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Art Critique Evening
Ongar Art Society welcomes Michelle Parsons on Thursday 10th April, 8-10 pm at Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall, for our Annual Critique evening.
All members & guests are invited (first meeting free for non members).Michelle Parsons is a UK based oil painter specialising in organic-based paintings and commissions. Her artwork is often based on drawing marine creatures, such as lobsters, fish, and crabs, although she has also branched out to abstract artwork and portraits.
Michelle’s art has been displayed in galleries throughout Essex, Sussex, and London, and she sells her work across the world to private clients, interior designers, and restaurants.
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She is both an artist and part time art tutor from Billericay, England. After graduating in 1989 with a BA in Fine Art from Northumbria University, she worked in Israel creating community art and murals, before returning to her native UK in 1992. She then became an art teacher and later Head of Art at Brentwood School in Essex, before deciding to retire in 2016 to focus on painting full time.
Critiques are all about receiving help & advice from a fellow artist. Please bring along any work where you consider it is not turning out as planned, if you are not sure whether a piece is finished or not, or artwork whereby you are either not sure what to do next or how to do it.
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We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 10th April.
Information for Ongar Art Society Members
Our Summer Exhibition is planned for Saturday/Sunday 14/15th June 2025 at Budworth Hall, Ongar.
The handing in day for all artwork will be Friday 13 June. More details will follow closer to the time. Please pop these dates in your diaries.
The judging of the latest competition - Tools, will also be undertaken at this meeting during the interval, by secret ballot.
New members are very welcome at Ongar Art Society.
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All genre of artwork and mediums, including drawing/painting, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics etc are welcome.
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We also offer friendly painting Competitions and Free Access to our Social Summer Sketching Club, art demonstrations and talks.
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Priority access to our extensive Art Workshop Programme and our Taster Workshops, new for 2024!
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Annually, we invite a critique whom provides independent advice of Members Artwork.
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Annual Membership Fee is only £40.
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Email : Ongarart@hotmail.com or Go to the Contact Page on this website.
*Members* - If you wish your artwork to be featured upon our Instagram, Facebook and/or website home page, please email Lynne Matthews on s.matthews358@btinternet.com and attach a high resolution photograph of your painting, saved as JPEG image, with a short brief including title, size, medium and any relevant inspiration details.
Spring 2021 Competition Winner: Reflections by Carol Poulton
