Oct
18
to Nov 30

The Dorset Open 2025

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Summer Morning on Portland. Dorset 66x61cm oil on board

Celebrating Creativity Across the County

This brand-new major open art competition is a landmark first collaboration between Dorset Visual Arts and Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, with support from Dorchester Arts, Arts in Hospital and Evolver Magazine.

Over 100 selected works capture the essence of the region’s landscape, people, history and culture, exploring each artist’s relationship to the area. Dorset’s rich history has always provided stimulating subject matter for artists, from Turner, Constable and Thornhill to Paul Nash, Mary Spencer Watson, Sir Anthony Caro and Dame Elizabeth Frink. Now more than ever, the visual arts offer a vital means of understanding the world, inspiring, uplifting, and educating us all. Alongside the equally inspiring history and heritage of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery’s collection, The Dorset Open showcases a wealth of creative exploration and enquiry.

Entries were carefully reviewed by a professional judging panel of five experts drawn from across the arts and cultural sectors

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May
4
to May 18

Paintings of North Norfolk

DAVID ATKINS – SOLO SHOW OF THE NORTH NORFOLK COAST

Solo Exhibition of New Paintings at Burnham Market Gallery

A Morning Walk on Brancaster Beach oil on board 61x81cm

‘This new body of work has been made over the past year with most recent visit in early spring.

   Working in the places familiar to me I have throughout the seasons responded intuitively to the weather, light and the space of what’s in front of me.  Each season for me contains a particular feeling and this I think finds its way into the work.  Autumn offers such rich, deep colours and dramatic skies.  Winter is a challenge with gun metal greys and silver light. Summer was a joy being on the beach trying to capture the heat and brightness with day-trippers enjoying the sea, sun and sand.  I waited patiently for the spring before my last visit and delighted in days where colour was returning to the land and sky.  Cobalt blues, hints of pink and splashes of bright yellow combined with the chorus of birds singing in the gentle warmth of lengthening days.

These paintings of Norfolk I hope convey some of the beauty of this place and the continuing inspiration I find here.’

David Atkins 2024

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Sea Paths and City Streets
Mar
14
to Mar 31

Sea Paths and City Streets

The sun is setting and I’m racing to put down colours and marks in a frantic struggle to capture this moment. I know it’s my only chance and that tomorrow things will be different.

In all the places I visit there is an opportunity to paint the light, space and the life going on in front of me. I’m painting towards getting a feeling of a place, a day, the weather, and the season.  I do this using large brushes, lots of paint and a great deal of hope.

 

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Mar
23
to Apr 22

SPRING Campden Gallery

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Please join us for the opening
Saturday 23 March - Drinks 12 - 4pm


The whole exhibition may be viewed online and artworks acquired prior to the opening -

http://www.campdengallery.co.uk/displayexhibition.php?eid=197

Opening Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm - Sunday 11am - 4pm

CAMPDEN GALLERY, HIGH STREET, CHIPPING CAMPDEN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL55 6AG
info@campdengallery.co.uk    www.campdengallery.co.uk   tel +44 (0) 1386 841555

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Nov
30
to Dec 2

Open Studio Event

Now in it’s Fifteenth year this has become an annual event that celebrates my year of painting. It’s a chance to see what I am currently working on and a to talk to me about my practice, ideas inspiration. There will be a mix of paintings, drawings, prints and sketchbooks not all seen before. So do come along and make the most of the weekend.

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Ringstead Bay on an October Day. 100x150cm oil on canvas

You are warmly invited to my studio


30 November - 2 December 2018

There will be an Evening Reception Friday 30th November 6-9pm
wine and nibbles will be served

My Studio will be open on Saturday and Sunday 10-5pm

31 Monmouth Road, Dorchester. Dorset

DT1 2DE

01305264081

davidatkins@madasafish.com

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May
26
to Jun 5

Paintings of North Norfolk

Fairfax Gallery      Burnham Market Norfolk

I lived for a short time in North Norfolk in 1991 and since leaving have visited every year to paint.  It is a hauntingly, beautiful landscape with incredible light, space and skies.  My paintings are an ongoing testament to the landscape of this place. 

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A Spring Morning Thornham. Norfolk  90x130cm oil on canvas

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May
26
to Jun 10

Dorset Art Weeks

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Dorset Art Weeks is a biannual event over two weeks where artists across the county open their studios to the public.  It has become a very popular event, with thousands of visitors enjoying the experience. It offers the opportunity to  meet the artists in their studios and get to know more about their work. 

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