a red dot and a new dress

Having worked hard at my day job last week, I have some time off for good behaviour.

I have entered the artists' world that is Rye for a few days.

It is a colourful world.

I have had coffee, tea and lunch with my artist friends, and found time to inspect the Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition.

I liked what I found; a bright and breezy new space with its very own cone.

Everyone seems to agree that the new venue is a success. It feels light and airy, and has been hung beautifully.

I am in the 'subtle shades of grey and black' zone, artfully hung beneath a print by Fred Cuming RA.

In the colourful zone I particularly enjoyed the works of Matt Hardman on wood panels.

Matt Hardman at Rye

And downstairs small sketches from Dungeness  by Denise Franklin.

It is a varied and inspiring exhibition, and there are lots of red dots already.

I have one, as does Fred.

Which made me so happy that I went straight up the hill to Rye and spent my 'winnings' on a new dress.

A little bit of really good news....................I have been accepted for the summer exhibition ( in Rye, not the Royal Academy)

My entries have been accepted for the Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2013.

I have been waiting all week for the letter, wondering what my fate will be, and also wondering why I put a second class stamp on the envelope.

I am delighted.

Come and find out what I entered...........there will be a really great collection of work by the likes of photographer Peter Greenhalf and his brother Robert, oil paintings of Camber Sands and other local scenes by Fred Cuming RA, beautiful abstracted ladscape prints by print maker Davida Smith and many more.