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Artist’s work accepted for Summer Exhibition
WORK by a local artist has been selected fromover 1,800 entries to appear alongside paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by some of Britain’s leading artists,writes Jade Schopman. Antonia Enthoven, pictured,
submitted two pieces of her art to be showcased at the Royal Acad- emy Summer Exhibition in Lon- don. One piece was of the lighthouses on Dungeness beach and the otherwas a recently sold- out print of a house she had seen in Barcelona. Etchings are created by im-
printing an image onto hand- made plates and then inking it. Mrs Enthoven said: “The Sum-
mer Exhibition is one of the biggest art events of the year, it’s an open call sort of thing so all wood of the world can apply. I was so honoured to be accepted as therewere over 1,000 entries. “The application is done digi- tally and the second round con-
sists of actually bringing your work into the gallery. This has been an absolutely fabulous op- portunity. I have always gone as a viewer and now my work is being seen by thousands.” Mrs Enthoven (56), of Lower Street in LeedsVillage, ismarried
to Jon, with whom she has three grown-up children. She attended The Central St Martin’s and Brighton School ofArt after herA Levels, and went on to train pro- fessionally in Brighton. She has been a retired illustra-
tor for over 10 years now, but has continuedwith her etchingwork. Mrs Enthoven added: “I am a
member of theArt SpringGallery, which is an artist-run gallery in Tonbridge. I would say that is where I have learned themost on a very professional platform. “Alot ofmywork is inspired by
Kent and the countryside and coasts. But my Barcelona piece is really displaying night and day in one image.” Running continuously for 250
years, the Summer Exhibition is the world’s oldest open submis- sion exhibition, meaning that anyone can enter theirwork to be considered. The Summer Exhibi- tion runs untilAugust 12.
News Bridge project
THE 36th Engineers and The Queen’s Gurkhas are building a bridge in Hollingbourne. The wooden bridge, over the
stream that runs alongside Tile- fieldsMeadow, is being done as a training exercise for the Army, with materials provided by the Hollingbourne Meadows Trust. The work was expected to be fin- ished in time for theMid Summer Night’s picnic on June 22.
Cars on show
THE 12th annual Bearsted Classic Car andRetroVintage Showtakes place on the village green between 10am and 4pm on July
28.There will be stalls and refreshments on the day. Visitor entry is 50p for adults and 10p for children,which goes to the Kent, Surrey and Sus- sexAirAmbulance.
Gardenmeet
LEEDS and Broomfield Amateur Gardeners’ Society holds its an- nualmeeting at the village hall at 8pm on June 27. All are welcome to attend. For details call Barbara on 01622 861551.
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