country
creations
“ASANYWATERCOLOUR PAINTER will tell you,no
two rivers are the same,”explains Paula Salmon,
WrexhamArt Group secretary.“I’ve done a lot of
Art...
They congregate regularly throughout the winter
period with guest artists as tutors and in the
summer paint on location at local sites like Erddig,
painting of the River Dee and it possesses many Chester andWhittington Castle,near Oswestry in
unique characteristics. school and many have no formal training at all. Shropshire,holding up to three exhibitions each
“The colour of the river,a dark,greeny-brown, However,one thing they all have in common is a year in theWrexham area.
makes the water reflective like a mirror,which is passion for painting and drawing. Paula,who works in oils and watercolour,painted
beautiful to paint.Then,in the deeps,where the With just under 40 members from a wide SummerRiver,a view of the Dee from Ruabon,
trees are overhanging,you get a darker,more background of interests,ranging in age from those during an‘interesting day’last June.“I was there all
gorgeous colour.It’s really my favourite.” in their 30s to those in their 80s,the art group has by myself,by the side of the river,when these two
Taking inspiration from the beauty ofWales, continued to provide a meeting place for amateur 12-year-old boys came along,”she says.“They were
WrexhamArt Group have been painting and artists in theWrexham area. larking about and I thought to myself‘I might have
drawing the region’s flowers,beauty spots, some trouble here’.But the one boy came along,
landscapes and wildlife for many years. looked at what I was doing and made some really
This year the group commemorates its 60th nice comments.Then he noticed my sketchbook and
birthday.Started in 1949,the original members was desperate to see it.”
were part-time pupils at theWrexham School ofArt •WrexhamArtGroupareholdinganexhibitionon
when they held their first exhibition in 1952 at the 23rd-25thMayatStMargaret’sChurchHall,Chester
town’s old library. Road,Wrexham,10amto4pm.Admissionisfree.For
Today,many years later,the members are rather details,tel:07774961002orvisit
different:most have no connection with the art www.wrexhamartgroup.co.uk
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