Dear Member Keith Hornblower prepared a video of ‘An Icelandic Scene’ for us to watch last month. Most people thought it was brilliant. Video versus Zoom comments: Video can be watched when you like. Zoom is a more social event, which is important and the artist...
Dear Member Watendlath, a watercolour by Lyn Rackley As I settle to the task of composing this month’s Newsletter the weather has been distinctly Icelandic. It seems an appropriate time to ask if you have taken the opportunity to watch Keith Hornblower painting a...
Dear Member As this is the first Newsletter sent to you in 2021, May we wish you a Happy New Year. With the coronavirus still causing a great deal of trouble in the country, we can only hope that the year is better than 2020. I am very grateful to members who have...
Dear Member It is with great sadness that we have to report that our President, Bert Showell, has passed away. He was well into his 90s and died peacefully in his sleep on 28th/29th November. Bert joined the Club in the early 1970s and exhibited from then until last...
Dear Member As I settle down to write this Newsletter another lockdown has just<br />begun. Rather than the bluebells and primroses seen during the first<br />restrictions, my local walks are now filled with autumn colours and<br />misty views. I...
Dear Member Autumn seems to have crept up on us again. Who can fail to be inspired by the Autumn changes in the British flora? Never mind the greens, get out the reds, yellows, oranges and golden browns for your next painting! Maybe next month we will have some Autumn...
This was to have been a more cheerful Newsletter, reporting on something of a return to activity for the art club. A small group of members made a careful start back at ‘Tuesday Painting’ for two weeks and we felt that we could go ahead with the painting workshop,...
Dear Member Cookham Arts Club is well on the way to having its own website. A small team from the Committee have been working with Robert Bloomfield who lives and works in Cookham and builds websites. Bob is related to a friend of Lyn’s and is grandson to Jack and...
Dear Member It is pleasing to see that lots of you are finding time for painting, judging by the super artwork that you send to me for the newsletter. As usual I have put the majority of them, which are on ‘Tuesday Painting’ topics, on separate pages. Here are a few...