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This June, Hampshire County Council will be displaying art from local artists in all of its libraries in a month long festival of New Art.
Hampshire County Council has chosen local artists who have never held a public exhibition to showcase their work in their local library to be enjoyed by the local community.
In the Basingstoke area Ria Cornall will be showcasing her work in Basingstoke Library, Kay Ma in Chineham Library, Kim Anderson in Kingsclere Library, Rachel Thomsen in Overton Library, Stephen Miller in South Ham Library and Ruth Monger in Tadley Library.
Executive Member for Recreation and Heritage, Councillor Margaret Snaith, said: “This is a great opportunity for local people to get their work known amongst the local community and, you never know, it might even lead onto greater things!
“This new initiative underpins Hampshire County Councils dedication to developing arts activities and maximising life opportunities with Hampshire residents.”
Please find below a biography of each of the artists and where their work will be displayed:
Ria Cornall, Basingstoke
Ria has lived in Hampshire all her life. She has always drawn the things around her and as a teenager taught herself to paint in oils. In 2004, as a mature student, she gained a degree in Fine Art at the University College in Farnham.
Landscape’s colour and form is her principle inspiration. Her paintings have evolved from literal representations to visual memories of her experience of 'places'. She works with acrylic paint, oils and pastels but frequently returns to drawing to keep her observation sharp.
Kay Ma - Chineham
Great admiration for older brother’s artistic talents, influenced Kay to take up art at a very young age. As a toddler, Kay would follow him around with her crayons and paper trying to imitate his drawings.
She studied art successfully at school but then chose a career in law, keeping art as a close pastime. Free from the pressure to produce art on demand, she experimented with various types of art and is now keen on oil painting, ink painting, wire-sculpting, making masquerade masks and drawing.
Kim Anderson - Kingsclere
Kim’s grandfather instilled in her a love of nature and this is where she draws her inspiration for most of her paintings. She only started painting, using water-soluble oils, a couple of years ago, taking lessons from a professional artist. To Kim painting is a form of relaxation, time flies and everything else is forgotten.
Overton - Rachel Thomsen - Overton
Rachel qualified in graphic design in 1983 and worked for many years as a designer for Hampshire County Council. After recently finishing work, she is now renewing her original enthusiasm for drawing and painting, currently focusing on watercolours. Her main inspirations are colour and texture – the subject can be anything!
Stephen Miller – South Ham
Stephen works for Hampshire Ambulance Service and until 2006 his art was limited to a few pictures in acrylic and watercolour and to painting wall murals in his children’s bedrooms. Since then he has rekindled his zest for painting. His main inspiration comes from the impressionist artists and their use of colour to give the effect of light and shade. His motto in art is that any art that creates discussion is good art, and he hopes his pictures will create many discussions for years to come.
Ruth Monger - Tadley
Ruth lives in Winchester and has been painting since she was a teenager. She completed a foundation year in Art and Design at Worthing Art College in 1979. She later trained as an Occupational Therapist, working with adults with mental health problems for a number of years. She still works in the NHS.
Watercolour and collage are the media that suit her main subject matter – people. The transparency and unpredictability of working colours into wet paint is the aspect of watercolour she is developing, whilst in her collage work she uses texture to depict the human form.
Hampshire County Council runs 53 libraries including two Discovery Centres, which are visited by 575,000 people during the course of a month.
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