Birstall and District Art Society
In November the Birstall and District Art Society (BADAS) held another successful exhibition, with 36 members participating. The standards were very high, and it was great to see one of the newer members winning a prize in the category for portraits, figures and animals – John Widger for ‘Gyroflacon’. The overall winner, taking home the Norman Simms Cup, was David Walmsley for ‘Made in Yorkshire’, in the landscape and gardens category. David also took home the prize for still life, abstract, experimental flowers for his work ‘Coastal Confusion’. The townscape, waterscape and coastal category was won by Jane Miller with ‘Severn Bridge, Worcester’. The junior category was won by Krystin Spearey for ‘A Bouquet for Gran’. Each year, visitors vote for their best in show and this year this was ‘Red Sails Evening’ by Charlotte Stephenson. The Society would like to thank all that took part, helped with and attended the exhibition, in particular the judges Maxine Dodd, Amanda Jackson, Teresa Budworth and Ian Cox, who helped out at very short notice.
On 11 March, the demonstration was a portrait in pastel by Caroline McFarlane, shown above, a first-time demonstrator for BADAS.
On 8th April, Amanda Jackson will carry out an appraisal of members’ paintings. Non-members are welcome to attend demonstration evenings at a cost of £4 per head. All are held at the Palmer Tompkinson Centre at Cedars Academy from 6.45pm to 9pm.
For up-to-date information and other details about the society, please visit the website: https://www.badas.uk
