TOWERS OF EAST ANGLIA EXHIBITION AT LANDGUARD FORT, FELIXSTOWE - 10th to 19th July 2009
Tall towers have always inspired feelings of awe, and in East Anglia’s flat landscape, they have a much more significant visual impact than in other parts of the country.
This exhibition celebrates and explores the majesty of towers — from masts and silos to church towers, lighthouses to Martello and water-towers — and the impact they have on the surrounding space.
It is set in the magnificent surroundings of Landguard Fort, testimony to how towers combine form and function to capture our imagination.
The artists :
have a common interest in depicting industrial architecture, and came together through an interest and appreciation of water towers (see www.bwtas.blogspot.com)
Wil Harvey :
teaches and paints near Southwold, working in pen and ink, oil and printmaking. He is a founder member of the British Water Tower Appreciation Society (BWTAS)
Clare Johnson :
lives and works in Lowestoft. Her large-scale ‘postcard’ prints are based on hand tinted vintage cards and are produced by a combination of screen print, mono print and water colour. She has exhibited widely in the UK and USA
Andy Norris :
was born in 1944, is a self taught artist living with his wife in Wenhaston Suffolk, and is also a founder members of the BWTAS. Andy’s affinity with industrial buildings and landscape is attributed to his engineering background. He works mainly in acrylics and graphite/charcoal
Mark Beesley :
is a professional artist/illustrator, whose main interest is landscape—and wind turbines in particular. He works in oil, acrylics and occasionally watercolour, he also uses pastel for working outdoors
Guest artists include :
Sandra Rowney, Alfie Sheppard and Joan Sandford-Cook
