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Sunday 29 July 2018

Foyer display: Jan Gilchrist



St Martin-in-the-Fields is home to several commissions and permanent installations by contemporary artists. We also have an exciting programme of temporary exhibitions, as well as a group of artists and craftspeople from the St Martin’s community who show artwork and organise art projects on a temporary basis.

One of the initiatives from this group is a changing display of work by the group members or artists linked to the group. The changing monthly display in the Foyer of the Crypt for August is by Jan Gilchrist. Each month a different member of the group or artists linked to it will show examples of their work, so do look regularly to see the changing display.

Jan is showing four watercolours, ‘Penguins on a hike,’ ‘Ardglass Harbour Co. Down,’ ‘Seascape Barry Island,’ and ‘A Danish fishing boat’. She writes: ‘I was born and brought up in Barry South Wales, coming to London as a registered nurse in the 1970’s. After joining the St Martin-in-the-Fields congregation where Ian and I met and then married, we moved to Maidenhead to live where our son and daughter were born. For nine years I have been a member of the ‘Maidenhead Painting Club’ after being persuaded by a member of the St Martin’s clergy that I needed to take up a hobby for myself, for which I will always be grateful. We are a group of amateur artists who enjoy different media. I find painting relaxing and fulfilling, so much enjoyment in observing colour and form.’

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Van Morrison and the Chieftains - Star Of The County Down.

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