Dear Member
Recent Club Events
Critique
In January Stewart Beckett came to give our first critique of the year. He really was exceptionally helpful with comments of how even small changes might have made a difference to our paintings. As usual, we had the opportunity to look at all the paintings together, at the end, and we voted for Donna’s interesting portrait as our favourite (see main image above). Well done to Donna and many thanks to Stewart for an informative and interesting afternoon. One of the best critiques for a long time.
Events in March
Monthly Meeting
Thursday 19th March. Monthly meeting in the Parish Centre, Church Gate, Cookham, SL6 9SP.
Jake Winkle is coming to demonstrate a watercolour scene of buildings/architecture. Jake has visited before and he is an inspirational artist who shows a great skill with the medium. We look forward to seeing what he does this time!
Spring Exhibition and Sale
Our Spring Exhibition is coming up on 6th – 8th March, in Pinder Hall, Cookham Rise, SL6 9EH.
There are still a few screens available at the time of writing, so if you have been thinking of exhibiting, please apply on the Spring Exhibition page on our website as soon as possible – the closing date for entries is 12 noon on Monday 23rd February.
Hope to see lots of you, with friends and family, coming along to enjoy the show.
Coming Soon
Cookham Festival
It won’t be long now until the Cookham Festival get under way.
The ‘Main Event’ is 1st – 17th May, but many workshops and other events are getting under way very soon (some in February) – so if you might like to join in, do look at the Cookham Festival website – so much has been planned for the 2026 Festival.
Our Art Club is putting on an exhibition of paintings depicting ‘Seasonal Views of Cookham’, and you will find details and an entry form for that on our CAC website Cookham Festival page. We hope you are working on your paintings – we would like to put on a good show!
Tuesday Painting Workshops
At Cookham Dean Village Hall, Church Road, Cookham Dean, Berks SL6 9PY, from 1.40pm to 5pm.
| Tuesday Painting: cost £2 A topic, appraisal, tea and cake |
Tuesday Extra: cost £2 Painting, tea and biscuits |
| March 3rd: A cat’s eye view (as if on the same level as a cat – or a microscopic view) | March 10th: Paint what you like |
| March 17th: Dereliction. | March 24th: Paint what you like |
| March 31st: Emotion (an image portraying happiness, anger, hopefulness for example) | April 7th: Paint what you like |
Obituary
It was sad to hear that Helga passed away recently at a great age. She was a longstanding member from the early 1970s and regularly exhibited her work until about 2016. She once held a Workshop for CAC on Extraction. She attended Sunday painting and entertained members at her house afterwards for tea. What is little known is that she and her family and her future husband all fled Germany during the war on the Kindertransport. Fond memories of an exceptional lady. Our sincere condolences to her family and friends.
THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
Woodblock printing is the earliest known form of printing. The Chinese invented it between 712 and 756 during the treaty age of the T’Ang Culture.
Yours sincerely
Robert Jones
Newsletter Editor