Relooking at Hazel Soan's work

Replacing an evening with Hazel Soan and her wonderful works is, of course, not possible in her absence. But we were privileged to have the use of her slides for a re-run and analysis of the valuable lessons we had learned from her previous visit.

John Strickland ran the interesting and relaxing evening and 15 members - plus two visitors - attended. It was a good turnout not only due to the theme but also in part to the mild weather.

Among the tips that are fundamental to her (and one hopes, our!) work were the use of light against dark, the care taken to create an interesting or unusual composition, and the lack of necessity to 'finish' everything letting the spectator observe and deduce himself.

Once again this British artist inspired us to be more creative and hopefully to improve our approach to painting.

Photos were taken by member Rob Mc Alpine - whom we hope will take more excellent photos for the Society in the future.

Tea and refreshment were served and the library was open as usual.