Lindfield Arts Festival 2019

16 - 22 September 2019

Art Café

On Sunday 22nd September Lindfield Art Studio will be opening their doors so that Festival visitors can enjoy an Art Café and DJ Set between 11.00am and 3.00pm.

Homemade cakes and refreshments will be served in the Studio Garden and Art will be on sale all day. Exhibiting artists will be there to chat to and relaxed soft funk music will keep the atmosphere relaxed and chilled.

The Open House will be running a raffle for an art gift from one of the amazing artists at the Studio and a free Prosecco hour for adults to enjoy between 1.00pm and 2.00pm.

Free Workshops at 11.30am and 1.30pm too.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Open House!

More information about Lindfield Art Studio can be found on their website here.

Helen Wiggins – Art By Wigs

Helen is a local photographer and artist who was brought up in Mid Sussex. She has a keen interest in capturing the best in people, nature and the outdoors through either the cameras lens or a paint brush. Living in Shoreham provides Helen with lots of creative opportunities, from the beach, to the downs or along the river. When out with the camera she tries to find that different perspective or uses her creative skills to transform the ordinary into something quite different.  Sometimes this involves creating a painting, taking a photograph or merging the two mediums together to keep the viewer guessing.

Her work will be exhibited at Lindfield Primary Academy on Saturday 21st September between 10.00am and 5.00pm and Sunday 22nd September between 10.00am and 4.00pm as part of the 2019 Lindfield Arts Festival. More information about Helen’s work can be found on her website here or on her Instagram here, Facebook here or on Twitter here.

Open House – Paul Guthrie

Paul Guthrie is having an open house to showcase his new collection of work on Friday 20th of September between 6.00pm and 9.00pm as well as on Saturday 21st September between 10.00am and 4.00pm.  Paul’s previous work has been exhibited widely and attracted buyers from all over the world. “My intention is to create vibrant, original art to lighten the space we live in.”

Lindfield Art Festival means different things to different artists and Paul Guthrie has been preparing his home and studio for the open house weekend. Taking doors off, putting in gallery style lights, fitting shutters to windows to block out daylight – not to mention painting artwork! It’s a busy and exciting time.

Paul has been experimenting with different visual states including camouflage, daylight, ultraviolet light and light emitting pigments. It’s really starting to come together and looks incredibly exciting!

Do pop along and experiment for yourself and see which lighting state you like best.

Paul’s open house is at 41 William Allen Lane on 20 Sept Friday 6-9pm AND Saturday & Sunday 10-4pm

More information about Paul’s work can be found on his website here.

Burgess Hill Artists

Artists, makers, and designers from Burgess Hill and Bolney will be exhibiting their work at the Lindfield Arts Festival for the second year running. Featuring original works in watercolours, acrylics, inks, oils, reverse oils on glass, and ceramics. Subjects range from local landscapes and portraits (both people and animals) to fantasy dreamscapes, by way of miniatures, realism, comic books, and whimsy. Artworks are also available as fine art prints on paper or canvas and as greeting cards. Artists to look for include: Jim Batt, Alan Spencer Brooks, Gaia Buggins, Jayne Crow, Susan Driver, Mike Duck, Yasmin Frampton, Emily Hutchings, Melanie Hodge, Sandra Smith, Bethany White, and Annie Watts.

The Burgess Hill Artists will be exhibiting their work in the Jubilee Hall in King Edward Hall on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of September between 10.00am and 5.00pm. More information about the Burgess Hill Artists can be found on their website here and their Facebook page here.

The Burgess Hill Artists include:

Jim Batt

Alan Spencer Brooks

Jayne Crow

Mike Duck

Yasmin Frampton

Emily Hutchings

Melanie Hodge

Sandra Smith

 

 

Annie Watts

Holly Sellors

 

Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones has worked as an artist and illustrator for over twenty-five years and has taught design and illustration at Brighton and Kingston Universities. As an illustrator she works for clients such as The New Scientist, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer British Airways, The Radio Times, The Telegraph, Financial Times and Tesco. As an artist her limited edition prints draw on her illustration background, reflecting a passion for the landscapes and buildings of London and the south coast. Sarah is currently working for the National Trust producing images of properties in the South East.

Sarah’s work will be exhibited at Lindfield Primary School on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 5.00pm and Sunday 22nd September from 10.00am and 4.00pm. More information about Sarah’s work can be found on her website here.

Open Studio – Lindfield Art Studio

Lindfield Art Studio will be opening their doors for the 2019 Lindfield Art Festival on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 5.00pm and on Sunday 22nd September between 10.00am to 4.00pm. It will be hosting an open house where visitors will be able to come in and see the work of seven incredible local artists, including the founder of Lindfield Arts Festival and the Lindfield Art Studio’s owner, Leesa Le May.

Each day the Studio will also be running various free workshops at 11.30am and 1.30pm where visitors can try out new skills. On both days Lindfield Art Studio will also be running a raffle where the winners will receive an art gift from one of the amazing artists exhibiting.

All the artwork on display will also be available to purchase and between 1.00pm and 2.00pm adults will be able to enjoy a free Prosecco hour as well!

On the Sunday, there will also be an Art Café open between 11.00am and 3.00pm where homemade cakes and refreshments will be served in the Studio Garden.

Please look below for more information about the exhibiting artists and the Art Café and be sure to come along!

Leesa Le May:

Beth Mercer:

Mary Grant:

Brett Hudson:

Irene Burns:

Paul Badham:

Georgina Moir:

Art Café

More information about Lindfield Art Studio can be found on their website here.

 

Leesa Le May

Leesa Le May (the founder of Lindfield Arts Festival) is a Contemporary Artist and Printmaker based in Lindfield. For many years Leesa has been teaching within local Schools, Colleges, Artist Groups and from her Sussex Studio – Lindfield Art Studio.

Drawing and sketchbooks play an important role in creating Leesa’s compositions, which can range from figurative to urban contemporary lino cuts, etches, acrylic paintings and ink work.

More infomation about Leesa’s work can be found on her website here or on Lindfield Art Studio’s website here.

Beth Mercer

Beth is a Lindfield based photographer with her own natural and distinctive style.  She is passionate about travel and landscape photography and has a real eye for seeing and capturing the beauty in people and places.

She’s a branding photographer for businesses, producing creative headshots, products, premises and event images. As a portrait photographer, she’s known locally for her on-location family photoshoots specialising in natural outdoor images. She’s also a documentary style photographer of events such as parties and weddings, always happy to join in a celebration!

More information about Beth’s work can be found on her website here, her Facebook page here or on her Instagram here.

Brett Hudson

Brett is a Sussex artist living and working in Lindfield.  After training as an illustrator he has worked for several Children’s book companies. In addition he has gone on to paint acrylic canvases of Stags, Hares and Cows which he sell at The Talbot, Cuckfield and The Witch, Lindfield.  He also paints humorous pictures of Lindfield and its residents.

His latest work is of realistic London scenes in watercolour, one of which was featured in a recent exhibition in The Mall Galleries, London.  Brett loves to try new styles and themes always enjoying a fresh challenge!  You can see more of his work and discuss future commissions at his Facebook page here, his Instagram page here or his website here.

 

Irene Burns

Inspiration for Irene’s painting stems from a variety of sources, including landscapes, skyscapes and seascapes of Sussex, Scotland and Greece.  Liminal spaces and ‘dynamic edges’ have become her personal fascination.  In her artwork she creates an evocative and dramatic atmosphere – allowing the observer freedom for their interpretation.

More infomation about Irene’s work can be found on her website here.