Previews of paintings 6 and 7 from the thirteen chosen feature in the clubs 2019 Calendar are shown below. They are, Pitfirrane Club House in Pen and Ink by George Aitken and Spring Cleaned Yacht (Charlestown) in Acrylic by Helen Rowbotham. The remaining six will be previewed here in further News Posts shortly.
Pitfirrane Club House by George Aitken
Spring Cleaned Yacht (Charlestown) by Helen Rowbotham
Secretary’s Message re Townhill Open Days
Following last year’s successful open day at the Townhill Community Centre, we shall be holding a similar event on Friday and Saturday, 7th and 8th September. Set up in the Hall upstairs will take place from 11.30 on the Friday morning ready for opening from 2 pm til 8 pm. On the Saturday, the exhibition will be open from 10 am and will be taken down after 4 pm. It is planned to have members demonstrating their skills in the Studio on the Saturday as per last year. Members will be asked to help with the setting up and to do 2 hour shifts in the exhibition hall or in the Studio. Please look out for notices and further information on the Exhibitions noticeboard in the Studio. Paintings for the Exhibition may be left in the Studio on the Wednesday or brought to the Hall on the Friday morning.
The Agenda for Dunfermline Art Clubs Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 21st August is as follows:
ITEM 1. Welcome and Apologies
ITEM 2. Minutes of previous AGM
ITEM 3. Matters Arising from previous minutes
ITEM 4. President’s Report
ITEM 5. Secretary’s Report
ITEM 6. Treasurers Report and Balance Sheet
ITEM 7. Gallery Co-ordinators Report
ITEM 8. Website Administrators Report
ITEM 9. Exhibition Co-ordinators Report
ITEM 10. Programme Co-ordinators Report
ITEM 11. Election of Office Bearers
ITEM 12. Election of Committee Members
ITEM 13. Constitution and Data Protection
ITEM 14. Winter Exhibition …… Monday 19 Nov until Sunday 25 Nov 2018
ITEM 15. Any other pertinent business
ITEM 16. Date of next AGM …… Proposed Tuesday 27th August 2019
Previews of paintings 4 and 5 from the thirteen chosen feature in the clubs 2019 Calendar are shown below. They are, Mercat Cross, Culross by Doreen Dewar and Drying Nets at Pittenweem by Anne Hill. The other eight will appear here in further News Posts shortly.
Mercat Cross, Culross by Doreen Dewar
Drying Nets at Pittenweem by Anne Hill
We are pleased to announce the third in an occasional series of watercolour demonstrations by fellow member Ken Young. The theme for this demo is “calm reflections”. The two hour session, which is open to all club members, will be on Wednesday 22th August beginning at 7 p.m.
There will be a charge of approximately £3 payable on the night.
We recently brought you the result of the voting to select thirteen paintings for the clubs 2019 Calendar. Alan Booth’s Queensferry Sunset painting was featured here in a previous post, so here now are paintings 2 and 3 from the ones chosen. They are, Kinghorn Sands by Ian Roberts and Dunfermline Abbey by Annette Burgess. The other ten will be appearing here in further News Posts soon.
Kinghorn Sands by Ian Roberts
Dunfermline Abbey by Annette Burgess
Members voted last week to select the paintings from the assembled entries to feature in the clubs 2019 Calendar. As far as was practicable the identity of each artist was concealed. The theme for the Calendar was “Fife” and as a result of the vote the following entries were chosen (in no particular order).
Annette Burgess Dunfermline Abbey
Alan Booth Queensferry Sunset
Doreen Dewar Mercat Cross, Culross
George Aitken Pitfirrane Club House
Helen Rowbotham Spring Cleaned Yacht (Charlestown)
Irma Brown Inchcolm Abbey
Jen Manson Dysart
Joan Paterson Impressions of the Maygate, Dunfermline
Robert Clement Dunfermline Abbey in Autumn
Roy McGowan West Shore, Pittenweem
Ian Blance Limekilns Harbour
Ian Roberts Kinghorn Sands
Anne Hill Drying Nets at Pittenweem
The entry with the most votes was Queensferry Sunset by Alan Booth and this painting will therefore become the Calendar Cover Page. Images of the other 12 entries will feature in later “News” Posts.
“Queensferry Sunset” by Alan Booth
An exhibition of members paintings on the theme “Dunfermline and West Fife” opened at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library Community Gallery on Saturday, 7th July. Gillian Parsons from Fife Cultural Trust formally opened the Exhibition which will run continuously through October 2018. Here are some photographs from the event.
The Jess Burns Memorial Prize is awarded each year to the Dunfermline Art Club artist whose work had been voted favourite painting by the general public during the clubs Annual Exhibition. The award comes with vouchers for the purchase of art materials. We are pleased to announce that the winner for 2018 is Hazel Evans for her popular coloured pencil work “Waiting for Mum”. Congratulations Hazel ! The runners up this year were George Aitken and Chris Amos.
“Waiting for Mum” by Hazel Evans