28TH APRIL 2022

So, finally we have got to the last session of the winter season - and the Chairman's Project, which this year you may remember, was 'Movement'.  And here is Sally 'The founder of the feast', beginning her presentation.  All of those present had something to show and the variety inspired by the one word was impressive.

Here are a few views of members showing their work and explaining their process.

As usual, there were some clever and amusing ideas - Jackie had created a watercolour that, as you can see in the photo, had a kite and string which could actually fly.  Richard used 'Under Milkwood' and audience participation to illustrate his presentation.  Freda brought in a video of the fish mobile she had created, and Sally somewhat dumbfounded us by first sitting, standing and walking - all movement! Diana is demonstrating her 'Movable Feast' of still life painted each Thursday, that can be endlessly arranged.

First selection, Left to right, both Maggie-Anne and Harriet's work capture the joyous movement of animals, Noreen (who had brought a selection of old images along with this painting of Southwold, complete with rolling seas), John (Box and Boxers - guess where the inspiration for this image comes from) and Frances, who was not able to attend, but had sent an explanation of the use of the triple hare image in ancient China, and its promulgation along the Silk Road.

Sally L had examined the movement of the gaze created by composition, and illustrated by this tree. Hilary and Ian studied movement in the landscape, Hilary's that of the sea, and Ian's clouds in the sky.  Avril's striking image was created from a video of her daughter's Pilates exercise, and Richard's abstract related to the movement of time, and day and night.

Here are Eileen's seascape, with crashing waves, Jackie's kite watercolour, Carolyn's waves in constant movement against the stillness of rocks, Diana's movable still life and

Here are some that need more than one image for explanation.  First Elaine, who decided that although the seascape shows movement, the water did not move as much as the cheetah and entelope did.

Sally P. started with the movement of ballet dancers and finished with two images she particularly liked: a pastel dancer and a drawing of ballerinas likened to fuschias.

Lesley started with two pastels of surfers off the north shore of Hawaii, and then went more kinetic with this mobile of textile butterflies.

And this is a small selection of the work that Jo did using Suminagashi, the Japanese paper marbling technique, the water in motion to help create the patterns.

Sally T's abstract copy in gouache, water colour and ink of Sybil Andrew's 'Speedway' linocut from 1934.  Sybil came from Bury St Edmunds and worked closely with Cyril Power.  Her second (on the right) is inspired by a Kandinsky, which is included.

Freda made a mobile of fish, but was unable to transport it, so she brought a video for us to see how it moves.  Click on the image to play it, and it will expand - full screen is at bottom rightof the player, once it plays

I got interested in murmurations, and ended up with these two images, by way of some consideration of migration.

Sally P wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone for all their hard work and ideas The work was all excellent and varied with so much thought gone into them, and a special thank you to Linda for the delicious home made cakes (which I heartily endorse !- Hannah).
Four members are participating in an exhibition at All Saints Church, Stradbroke this weekend, Sally P, Jackie, Ian and Harriet.  The exhibition is open from 10 am to 5 pm from today until Monday.

Next week it is the coach trip but work can still be sent in.  Noreen will be in charge of the blog, so you can send anything you want to include to her.