composed of more traditional landscapes.

Colour is a perennial theme in my work, I enjoy playing with the juxtaposition of certain colours, the patterns I create with colour, and the emotional response we have to each colour and hue. I like to incorporate elements of fabrics and costumes both from around the world and from history.

Having grown up in the Wiltshire countryside, natural forms are also a recurring motif.
In tandem with my interest in colour and pattern, people fascinate me and I endeavour to convey a story by using looks and glances between members of a group.

I am as happy painting portraits from life as I am creating figures from my imagination.
Meanwhile the landscapes show another side of my work where light and weather provide the subtleties of feeling within a painting.have been exhibiting for many years and my work is in private collections worldwide.

Some of my largest work is hanging in St Georges Hospital, Tooting (originally Commissioned by the Bolingbroke Hospital Wandsworth). I work in my garden studio (open this October for Wandsworth Artists Open House). I run Art Classes for Adults and Children based in the Furzedown Project ( a local centre for older people),where I also volunteers at the Friday Morning Art Group.
On BBCTV , My paintings feature in all CBBC series of 'The secret life of Boys' enhancing the walls of the farmhouse where the featured family live.
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This week our stunning window display is by talented couple Sue and Steve Owen

Sue originally trained as a Home Economics teacher in a wonderful old house on Clapham Common. After teaching textiles in Croydon and Merton for over 30 years she is now retired and lives in Streatham. She loves having the time to create her own work and make use of the mountain of materials collected over the years - combining print and stitch, in particular layering shapes, patterns and colours to form new images such as her series of fish studies.

Steve studied Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon School of Art in the early 70’s before settling in a flat in Tooting above a butchers shop overlooking RACS. Throughout the 80’s and 90’s he lived in various parts of London before settling in Streatham more recently.
Employed in various Art teaching posts in schools and Further Education he is now retired and spending more time painting and exploring various printmaking and collage techniques. He also donates his time to be on the Sprout Committee for which we are hugely grateful

If you are interested in purchasing any of these artworks please contact Sue or Steve by email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or text 07456 002633

An exhibition by Sophia Hughes and John Workman

Tuesday 25th February to 7th March 2020
Open Tuesday - Sunday 11am to 5pm

Private View Thursday 27th February 6-8pm

This is the second time that these two artists have exhibited together at Sprout Arts.

Sophia Hughes is concerned with place, catching remembered atmosphere in images of places she has visited. She takes liberties with reality in order to distil this feeling, which sometimes results in an awkward contrast between figurative and abstract. She employs any media available; sand, dust, house paint, chalk, filler, plastic . . .
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Time is the theme of John Workman’s paintings. He presents a world of Victorian magic lanterns, old landscape paintings and floral patterns. Familiar images are painted onto wallpaper or lit up in photographic lightboxes.

I have worked in Valentia studios in Brixton for many years. My fine art practice consists of painting on various grounds, such as glass or wallpaper. I also do commissioned work in murals, illustration and design. My paintings are represented in collections in various countries but the majority of my exhibitions have been in England. At present my time is divided between painting and teaching. Some of my work can be seen here:
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Our windows now show work by Lynn Selwyn-Reeves of Furzedown Art Studio which will be on display until Sunday 24th May
A range of local photography and gifts, botanical images and some of her favourite London museums and gallery prints along with handprinted original illustrations.
All available to buy with a 10% donation from each sale to the local NHS fundraiser

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Iain Selwyn-Reeves of Furzedown Art Studio will be displaying more of his black and white and colour photography in the windows of Sprout Arts until 10th May.

All artwork is for sale with a 10% donation to the local NHS fundraiser.

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