Contemporary artist Chloe Brown, who has a permanent art display at Aintree, the home of the Grand National, is opening her Bicester studio during Oxfordshire Artweeks and welcoming visitors to come and meet her and see her work. Esther Lafferty finds out more.
OX Magazine are delighted to support Oxfordshire artists and bring you behind-the-scenes stories of their creativity all year round. As we look ahead to next month’s Oxfordshire Artweeks’ open studios and pop-up exhibitions (4-27 May), we’d like to introduce you to some of the artists and makers who will be showing their work as part of the festival for the first time this year.
Announcing the Artweeks Mary Moser Award Winner 2024
Sally-Anne Stewart
Inspired by the New Year, Oxfordshire Artweeks artists look forward to 2024 with bright spirits and optimism as they begin their preparations for the county’s spring open studios and pop-up exhibition event.
Oxfordshire Artweeks artists take us on a winters walk and back home to the warmth of the hearth. Visit their on-line show at artweeks.org/latestshow to see more great art and craft that’s perfect for Christmas.
Come, gather round to learn more of the mythical animals and characters they chose to showcase this autumn and hear their stories.
This month and next, artists and designer-makers across Oxfordshire are opening their homes and studios and gathering together to host pop-up exhibitions, often in out-of-town locations, across the county from Abingdon to Banbury, Cumnor to Dorchester and so on.
This month Oxfordshire Artweeks artists have been inspired by the hues and flavours of the season from burnt sienna and russet red to chocolate brown.
Dr Drew Provan is a practising physician in haematology and an author-illustrator of textbooks for medical students and clinicians and other titles. Recently he has started turning science into art, reimagining molecules in sassy colours that leap from paper and metal for modern homes.
Seagull and chip by Anna Lockwood. £1,000 annalockwoodart.com Limited Edition Giclee Print of St Michaels Mount, Cornwall, by Anya Simmons £85.00 anyasimmons.co.uk Ravello
Andrea Bates, Colourful Birches in mixed media. £280, Contact via artweeks@artweeks.org Magnolia etching by Claire Drinkwater. Mounted: £110, Framed