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Ringstead showcases work in Norfolk Open Studios by artistic quartet




Four prominent artists with a passion for coast and countryside are showcasing their work in a West Norfolk village hall.

As part of the countywide Norfolk Open Studios, they will be exhibiting at Ringstead until October 2.

Individual yet complimentary, united in their love of bold forms, colour and texture, these artists' collective works will range from figurative to abstract and encompass oil, acrylic, wax crayon and other mediums.

Work by Jane Brun
Work by Jane Brun

Throughout the exhibition all four artists - Jane Brun, Helga Joergens, Barbara King and David Lendrum - will be at the hall to meet and greet visitors and each will have a 'pop up' studio space in which they will be creating new works.

Born and educated in Norwich, Barbara studied art in Essex and Devon before graduating in art history at the University of London.

In Norfolk, much of her work reflects her affinity with the county through subjects that embrace the diverse colours and shapes of the coastline, the ever-changing moods of the vast East Anglian skies and the wild beauty of the natural and cultivated countryside. Jane Brun is a landscape and portrait painter who studied fine art in Florence but recently became a student again on Martin Kinear’s Diploma course at The Norfolk Painting School.

Work by Barbara King
Work by Barbara King

She says: “I love to paint the countryside and have found oil paint to be my perfect medium. I have started to create collections on themes - at the moment I am making tracks, a collection of Norfolk paths and tracks where I regularly walk. My next project will be the British seashores where I will be visiting our great seaside towns and villages, having already started in Whitstable with its wonderful oyster beds and bright red sea trawlers. Its going to be a two year project and I hope to have a show in the summer of 2024.”

David Lendrum is an abstract painter and has painted for over 50 years. He says: "I normally use acrylic paint on canvas but for smaller works on paper I employ watercolour and/or pastel. I like the versatility that acrylics allow, from thin staining directly into the canvas to thick impasto and the numerous ways in which paint can be applied – with sponge, brush, trowel, scraper, spray, roller, or with my hands.

"I used to live in London but moved to a village near the coast in Norfolk, UK, in 2013. Since then I have been particularly inspired by the ever changing open skies and the cycle of the seasons."

His wife Helga creates figurative or abstract drawings, paintings and monoprints either from observation or the imagination.

All have exhibited nationally as well as locally including with West Norfolk Artists Association.

The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 5pm and admission is free.



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