Society Women Artists 162 nd Annual Exhibition 6 th – 10 th June 2023 Mall Galleries London

 

 

My painting Spring Tide, acrylic on board has been selected for The Society of Women Artists' exhibition June 6-10th at the Mall Galleries London.  

 

 

Finding a Way, acrylic on paper size A5 

This little painting will be in a collection of paintings, mounted in a concertina book and all by members of the Society of Women Artists.

 The book will be rafled at the exhibition at the Mall Galleries June 6th-10th for the Young people's art initiative.

Both paintings are inspired by the sea, boats and harbours.

Pentle Bay, Tresco, Isles of Scilly

 

 

Pentle Bay, Tresco,  Isles of Scilly      Acrylic (c) Tessa Spanton

I am delighted that his painting has been selected for the Society of Women Artists 2019 exhibition

24th-29th September, at the Mall Galleries, London. More details here

I wanted to do a plein air painting on one of Tresco's beaches. I chose Pentle Bay, a beautiful long beach curving like a crescent at one end. It is fringed with white sand, shells and seaweed. I like it best when the tide is not too low. I found a cowrie shell as I walked along to chose a spot.

I usually use watercolour or pencil for plein air work and didn't have an easel so it was a bit of a challenge to avoid everything face palming into the sand! I did incorporate a bit of Tresco sand into the foreground and found that a few of the silvery particles of mica from the sand had found their way onto the painting.

This was followed by something delicious to eat and drink at the Ruin Beach Cafe at Old Grimsby. I will write about that in another post. Meanwhile more details here

I did some more tweaks on it at home and decided to frame it in time for submssion day at the Mall Galleries just a few days later.

 The frame is made with a hardwood moulding and appears a bit darker in this photo than in reality.

 

 Handing in is at the back of the Mall Galleries from Carlton House Terrace beyond the board and down some steep steps. Paintings are piled high so need to be in durable frames.

Then its back to Trafalgar Square to get a no 11 bus to Victoria.

Red Oriental Poppy

Red Oriental Poppy (c) Tessa Spanton  mixed media

I used watercolour, acrylic, oil pastel, tissue paper and watercolour paper. The tissue I used made lot of texture which does not fully come across in a photo.

These poppies grow in my garden and originally came from my friend Elizabeth's garden.

This painting has been selected for the

2012 SWA 151st Annual Exhibition


at the Mall Gallleries London


to be opened by:
HRH Princess Michael of Kent

on Wednesday 27th June 2012 at 11am
the Show Runs from the 28th June to the 7th July 2012


I will also have prints and cards from original silk paintings in the exhibition.

Painting at the Mall Galleries

Entrance to the Mall Galleries London

My recently painted Strelitzias (previous post) has been accepted for an exhibition in the Mall Galleries in London. I also have cards and Giclee prints in this exhibition. It is the 150th exhibition of the Society of Women Artists. It will be opened by HRH Princess Michael of Kent on Wed 29th June at 11am and runs until the 9th July.

For more details of the exhibition click here

For more of my silk paintings that have been shown with this group click here