I will shortly be emigrating to Spain, I am sad to leave the UK but the lure of a warmer climate and immersing myself in my art in calmer surroundings is too great.
I will still under go commissions and post to you at your location.
My plans are to start art classes at my new home in Costa Blanca.
Thank you all for your support over the years.
Glen x
Red and yellow and pink and green, orange and purple and blue – no we did not sing a rainbow, we painted, and for most members it was for the first time.
Painting for the Terrified was the subject of our meeting but as Glenda Maynard, our instructor, put us through our paces, or should we say washes, the terrified became overwhelmingly surprised at their efforts.
Firstly we washed our paper with clear water then, as it soaked in, a light dab of purple then blue, slapped on in an haphazard style, and we had our sultry sky.
Then a mish-mash of ochre and purple, tipped lightly with blue, and our hills appeared – so far so good.
The technique next was to form rocks and, believe it or not, it worked.
After sploshing a mixture of brown and ochre we then had to scratch and twist over the damp mess with the end of an old plastic credit card. Oh, we were having such fun, many laughing at what they had achieved.
Within the limited time of an hour we had completed a scene, with the addition of some sea, shoreline and even fir trees growing on top of our rocks – well, we think they were fir trees as many had funny looking leaves protruding from them. But who cared, with so many smiling faces and astonishment at, for many, their first dabble in the art world. We think we could safely say a good time was had by all.
Our paintings then were set aside to dry and for judging, and tea and coffee was served, followed by the general business of the evening.
This included Gillian’s monthly lunch club date and venue, news of a visit to Bristol Hippodrome, arranged by Annie, to see Cats and more events. Some events are still to come for our defibrillator appeal – with some funds already in, we are nearly there but we still need a bit more digging deep into the bottom of our pockets.
The skittle team tried well with their efforts this season. A total of 15 weeks’ matches were played and, yes, they did win a trophy – the Wooden Spoon, so well done for trying, ladies, and better luck next season.
As the evening closed, Vicky welcomed two new visitors to our meeting and hoped they would attend again as, when our paintings were judged, one of the ladies had won a place in the results.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, October 3, in Draycott Memorial Hall, at 7.15pm, when we are having a French evening, with Valerie De Lattaire-Smith, cheeses, wine, pate and a demonstration of making macaroons – so we think we ought to be there.
For anyone who wishes they could paint a picture, a series of sessions for complete beginners is running in Wookey Hole.
Artist Glenda Maynard will offer step by step guidance and guarantees that participants will be taking home a painting to be proud of.
Sessions run at the Wookey Hole Community Hall on Mondays from 11am to 1pm. Each session is a new one and is £10 on a pay as you go basis – under 12 years free with an accompanying adult.
Members of a local art group have said thank you to the residents of Wookey Hole by holding a fundraising coffee morning and exhibition in aid of the new Wookey Hole Community Hall.
Wells artist and teacher, Glenda Maynard, has been using the new hall for her classes since it opened in 2012.
Glenda specialises in teaching students who have always wanted to paint but lack the confidence to know how to start.
The Painting for the Terrified class has proved so popular that Glenda has recently added a new sculpture class to show complete beginners how to make weatherproof sculptures from materials easily available around the house.
Students from both classes were at the exhibition and were keen to explain how delighted they were with the paintings and sculptures they produce.
Glenda is known for her careful portraits of famous personalities and animals.
In 2011, her painting of a flamingo was shortlisted for the £10,000 David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year competition and was exhibited at London’s prestigious Mall Galleries.
Glenda was recently commissioned to produce artwork for Wells restaurant, Beah.
Since opening in 2012 Wookey Hole Community Hall has been well used by the community.
“Not only do we have weekly painting and sculpture classes, the hall also hosts the Wookey Hole WI, and Wookey Hole Ladies group,” said local resident, Alec Lewis.
Alec is one of a team of local residents who restored the previously disused hall and negotiated a new lease from the owners, Wookey Hole Ltd, who operate Wookey Hole Caves.
Proceeds from the morning will go towards the purchase of new equipment for the hall.
Wells artist Glenda Maynard will be exhibiting some new and exciting work alongside her art group The Old Bakery Artists at Wells Town Hall on Easter Friday and Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Glenda’s latest project is a 40 inch by 30 inch canvas montage of Wells, this will be on show alongside some contemporary art with watercolours and oils of Wells, Glastonbury, Burrow Mump.
Wookey Hole Community Hall will be hosting a coffee morning combined with an art exhibition on Saturday, from 10am to 12.30pm.
The hall is located at the bottom of School Hill (next to the Crazy Golf) in Wookey Hole and there is plenty of car parking available in the main caves car park.
The art on display will be the work of those who attend Glenda Maynard’s weekly Painting for the Terrified classes in the hall each Monday from 11am to 1pm.
Home-made cakes will be on sale, there will be a raffle, bring and buy and a lucky dip for the children.
Proceeds will be in aid of the hall funds.
Wells artist Glenda Maynard will be exhibiting some new and exciting work alongside her artgroup The Old Bakery Artists at Wells Town Hall on Good Friday and Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Glenda’s latest project is a 40″ x 30″ canvas montage of Wells, this will be on show alongside some contemporary art with watercolours and oils of Wells, Glastonbury and Burrow Mump.
Glenda describes herself as a compulsive traditional/contemporary artist who is self taught and works from home part time to complete commissions, the latest being from the Mayor of Wells.
She works with oils, watercolour, acrylics, pastels, charcoal and pen and ink and is inspired by the atmospheric and colourful works of JMW Turner, Hazel Soan and David Shepherd.
A Wells artist has been shortlisted for a leading portrait prize.
Glenda Maynard had her portrait MANAE accepted for the prestigious Holburne Portrait Prize 2012.
The prize aims to find the South West’s best painter in the genre.
After being shortlisted for the competition, organisers chose MANAE as only one of 43 portraits to feature in the competition.
Glenda painted the portrait earlier this year when she met Manae on holiday in Cuba.
After befriending the patriarch of the Caribbean family, she persuaded him to sit for a portrait, later presenting him with a canvas print of the original canvas when the impressed family members felt Glenda should keep the actual painting.
The exhibition at the Holburne Museum in Great Pulteney Street, Bath, runs until October 14.
On going to press, judges were due to announce the winner of the competition, who will scoop a £5,000 commission to paint a well-known figure from the region.
Glenda will be exhibiting alongside fellow artist David Fisher, who won the Holburne Portrait Prize in 2008, at The Rook Lane Chapel, Frome from October 20 until November 3.
One of her works to be on show at the autumn exhibition will be a new watercolour painting of Westbury-sub-Mendip’s Silver Olympic winner Richard Hounslow and David Florence.
A prize-winning Wells artist is challenging anyone who wants to sculpt, to have a go.
Glenda Maynard is a member of the Radstock-based Old Bakery Artists and a familiar face at Swan Stationers in Wells.
Earlier this month her carefully executed painting of an Afghan hound was winner of the Open Painting class at the Mid-Somerset Show in Shepton Mallet.
For the last twelve months Glenda has been offering a popular Painting for the Terrified art class designed for people who had liked art at school but had been put off by thinking they couldn’t do it.
“Some of my painting students told me they would also love to have a go at sculpture, but thought it would be too difficult or too expensive,” said Glenda.
“A few years ago I watched a Dutch artist create sculpture from recycled fabric. The artist treated the fabric with a special glue so it became rock hard and weather proof. When painted, the end result was a beautiful sculpture.”, said Glenda.
“I realised that I could teach my students this technique as it is beginner-proof and much cheaper than sculpting with most traditional raw materials.”
The Sculpture for the Terrified classes are designed for complete beginners with no knowledge of art or sculpture. Glenda will assist all students to make a weatherproof sculpture, which will be suitable for display outside or inside.
The pay-as you go classes will be held at Wookey Hole Community Hall, bottom of School Hill, Wookey Hole, BA5 1BA on Tuesday mornings from 10.30am till 1pm.
Members were treated to a superb evening this month when artist Glenda Maynard, from Wookey, explained, and made relatively simple, the intricacies of methods of painting in her Painting for the Terrified session.
With everyone seated at tables and provided with palette, brushes and water she led us, by example, through the art of washes – making paints and water work together.
Who would have thought that splashing considerable amounts of water onto paper, prior to adding a variety of colours, would cause them to “melt” into such beautiful art forms?
I felt she also possessed another art, that of making us feel, rightly or wrongly, that we were all artists in the making.
Well done, Glenda. We just hope that she was as pleased with us as we had enjoyed doing it. And for once I was not ashamed to bring my own efforts home, though I doubt they will ever make Sothebys.
The Home Group met on April 17, for an Old Postcards from Priddy evening.
Thanks to Ann Shepherd for arranging the trip to 42nd Street at Strode Theatre, in Street – an excellent production and thoroughly enjoyed.
A request for help at the Institutes’ Tea Tent at the Royal Bath and West Show has been received and president Jenny Burton has purchased a Diamond Rose for planting in our Jubilee Tub outside the village hall later this year.
Plans are well ahead for our Coffee Morning with a Difference on Saturday, May 12, with a photograph quiz, a Guess the Farm Implements competition, the Village Millennium Books on display for perusal and the sale of homemade cakes – which we’re rather good at. Please do join us.
At our next meeting on May 8, we shall be discussing resolutions for the national annual meeting.
The popular local art group, known as the Old Bakery Artists, are adding another chapter to their portfolio of venues for exhibitions – the Chapter House in Wells Cathedral.
The exhibition runs from Monday until Monday, October 31 and while the group has exhibited in galleries, museums, shops, pubs, hospitals, surgeries, cafes and private houses, this is their first time in an active place of worship.
A variety of artworks, to suit all tastes, will be for sale in the form of original work, prints and cards, on a daily basis from 10am to 5pm and 12.30pm to 2.30pm on Sundays.
Among the group’s members is well known Wells artist, Glenda Maynard.
She said: “Exhibiting with the OBA on many occasions has proven to be very successful, especially in the Bath area.
“Showing our work here in the cathedral will add to our prestigious list of venues.”
A finalist in the 2011 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s Wildlife Artist of the Year competition is challenging anyone who thinks they can’t paint to have a go.
Glenda Maynard is a member of the Radstock-based Old Bakery Artists and a familiar face at Swan Stationers in Wells. Earlier this year her carefully executed painting of a flamingo was short-listed for the £10,000 prize and was exhibited at London’s prestigious Mall Galleries.
On a trip to Tanzania in 1960, wildlife artist David witnessed the slaughter of a herd of more than 200 zebra and has campaigned to raise awareness of endangered mammals and the people who share their environment ever since.
Ms Maynard was born in London and has lived in Wells for the last 20 years. She is a volunteer art teacher at nursing home Fletcher House and is offering to pass on her skills to the public too.
She said: “Many people were put off art at school, and although they would like to be able to paint a picture, they don’t think they can. I guarantee that after one, two-hour session you will take home a painting to be proud of”.
On offer are ‘pay-as-you-go’ art sessions at Wookey Hole Caves Community Hall (Bowls Club), Wookey Hole, near Wells, from 11am – 1pm each Monday.
Cost for adults is £10 per session, children under 12, accompanied by an adult, are free of charge. Step-by-step guidance and all art materials needed for the sessions are included in the fee.
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