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Ruth McCabe: two paintings accepted for RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition

The ARTWORKS blog is delighted to receive news that one of our artists, Ruth McCabe, has been successful with two paintings accepted for the Royal Watercolour Society’s annual RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition.

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Ruth McCabe, Looking out, watercolour on paper

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Ruth McCabe, Under grey sky, watercolour on paper

The RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition is an annual competition open to non-members. It aims to encourage innovation and experimentation in water-based painting including watercolour, acrylic, gouache, pen and ink, and watercolour mixed media.

This prestigious competition provides professional artists with an established and internationally recognised platform on which they can exhibit their work.

The RWS annual open exhibition is at Bankside Gallery, London, from 6th – 18th March 2015.

RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition
6th – 18th March 2015
Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton Street
London
SE1 9JH

Open daily 11am – 6pm, admission free.

New exhibition for Alfie Carpenter at Wiveton Hall Cafe, Norfolk

Alfie Carpenter, a new artist to Artworks in 2014, is having a solo exhibition of new paintings at the Wiveton Hall Cafe in north Norfolk. The exhibition opens on Tuesday 28 October 2014 with a special preview from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The exhibition continues until 14th December 2014.

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For more information please visit Alfie Carpenter’s website.

www.alfiecarpenter.com

www.wiventonhall.co.uk

ARTWORKS: Meet the Artists – Daily Demos at Blackthorpe Barn

At the Artworks exhibition this year we have a ‘Meet the Artist’ programme. A different artist will be working in the Artworks exhibition each day.

The artists are in the Artworks exhibition from 10.15 am to 4.30 pm. Follow us on Twitter: @ARTWORKS_tweets for exhibition updates.

Today, Monday 15 September 2014 it is printmaker Eileen Revett, demonstrating woodcut printmaking techniques.

Arctic by printmaker Eileen Revett

Arctic by Eileen Revett

Eileen finds inspiration in the fields of philosophy, meditation and mathematics, taking ideas from Eastern thoughts in Zen Buddhism where opposites signify one another.

The rest of the daily ‘Meet the Artists’ programme is as follows:

Tuesday 16 September 2014, Valerie Armstrong
Wednesday 17 september 2014, Roger Gamble
Thursday 18 September 2014, Lyn Aylward
Saturday 20 September, 2014, Alfie Carpenter
Monday 22 September 2014, Janet French
Wednesday 24 September 2014, Katie Millard
Thursday 25th September 2014 Curwen Print Study Day
Friday 26 September 2014, Alison Jones
Saturday 27 September 2014, Roger Gamble

Read more about all the Artworks artists here.

ARTWORKS 15th Annual Exhibition
6 – 28 September 2014
Blackthorpe Barn
Rougham
Bury St Edmunds
IP30 9HZ

The Artworks exhibition is open daily 10am to 5pm to 28 September 2014. Admission is free, free exhibition catalogue, ample free parking, wheelchair accessible.

We also have the Artworks Shop selling small framed and unframed artwork, including original prints, paintings, ceramics and sculpture, together with a wide range of greetings cards and postcards. There is also a café selling light refreshments.