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2024 Exhibition dates are:
Friday 5th July 10.00 - 5.00
Saturday 6th July 10.00- 5.00
Sunday 7th July 10.00 - 4.00

EXHIBITION BREAKS RECORDS

Exhibition organisers were over the moon as the 2023 exhibition notched up nearly 900 visitors and artwork sales of £3,500. With exhibits in watercolour, oil, acrylic, pastel, collage and mixed media, as well as sculpture and wire, there was something for everyone. Hundreds of visitors took part in the People’s Choice competition, voting for their favourite exhibit, with Jeannie Pakenham scooping the prize for the second year running with her watercolour painting Owl on a Post.

The exhibition was sponsored for the sixth year by Hellards estate agents and opened by contemporary artist Paul Treasure who said he was blown away by the quality and diversity of the paintings. After travelling the world, Paul now lives in Ropley and specialises in painting our famous chalk streams in oil. “Paint what you love and what inspires you,” he said, “and you can’t go wrong.”

Other exhibition winners were both Best Watercolour and Best Floral - The First Blossom by Clifford S’Souza, Best Oil - The River at Alresford by Penny Claisse; Best Acrylic - Dell Quay by Richard Cox, Best Mixed Media - Fly Away by Emma Barker, Best 3D - Fox by Jen Boardman with The Best New Exhibitor to this year’s exhibition - Woodpecker by Fiona Scott Morton

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Art Society President Sue Gentry with exhibition organiser Penny Claisse and special guest Paul Treasure who opened the exhibition.