SERENDIPITY
"the act of finding something valuable or delightful when you are not looking for it"
All FAS members are welcome to submit images or text to appear in Serendipity.
The aim is to encourage, amuse, and inspire our members during these difficult days.
Please send your submissions by email, with images attached to:
colinvmorse@hotmail.com
The aim is to encourage, amuse, and inspire our members during these difficult days.
Please send your submissions by email, with images attached to:
colinvmorse@hotmail.com
Fairford Art Society Winter Competition 2022
"Places and Spaces"
For more information on this competition, and to see Artworks as they are entered, please go to the new page on this website "2022 COMPETITION".
Please note that SERENDIPITY will remain open for any non-competition pictures
in the usual way.
"Places and Spaces"
For more information on this competition, and to see Artworks as they are entered, please go to the new page on this website "2022 COMPETITION".
Please note that SERENDIPITY will remain open for any non-competition pictures
in the usual way.
WEDNESDAY 29/12/2021, from Debbie EXTON
I hope you have had a good Christmas. Could you please put the attached on Serendipity, it is called A Cotswold Barn, in pastel.
I hope you have had a good Christmas. Could you please put the attached on Serendipity, it is called A Cotswold Barn, in pastel.
TUESDAY 14/12/2021, from Roger JONES
Thames Glitterpath, 16 x 12, Oils
Dawn Copse, 12 x 8, Oils
Beach at Rock, Cornwall, 12 x 16, Oils
Autumn Sunbeam, 8 x 12, Oils
THURSDAY 09/12/2021, from Debbie EXTON
WEDNESDAY 03/11/21, from Jeanette WILLIAMS
Clive Eastland's workshop, it was a very enjoyable day and he was very encouraging and helpful. Really enjoyed it!
Jeanette Williams
WEDNESDAY 03/11/21, from Kathryn WEBSTER
Seascape
I really enjoyed the workshop with Clive Eastland . This was my first attempt at using pastels. I was not sure I would enjoy the mess and feel of pastels but I think I might be converted ! Clive’s techniques were a great way to apply pastels .
Kathryn Webster.
WEDNESDAY 20/10/2021, from Kathryn WEBSTER
I really enjoyed the workshop with Jane Vaux , this is the painting I did of the “Isle of Muck “ . It has a lot of memories for me , My Honeymoon ! I have never attempted a canvas this large before 100cm x100cm . We used palette knives , squeegees, sponges
and water sprays - a lot of mess but great fun !.
THURSDAY 07/10/2021, from Marilyn STEPHENSON
FRIDAY 03/09/2021, from Jayne HUNTER
Oil painting No 2, Oil on Canvas
SATURDAY 28/08/2021, from Debbie EXTON
I have at last finished my painting of Wendy's garden, in oil. Could you please put it on Serendipity.
Many thanks.
Debbie Exton
SATURDAY 28/08/2021, from John HEWETT
Here's one I started last year at Ready Token House, managed to finish it this year following our return visit.
TUESDAY 17/08/2021, from Wendy ROBINSON
A water colour pencil picture from Ready Token Plein Air, "Every picture tells a story", says Wendy
THURSDAY 15/07/2021, from Debbie EXTON
The first picture from this years Plein Air sessions, acrylic and oil.
The first picture from this years Plein Air sessions, acrylic and oil.
THURSDAY 10/06/2021, from Jayne HUNTER
Hi Colin, would you add this please? It’s oil on canvas, my first ever oil painting, painted out in Abu Dhabi,
THURSDAY 06/05/2021, from Debbie EXTON
WEDNESDAY 14/04/2021, Wendy ROBINSON
"Finally project started in 1992 completed" , Fairford station - inspired by T.A Owen's photo
Wendy.
WEDNESDAY 07/04/2021, THE MARILYN STEPHENSON COLLECTION
THURSDAY 18/03/2021, from Ipek WILLIAMSON
A Summer Woodland, watercolour
MONDAY 08/03/2021, from Jayne HUNTER
I’m still busy doodling in Abu Dhabi, please would you add this to my page?
It is graphite and charcoal pencils, A3
Thankyou, I hope you are all keeping well and hopefully able to meet up again soon
Jayne xx
MONDAY 01/03/2021, from Sallie Seymour
Oil on canvas board.
MONDAY 22/02/2021, from Jayne HUNTER
I’ve finally started drawing again after finding an art group in Abu Dhabi!
It’s keeping an eye on you all in Fairford! It is A4, charcoal and graphite. I enjoyed seeing all the competition pictures and thought it was about time I got my act together!
Jayne HUNTER
Fairford Art Society Winter Competition, 2021
"Something to cheer everybody up"
We would like to thank all our members for their wonderful response to this competition, twenty-five artists submitted an eclectic mix of forty-three pictures. We hope you all enjoyed taking part, and that it encouraged you to open up your paint boxes in these unprecedented times.
All our members were then invited to vote for their favourite three pictures. The submitted votes were spread wide across all the artists, reflecting the high standard of the entries, and your difficulty in selecting three favourites.
In joint first place were Lynn Edward and Alison Veli with "Happiness is" (No 8) and "Seeing the sea" (No 16).
Wendy Robinson's "Lockdown dog lover" (No 29) came a very close second.
Adeline Bell and Judy Higgins came joint third with "Smile, spring is on its way" (No 42), and Cheeky Starling (No 3) .
Congratulations to all of you.
For the curious we will soon be adding artists names to the entries on Serendipity, and all being well, it would be nice to collect the original pictures together at one of our future FAS meetings, whenever that may be.
A final thank you from us all on the FAS Committee for supporting this competition, and keep those paint boxes open.
We would like to thank all our members for their wonderful response to this competition, twenty-five artists submitted an eclectic mix of forty-three pictures. We hope you all enjoyed taking part, and that it encouraged you to open up your paint boxes in these unprecedented times.
All our members were then invited to vote for their favourite three pictures. The submitted votes were spread wide across all the artists, reflecting the high standard of the entries, and your difficulty in selecting three favourites.
In joint first place were Lynn Edward and Alison Veli with "Happiness is" (No 8) and "Seeing the sea" (No 16).
Wendy Robinson's "Lockdown dog lover" (No 29) came a very close second.
Adeline Bell and Judy Higgins came joint third with "Smile, spring is on its way" (No 42), and Cheeky Starling (No 3) .
Congratulations to all of you.
For the curious we will soon be adding artists names to the entries on Serendipity, and all being well, it would be nice to collect the original pictures together at one of our future FAS meetings, whenever that may be.
A final thank you from us all on the FAS Committee for supporting this competition, and keep those paint boxes open.
Entry No 43
Yellow Poppies, Adeline Bell, Watercolour
Entry No 42
Smile - Spring is on its way, Adeline Bell, Watercolour
Entry No 41
Sunday Afternoon, Liz Spurway, Pastel
Entry No 40
Fire Guards, Fiona Botterill, Acrylic on wood panel
Entry No 39
Large Blue, Fiona Botterill, Mosaic
Entry No 38
"If it's a fight you want"!, John Hewett, Acrylic
Entry No 37
Oh to go to the sea again........, Jill Skada
Entry No 36
Winter tree, Lucy Worrall
Entry No 35
Summer is here, Susan Brown, Watercolour
Entry No 34
Curious lamb (Ref photo: Swami SatyaDaya), Susan Brown, Watercolour
Entry No 33
Spring is on its way, Marilyn Stephenson, Water soluble pencil
Entry No 32
Ready for the stew, Liz Spurway
Entry No 31
All masked up and nowhere to go, Sue Winter
Entry No 30
Dreaming, Sue Winter
Entry No 29
Lockdown dog lover, Wendy Robinson
Entry No 28
Did somebody mention fooooood!, Jean Wright
Entry No 27
Sunnier Days, Sheila Gleed
Entry No 26
The audience, Sallie Seymour, Acrylic
Entry No 25
Butter wouldn't melt, Heather Teather, Oil
Entry No 24
Matata and cabbage whites, Sallie Seymour, Acrylic
Entry No 23
Stormy sky by the lake, Ipek Williamson, Watercolour
Entry No 22
Sunnier Days, Sheila Gleed
Entry No 21
Leap into the future, Heather Teather, Oil
Entry No 20
Peace and Tranquility, Wendy Robinson, Water based oils
Entry No 19
Summer Holidays, Debbie Exton, Oil
Entry No 18
All of a Splash, Kathryn Webster, Watercolour and ink
Entry No 17
Blooms, Kathryn Webster, Watercolour
Entry No 16
Seeing the Sea, Alison Veli
Entry No 15
A view to Spring, Alison Veli
Entry No 14
Bowmoor Lake, Judy Higgins, Acylic
Entry No 13
Frosty morning, Joy Howell, Acylic
Entry No 12
Gothic colour, Liz Harding, Water soluble oil on canvas
Entry No 11
Jug, Candle, Shell, Liz Harding, Water based oil on paper
Entry No 10
Just chilling, Sue O'Connell
Entry No 9
Gone swimming, Sue O'Connell
Entry No 8
Happiness is (ref photo: Daryl Wilkerson), Lynn Edward, Oil on canvas board
Entry No 7
I AM smiling, John Hewett, Acrylic
Entry No 6
The Future's Bright, Jean Wright, Acrylic
Entry No 5
Hope springs eternal, Debbie Exton, Watercolour
Entry No 4
Mud, and More Mud, Colin Morse, Acrylic on wood panel
Entry No 3
Cheeky Starling, Judy Higgins, Acrylic
Entry No 2
Thoroughbred, Deb Wyatt, Graphite pencil
Entry No 1
Leopardess, Deb Wyatt, Graphite pencil
