Past Exhibitions 2016

‘TWO'S COMPANY’ at Sprout Arts

An Exhibition by

Valerie Taylor and Jacqueline Merry Bernard

Tuesday 12th - 23rd April 2016

Opening Hours Tues-Sat, 11-5pm

Closed Sunday – Monday

Private View Wednesday 13th April, 6.30-8.30pm

A Multimedia Exhibition by two painters expressing their affinity with environments special to them. for Valerie Taylor this is the English Landscape and for Jacqueline Merry Bernard, her London Garden.

Valerie Taylor

Training thanks to Adult Education at Folkestone Arts Centre, South Thames College, Morley College and, most importantly, the St Ives School of Painting where I found my feet.

Best of all I like to work outside, in the landscape, be it amongst Cornwall fields, the Sussex Downs or Romney Marsh. Also close to my heart is the nude where I find similar organic shapes to landscape. Life drawing and painting is another joy.

Exhibited with Wandsworth Artists Co-operative, South London Women Artists many Open Exhibitions, Wandsworth Artists' Open House and Sprout Arts.

Jacqueline Merry Bernard

Painter, Art Therapist and Feltmaker, for many years I have exhibited in England and France. I worked therapeutically with adolescents in a

psychiatric setting and at present work with Dementia patients. My Feltwork has been commissioned by The Shakespeare Globe Theatre production of 'The Merchant of Venice' and MGM's 'A Knight's Tale'. My small London Garden, seen through windows continually delights me at any time of the year. The multimedia works in the exhibition 'Two's Company' are not of any specific time of day or season. They are experiments in colour and mood and I hold dear the struggle between abstract and figurative expression.

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'Then and Now'

An Exhibition by Peter Solari

Monday 28th March to Saturday 8th April 2016

Private View Wednesday 30th March 6-30 to 8-30pm

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It is said that 97% of what we do is through our subconscious thought.

Myrecent work tries to engage with this by allowing the subconscious to take control.

There are objects that occur time and time again, representing certain aspects of my life, although this is through an automatic and spontaneous response to that world. Those objects have meaning, but are open to interpretation. Some of the objects are observed, but most of the conscious thought is represented through composition, colour selection and use of light.

My earlier work has many of these attributes, but focused on the real rather than the subconscious.

I have purposely exhibited work that reflects the changes in my work over many years.

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Paint, Snap & Bowl Exhibition

15th to 24th March 2016

11am- 5pm daily Tuesday - Saturday

(Funded with Support from Wandsworth Arts Grants)

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Following on from the Sprout Arts creative workshops at the Streatham Park Bowling Club in August 2015 we have put together an exhibition of drawing and painting, photography, poetry and creative writing to further inspire you. Call in to see our show and join Sprout in finding your inner artist!

Additional Workshops for 2016

Tuesday, 15 March, 15:30 – 17:00 Art Workshop with Lucinda Denning

Friday, 18 March, 10:30 – 12:30 Creative Writing Workshop with Sharon Brennan

Sunday, 20 March, 10:30 – 12:30 An introduction to Photography Workshop with Gary Heiss

Private View Sunday, 20 March, 14:00 – 16:00pm

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Streatham Park Bowling Club will be holding FREE taster sessions on their short mat every Saturday from 20th February 2016 10:30 - 12 for 9 weeks until 16th April 2016. For more information please contact Sarah by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or the SPBC club on 020 8769 6266.

Streatham Park Bowling Club, Pringle Gardens, London, SW16 1SH