FLEET
ART SOCIETY
2025 Spring Exhibition, 29th March to 6th April at The Hart Centre, Fleet
Once again, this was a very successful event! We are very grateful to the management of the Hart Centre, for allowing us the use of one of their retail spaces for our exhibitions . We were able to put on an excellent display of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and glass on the walls and on tables. There was also a huge selection of the artists' greeting cards for sale.
Friends, relatives, local residents and people just passing by came to visit and our artists received many favourable comments, particularly on the impressive range of styles and subjects. The sale of works totalled over £4,000 and many visitors supported our raffle which raised £600 for Phyllis Tuckwell.
The winner of the 'favourite painting' vote was Noel Kendall, with his spectacular 'Crashing Waves'. In second place was Joe Lindsey-Clark with 'Fleet Pond'. They are both very popular artists - you may have seen their names before in this section!
Spring Exhibition 2025
Noel Kendall with 'Crashing Waves'
'Fleet Pond' by Joe Lindsey-Clark
Our charity - Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Many thanks to all Fleet Art Society members and our exhibition visitors - from our raffles and sales at exhibitions and demonstrations, we are very proud to support Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. The Spring 2025 exhibition raffle raised £600 and the two lucky winners of John Lewis vouchers were Matt H and Dee Wall.
In 2024-25 we raised £4,000 and at our AGM and Christmas Party we welcomed Sam West from Phyllis Tuckwell who received the presentation cheque from David Sprot, our Chairman. Hopefully, we are well on the way to achieving the same amount for them this year.
Painting Challenge May 2025
The final subject for this season of painting challenges was 'Nature's Best', which gave members scope for different and interesting interpretations. Tricia Osborne and Susan Everitt's shared concertina sketchbook with semi-abstract landscapes received 1st prize and Carolyn Greenhalgh was 2nd with a colourful sunset image. Tricia and Carolyn are pictured being congratulated by guest artist, Jan Gaska.
