Below: Exton Hall, Exton, Rutland. Watercolour by the late Trevor Brown. (Reproduced by permission of the Rt.Hon.the Viscount and Lady Campden).
Below: A Monday morning session in full swing.. Generally we get around a dozen attending each week.
Below: art group demonstration sessions, with top local artist Peter Barker (oils demonstration in 2018, and again with oils in 2024)
Below: A Monday morning session in full swing.. Generally we get around a dozen attending each week.
Below: art group demonstration sessions, with top local artist Peter Barker (oils demonstration in 2018, and again with oils in 2024)
An art session in August 2026 comprised a Demonstration by Stamford artist Graham Cooke MBE. Having had a career in the RAF, Graham is an established member of the Guild of Aviation Artists, but also concentrates on landscape and maritime subjects and frequently works on commissions. He works in oils although much of what he talked about applies equally to other mediums. Graham completed a seascape of a beach shoreline, horizon and sky in front of an audience of 15, with members learning much about using only half a dozen base colour paints to create a realistic scene of true to life effects.
Framing of artworks
See the Links section above for a new business - Pixel & Paper - offering professional artwork framing etc. in Oakham High Street at reasonable prices.
Our Calendar & Other News
Our Spring 2026 EXHIBITION in County Museum in Oakham was held for three weeks ending in early June, with 16 of our then 23 members exhibiting 95 artworks. 10 paintings sold, which was quite a good result as things go these days. We are again thrilled to hear from Stamford Arts Centre that we've secured a fortnight's exhibition booking for 21st June to 5th July 2027 in their main Gallery (as it gets heavily booked up many months ahead).
Over recent years we have produced CALENDARS of artworks which represent seasonal aspects of Rutland, submitted by our members and then selected in a Members’ poll. Each year our calendar comprises 13 artworks (chosen by members from within the Calendars Section), in a month order decided by a working group, the poll having been held around July. GP Print of Peterborough do an excellent job producing our calendars in hard copy. They go on sale from late summer at Walkers Bookshop, 27 High Street, Oakham, priced around £9 and a selection of our artwork Greetings Cards are also on sale there at £1.99. (A photo of Walkers store in the High Street appears in the Cards section above). Our Calendars also have small stocks at: Edith Weston village store, Cottesmore Post Office store, plus these other outlets in Oakham: Quirky Birds in Crown Walk, Foxy Lots in Mill Street and Hairworx salon in Gaol Street.
The calendars section at the enormous Gates Garden Centre on the Cold Overton Road out of Oakham, with typically over 100 different calendars, also stock ours. The style of presentation in our Calendars includes on each month's sheet a small banner advert of a local enterprise in Rutland who sponsor a month.
Recent Exhibitions etc.
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Our Spring 2025 Exhibition at Stamford Arts Centre featuring nearly 90 artworks by 12 of our members was from May 13th till the 24th, 2025, 09.00 till 17.00 Mon -Sat, where the foyer cafe opens around 9 and occasional evening events also have the gallery open. Over the nearly two weeks, 12 paintings found buyers which was the best result for some years, helped by fine weather and extended advertising around the villages.
On Monday 31st March 2025 we had local professional artist Andrea Naylor to run another of her Pastels Workshops (subsidised entry £5 to members or guests). In our two hours in the Bowling Club we worked on a head and shoulders of a Brown Hare, much enjoyed by our 12 participants.
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Older items:-
Peter Barker RSMA of Uppingham gave us another of his most welcome Demonstrations at our art session in April 2024 and demonstrated in oils his incredible expertise, this time a sunny country lane scene in the Stamford area (photos on this page). Do visit his gallery in Hope's Yard off High Street East in Uppingham and/or search for his website and see his truly fabulous life-like paintings. As at Oct 2026 his Gallery was open Wednesdays & Saturdays 11am - 5pm or by appointment.
Framing of artworks
See the Links section above for a new business - Pixel & Paper - offering professional artwork framing etc. in Oakham High Street at reasonable prices.
Our Calendar & Other News
Our Spring 2026 EXHIBITION in County Museum in Oakham was held for three weeks ending in early June, with 16 of our then 23 members exhibiting 95 artworks. 10 paintings sold, which was quite a good result as things go these days. We are again thrilled to hear from Stamford Arts Centre that we've secured a fortnight's exhibition booking for 21st June to 5th July 2027 in their main Gallery (as it gets heavily booked up many months ahead).
Over recent years we have produced CALENDARS of artworks which represent seasonal aspects of Rutland, submitted by our members and then selected in a Members’ poll. Each year our calendar comprises 13 artworks (chosen by members from within the Calendars Section), in a month order decided by a working group, the poll having been held around July. GP Print of Peterborough do an excellent job producing our calendars in hard copy. They go on sale from late summer at Walkers Bookshop, 27 High Street, Oakham, priced around £9 and a selection of our artwork Greetings Cards are also on sale there at £1.99. (A photo of Walkers store in the High Street appears in the Cards section above). Our Calendars also have small stocks at: Edith Weston village store, Cottesmore Post Office store, plus these other outlets in Oakham: Quirky Birds in Crown Walk, Foxy Lots in Mill Street and Hairworx salon in Gaol Street.
The calendars section at the enormous Gates Garden Centre on the Cold Overton Road out of Oakham, with typically over 100 different calendars, also stock ours. The style of presentation in our Calendars includes on each month's sheet a small banner advert of a local enterprise in Rutland who sponsor a month.
Recent Exhibitions etc.
-
Our Spring 2025 Exhibition at Stamford Arts Centre featuring nearly 90 artworks by 12 of our members was from May 13th till the 24th, 2025, 09.00 till 17.00 Mon -Sat, where the foyer cafe opens around 9 and occasional evening events also have the gallery open. Over the nearly two weeks, 12 paintings found buyers which was the best result for some years, helped by fine weather and extended advertising around the villages.
On Monday 31st March 2025 we had local professional artist Andrea Naylor to run another of her Pastels Workshops (subsidised entry £5 to members or guests). In our two hours in the Bowling Club we worked on a head and shoulders of a Brown Hare, much enjoyed by our 12 participants.
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Older items:-
Peter Barker RSMA of Uppingham gave us another of his most welcome Demonstrations at our art session in April 2024 and demonstrated in oils his incredible expertise, this time a sunny country lane scene in the Stamford area (photos on this page). Do visit his gallery in Hope's Yard off High Street East in Uppingham and/or search for his website and see his truly fabulous life-like paintings. As at Oct 2026 his Gallery was open Wednesdays & Saturdays 11am - 5pm or by appointment.