10am to 5pm (closes 3pm on final day)
21 February 2017 to 4 March 2017
Main Gallery, North Gallery, Threadneedle Space
Admission £4, £2.50 concessions, 50% off for National Art Pass holders, Free for Friends of Mall Galleries, PS Friends and under 18s
Featuring works created in pastel, pencil, chalk and charcoal, The Pastel Society exhibits abstract and experimental works alongside traditional representation. The artists, including elected members of the Society and those chosen from open submission, all share a passion for working in dry media.
Member artists will be demonstrating their working processes as part of the exhibition and workshops in various aspects of working with pastels will also be available.
Exhibition sponsored by Derwent
Exhibiting artists
Nola Armstrong
Michele Ashby
Zena Assi
Keith Bennett
Marie Bew
Simone Bingemer
Louise Blakeway
Annie Boisseau
Susan Brooke
Esther Brown
Ruth Brown
Kurt Buckley
Chris Burdett
Melodie Cook
Roland Corbin
Merrie Curtiss-Fuller
Denise Cutts
Louise Diggle
Anthony Flower
Jaana Flower
Barry Freeman
Stewart Ganley
Vivien Geddes
Jane Gibbs
Martin Goold
Lyn Gray
Henry Jabbour
Alex Jakob-Whitworth
Maria Kaleta
Katia Kesic
Steven King
Emma Knowles
Julie Lawrence
Michelle Lucking
Francois Malnati
Dominic McIver
Rebecca Moss Guyver
Jan Munro
Elizabeth Nast
Patrick O'Rourke
Sheila Ottley
Amanda Palmer
Linda Penny
David Quantrill
Richard Rees
Emily Roberts
Vidah Roberts
Jocelyn Rossieter
Janine Shute
Rachel Solani
Robert Strange
Janette Summerfield
Judy Tate
Jennifer Thorpe
Kevin Tole
Art Venti
Christine Watson
Sofia Welch
Jenny Westbrook
Charlotte Lucy Whitehead
Patricia Whiting
Heather Wills-Sandford
Selected Works
Butterfly Plant
Pastel, 58 x 66 cm, £1,350
Contrasts
Pastel, 66 x 72 cm, £3,000
Gainsborough Lane
Pastel, 66 x 49 cm, £1,250
Greek Coffee Pot
Pastel, 66 x 57 cm, £1,800
Suffolk Landscape 2
Pastel, 42 x 47 cm, £850Related events
Artist Workshop
21 February 2017 to 3 March 2017
Workshops for the amateur and professional artist, tutored by members of The Pastel Society
Artist demonstration
22 February 2017
Susan Relph PS will be working in the gallery and available to answer questions.
Special event
23 February 2017
Our Coffee Mornings for Art Lovers are perfect for those of you who love popping in to have an informal chat about art with other visitors and members of the Mall Galleries team. There is also the chance to do some drawing, with Free drawing materials generously provided by Derwent
Artist demonstration
23 February 2017
Ann Wilkinson PS will be working in the gallery and available to answer questions.
Artist demonstration
25 February 2017
Peter Vincent PS will be working in the gallery and available to answer questions.
Artist demonstration
27 February 2017
John Tookey PS will be working in the gallery and available to answer questions.
Artist demonstration
1 March 2017
Roger Dellar PS RI ROI will be working in the gallery and available to answer questions.
Special event
1 March 2017
Models, still life and live music