DEWSBURY ARTS GROUP ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION 2009
Dewsbury Town Hall - 11th to 18th July

Dewsbury Arts Group's Annual Exhibition of works by its Artist Members comes to Dewsbury Town Hall on the 11th July. 183 pieces of work will be on show representing 35 artists. It is an exhilarating mix of styles, subject matter, and media.
The featured artist this year is Malcolm Jones of Thornhill whose paintings of local scenes are already widely known and appreciated Malcolm captures the essence of the Heavy Woollen District using an Impressionistic style, and an individual palette. His works are 'genre' painting at its best.
Other prominent landscape work, embracing a variety of techniques is provided by Bruce Mulcahy, Trevor Pittaway, David Wood, John Hartley Andrew Bennett,
Marjorie Bateman and Roger Gardner.
There is bold colour work in the abstracts of Josie Barraclough, Pam Curry and Jo Slater. Newcomers to the Group, Julia Keates and Mike Smith show commanding landscape-based semi-abstract works, and some delightfully delicate prints respectively. Karen Stansfield shows some of her distinctive printwork too.
Dennis Palmer exhibits a range of his highly individual, frequently figurative, work and there are some most attractive watercolour and gouache works from Alec Jackson, Mollie Armitage, David Martin, Bob North, Richard Roads, Cynthia Guest, Joyce Thornton and Barrie Smith. Photography is well represented by Mark Curry's considered compositions, and sound drawing
by works by Ivor Westwood, Mary Follows, Vivienne Brown and Paul Ramsden.
Ken Beaumont shows a striking pastel portrait as well as a group of attractive oils. There is a group of works showing Beryl Conroy's versatility, Robert Donald's eye-catching collages, textile work by Sue King and Shirley Ross, and some intriguing and arresting paintings by John Lewis in which the created surfaces fascinate.
This is an Exhibition which has something for everyone's taste - and of the best quality.
Not only that, with prices that are affordable, it is an ideal opportunity to buy original work and support local artists.