Join our followers on Twitter and Facebook
To visit our web site please click on our logo
Author Archives: Cynthia Barlow Marrs SGFA
Image of the Month – Shard by Austin Cole RBA ASGFA
“This print is the first of four studies of the Shard from different vantage points. I know that the Shard is a like-it-or-hate-it building. People think it is too big and that it overpowers the surrounding area, which is true. … Continue reading
Posted in Image of the Month, Uncategorized
Tagged Anselm Kiefer, aquatint, Bankside Gallery, Bite, Celia Paul, Chris Orr, Christian boltanski, City Lit, Courtauld Institution, Discerning Eye, Druid Lane, Frank Brangwyn, Goya, gum Arabic, Jason Hicklin, London Group, Lynn Painter-Stainers, Morley College, Muirhead Bone, Norman Ackroyd, Originals, Pembrokeshire, Picasso, Rembrandt, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal College of Art, Royal Society of British Artists, Shard, Sir John Cass School of Art, Slade, Slade School of Fine Art, Society of Graphic Fine Art, spit bite, St Thomas Street, Toulouse-Lautrec, Tower Bridge
3 Comments
Image of the Month – Mask Design 04 by Oliver Lovley ASGFA
“Mask Design 04 is a pencil and watercolour painting composed of features from roughly five different people, plus my own inventions. It’s based on an original pencil drawing I created during a live demonstration at the Malt Cross Gallery in Nottingham. I began with the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Image of the Month, Uncategorized
Tagged Art in Action, BBC, Discerning Eye, Heritage Lottery, ING, Loughborough University, Mall Galleries, Malt Cross, Malt Cross Gallery, Mask Design, National Portrait Gallery, Nottingham, Nottingham Contemporary, Patching Festival, Patchings Festival, Society of Graphic Fine Art
1 Comment
Image of the Month – Sheffield Remembers by Sally Wilson ASGFA
Nine years ago Sally Wilson was team leader for art at Huddersfield New College when an accident left her with severe brain injury and a damaged dominant hand. Cognitive problems, spells of overwhelming fatigue and arthritic hand pain are part of … Continue reading
Posted in Image of the Month, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Marr, Holmfirth, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Huddersfield New College, Lauren Ballinger, Loughborough College of Art and Design, Menier Gallery, National Open Art Competition, National Stitch Competition, Sally Wilson, Sheffield, Society of Graphic Fine Art, Somerset House
2 Comments
Image of the Month – At Dawn the Ridge Emerges by Rebecca Coleman ASGFA
This powerful print was chosen as the promotional image for DRAW 14, the 93rd Annual Open Exhibition of the Society of Graphic Fine Art. “I created this image for the Society’s DRAW 14 Annual Open Exhibition. The optional theme is Remembrance, to mark the … Continue reading
Artist in Residence – Michael Walsh SGFA at Winkworth Arboretum
Winkworth Arboretum was the brainchild of Dr. Wilfrid Fox, a dermatologist and self-taught environmentalist. In 1937 he purchased the west side of a valley on a Surrey estate and set about creating an arboretum. Seventy-seven years on, his dream has become a reality. … Continue reading
Artist in Residence – Peter Baker ASGFA at Meeth Quarry
I n t r o d u c i n g o u r n e w o c c a s i o n a l s e r i e s A r t … Continue reading
Image of the Month – Two People by Barbara Sykes SGFA
We had already invited Barbara Sykes SGFA to be our Image of the Month artist for July when we learned that her drawing Two People had not only been selected for the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition 2014, but had … Continue reading
The Sketchbook Series – In India by Will Taylor SGFA
Motorbikes and lumbering cows, intricate arches and lake reflections, tangled cables, watchful locals, the flash of colour against earth tones — Will Taylor SGFA tries his hand at capturing the look and feel of India. “In February 2014 I set off on … Continue reading
Posted in The Sketchbook Series, Uncategorized
Tagged Dungapur, Imperial College, Jaisalmer, James Horton PRBA, Jodhpur, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Peter Brown NEAC, Royal Society of British Artists, Rye Society of Artists, SGFA, Slade School of Fine Art, Society of Graphic Fine Art, Udaipur, Will Taylor
1 Comment
Artist’s Proof – Mixed print media by Olive Webb SGFA
“When asked to describe the type of work I create, I tend to fall back on the vague term ‘mixed media’ or more recently ‘mixed print media’. No single technique gives me everything I need to develop an idea. I … Continue reading
Posted in Artist's Proof, Uncategorized
Tagged aquatint, Bath Artist Printmakers, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, collage, Covent Garden Festival, etching, Heiffer Gallery, Mayfair Arts Festival, mixed media, Royal United Hospital, St Albans School of Art, University of Hertfordshire
1 Comment
SGFA Journal 